Have some wonderful man give you a beautiful engagement ring that you want to show off to everyone, but you're embarassed because your nails look so bad! That'll fix it every time!!!

That's what happened to me!! Ha Ha!!

But in reality, when I have tried in the past to stop, I had to use some of the special polishes or liquids that taste really, really bad to make me quit.

I wish you luck! I also found that filing them every day to keep the edges smooth and keeping a coat of clear polish on them helped me to keep from wanting to pick at them too. It is a nasty, but very common habit. I was furious with myself when I did it, and in pain a great deal of the time because of the hangnails and the sore fingernail bed.