How to ignore people who tell me to get a tan?

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I never want to tan because if you sun tan you risk cancer and your skin ages faster, if you go into a tanning salon you risk cancer and it's dangerous going on a machine, if you tan with tanning lotions it's bad fir your pores and wearing tan foundation is annoying and can smudge plus who could be bothered wearing that everyday...

I used to be so unhappy with my white skin because I myself thought people with tans looked amazing ( probably because my schools I went to had majority Brown kids)..

Anyway so in school everyone was tan and some would say stuff like ' Why aren't you brown, everyone else is' etc and that really made me feel bad about myself..

and like I've always been insecure about my skin but when I ate healthier my skin started looking better and then I was quite happy with it but I still thought I don't like the way I look n need a tan..

But I don't really want a tan deep down because that would be me having a fake skin colour and I want to be real not fake

Then I started to see VERY good looking people with white skin and they had great personalities which added to their beauty and all of a sudden I'm totally for white skin and think it looks the best..

And now im happy with my skin colour but I still sometimes get people trying to tell me to look brown which is VERY annoying, how can I deal with people judging my skin colour?

Thank you :)

Anonymous · Answer

Just ignore them. Sun tanning does not cause skin cancer.  That is a myth.

Anonymous · Answer

In this life, kiddo, you have to learn to ignore other people telling what to do and not to do....When you are very young, your parents have the last say but.....after that you have decide for yourself what you want to do and to learn how to ignore people who go on and on. If you like you can tell them that in the 19th century a very very pale white skin was considered very good so ladies always had parasols.....but I would just walk away....who are they to know what's what? Nobody.

Good luck,

Mo

Ma and grandma

Good luck,

Mo
Ma and grandma

Bob · Answer

You list a lot of good reasons for not getting a tan. It's a personal choice and entirely up to you.  I can't stand the boredom of sun bathing so I never like to get a tan.

If anyone asks me, I say that I sunburn very easily so I must avoid the sun as much as possible.  Maybe that will work for you.

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