I don’t have a preference, and it doesn’t matter… well, actually, I very slightly prefer plain natural practical nails to long and/or fancy and/or painted nails, I think, but mainly it’s about how the woman is about them – what’s going on in her thoughts and feelings about them, and what effect that has. For instance, it can be a source of frustration or anxiety for her and others.
It seems mainly to be a juvenile conversation about women competing with other women, which to me is ironic because it’s supposedly about prettiness which I oh-so-chauvinistically suppose would have something to do with male admiration, when I and I think most straight men don’t notice and perhaps even prefer plain and simple healthy nails to anything fancy.
Something like that. ;-)
Well, I’ll add that what I do appreciate, as I noticed recently from an actual example, is when a woman mentions how they don’t fuss with or even do cosmetic things that I’m not attracted to anyway.