Guys: Ever had a pedicure or manicure?

[GirlinContempt]

Would you? Why or why not?

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. I had a manicure once

It was a freebie — I had a friend who was a nail tech.

I'm rather fastidious about my nails and keep 'em well-maintained (cuticles, too), but it's much more sensual when someone else does it.

[GirlinContempt]

10. I really like pedicures

Not so much the nail part, just the rest of it

[ghostsofgiants]

2. I've never had either but I wouldn't pass either up if offered.

[GirlinContempt]

11. Why not go get one?

Maybe make a date to go with your Mum, have a nice daughter son day :)

[RetroLounge]

3. I was given both as a gift once...

RL

[GirlinContempt]

12. Did you like it?

[RetroLounge]

24. Yes, I believe I did.

When I got married the first time, way back in the 80's, my wife-to-be had a woman come to the house and give the entire wedding party manicures and pedicures.

:hi:

RL

[DarkTirade]

4. I got ingrown toenail surgery once... does that count?

[GirlinContempt]

5. No

[UndertheOcean]

6. No , but if I had the money , and the time

I don't think I would mind.

[GirlinContempt]

13. They aren't *that* expensive

as a special treat once and a while if you don't have a lot of spare :) Though, I guess it will vary place to place

[UndertheOcean]

34. ok ,ok, I'll consider

:)

[GirlinContempt]

36. Hey, do what you like

and I know, sometimes $20 can be a lot of money :)

[Droopy]

7. The closest I got to that

was getting my hair cut at a women's hair stylist place. I went there because I really needed a hair cut and the barber was closed. They did just as good a job as the barber only it cost me 3 bucks more.

[GirlinContempt]

14. I don't see many barbers anymore.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. I've had pedicures - I like 'em! I'm going for one this week, in fact.

I've not done a manicure because I can't handle the emory board on my fingernails - creeps me out. Plus, I can do my own manicures at home with me in control of the emory board and other things.

Pedicures, though - love 'em!

[GirlinContempt]

15. Pedicures are really relaxing

I don't bother much with manicures except for french, I have a hard time doing that myself. And that's basically the only paint I do, not a fan of colours.

[Skittles]

9. would never do either one

I can tend to my own nails just fine; the idea of someone else fiddling with them creeps me out - and I am a gal

[GirlinContempt]

16. Meh

It's an experience. The massaging chair, the hot foot bath, the scraping of the skin, the foot rub...

[Radical Activist]

17. No

Just too girly for me. And the whole thing sounds like an amazingly shallow waste of money.

[GirlinContempt]

18. No more "girly" than

getting a haircut or something...

Why would it be a shallow waste of money? That seems like a pretty harsh value judgment on a harmless, fairly inexpensive way to take care of yourself and feel good.

Also, why is "girly" bad?

[Radical Activist]

26. Its my inner ascetic.

I dislike it for the same reason I'm not particularly attracted to women who wear a lot of make up and spend a lot of time thinking about what expensive clothes to wear.
Girly is fine if you're a girl.

[GirlinContempt]

29. I don't see it as the same thing

as wearing a lot of makeup. It's relaxing, it feels nice, it's good for you. It isn't for everyone, but I don't see how someone who enjoys it is being 'shallow' by taking care of their feet or hands.

Sorry, but the way you used 'girly' was negative, and I take exception to that. I don't see what about it is girly, or why it would be an issue.

Then again, I guess I don't know what a lot of makeup is to you, or what a lot of time thinking about clothes is, or even what you consider expensive clothes.

Are massages 'girly' and 'shallow wastes of money'?

[Solon]

30. Hmm...I hope massages aren't girly...

I enjoy giving them, personally, though receiving them is just as good. ;)

[GirlinContempt]

33. I'm thinking of professional massages

[Radical Activist]

39. girly

I don't take the world girly as an inherently negative or insulting term. Its just not for me. I'm not one of the chauvinist subjects of a womens studies paper about people who assign negative meanings to words describing women. So please don't try to paint me into that corner.
The average woman pays more attention to the details of how they look than the average man. They also spend more money on things like their hair, jewelry, and pedicures. So girly is a fair descriptor. As with all generalizations, that isn't always true (and thank goodness for that) but if you think this isn't true then I'd like to know what country you're living in. Men who spend as much time on their looks in the way that most women do are rare and unusual enough in society that they're given names like metrosexual.
You asked why. I gave my reasons.

[GirlinContempt]

40. I'm not trying to paint you in to a corner

Your post was negative. You called it girly along with shallow and a waste of money.

I don't think it's untrue that women tend to pay more attention to those things in general, but I don't think that makes them girly activities. More men I am acquainted with drink beer than women, so beer is a 'boys' drink? No. More of them go out to bars, is going out to the bar 'boyish'? No.

It isn't the fact that you don't want or enjoy pedicures/manicures that bothered me about your posts, it was the negativity and the value judgements on people who do.

[Radical Activist]

41. Well

I guess I'm just a judgmental asshole. I might as well come to terms with it. Sorry. :)

[billyskank]

19. Never tried it.

[KG]

20. the pedicure tickled too much for me to enjoy it.

[Eurobabe]

21. Voting for my guy, pedicure

he LOVED it.

[Perry Logan]

22. My toes value their privacy too much.

[Scooter24]

23. Yes, both

and I get them about every other week- sometimes more if my nails because my nails grow fast.

No excuse for ugly hands and feet especially if you wear sandals or flops often. :)

[IronLionZion]

25. No, but I want to

My nails need help.

[CTyankee]

27. I often see a man having a pedicure when I am at the nail salon, but I wish

guys would have them more often. Women, too, for that matter. When either gender comes in with gross feet I wonder how the poor nail techs can stand touching them! Not talking fancy here, just clean and neat. I always shower before going to the nail tech and I shave my legs so the tech doesn't have to massage briar patch legs.

It makes good sense health wise to keep your feet in good shape, especially as we get, er, older...

[flvegan]

28. Yup, many times (manicure).

My ex wife did if for a living for a while. I reaped the benefits.

[NewJeffCT]

31. Yes, the woman that cut my hair tried to set me up with a woman that did manicures

they said to go in there and ask for a woman named "Lynn" and I could chat with her.

Unfortunately, there were 2 women named Lynn that worked there and I got the one with a boyfriend.

[krispos42]

32. Not a one

I guess I would get a manicure for a special event, though.

I trim my own nails and I work in a factory, which is not a pedicure-enabling environment, so I don't really feel the need.

I managed to stop biting them off about, hmmm, six years or so ago, which was an accomoplishment. I still gnaw on the sides, though...

[swag]

35. No, but I've brushed my teeth and been circumcised.

Never again for either one, says I.

[GirlinContempt]

42. Ouch

[DS1]

37. I had someone demonstrate what they do with the skin that forms near the

start of the fingernail, and how they smash it back up in order to make more nail for polishing.


That one finger was enough. No thanks.

[GirlinContempt]

38. The cuticle?

My manicurist just gently pushes it back and trims it. And they don't trim if you ask em not to. It isn't 'smashing' or painful.

[Broken_Hero]

43. Pedicures

my wife loves anything dealing with comfort of the feet, and she likes to practice her "skills" on me...