I'm not a redhead, but I am a white guy with northern European genes who doesn't tan very well, but burns readily--and I live in a place with a preponderance of beautiful people with great tans (some of which are, admittedly, artifically enhanced). So I can sympathize.

My brother, meanwhile, goes out in the sun for 15 minutes and turns brown. You should have seen what he looked like after three days of sailing.

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