When I was about 4, my mum told me that her dad bit his nails when he was a kid and that, after a while, they just gave up growing and never were a normal length again. It certainly stopped me from biting my nails, but it only occurred to me TODAY that it might not be true, so I googled it. If only I could say I was still relatively young or really dumb... but no, I'm a straight-A student in my GCSE year. If only I had been more cynical and disbelieving as a child...
A childhood belief about biting my nails
others believed things like this
- i was told that if i kept biting my nails i would grow hairs on my tongue i was 10 yrs old by the way— charlotte anderson
- My Dad told me that biting my nails would result in a large toenail being attached to my stomach lining.— LindaAG
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- when i was little my sister told me that when i bite my nails it would cut through my skin and i would die! — nn
- when i was 6 my mom told me that if you bit your nails a hand would grow in your stomachAnon
- I wasn't allowed to cut my nails on a sunday , don't ask me why.— martin