Why are girls obsessed with being tan?

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Soybomb

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I'll take the pale girls, especially the ones with red hair.

Some women are beautiful tanned. Some are beautiful with milk white skin. Some are great both ways.
 

NFS4

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My GF is pale most of the year. During the summer time, she normally gets a light tan from us walking around on the beach, but nothing overboard -- and it's just during the summer. She doesn't do any tanning the rest of the year. Her mom, OTOH, lays out in the sun all the time during the summer and her neck, shoulders and back have those nasty liver spots or whatever you call those brown splotchy patches. YUCK!

I personally think the artificial tanning crap is useless. Clothes you can change, toys are toys, but altering your skin just so that you can fit in with the crowd or b/c society says so is a cop out IMHO. Some things just aren't meant to be :D It ranks right up there with tattoos on the useless meter IMHO.

Oh and tanned natural red heads = teh PUKE!
 
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Well, I'm brown and often tell white girls that they should rub up against me to get a natural tan..

One day, that line will work.. One day..
 

Nik

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Oh and tanned natural red heads = teh PUKE!

More for us.

Red heads are SUPPOSED to be pale DAMNIT! :D

Right, but they're still redheads.

Redheads (tanned or not) > *.*

Brunettes > *.*

Well okay lets just be brutally honest, shall we?

Woman who will sleep with nerds like us > *.*
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Oh and tanned natural red heads = teh PUKE!

More for us.

Red heads are SUPPOSED to be pale DAMNIT! :D

Right, but they're still redheads.

Redheads (tanned or not) > *.*

Brunettes > *.*

Well okay lets just be brutally honest, shall we?

Woman who will sleep with nerds like us > *.*

true dat :D
 
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Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Originally posted by: GuideBot
Originally posted by: NFS4
Oh and tanned natural red heads = teh PUKE!

More for us.

Red heads are SUPPOSED to be pale DAMNIT! :D

Right, but they're still redheads.

Redheads (tanned or not) > *.*

Brunettes > *.*

Well okay lets just be brutally honest, shall we?

Woman who will sleep with nerds like us > *.*

To continue this breath of honesty:
right hand > *.*
 

TanisHalfElven

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Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Well, I'm brown and often tell white girls that they should rub up against me to get a natural tan..

One day, that line will work.. One day..

hah lol. i;m brown too, i wonder if i shopuold try that line.

notice ne interesting brown people prefer non-tanned girls. and white ppl prefer tanned.

i wonder if it just a case of the grass is greener (or tanner in this case) on the other side.
 
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Originally posted by: tanishalfelven
Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Well, I'm brown and often tell white girls that they should rub up against me to get a natural tan..

One day, that line will work.. One day..

hah lol. i;m brown too, i wonder if i shopuold try that line.

notice ne interesting brown people prefer non-tanned girls. and white ppl prefer tanned.

i wonder if it just a case of the grass is greener (or tanner in this case) on the other side.

And notice how brown people refer to themselves as brown, not "indian" or "beloved patriot," just brown. But we do love the white girls, don't we? Black hair and pale skin in particular for me - vampires are hot!

Edit: And if the line works you gotta give me royalties. Wait, that sounded gay.. You don't have to give me royalties, but the pale wench in question does!
 
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Also, to be pretentious, I think it also has to do with breeding habits and genetics. Years ago, "racial purity" was the goal. Now, mixed relationships are attractive, perhaps subconsciously, inter-breeding causes a reduction in genetic in normalities. Mixed race kids are often very attractive and free of defects while kids who are their own cousins often display not so pleasant traits. Getting a tan can help you cheat this by looking "exotic" or a race that you are not.
 

TanisHalfElven

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Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
Also, to be pretentious, I think it also has to do with breeding habits and genetics. Years ago, "racial purity" was the goal. Now, mixed relationships are attractive, perhaps subconsciously, inter-breeding causes a reduction in genetic in normalities. Mixed race kids are often very attractive and free of defects while kids who are their own cousins often display not so pleasant traits. Getting a tan can help you cheat this by looking "exotic" or a race that you are not.

if thats true i should really ask out some of the white girls i know.
but yeah i agree over the children part. inter-race children often have a number of advantages over same race children. expanding the genetic pool is of course a good thing.

psa. just remember something. brown girls are obsessed with looking like white girls. so i guess your theory does have some weight to it.
 

EXman

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OK you want me to end this!?

TAN FAT LOOKS BETTER THAN WHITE FAT

amen close her up.

And My wife is built like LoLa by the best Doc in town. She's nursed 3 boys and they perk up great after and they gotta be 10 years old by now...

People who say they don't like implants need to try it more or once even. CLEAVAGE is FANtastic.

I'm a Cleavage Fan!
You Go LoLa you and yer Bad Girls!
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: judasmachine
Because they don't care what their skin will look like at 40+.

/Leather

LOL, if I want leather, I'll go sit in my car :)
 

BlancoNino

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Originally posted by: judasmachine
Because they don't care what their skin will look like at 40+.

/Leather

LOL It's true. I've never personally been attracted to tan girls. I like girls with really nice natural looking skin.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: EXman
OK you want me to end this!?

TAN FAT LOOKS BETTER THAN WHITE FAT

amen close her up.

And My wife is built like LoLa by the best Doc in town. She's nursed 3 boys and they perk up great after and they gotta be 10 years old by now...

People who say they don't like implants need to try it more or once even. CLEAVAGE is FANtastic.

I'm a Cleavage Fan!
You Go LoLa you and yer Bad Girls!

Sorry, I'll be 40 this year and have had more than my fair share of women with fake tits. They don't feel or look natural, and a large percentage of women lose some, or all feeling in their nipples. What's the fun in that?
 
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Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: EXman
OK you want me to end this!?

TAN FAT LOOKS BETTER THAN WHITE FAT

amen close her up.

And My wife is built like LoLa by the best Doc in town. She's nursed 3 boys and they perk up great after and they gotta be 10 years old by now...

People who say they don't like implants need to try it more or once even. CLEAVAGE is FANtastic.

I'm a Cleavage Fan!
You Go LoLa you and yer Bad Girls!

Sorry, I'll be 40 this year and have had more than my fair share of women with fake tits. They don't feel or look natural, and a large percentage of women lose some, or all feeling in their nipples. What's the fun in that?

speaking of nipples, pierced ones are kinda fun.