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I’m Not A Beach Girl

I don’t like the beach, and I’m ok with it

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I’m Not A Beach Girl
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I’m not a huge fan of the beach... I haven’t even been to a real beach in years- just the man made beach on Lake George. I'm sure if I wanted to go to the ocean I could, just a simple 3 hour drive. But I don’t like the beach.

Don’t get me wrong, there is something nice about laying in the hot sun and doing nothing for a few hours followed by a dip in some salty water and some ice cream is nice. I’m not denying that... and I’m not denying that in the middle of an up-state New York winter I don’t sometimes team of being a warm tropical beach. But in actuality, the beach is not the place for me.

I’m not even sure where to start my list of (unpopular) reasons why I avoid the beach... theres the outfits, the sunburns, the endless sand you find in your bag after words, the people in your personal space.... the list is seemingly endless!

1. Bathing Suits

Bathing suits... aka the outfits we buy in a new style each spring to only wear a handful of times! Not eveyone wants to parade around a public place in clothing that covers little more than underwear. And thats awesome if you are comfortable with that... but after you battle your own self esteem and get to the beach, you are surrounded by a throng of people looking, judging, and giving their un-solisited opinions. But in all reality... I am not too interested in being friends with someone who is judging me on my bathing suit.

2. Sunburns

When you are fair skinned, and from the cloudy land of up-state New York, your skin is not too used to the sun! Subsequently, no matter what time of day, how sunny, the temperature, if I wear sunscreen, or the SPF of the sunscreen, I absolutely always get burnt. I’m not taking a little bit of pink on my cheeks... I’m talking about bright red, full body, painful, peeling sunburns. It take weeks to fully go away- after it itches and peels!

3. Sand

It’s the beach... theres a lot off sand... I get that! But no matter how carful I am, I always end up bringing home a tote bag plus a car full of sand! Leaving the beach pretty much means rinsing your feet off in the ocean and they get re-covered worse than before on the walk back to the car! And don’t even get me started on all the sand that is in your hair from the wind blowing, and laying on the beach. So pretty much your going to be finding sand in your hair, bag, car, and behind your ears for weeks!

4. The Stuff

You have to bring so much with you to the beach! It takes forever to get it all together, and by caring it all the way to your plot of beach and get it set up practically half of your beach time is over. Theres so much to bring.... blankets, towels, umbrellas, snacks, games books, toys, boogie boards.... the list goes on and on.


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