My bad habit is tearing up my cuticles.
Okay, so let me preface this by saying that the reason my hand looks like it belongs to an 80-year-old is because I have been deep cleaning in the bathrooms and kitchen today and couldn't find my gloves. Generally, my hands are quite nice...except for my bad habit. It's a stress thing that's gotten considerably worse since the end of college to now. I don't bite my fingernails and never have, but I tear up the cuticles around my nails. On particularly stressful days, I will sometimes pick at them until they bleed, which is horrible and does not make for pretty hands. My mom always made such a big deal about my "pretty hands" when I was growing up - she had this thing where she said I should be a hand model in commercials, like for lotion and stuff. I don't think there's actually too much hope for that. Andrew HATES HATES HATES this habit. Any time he sees me picking at my cuticles, he either fusses mightily or smacks my hand :) I know it's a bad habit, but I'm not quite sure how to break it. The longest I have gone without messing with my nails was one month before my wedding, since I knew I would have pictures taken of my hands.
Not technically a picture just of hands, but I love it. Our cake was amazing!It's a silly habit, and one that I really don't have an excuse for, unless you count the excuse that there could be many worse ways to relieve stress.
At least it looks better than bitten down fingernails. I've quit so many times, but it never seems to stick for more than a few weeks at a time.
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