I love to put on nail polish a couple of times a week. It usually goes all over the skin around my nails because I slop it on. But that’s OK, cuz it’s the color that counts.
I use lots of the nail polishes from the girls in my school and my sisters. I put on coat after coat after coat so it’s thick and goopy. It is so fun just watching the colors glitter. Sometimes I even put two or three colors on each nail just to see what they end up looking like. Purples, greens and blues are my favorites.
Guess what? I’m a guy. I’m a 12-year-old male from Chicago, I’m a major jock and very decent at soccer and basketball, I have a girlfriend, and I listen to alternative rock. My father thinks I want to be like Dennis Rodman or Marilyn Manson, which is not true at all!!! I just think painting nails is cool and amusing, and any guy who dares to do it is brave.
In the beginning, I only got a few jokes from my friends, because most people thought it was cool. But my father is not satisfied about it. The first time he saw me wearing polish, he said: “I think it’s cool, but are you trying to attract attention or be a woman? When I was a kid, a man was a man and a woman was a woman. Men did not do girl things and women did not do men things.” I told him: “I am a kid living in the ’90s,” and he started a whole other conversation about that topic. So I just listened.
When I do get jokes about how nail polish is for girls only, I can handle it, because those are the people who have no style. Plus, polish makes life less boring.
“Hey, guys, revved about wearing polish but Freaked by putrid pastels?
We’ll steer you toward a funky new polish. Paint Job perfectly matches the colors of classic cars. Choose from 50 hot shades, like 1996 Jaguar Jade Green Pearl Metallic and 1993 Ferrari Russo Red. You and your braver friends can take a few for a spin; or girls, get your guy a bottle. They’re $11 each. For where to get ’em, call 888-868-2405.
