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I don't know that I love being very pale.  I would rather be a bit darker and be able to get a nice tan....but I'm really fair and burn easily.  So I don't tan.  I don't go outside ever without sunscreen on my face.  

I don't love being that way, but I have accepted that is just the way I am. Luckily, my husband thinks it's cute.

sunscreen is my best friend!!

i get a lot of compliments on my fair skin actually...when i was younger i had a few people be like 'omg you should TAN!" but now people are like 'your skin is AWESOME" haha.

skin cancer runs in my family. it pisses me off when people are like 'oh everything causes cancer..dont worry about it!". when you have to have part of your nose cut off because you got skin cancer, you'll regret saying those idiotic things to me (i saw that in a doctors office..so sad..)

It's not that I purposely don't tan, just that it's physically impossible! My skin is better suited to the Scottish highlands than the Australian sun, so I just go freckly then pink then red. I've had some very bad burns in my time so I'm pretty careful with the sunscreen, clothes, hats, shade, etc. Thank goodness rashies got cool, now I can cover up on the beach and not look lame :) I wouldn't mind being a bit darker and not having to worry about burning so much. So I wouldn't say I'm proud of my pale skin, it's not exactly "porcelain" - I have too many freckles and other damage. Trying to take better care of it now so I don't end up with skin cancer like all the other Aussies.

I can't tan.  At all.  I burn, I peel, and then I'm whiter than I was before.  I do avoid the sun at all costs, wear hats and sunscreen and gravitate toward shade of any kind.  I'm so pale I'm almost translucent.  I've seen skin cancer, and it's horrible, and I have NO DESIRE to end up with it.  My roommate in college was CONVINCED that tanning wasn't bad for you, it was only sunburns that lead to skin cancer.  What she doesn't get is that ANY TIME your skin changes color, it's been damaged, and that damage accumulates to cause cancer.  No burning, no tanning...it's no bueno!

I don't fake'n'bake but I don't avoid the sun. I'm very pale naturally and freckle really bad on my face, but I don't let it bother me. I get rude comments about being pale but I usually say "Well 100 years ago I would have been perfect, huh"? lol

I can tan, but I don't.  I have blonde hair, blue eyes, and really light skin, so I'm just more likely to get skin cancer.  I used to lay out at the beach for a few years in high school/college, but I haven't been out in years.  Even when I go running, I lather on sunscreen.  Yes, people make fun of me for being pale, but I don't want skin cancer, and I want to look young as long as possible. :)

So white I'm transparent - my legs look like a map of the London underground in ivory and blue.  Doesn't matter what sunscreen I use, I go directly from see-through to second-degree burns.  Also, my grandma has skin cancer and a good friend of mine died last year due to melanoma tumors, so I avoid the evil day star sun.  However, I wear t-shirts everywhere.  My lower arms are noticeably more normal-person colored than the rest of me (though I've still only met one person who out-whites my lower arms.)  Farmer tan - not a wedding day look I want.  So I'm thinking about doing a light spray tan for my wedding.  Will obviously have to try it out in advance.

@abbyful:

I agree... I have had many lectures from my father (a doctor) and how everybody needs at least 30 minutes of sun exposure a day, no sunscreen. Vitamin D is VERY important. It is also important to know where to draw the line and not stay out too long and cause damamge.

I love the sun.. I actually get depressed if I don't get my time outside. But don't even get me started on tanning beds... now those I HATE.

I don't- I don't want skin cancer and I want to look young when I'm old.

I tan pretty well just being outside, but I always wear SPF on my face, and I never go and "lay out" anymore like I did a few summers during college.

This summer I have been really careful because I didn't want tan lines before the wedding, nor did I want to spray tan or go to a tanning bed. So far, so good!

I am olive skinned and I purposely don't tan because my skin absorbs color too quickly. At the end of summer I have 4-5 different tan lines on my body just from walking around or a day out running errands. It's crazy. So this summer, in preparation for my Spring wedding and my laser hair removal treatments, I am spending it indoors. I want to even out the different neckline/sleeve-length tan lines for my strapless wedding gown.

I'm another one that doesn't tan! I am super pale and I am at the stage in my life where I am OK with that! I also burn really easily... l once got seriously burnt while walking around the shops on holidays in shorts and a tshirt... I had sunscreen on and a hat and I still had such bad burns that I dehydrated and my body went into shock from the pain of it! I avoid the sun where I can and if I am to be outdoors I will sit in the shade!