To dislike my tan

[ijustdo]

I tan very easily, always have. I have used sunscreen and hats etc but the sun does seem to find me.

I go a horrible leathery sort of colour with a yellow tinge and of course it’s uneven. I can’t wait for it to fade. I just caught a glimpse of myself and I look really old and haggard (well, even more so than normal!)

Well, why? I am a pleasant enough looking woman but my tan just isn’t lovely, I look much better with a normal skin tone. That’s just factual, like I look better with lighter than darker hair.

I have very fair skin and I slap on factor 50 like nobody's business if I'm out in the sun because when the tan starts to wear off, it ages me ten years!

Read your op again. Would you talk like that about your friend?
We always want what we don’t have. I bet loads of people are jealous of your tan.

No, but I’m not talking about my friend, am I!?

Jeez. I am sure you’re trying to be supportive but I can express an opinion about my own appearance without being policed!

Well it’s not a luxury to not get burned. Can you explain what you mean?

I’m not that poster but I think it was obvious enough that sometimes some people have to go outside!

I often think I’d have made a great southern belle to be fair.

I’m South Asian and considered relatively fair but get tanned from simply opening the curtains in the morning! I wear factor 50 and wear sunglasses/sunhats and keep covered as much as I can but the sun still finds me- likr some pp’s upthread, I don’t look sun-kissed- I look dirty! 😂😭