Sunday, September 21, 2014

The downside to dating gingers

The wonderful thing about gingers is that they are a rare breed.  As they make up only about 2% of the global population, a ginger sighting is a delight for me.  And since ginger lovers such as myself seem to be few in number, is it not often that I have competition.

Sadly, I recently discovered a downside to dating gingers.  I received a text message from one of the young men I am currently seeing, informing me that he would be "out of commission" for an unspecified length of time.  Turns out, he just found out he has skin cancer and will require surgery to remove it.  Not just the usual scraping either, but a full-blown surgery.  Serious stuff.  And once he's had one, he's very likely to have more.  And starting at such a young age (28), I can only imagine this is quite upsetting to him.  So yes, while I am quite fond of gingers and their lovely freckly skin, it seems I had forgotten that their skin makes them highly susceptible to developing skin cancers.

Please, if any gingers are reading this, or if you know any gingers, advise them to take care of their delicate ginger skin.  We have to protect this rare breed and ensure the continuation of their species.

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