Hands

Byrnzie

What's the deal with hands?

You read some 19th Century writer and they can spend a whole page describing someone's hands.

Women spend shit loads of money on getting their hands moisturized and the nails manicured, and got knows what else.

I don't get it. I've never paid any attention to anyone's hands before at any time in my life.

Am I missing something here?

eMMI

sounds to me you're missing some brilliant pairs of hands!

I don't know. I don't spend tons of time on my pair.. but then again, I'm kinda lucky cause I have naturally quite soft hands.

I don't pay huge attention to other people's hands but one thing I can't stand is long fingernails on guys (especially if there's something under them!). :eek:

Collin

When I was a kid I was always fascinated by my grandparents' hands. My grandfather had huge hands, he worked with them his entire life and every day he told me to use my two hands, that they were the most precious gift god had given me.

eMMI

Collin wrote:

When I was a kid I was always fascinated by my grandparents' hands. My grandfather had huge hands, he worked with them his entire life and every day he told me to use my two hands, that they were the most precious gift god had given me.

I love that thought. and it's so true.

hands that have "seen" life, that have worked, are a wonderful thing.

pretext

Collin wrote:

When I was a kid I was always fascinated by my grandparents' hands. My grandfather had huge hands, he worked with them his entire life and every day he told me to use my two hands, that they were the most precious gift god had given me.

My grandfather has almost no feeling left in his hands and can barely move his fingers, but he can still crush my hand when he holds it - they're that strong.

I don't understand why people spend so much time decorating their hands, especially when regular use only results in high maintenance. That said, if I could make a living as a hand model, I'd probably go for it.

Byrnzie

Collin wrote:

When I was a kid I was always fascinated by my grandparents' hands. My grandfather had huge hands, he worked with them his entire life and every day he told me to use my two hands, that they were the most precious gift god had given me.

I was fascinated in my Granddads medicine cabinet. It got me in trouble once as my parents had to rush me to the hospital after I swallowed a load of his pills, and had to get my stomach pumped. I don't remember anything about his hands though.

rival.

you have to take care of your tools!

chadwick

Collin wrote:

When I was a kid I was always fascinated by my grandparents' hands. My grandfather had huge hands, he worked with them his entire life and every day he told me to use my two hands, that they were the most precious gift god had given me.

when i was a child i'd sit on my grandmother's (dad's mom) lap and look at her hands. they were bruised up and stuff. i think maybe from the IV needle injection sites. i wanted to put band-aids on her (hands) ouchies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s34b8T44514

i must of been only about 5 years old or younger.
it is a very vivid memory that lingers in the back of my mind.
it comes out every once in awhile for me to remember her warm smile.

prism

my Dad had great-big blue hands. seriously, he was a printer so his hands were always stained blue.

when i was a lil kidlet i used to wonder why my hands weren't blue too? or why mine wouldn't turn blue when he held my hand? especially since people always used to say to me "you are such a Daddy's girl. you are just like him" and i remember saying "no, I'm not. i don't have big blue hands"

Lukin639

Just imagine how many different things you will have touched over the course of your life with your hands. Some things on a daily basis (you know who you are:)).

chime

You've caught me painting my nails

I don't get manicures or moisturise me hands though

I do notice a man's hands

urbanhippie

It's funny that you posted this. I had my nails done 'cos I was going away for the weekend. I was on the bus back home today and a guy sitting next to me said 'you have very beautiful hands'
I thought he was trying to hit on me, but couldn't find anything better to compliment me on

Urban Hiker

Back in May I shook a very attractive VP candidate's hand and thought, "Oh, my. What big hands he has."

Spunkie

Ed has long fingers. Compared to his fingers, some men fall short.

wolfbear

I've always noticed peoples hands and feet. Don't know why, but I do.

g under p

wolfbear wrote:

I've always noticed peoples hands and feet. Don't know why, but I do.

Same here and teeth.

They say that no matter how well you can disguise your age and wrinkles in your face you can't disguise it as well with your hands. The hands always seems to give it away, if someone asks me to guess a person's age I just take a good look at their hands.

Hands down that's the key for me to tell the age in a person.

Peace

mickeyrat

been noticing how similar mine are to my fathers. Same wrikles and in the same places too! As much as I fought it , I am my fathers son.

decides2dream

Byrnzie wrote:

What's the deal with hands?

You read some 19th Century writer and they can spend a whole page describing someone's hands.

Women spend shit loads of money on getting their hands moisturized and the nails manicured, and got knows what else.

I don't get it. I've never paid any attention to anyone's hands before at any time in my life.

Am I missing something here?

you most definitely are.
i LOVE hands, and to me they tell a lot about a person. are they well groomed and clean? are they at all callused/rough from labor? size of hands, shape of fingers.....can tell a lot about a man and i will leave it at that. i love, love, love a man with strong hands.....well-formed hand/fingers. my husband is a bass player and i LOVE to watch him play. :cool:


as to women, i do not like too overly manicured looks....the too long nails, the fake nails, etc. but i like a nice, short and neat manicure...nail polish or not.....and you bet i take care of my hands. moisturizing your body is important, period, but especially things like your hands. beautiful and soft hands are a plus.

decides2dream

g under p wrote:

Same here and teeth.

They say that no matter how well you can disguise your age and wrinkles in your face you can't disguise it as well with your hands. The hands always seems to give it away, if someone asks me to guess a person's age I just take a good look at their hands.

Hands down that's the key for me to tell the age in a person.

Peace

this is VERY true!
you can see the most 'well-preserved' woman....great shape, body in perfect form, face looks smooth, hair is grey-free....but the hands ALWAYS tell the *truth.*

ladygooddiva

than show them your etention hands can show how old you are

norm

decides2dream wrote:

as to women, i do not like to overly manicured looked....the too long nails, the fake nails, etc. but i like a nice, short and neat manicure...nail polish or not.....and you bet i take care of my hands. moisturizing your body is important, period, but especially things like your hands. beautiful and soft hands are a plus.

YES! i love women's hands....can't really describe what it is but i love holding them

Gossard_Is_God

Ive never met anyone with bigger hands then me

decides2dream

cutback wrote:

YES! i love women's hands....can't really describe what it is but i love holding them

and many of us enjoy having them held.


seriously...the eyes may be the windows to the soul, but the hands are the key to sensual pleasures. just think of all the things your hands do....oh my. just fantastic, and so expressive...and you bet...wonderful to touch and be touched.

_Crazy_Mary_

When I was 18, I broke a glass while I was washing it and a perfect letter "J" was carved into my hand. It looks like I put it there on purpose. The weird part is that happened less than two weeks after I had an abortion, and before I decided to abort, I planned on naming the baby "Jeremy."

unifiedscene

Gossard_Is_God wrote:

Ive never met anyone with bigger hands then me

On the flipside, I think I have the smallest guy's hands possible. They said smoking pot could stunt growth as an adolescent, looks like I fucked myself here.

I do like delicate, small feminine hands. My ex had them. Of course, she left me for one of you big, rough handed alpha male types, hehe.

_Crazy_Mary_

unifiedscene wrote:

On the flipside, I think I have the smallest guy's hands possible. They said smoking pot could stunt growth as an adolescent, looks like I fucked myself here.

I do like delicate, small feminine hands. My ex had them. Of course, she left me for one of you big, rough handed alpha male types, hehe.

I work with a guy whose hands are pretty freakin' small. My hands are about 6.5" long. I would say his are 5"

Gossard_Is_God

unifiedscene wrote:

On the flipside, I think I have the smallest guy's hands possible. They said smoking pot could stunt growth as an adolescent, looks like I fucked myself here.

I do like delicate, small feminine hands. My ex had them. Of course, she left me for one of you big, rough handed alpha male types, hehe.

Ive been smoking weed since i was 14 :P

decides2dream

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

I work with a guy whose hands are pretty freakin' small. My hands are about 6.5" long. I would say his are 5"

you just made me measure my hand.....:o
from tip of middle finger to wrist.....6.5 inches. my hands are neither big nor small really. when i was younger/thinner, my fingers were VERY thin, but now they are pretty average i would guess. i do like my hands tho and i get compliments often.

as i mentioned above, hands are important. after the first general impression, i almost always look at hands....especially for a romantic interest. always have.

unifiedscene

Gossard_Is_God wrote:

Ive been smoking weed since i was 14 :P

There goes my excuse... I guess it's just down to me being a girly man

How do you measure your hand? From where to where? I can't palm a basketball, get a decent throwing grip on an NFL-size football, or comfortably get my hands around a guitar neck. I'm full of inadequacy!

small town beck

I always notice hands

I like guys to have nice hands, hands they work with or write with. A nice hand to hold. If a guy has smaller hands than me :eek:

angie76

I try to make my hands look presentable but I don't go for fancy manicures, i do my own nails and I usually have a bunch of papercuts.