Ok. So my boyfriend is brown. I, on the other hand, am white. Fish-belly white, to be exact. Due to my boyfriend’s lovely chocolate browness, he has never had any sort of sunburn. I, on the other hand, have had plenty.
I went away for a week to a hot, sunny local, and sunned myself like a large, fat lizard on a rock. As I result, those areas not covered by my swimsuit got rather, um, pink.
So I get home. I see my boyfriend. I show him my tan lines. He laughs profusely. He tells me I look like I’m wearing a pair of bright, white underpants.
No person who does NOT go hot pink or worse in the sun has the right to laugh at those of us who do. Now, if this were not the first time this year you’d done so, he might be justified, but most people only do this once every two or three years. Some are even smarter. I’m assuming this will stay with you for quite awhile.
For what it’s worth, I burn from the toaster, so you have my sympathy.
As a person seriously lacking in skin pigment, I have received my share of ribbing in this area-- no, not that area… Go easy on the guy. I’ve heard people who can tan are less intelligent than the pale anyway.
My girlfriend and I are both chalky white (I’m a little bit “darker”). We are also extraordinarily attractive. This is normal.
Being pale is hard to maintain in Florida, especially when we run in the afternoon. We both have the “farmer tan,” where our arms and necks and heads and legs (not including the sock area) are browner than the rest of us.
Take faith, alice. Tan lines = extreme beauty = hubba hubba.
On the other hand… I’m rather brown (Spanish) the problem with this is that I tan dark and fast. Even when I’m avoiding direct sunlight, I’ll be exposed to it a bit going from house to subway.
The result? I have tie-dye feet from my sandals, and a ridiculous farmer’s tan. I can not avoid a farmer’s tan to save my life.
I have the same problem. So despite my use of sunscreen, I have three different and distinct sets of tan lines from three different bathing suits. It’s like those sun-faded shadow pictures kids make with leaves and construction paper.
I’m not certain I agree with that. My most recent ex was able to go from milk-chocolate to dark bitter chocolate with sun, but fiercely intelligent. Unfortunately, he didn’t want to use it for good.
