Poll: Do you Bite your Nails/Toenails

[CrashBang]

Not out of habit, just when I'm too lazy to trim them properly

 

[hurfdurp]

I used to, but then I got braces. That makes it impossible, and I never restarted when they came off.

That's exactly what happened for me. I have yet to get mine taken off, but I don't see it being a problem afterward.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

-Snip-
I used to chew on my shirt collar when I was younger. It's habitual, you might have a touch of OCD like I do. But I'm not a shrink, so don't view that as a diagnosis.

As I said, accidentally.
My hair gets in my mouth, but I don't want it there >.>
Such a pain >.>
Just like trying to type around two mini-speakers that are attached to my MP3 player >.>

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

I bite my nails. Even my toenails. They are too tough for nailclippers, if I don't they'll just keep growing.

I've had to cut back, though. I need to keep the nails on my right hand long for guitar.
They stare at me from the back of my hand. Taunting me.

 

[Pariah87]

I'm really bad for nail biting. I don't just keep them short I tear away strips of nail all the way to the cuticle. Then I tear away at the cuticle untill it bleeds. Then when my nail is far enough back I start biting away at the skin UNDER the nail, which is incredibly painful and again they bleed but I just can't stop.

On the subject of toenails, I used to bite them too when I was younger and had the flexibility.

I think it all stems from the fact that my mum used to cut my nails when I was a toddler and I used to freak out about it, certain she was going to slip and cut me, so I started biting them to ensure they stayed short, after that it's just become a game of "fuck up your nails as much as you can"

 

[royohz]

i dont bite my toe nails thats gross but my friend said 'Put it in' and then i said 'Thats what she said'

Well played, good sir. Well played.

OT: No, I don't bite my nails, but I tend to rip them with my fingers.

[small]P.S. I just had a rice cracker with french brie. It was delicious.[/small]

 

[loc978]

I bit my fingernails to trim 'em when I was a kid, and I trimmed my toenails with very careful application of my fingernails... now I use a steel clipper. Doesn't take nearly as long.

 

[Captain Pirate]

Rarely, when there is like an uneven nail from when I did cut them, or I feel a compulsion to shorten them a bit.
Again, it's very rare for me to bite my nails.