Don' you hate when...

[sara66]

I spent the day working on a car. Now I have hand that a dirty and grease in every crack and cut. I makes me not want to dress, and I have been on a roll.

What takes the wind out of your sails?

[Maid_Marion]

Breaking a nail.

I was very pleased to do clean out the bathroom vanity drain with a plumber's snake this week with my nails surviving the exercise. :)

[Joan58]

The last time I did brakes on my truck,my hands were so black. I though I would never get them clean.That evening I washed all dishes
from our evening meal by hand. Best hand cleaner ever.

[Angie G]

Good call Joan. I use dish soap a nd a nailbrush to scrub my nails and skin. looks like I never worked on the car. ::hugs:
Angie.

[Bobbi46]

A good barrier cream first will do the trick I used to be a mechanic and used it every day it worked and also ones skin is better as a result, its a big drawback to have dry skin and not having nice nails at the same time.

[Hell on Heels]

Hell-o Sara,
Ummmm? Anyone heard about these things called gloves?
But yeah, having to work on any vehicle can really do a number on anything I’ve got planned.
Much Love,
Kristyn

[Tracii G]

I use the black nitrile gloves when working on my car or other things messy.
I really hate having dirty hands.

[Cristy2]

I got to where I wear surgical gloves a lot because my hands have become very sensitive to just about everything. The other day I was washing some mirrors with just plain old everyday glass cleaner and about five minutes later my hand was all dried and itching like heck.

[Crissy 107]

Hell-o Sara,
Ummmm? Anyone heard about these things called gloves?
Kristyn
Kristyn, Once again your common sense answers make me smile.

[sara66]

I hate gloves, you lose all tactile sensation. I have nitrile glove and the shred to easily.

[DommaReed]

I spent the day working on a car. Now I have hand that a dirty and grease in every crack and cut. I makes me not want to dress, and I have been on a roll.

What takes the wind out of your sails?

Washing both our cars, detailing the interior of mine, and waxing the wife's car. I'm just plain pooped! We were going to get dressed up to play this evening too! Good thing we can play tomorrow later afternoon!

[Michaelasfun]

Cutting myself accidentally when shaving. Especially when I’m not purposely going for a “Walking Dead extra” look lol

[Stephanie47]

My wife cancelling a day away from home!

[Maria in heels]

Unfortunately for some of us, gloves just don't cut it. I still remember teasing the younger guys when they would whip out a pair of gloves and put them back on, then take them off and stuff them back in their pockets. All I can say is I wish that I could soak in that parts washer since it removes all the "fat & oils" from your skin if you wash in it lol!

What takes the wind out of my sails...? When the Life 360 goes off and I think one of my sons is coming home and he's only passing by in the area, not stopping, from work to get lunch and is within the 5 block circle of home

[Lydianne]

Yeah, being robbed of momentum doesn't feel as good as expending it... Like a sneeze that builds up and dissipates just before the apex :waiting:.

My shut-downers include: Illness or injury, tiredness, extreme cold, extreme heat, heightened dysphoric feeling, wanting it too much, fear of failure, pending housework, absence of opportunity to go out.

During those times, I just process a successful dressing-up in my mind. Naturally, it doesn't go as far, but it helps a bit.

- Lydianne.

[Connie D50]

Breaking a nail.

I was very pleased to do clean out the bathroom vanity drain with a plumber's snake this week with my nails surviving the exercise. :)

I'm with you Marion I hate it when I break a nail and lately its been real bad I bowl on Thursdays and I have broken 2 nails in two weeks. Before anyone ask I can't quit bowling my wife loves it :).

[BLUE ORCHID]

Hi Sara :hugs:, My Downer I when I want to get dressed but I a just too tired to dress, I guess that comes with age.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Orchid ..+:daydreaming:+..

[Cheryl T]

I hate it when I'm just about done with my makeup and the phone rings..."hi, it's .... is it ok if we drop by, we're in the neighborhood."

[marlacd]

Getting stressed out at work. Like this has to be done by X time, or that isn't coming together in the time allotted, and the other thing just insists on being obstinate. The mindset to dress gets blurred by outside forces that insist on getting in the way.

Its times like that, when instead of dressing up, I'll lock the door, climb aboard the bike, and head out for parts unknown. When I can make it work that fast, is when I know I'm working too much.

[Alyssa Lane]

I work on cars all the time, you get dirty, and cant really wear anything nice, but for cleaning I use Dawn dish soap, works the best for removal of grease. Had a friend say use sugar or salt like pumice stone for a little abrasive action.

[Beverley Sims]

Not much really, I do use barrier cream on my hands before working on the car.

[AllieSF]

"What takes the wind out of your sails?"

No one to talk with all day long.

[valerie anne]

Greasy hands and a dropped bra strap!

[suzanne]

My hands get there every day in my work. What you need is an industrial grade hand cleaner. I use this:https://www.amazon.ca/Stockhausen-83187-Solopol-Heavy-Duty-Cleaner/dp/B000JLHUVC/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?hvadid=249483652225&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=1001962&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=774807807424220931&hvtargid=kwd-361310207757&keywords=solopol+hand+cleaner&qid=1552860730&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&tag=googcana-20

[marlacd]

I've gotten pretty good results with plain 'ol crummy Lava.

[Lana Mae]

Go-Jo hand cleanser works really well! Hugs Lana Mae

[natalie_cheryl]

This is the exact reason why I wear nitrile gloves when I do dirty jobs.

[chelyann]

I wear nitrile gloves when I do dirty jobs, a lot of grease and oil and my hands start looking like old machinic hands cracked and stained , not very girly looking

[Jaylyn]

My work gloves are leather with extra pads on the plams, I have gone to using coconut cream on them though every time I pass by the jar. I think it has helped soften them. I also use dawn soap if the y get greasy.

[phili]

Whenever I do a lot of physical work and am in satisfying male mode fixing things, I am happy as a man and don't feel like dressing. But- about an hour afterwards I slip back into mirl.

[char GG]

Please make sure your responses are related to cding. If you have tips about cleaning hands, you may PM the OP. Thanks.

[Robertacd]

If anything working on the car or having to do any other traditionally manly thing makes me want to dress even more. Even with greasy fingernails yesterday after changing the starter I'm my truck I couldn't wait to get out of my dirty menswear and into something pretty.

A few minutes with a scrub brush on my nails and knuckles and my hands were pretty again

[sometimes_miss]

I think the one time that I definitely didn't want to dress at all, was when I had a bad sunburn. Despite the notion that some of the feminine clothing fabrics feel cool to the touch, NOTHING felt acceptable. I walked around slathering an aloe cream on myself all day. This stuff, seems to help quite a bit, and only really has to be reapplied when it wears off. We routinely recommended it to our E.R. patients during those summer months when sunburn was common, unless they insisted on getting some expensive prescription medication (which didn't help any more, anyway).
FWIW, for anyone who ever suffers a bad NON-BLISTERING sunburn, it's called 'Fruit of the Earth', a clear product which dries to a slightly tacky state, and also seems to seal the skin, preventing a lot of the evaporative heat loss; so you aren't freezing and burning at the same time. But you still can't wear anything tight over the burned skin area.
https://www.amazon.com/Fruit-Earth-100-Aloevera-oz/dp/B000EZU8P8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=19H9O0KR7IZ3B&keywords=fruit+of+the+earth+aloe+vera+gel&qid=1552947784&s=gateway&sprefix=fruit+of+the+earth%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=ASEVS99O6FS73

[April Rose]

Another vote here for the nitrile gloves. they are not perfect, but a big improvement over nothing.

[marlacd]

I think the one time that I definitely didn't want to dress at all, was when I had a bad sunburn. Despite the notion that some of the feminine clothing fabrics feel cool to the touch, NOTHING felt acceptable. I walked around slathering an aloe cream on myself all day. This stuff, seems to help quite a bit, and only really has to be reapplied when it wears off. We routinely recommended it to our E.R. patients during those summer months when sunburn was common, unless they insisted on getting some expensive prescription medication (which didn't help any more, anyway).
FWIW, for anyone who ever suffers a bad NON-BLISTERING sunburn, it's called 'Fruit of the Earth', a clear product which dries to a slightly tacky state, and also seems to seal the skin, preventing a lot of the evaporative heat loss; so you aren't freezing and burning at the same time. But you still can't wear anything tight over the burned skin area.
https://www.amazon.com/Fruit-Earth-100-Aloevera-oz/dp/B000EZU8P8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=19H9O0KR7IZ3B&keywords=fruit+of+the+earth+aloe+vera+gel&qid=1552947784&s=gateway&sprefix=fruit+of+the+earth%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=ASEVS99O6FS73

Many moons ago, I got a nasty sunburn on my forearms. Of course I used aloe, it worked for a while, and stopped working. Then I had a moment of clarity-

Two aspirin.