"If your cup seam doesn't lie flat against your breastbone, you need to go up in cup size."
And I was like, "Who the FUCK has a cup seam that lies flat against her breastbone?"
DUDE. I just last week read that very same thing. that has NEVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFETIME. Weird!
And that is...that sucks. Because I was already out of the pretty bra range, where you can have things like bows and prints and frolicky cotton. When you switch the little size box to my old size, the color box goes down to just four: white, black, navy, and beige.
*nods sadly* PRetty little bows? No. Lacy and cute? No. Patterned stuff! with, like, cherries or pink kisses? HA.
I was doing research in order to buy a strapless bra, and it fits better, but I think I did what you did, thinking NO WAY could my boobs be that big. Only - yeah. They ARE.
I just need to accept it. My boobs are not pretty. They have not been pretty since I was 15. They will never be pretty again. These are not dress-up boobs, here. Because apparently if you've got the kind of acreage I'm fronting, you don't even want pretty bras. You want the kind that say, "Hi! I don't have time to pretty. Have you seen my day job?"
*sighs very heavily*
*commiserates right back at you*
(It's totally worth going up in cup sizes, though, in the sense that OMG SO COMFORTABLE. And there's not, like, way more boob than room, so you don't have random boob parts popping out to say hello. Worth it. Just: sad.)
I know this is going to seem awfully random, but I would like to cry because I'm not even 19 (despite what my userprofile says) and I'm a 38G, I'm the biggest cup size on there! *weep* But that seems a cool site, so thanks for the link.
Sympathy is good, and I think bra shopping is a torture all women can understand, be they newly C cupped or, as poor basingstoke is, J cup. (And, seriously, I feel like I should in no way be whining about a mere G cup when there are women who are down there in the alphabet.)
And I would totally be chintzy, except - you can't buy bras in my size for cheap. I was really excited to get these at two-for-one, and the prices were still kind of whimper-inducing.
Bras, how I hate you. But I how also love you, because without you, I couldn't even WALK.
I completely understand. Why can't they make pretty bras for those of us who enter a room a full minute before the rest of their body? And why, GOD WHY????, do women PAY to get boobs this size? I'll gladly share...they can have half of mine and then maybe I can get a pretty bra that doesn't look like something my Great Great Grandmother wore during the depression!
And if these bra makers would pull their heads out of their asses, they'd realize that we already pay a premium just to get a bra...we'd pay even more for pretty ones!!!
They totally have pretty stuff in your size, then! (If that link - whoa, the URL is huge, bigger than my boobs, even - doesn't work, try the drop-down menu. They have bra sizes the like of which I've never seen before. Wow. I think I will have to snuggle basingstoke late into the night for this link.)
This post made my morning. I am not even kidding. This is mean of me, but I love reading about other people's boob pain, because it puts my own into perspective. (I'm at about DD, so there aren't any remotely pretty and affordable bras that fit, but I *can* sort of squeeze into my old sort-of pretty ones.)
That sounds horribly unsympathetic to you. Um. I'm sorry? On the bright side, maybe you can just wear (comfy) corsets all the time. (If comfy corsets exist--I'm not sure about that.) That'd be hot.
*hugs to you, and your boobs, except um, pretend that doesn't sound so sketchy*
This post made my morning. I am not even kidding. This is mean of me, but I love reading about other people's boob pain, because it puts my own into perspective.
Yay! I made your morning, and this is good, even if it was, um, mostly through schadenfreude. I have no problems with serving as a hideous warning to others, though, really. Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to have boobs the size of a luxury yacht.
I'm at about DD, so there aren't any remotely pretty and affordable bras that fit, but I *can* sort of squeeze into my old sort-of pretty ones.
*nods*
Pretty and affordable is impossible when it comes to bras. Hell, at this point I'm settling for "almost fits and costs less than the same thing made out of platinum would."
I very nearly posted here, asking you to go check yourselves out in the mirror wearing your best fitting bras, but fortunately saner heads prevailed.
You know, such a poll did actually pop up on my flist some time ago. If I remember correctly, the options were: "Yes" "No" "Only when I lie on my back" and "What?"
And I was frantically clicking What? What? I have never ever heard of this and oh no, that probably means I wear ill-fitting bras and my boobs will succumb to gravity before it's time!
Apparently, it's absolutely true: if the part between your cups isn't basically welded to your breastbone, you need to go up a cup size. Possibly more than one. If, um, you're me.
Truly, I encourage you to get out your own tape measure and do the Hideous Measurement Tango. The trauma doesn't last! I mean, it goes away as soon as you make a lengthy LJ post complaining about your boobs, which is clearly something every girl should do once. (I mean that. I already have links of FOUR separate places where I can buy bras. Including even some pretty ones! In my actual size! Wow.)
A lot of places tell you to add inches to the underbust measurement -- usually 5" or 3". I know a lot of women who follow these instructions and end up with a much-too-large band size. (I mention below that I wear a 32HH. If I add 5 and wear a 36 or 38 instead, it is highly entertaining around these here parts.)
I know why the measuring sites do this, and it's not malicious, believe it or not! They do this because this is about how much you can compress that measurement by holding your ribs in. And many people, upon being measured, will suck their ribs in. Especially if they're being measured by someone else, but sometimes when measuring themselves (although that is harder, because it's a hard position to hold while wrangling a measuring tape).
So, if going by the number on the tape, just make sure you keep your ribs nice and relaxed while measuring, and don't add anything to the measurement. :)
I've noticed that variation and am thrilled to have an explanation! Especially because I've seen ones that have you do that before subtracting for cup size, which means that they end up telling me that I have no need to wear a bra. Which is not the case. Thank you for providing information!
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And I was like, "Who the FUCK has a cup seam that lies flat against her breastbone?"
DUDE. I just last week read that very same thing. that has NEVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFETIME. Weird!
And that is...that sucks. Because I was already out of the pretty bra range, where you can have things like bows and prints and frolicky cotton. When you switch the little size box to my old size, the color box goes down to just four: white, black, navy, and beige.
*nods sadly* PRetty little bows? No. Lacy and cute? No. Patterned stuff! with, like, cherries or pink kisses? HA.
I was doing research in order to buy a strapless bra, and it fits better, but I think I did what you did, thinking NO WAY could my boobs be that big. Only - yeah. They ARE.
*Sigh*
*commiserates*
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I just need to accept it. My boobs are not pretty. They have not been pretty since I was 15. They will never be pretty again. These are not dress-up boobs, here. Because apparently if you've got the kind of acreage I'm fronting, you don't even want pretty bras. You want the kind that say, "Hi! I don't have time to pretty. Have you seen my day job?"
*sighs very heavily*
*commiserates right back at you*
(It's totally worth going up in cup sizes, though, in the sense that OMG SO COMFORTABLE. And there's not, like, way more boob than room, so you don't have random boob parts popping out to say hello. Worth it. Just: sad.)
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YOU CAN DO IT.
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And I would totally be chintzy, except - you can't buy bras in my size for cheap. I was really excited to get these at two-for-one, and the prices were still kind of whimper-inducing.
Bras, how I hate you. But I how also love you, because without you, I couldn't even WALK.
*fist of tit AND tot solidarity*
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And if these bra makers would pull their heads out of their asses, they'd realize that we already pay a premium just to get a bra...we'd pay even more for pretty ones!!!
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*evangelizes*
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That sounds horribly unsympathetic to you. Um. I'm sorry? On the bright side, maybe you can just wear (comfy) corsets all the time. (If comfy corsets exist--I'm not sure about that.) That'd be hot.
*hugs to you, and your boobs, except um, pretend that doesn't sound so sketchy*
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Yay! I made your morning, and this is good, even if it was, um, mostly through schadenfreude. I have no problems with serving as a hideous warning to others, though, really. Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to have boobs the size of a luxury yacht.
I'm at about DD, so there aren't any remotely pretty and affordable bras that fit, but I *can* sort of squeeze into my old sort-of pretty ones.
*nods*
Pretty and affordable is impossible when it comes to bras. Hell, at this point I'm settling for "almost fits and costs less than the same thing made out of platinum would."
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That needs to be an icon. Really.
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...I buy them at Lane Bryant.
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You know, such a poll did actually pop up on my flist some time ago. If I remember correctly, the options were: "Yes" "No" "Only when I lie on my back" and "What?"
And I was frantically clicking What? What? I have never ever heard of this and oh no, that probably means I wear ill-fitting bras and my boobs will succumb to gravity before it's time!
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Truly, I encourage you to get out your own tape measure and do the Hideous Measurement Tango. The trauma doesn't last! I mean, it goes away as soon as you make a lengthy LJ post complaining about your boobs, which is clearly something every girl should do once. (I mean that. I already have links of FOUR separate places where I can buy bras. Including even some pretty ones! In my actual size! Wow.)
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A lot of places tell you to add inches to the underbust measurement -- usually 5" or 3". I know a lot of women who follow these instructions and end up with a much-too-large band size. (I mention below that I wear a 32HH. If I add 5 and wear a 36 or 38 instead, it is highly entertaining around these here parts.)
I know why the measuring sites do this, and it's not malicious, believe it or not! They do this because this is about how much you can compress that measurement by holding your ribs in. And many people, upon being measured, will suck their ribs in. Especially if they're being measured by someone else, but sometimes when measuring themselves (although that is harder, because it's a hard position to hold while wrangling a measuring tape).
So, if going by the number on the tape, just make sure you keep your ribs nice and relaxed while measuring, and don't add anything to the measurement. :)
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