NPs are pissed I painted NK’s nails
My NKs are 5yo boy and 8yo girl. They are my full time family and I’m in the middle of a situation I could use some input on!
This week the 5yo asked me to paint his fingernails. I went ahead and painted them. I honestly didn’t think anything of it because they have nail polish laying around all over, his sister loves polish and I’ve even painted her nails before as well. He was really happy and excited about having nail polish, he loves to copy what his sister does.
When his parents came home he ran over to show them and I could instantly tell by the look on their faces that they were not happy. After I left they sent me a message basically saying that I had no right to paint his nails and telling me never to do it again because they didn’t think it was appropriate for a boy.
I want to say that I really did not think they would take issue with this and it honestly didn’t cross my mind that it would be so controversial. I used to paint my little brother’s nails all the time!
Work was super awkward today because of this. Just needed to talk about this and I welcome any advice or similar experiences!!