Ok, silly ques. how long do you or would like to have your nails.

[stephaniec]

I use to let them grow long. but then realized the new fashion was short , so I do short , far more convenient .

[jennifer356]

I like the longer look and I try to keep them about 1/4 to 3/8 inch past the fingertip - I can proudly state that 7 of the 10 are my actual nails - the other 3 are thanks to my local nail salon - hard to keep them intact going out sailing 3 or 4 times a week

be well
jennifer

[Jess42]

I would love to have long nails but unfortunately I play the guitar and have to keep them short. When I do want them long any store has the fakes that I can glue on for a day or two.

[ClaudiaLove]

  I let them grow long , I like them this way , quite a lot , especially because my hands are huge and manly , so the nails are maybe the only feminine features .
  They don't really stay in my way , sometimes one of them may break because of some housewife activities that fill my time , but it is ok , they grow back quickly .
  How long  ?  I don't know , I would say ' normally long ' for a woman , if that says everything . I don't have an obsession to get them as long as I can , just to look pretty and feminine . Maybe 1/4 of an inch over the fingertip .   

  P.S.
  Sometimes I tend to cut the ring finger nail a bit shorter to give the impression of female digit ratio    ( yes , I am obsessed and weird )

[ErinWDK]

I sort of go by how far the nails stick out from the nail bed (where they change color on the finger) and 1/4 inch from there seems OK.  Any longer and they get in the way for most anyting I try to do.  However, this is still longer than most of the cis-women I know.  Does this make me out of style?


Erin

[jennifer356]

Erin - we have all been inside our own heads for so long we are all out of whack with society styles - I have made a firm pledge to do what satisfies me and not worry about what styles other people wear

be well
jennifer

[Misha]

However, this is still longer than most of the cis-women I know.  Does this make me out of style?

Out of style? What's that :-) . Personally I let them grow like 6mm (so also like quarter an inch) from the part where they change color. I have fairly hard fingernails so they remain quite stable but it does complicate the "maintenance" a bit. Still I usually trim them to like 3mm when they start to get in the way a bit too much.

[Foxglove]

I was a life-long nail-biter, so this was one unforeseen benefit of my transition: no more nail-biting!  I like them long.  They're almost a quarter inch now, but that's a bit too long for me.  I'll probably trim them in the next few days.

[Eris]

I like mine short but straight, I'm not sure if that's strange or not XD

[kariann330]

I have mine squared off and just a little bit past the tip of my fingers.

[stephaniec]

I do let them grow to about a halve an inch once in a while, but I can't seem to stop breaking them

[Just Shelly]

I've gotten a gel manicure twice now this year. Both times I loved my nails but the second time they were a bit too long so trimmed them after a week. There still longer than what I can grow but the problem with gels is that you either have to have them filled or let them grow out. I have never tried the acrylic and never will, their not good for your real nails.

After these grow out I'm going back to nice short trim ones. There is a lot of maintenance involved with keeping them clean and looking good after about 3 weeks. I even had to by a small scrub brush to keep them clean, one reason you will never see any health workers with long nails.

[Leila]

I'd like mine trimmed neat and rounded off. If they are too long I find it impossible to type on a keyboard. Otherwise buffed down and some polish on them would be nice too.

[Evelyn K]

Quarter inch with tapered rounded tips. It really helps feminize your hands and peeves me when I break them also. Been using a nail hardener you wipe on every three days or so. Seems to work OK.

[Jessica Merriman]

An inch and a quarter long and I love them. It did take a while to learn not to poke my eyes out when putting in contact lenses though. I would not shorten them for anything as they are my favorite feature I think. 

[Jill F]

I like to grow them as long as possible, but I end up cutting them back every time I play the guitar.  You chip the polish and maybe the nail itself as well as gouging up your fingerboard.  I like to be nice to my pretty guitar collection as well as my nails, but long nails = no guitar time for me. 

[Evelyn K]

An inch and a quarter long and I love them. It did take a while to learn not to poke my eyes out when putting in contact lenses though. I would not shorten them for anything as they are my favorite feature I think. 

You mean like this? That's crazy!!!!

[Jessica Merriman]

You mean like this? That's crazy!!!!

From base to tip, not 1 1/4 past the tip. 

[Oriah]

I let them grow until they break, then re-file them.  They're always at least a 1/4 inch beyond the end of my finger

[Evelyn K]

From base to tip, not 1 1/4 past the tip. 

ooooooh. I C. tee-hee!