Today, my girlfriend talked me into tanning in a tanning bed for the first time ever. I have never tanned before and didn't know you are supposed to ease into it. I tanned for 15 minutes in the "super bed" and have lobstered. My ass and nuts got the worst of it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I used a tanning bed for the first time ever, in an attempt to get a base tan for the summer. No one bothered to warn me that you shouldn't go the full ten minutes your first time. Now my skin is as red as my hair. FML
Today, I used the tanning booth for the first time. Not only was I so white that I received first-degree burns all over my body, but I also forgot to remove my knee-high socks. FML
Today, I got a spray tan for the first time. Naked, I climbed into the booth. When the machine started I became frightened by the loud roar of the spray and couldn't breathe. I pissed myself out of fear. I now have river-like streaks down both legs where the pee washed my tan away. FML
Today, I tried a self-tanner in an attempt to rid myself of my ghost-white legs. I got my wish, but instead of a warm golden tan, I have red, swollen, lobster-like marks sticking out from the bottom half of my torso. FML
Today, I went to the tanning bed. I laid down in the bed and turned it on and the fan started blowing. There was a terrible smell and I thought it was the person before me. Then I realized it was just the fan blowing my sweaty feet towards my face. FML
Today, I used a tanning bed at my local gym for the first time. I went in for the full allowed time of 9 minutes. I went to school after and everybody said I looked like Trump. Confused, I went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My skin is orange and matches with my bleach blonde hair. FML
Today, I went to get my spray tan before my semi-formal. After I applied lotion to the bottom of my feet as instructed, I went in the booth and began to start the tanning session. I lost my balance and fell right as the machine began to spray. I look like a spotted cheetah. FML
Today, I went to a tanning salon. I guess nobody mentioned that you have to lift your fat rolls or you'll end up with weird stripes where the spray never reached. FML
Today, I decided to try a self-tanning lotion my friend had recommended. I put it on, and decided to take a nap. I woke up later and checked myself in the mirror, expecting to see a new, more tanned version of myself. I didn't. I'm now orange. FML
Today, a day after I went to the beach and fell asleep in the sun without applying sunscreen, I woke up to find myself looking like a lobster, with the worst tan lines possible. On top of that, I had to go to a wedding, and when I walked in, my cousin asked if I had “taken a bath in some tomato soup.” FML
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reki_fml 0
Fast track to skin cancer.
tiemoon37 0
that's definitely your girlfriends fault! as a punishment, she will have to walk around next to you :)
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sugar_bear 0
YDI for dating someone who tans in a ******* tanning bed.
Bullshet 0
cutebebe: I never said that natural tanning doesn't damage your skin at all. And yes, tanning beds do damage your skin faster because they have UVB rays, which penetrate deeper into your skin. Just because the twelve people you know don't have skin cancer now doesn't mean they're not putting themselves at risk. I dare you you to google "tanning beds and cancer." FYI: I'm a pre-med biology major, so I've taken plenty of classes on DNA and cells. In fact, last semester we had a discussion on tanning beds and cancer risks.
Bullshet 0
Sorry. I meant UVA not UVB.
riseandshine_fml 0
FY...balls and ass but YDI for being talked into tanning in the first place. People should accept their skin colour instead of risking cancer for aesthetic reasons.
valuemeal2 1
This is why you shouldn't tan in the first place. I'd rather be pale than malignant. Sunscreen is your friend, AND less expensive.
cgregg01 0
That truly sucks! I know the feeling after my sister convinced me I was too pale as a teen, I hopped in one for 5 minutes and burned my butt and boobs. I am totally in love and in touch with my inner pale redhead now!!! LOL
ryanpatrick 0
You deserve that for having a penis and still thinking its okay to go to a tanning bed. Douchebag.
thebeesknees 0
stfu #130. people of either gender can go to tanning beds. but YDI anyway. did you even wear sunscreen? retard.
mandalaine05 0
You don't wear sunscreen if you want to tan...you're an idiot...You do, on the other hand, have to wear special types of lotion that do have a protectant in it.
purpleiscool 0
130 you are an idiot. Both genders tan in tanning beds, even though they shouldn't...but whatever if you want cancer, be my guest.
Hich17 0
...Why were you tanning your balls...?