Fingernail Polish

I went and had my nails done yesterday, and because it is almost St. Patrick's Day, I decided to have them painted green and gold.

(The green is less minty in real life.  It must have been the flash.)

I really like the way that they turned out, and I was showing them off to everyone in my family last night.  When I asked Connor if he liked them, he responded that he did.  Then he said,

"It's unfortunate that boys are stuck with pink nails."

It took me a minute to realize what he was saying, but what I believe he meant was that since I was a girl, I was able to paint my nails green, which is clearly an acceptable boy color.  But since he was a boy, and didn't paint his nails at all, his were pink (flesh-colored), which is (in his opinion) a girl color.

I asked him what color he wanted his nails to be, and he said black.  Then he asked if he could paint his nails black.  And while I know that manicures for men are more popular now than they ever have been, and that more guys wear colored polish than ever, and I want him to be sensitive of other people's nail polish choices, I am not sure that I am ready for my five year-old boy to start wearing black nail polish.

Plus, as soon as he asked to have his nails painted black, Lex wanted his to be painted black, too.  And I am definitely not qualified to be painting all of their nails.  I mean, that is why I have someone else paint mine.

So I just told him that we didn't have any black polish.  Which is true.  And now I'm just hoping that he doesn't ask again for a long long time.