I used to do that too. Until my senior year of highschool. One day I saw someone else chewing their nails and thought how ugly that person looed while gnawing on their nails, and then looked at how ugly their nails looked. I determined that I wuold stp biting my nail and have real nails for the prom. I even wrote an essay in English class about it. I remember to thisday what the teacher wrote across the top -- it was so encouraging and I knew she'd cheer me on!

By prom they were *better* but not quite long enough to consider prom style, so I wore Lee press on nails! But today my nails are usually good and long naturally unless they get too long and start peeling and breaking Then I gnaw them down a bit and start over... but even after I gnaw them down (there never seems to be a file handy when I need it so I chew!) and start all over again. Right now they are about as short as they get, but its still a good 1/8" or so longer than wjen I habitually chewed them.