I don’t understand the appeal of sunbathing?

I dont think we're sun bed neighbours

I get it .
I like to sunbathe but cringe at the people who put their face and décolletage in the direct sun.

Sod that.
I wear a huge hat and sunnies and never get my face or chest area tanned . I’m fifty tomorrow and get lots of compliments on my skin.

Its the same as lying on a bed or a sofa but with a bit of warmth on you

I know no one like that.

Dozing under an umbrella in the sun is my favourite thing. It doesn’t preclude sailing, diving, cycling, walking, dining whilst on holiday, but it’s so relaxing.

You can absolutely justify it. I could get through winter without 10 days on Phuket every February. Do it!

Im usually in the shade but I like that its warm and to read in a relaxed, warm, dry outdoors place. Broken up with cooling pool dips

Couldn't do it exclusively though. Try and get a holiday with a couple of book days and adventure days

Can’t bear it. Can’t bear lounging on a sofa either, but lying in the sun with the feeling my skin is being burnt and only a chemical mix saving from doing exactly that.

I’d rather ‘do’ than ‘be’

I'm a bit older than middle aged, went away for a four day break. For the first time ever I spent my time drinking, napping and reading, on a sun longer, but not by the pool. My body needed the recharge. My DD and her friends do similar in November, they have exceptionally physically, busy jobs, six days a week, which intensifies over Winter and they need the down time before it. Also I'm autistic, so is my DD, neither of us can do pools.

Love lizarding it up in the sun 🌞 whether it be in the garden at home or by the pool on holiday. Feel so much better with a tan.

I'm autistic and I used to like sunbathing as a teenager. These days I love sunbathing on a sunny day in winter/early spring (obviously in clothes!) but I overheat after about five minutes once the temperature goes over 19 ish.

I don’t enjoy it either. I’ve always assumed people were sleeping off a hangover.

I absolutely love it. Pure relaxation! At a beach though not the pool

I feel horrible if I spend much time out in the sun, but I do like sitting on a "sun" lounger in the shade reading a good book.

The rest of the family go off doing watersports and other things I find incomprehensible 😅 good thing we're all different...

I live a very, very busy life with lots of responsibility for the health of other family members. I love lying, feeling the warmth of the sun reach my bones, reading lots of books. Pure escape and relaxation. Bliss

I like sitting on a sunbed but in the shade (because I burn terribly) with a book or listening to a podcast. I don’t have much downtime day to day so that’s my little relax. I say that, however, but usually, as soon as my bum hits the lounger, I usually hear “muuummm, can you just…..” followed by a request of some kind meaning I have to get up from said lounger and do something for someone 😂

My book melted today and the pages fell apart.

I only like it if I’ve got a good book

I like sunbathing, reading and cats 😁

I don’t like it at all, I swim on holiday doing lengths but that’s after a day sightseeing somewhere. I’d love to enjoy it though and the ability to sit still and switch off! I do envy people that can

I have no idea either, OP, and I'm not ND (as far as I know). While certain areas of my body tan, others remain stubbornly white, and go lobster red and burn in the sun! Also, I'm too British to withstand heat over about 15 degrees, before whinging about how it is too hot 😁

Some people seem to like it, and find it a relaxing way to pass the time (or supervise family members in pools). Also, it's probably quite a novel way to pass the time, given that you can probably sit outside and attempt to sunbathe for approximately 10 days per year in the UK.

I love lying on a sunbed with a good book. My kids are of an age where they love being in the pool all day and I’m reaping the benefits of the hundreds of pounds I’ve shelled out for swimming lessons over the years.

It may be dull to you, but for me and DH it’s a well deserved rest. We work full time in demanding jobs, the kids need ferrying to several clubs a week, the laundry and housework are never ending.

I think the difference between this and more niche things is that speaking as someone uninterested in lying on a sunbed all day, people can make you feel like a total freak about it. People just casually assume all the time that lying in the sun is everyone's idea of a holiday

I agree with you OP. I get too hot too quickly and have to move into the shade, and don’t tan anyway, so it’s pointless for me.

It's a sensory joy. Most of the time I'm too cold and am all tense and hunched up. In winter, you can find me under a heated throw, with a hot water bottle, sitting next to the radiator or in a sauna. In the summer I like to rest and feel the sun on my skin. Maybe I'll read a book or maybe I will just have time to think. I also love swimming, so being able to swim and then warm up in the sunshine and then cool down in the water is blissful.

I enjoy other stuff, too, but that sunshine and swimming combination is the best for when I'm tired and stressed.

It’s a typical MN - I’m so superior threads where someone pretends to ask a question but it’s a thinly disguised sneer at others who think see as shallow.

There’s a million and one things I’m not a fan of but hey if others love those things who am I to judge? Different strokes and all that - if no one is harmed what’s the problem?

And I love sunbathing. Laying on a sun-lounger smothered in Piz Buin AirPods in completely switched off from the world sidling up the warmth.