Apparently short nails are a fashion statement now as opposed to a thing that just happens because you work with your hands too much and your thyroid is underactive - uh, I mean they’re totally short because I AM A CONFIDENT WOMAN. But I’ve always envied women with naturally long nails, and enjoy looking at other people’s professionally manicured nails.
You just sprung a memory for me. I was told as a kid that men examine their fingernails by holding palms up and curling the fingers in; women examine theirs palms down, fingers splayed. Thought I was some kind of non-conformist for doing it the man way.