It's strange how you can justify your bad habits...I always believed biting my nails was the reason I'd never had a filling or tooth out at the dentists...something daft about fortifying my enamel with calcium...and that I should keep eating my nails for nutritional value...
A childhood belief about biting my nails

others believed things like this
- i used to think that biting my nails would make my fingers fall off! ;)— Cassandra
- 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 wasn't allowed to cut my nails on a sunday , don't ask me why.— martin
- That bitng my nails would cause worms in my tummyAnon
- I used to believe that red pistachio shells were the same as women's press on nails.— Bob