biting my nails

when i was little, my sister was in bilogy and she told me about all the little bugs and organisms crawling and living on my hands, and on the carpet since i spent most of my time there playing, and she said that when i bit my nails i ate the bugs. I never did bite my nails again...

Casey

I used to belive that if you bit your nails, your body didnt like it so it would grow your hands on your feet instead from then on.

Krissty

For as long as I can remember, I've been a nervous chewer. I would chew 'till my fingers bled, then I would just keep chewing anyway. One day, when I was 8 or 9, my father told me that the only things that we couldn't digest were bubble gum and nail clippings, and that my appendix would burst if I kept chewing. I think I stopped for a week... maybe. :-O

Govrache

My Aunt used to tell me that if I kept bitting my nails a plant would grow from it. She even told me a cousin of mine had a plant on her fingers that she had to water.

gabrielona

I'm a grown up (mostly) now. But I have bitten my nails for as long as I could remember. My parents really didn't say too much about it. What REALLY bothered them was me sucking my thumb.

Rose

Rose

when i was about 7 my grandma told me that is i bit my nails then would punture my heart and i would die. :-( thanks grandma.

Eva

when i was a little kid, my sister used to pick her nails. so i thought that all kids had to have a bad habit, or they weren't cool or something, so i started picking my nails too. and now its still a really bad habit

Anon

For all my life, I got bad habit of biting my nails. In 5th grade, I was told that if I keep biting them, I would die of nails in my stomach.. I believed it so I stopped. But few weeks later, I started again and nothing happened.

Anon

my friend told me if i touch dirt than bite me finger nails i will get worms that realy grosed ma Out
coz my and had worms and 2 of me cousins had it and I NEVER EVER WILL BITE MY NAILS FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE

WEASEL

I was taught that if i bit my nails that they would get down in my stomach and make my appendix burst. I still don't bite my nails and if i ever do I become very worried for hours.

Micky

Once, when i was younger, i went with my parents to visit my uncle in the hospital. His friend was there, but his friend only had 2 or 3 fingers on each hand. He showed me his hands and said "This is what happens if you bite your nails!" Needless to say, i never bit my nails, out of fear of losing my fingers!

Anon

I was told by a student in my class that biting your nails causes them to get stuck on their way down to your stomach in the event that you swallow them.
It seemed logical as the esophogus constricts to cause food to go down to your stomach. So I thought when it would constrict, it would stab itself with the ends of the fingernail, causing it to get stuck.
I believe this until I was about 11 years old.

Scab

I used to believe that if you bit your nails, your nails will grow stronger. So I started biting my nails alot, since they were very skinny. Until one day, my best friend asked my why I kept on doing that, and I answeered. Well, she just started cracking up. Now, I paint my nails so I won't bite them!

Estee`

my big sister told me that if i picked my nose to much my brains would fall out needless to say i thought twice befor picking my nose again

bongo

my mom told me if i bite my nails worms will grow in my stomach.

Anon

When I was a little girl and bit my nails my grandma used to tell me I would never find a man to marry me!BUT I DID! And my nails are perfect now....

Christine

When I was young my grandfather told me that when I met someone that I really cared for, I would stop biting my nails. Five years ago, I met a wonderful woman, and I finally stopped. I am 60 now.

Anon