I have the opposite instinct. Growing up rural, long nails were something that only the gentry class could do. It didn’t make sense for the working class women to have something as fragile as long, manicured nails. There’s a reason that “Oh no, I broke a nail” was a punchline in Temple of Doom. It was the ultimate display of a pampered naif being exposed to the mildest bit of adversity for the first time.
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I have the opposite instinct. Growing up rural, long nails were something that only the gentry class could do. It didn’t make sense for the working class women to have something as fragile as long, manicured nails. There’s a reason that “Oh no, I broke a nail” was a punchline in Temple of Doom. It was the ultimate display of a pampered naif being exposed to the mildest bit of adversity for the first time.
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