I guess theres all sorts of variables when it comes to the thread title question, so heres mine :)
I have NEVER not even once tanned in a tanning bed. I've always felt I can get it for free outside, why would I pay to lay in a bed that other people have sweat on?? haha but really, to each their own. I don't have a problem if others do it :)
I've always lived in places where the sun was only readily available in summers. As a teen I would often lay out in the summers. As an adult it has varied more. When I first got married we lived in the desert and I learned to pretty much HATE the sun. So I stayed in the shade and tan free the entire 4 years. Then we moved to a more bearable place and had a private backyard so the first couple summers we lived here I would lay out a few times a week for like an hour each just during june-august.
I DO love the way I look with a tan... but have also become more aware of how it can damage me. And I just do not like the idea of a fake tan. Anyways, through my marriage problems these last 3 years I haven't really cared what I looked like. Gave up working out regularly, and certainly didn't care about getting any sun in the summer. No loving husband to admire me in a bathing suit :( So it's been another 3 years of staying sun-free. With the divorce now and me trying to focus on feeling better about myself, I've starting eating better and working out regularly again. I took a beach trip the other week with some friends but had no tan yet, but still felt nice to be in a two piece again :)
ANYWAYS, bet you didn't think that a post about tanning would get so deep, would you? haha But basically I had thought I'd like a tan after so many years break to help give me a little self confidence this summer... and yet at the same time I just don't know if it's worth it. I haven't seen any visible damage yet... but I don't want to cause it. And recently I'm sure many of you saw the photo being passed around of the young mom who gets treatment for melanoma. Very eye opening.
Do you think one 3 month period of laying out in my backyard to help my new outlook on my transition and give me a boost of the feel goods is worth it? Or at 30 years old should I know better? It's nearing June so I'm trying to decide if I want to be tan or pale this summer :)
I have NEVER not even once tanned in a tanning bed. I've always felt I can get it for free outside, why would I pay to lay in a bed that other people have sweat on?? haha but really, to each their own. I don't have a problem if others do it :)
I've always lived in places where the sun was only readily available in summers. As a teen I would often lay out in the summers. As an adult it has varied more. When I first got married we lived in the desert and I learned to pretty much HATE the sun. So I stayed in the shade and tan free the entire 4 years. Then we moved to a more bearable place and had a private backyard so the first couple summers we lived here I would lay out a few times a week for like an hour each just during june-august.
I DO love the way I look with a tan... but have also become more aware of how it can damage me. And I just do not like the idea of a fake tan. Anyways, through my marriage problems these last 3 years I haven't really cared what I looked like. Gave up working out regularly, and certainly didn't care about getting any sun in the summer. No loving husband to admire me in a bathing suit :( So it's been another 3 years of staying sun-free. With the divorce now and me trying to focus on feeling better about myself, I've starting eating better and working out regularly again. I took a beach trip the other week with some friends but had no tan yet, but still felt nice to be in a two piece again :)
ANYWAYS, bet you didn't think that a post about tanning would get so deep, would you? haha But basically I had thought I'd like a tan after so many years break to help give me a little self confidence this summer... and yet at the same time I just don't know if it's worth it. I haven't seen any visible damage yet... but I don't want to cause it. And recently I'm sure many of you saw the photo being passed around of the young mom who gets treatment for melanoma. Very eye opening.
Do you think one 3 month period of laying out in my backyard to help my new outlook on my transition and give me a boost of the feel goods is worth it? Or at 30 years old should I know better? It's nearing June so I'm trying to decide if I want to be tan or pale this summer :)
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