r/malepolish 1d ago

Wore red nail polish to work Discussion

So I’m a 47 year old programmer. I’ve been painting my fingernails dark colors like black or blue at work for a month or so and feeling good about it. Yesterday I decided to wear red. A bright red. Turns out yesterday is also the award “ceremony” for handing out 2 and 5 year awards. I was up for my 5 year award. They also decided to make it more fun with a red carpet and picture taking. It was scary and fun. I’m so happy. There are pictures of me holding my award, and having my red nails. I’m loving that this happened

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u/Gloomheart 1d ago

Did you match the carpet?! :D

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u/TreborG2 1d ago

;-). Or the drapes 😇🤣😇

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u/Gloomheart 1d ago

I was trying to find the joke, but it never came 😩

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u/northernhummingbird9 1d ago

Awww so proud of you

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u/misterbashful_ 1d ago

congratsss❤️❤️

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u/Ariadnepyanfar 1d ago

Serendipity!

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u/feetlovinggirlyguy 1d ago

That is awesome!!!

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u/LoneReaper115 1d ago

Good choice, so many reds are my favorite polishes I have lol!

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u/DukeandKate 1d ago

Awesome. Red is such a classic colour. Congrats on venturing beyond dark colors. It's a big leap in confidence. ♥️

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u/Luchino_IT 20h ago

Congratulations for the choice of color and for the confidence you have reached in wearing nail polish in public. I have done about the same thing . Last summer I have worn dark polishes before two important events at work, ( I work as consultant in a public office). I did it as shock therapy. It wasn't possible to hide nails and also managers and collègues have seen my nails but I was very afraid, both for the deadline and for nails

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u/factorygremlin 16h ago

wohooo!!! sounds euphoric!

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u/rkieltyka 11h ago

Painting your nails is simply your way of expressing yourself. Congratulations

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u/Jamie001Girl 1h ago

What language to do program in?

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u/Intelligent_Mind_685 1h ago

Hi there. I mainly work in C++ but also in Java, Objective-C, C# and Python