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12 Emotional Stages of Giving Yourself a Manicure

If you've ever painted your own nails, you've felt all these feels
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Stage 7: Despair
Never mind. You've just realized your left hand is basically a vestigial appendage. It cannot paint worth crap.

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Stage 8: Bargaining
Perhaps with flattery and promises of fresh-baked cookies, your roommate or significant other could be persuaded to help a girl out.

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Stage 9: Anger
Your nails have been finished for approximately two seconds and there's already a nick on one and a fingerprint on another. Mother fudge.

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Stage 10: Boredom
...And starvation, and all the other feels that come from not being able to use your hands while your nails dry.

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Stage 11: Acceptance
After all, to err is human. To forgive (yourself -- busted-up nails included) is divine.

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BY MARY SQUILLACE | MAR 3, 2016 | SHARES
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