At least you know where yours come from. Since I was, oh, 13, my mother has looked at me and told me she doesn’t know where I got my boobs from, because she says she didn’t have much until she had kids.
Hah. D cup since, oh, 7th, 8th grade. You know, when the other girls get to wear cute little training bras? Yeah, I was in the grandma type then. Thankfully, mine quit getting bigger some time in high school.
I have found decent Victoria’s secret bras that fit me - but only the 2nd skin satin. All other types that they carry either hurt or don’t come in a 38D. I finally got to the point that I just go there and buy them and have completely given up on finding other brands that fit and are comfortable.
ah, yes. I won’t wear underwires. Try finding anything over a C cup w/o them.
Grrr.
and, to make matters worse, As I was at work Thursday, I felt a ‘ping’ of hooks giving way. It rained a lot that day, too. “Wet T-shirt” and “human services professional” just aren’t generally seen as one and the same.
I feel your pain. I’m pretty small, 5’2", 105 pounds, size 4…everywhere except my chest. 30DD, maybe even a size or two bigger. I don’t care to find out though. I hate shopping for bras. HATE IT. No department store carries that size, so I have to go to the specialty stores. I’m only 21 dammit, I despise shopping with the grannies!
This summer I was looking into a reduction. I would give my firstborn to have one. However they’re pretty expensive unless it’s medically necessary. I doubt that it’s medically necessary for me. :sad:
PS. I’ve tried duct tape and even that doesn’t work. Good luck though.
Actually, we’re all just trying to overcome our cognitive dissonance at the idea of “breasts that are too big.” It’s like complaining about having too much money, or something.
Lsura, that was me too, in 7 and 8th grades. Even though neither my mom nor my aunts have big boobs, my grandmothers and grand-aunts had them (they are all dead, RIP). Hey, at least they could use bustiers or corsets…I have to make do with trying to find a black bra!
PD. I do like underwire…my bras’ underwires don’t rupture…
This may be a dumb question, but I’m a guy so I don’t know what it feels like. If it is a dumb question, then I’m sorry.
Canyou just not wear one? I have a friend who’s in a similar situation and she just wears the type that looks like a sports bra. It’s not a sports bra, it just looks like one. I never asked why.
I was thinking about getting a reduction. However, I have this sneaking suspicion that the girls would come back. Not that I ever want to have kids and that would cause it, but because it did happen to my aunt. She had breast cancer in one breast and had a masectomy (or however you spell it). She wore a lot of padding for about a year or two, but then her breast tissue started to regrow. It stopped at about half of the size of her other breast. It was really weird.
It also happened to one of my friends…she had a reduction in high school, and after the reduction, her boobs kept growing. They are now bigger than before the reduction. (The reduction took place about 4 years ago.)
No, you can’t just not wear one. Those puppies HAVE to be supported, even if they’re little puppies like mine. Connective tissue is easily overstretched and will not bounce back, and let’s face it, gravity sucks. For the ladies who are well-endowed, that support is even more essential… imagine this - you’ve got a twenty pound bag of salt pinned to your shirt, and you’re holding it in your arms. Now let go. It’s pretty likely you ripped your shirt, or at least wrenched it hopelessly out of shape, no? Now imagine that your shirt is part of your body. Can you say OUCH?
It’s not a dumb question, because you didn’t know, but there really is a very good reason for brassieres.
I’m mostly piping up to say I found your line about being too big for your “Boobzilla” t-shirt pretty hysterical. I’m laughing with grave sympathy, mind you.
I’m also picturing what would happen if your boobs just grew and grew until they subsumed your entire being, and you became a giganitc set of boobs roaming the countryside, destroying everything. (Think, Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask.)
I hope that doesn’t actually happen.
I also had a friend in h.s. who had a reduction, and just a couple of years later they were bigger than ever. A mind of their own, apparently.
My aunt is the only woman I’ve ever heard of who had a mastectomy without having cancer. They had always been huge, she hated them, and they were termed “pre-cancerous.” She had 'em lopped off and never looked back.
My mom had cancer, had a mastectomy, had a reconstruction on one side and a reduction on the other, and ultimately decided she’d rather not have boobs at all. She had the reconstruction deconstructed, the other one reduced further, and threw out all her bras. A very happy lady now. She’d dreamed of going bra-free since about the age of 9, and now finally she does.
iampunha, since I know you personally, I can’t say what I want to. and antie gingy, eah, thats about right… of course, you would know what I’m talking of, right?
my mom got hers reduced 2 times and shes still a double D… she gave me one of her bras yesterday and I fucking fit it!!!
I’m too young for back pain!!!
You’ve got that right. The damn things are just plain insolent. I’m telling you, I try a bra at the store, and it fits great. I take it home, and it’s too damn little. They’re just toying with me, trying to shove me right over the fucking edge.
There was a South Park episode where Bebe grew boobs. She woke up in the middle of the night and her boobs were talking about how they must grow bigger and bigger til they take over THE WORLD!
Too bad I’m such a deep sleeper…I swear my girls say the same thing.
And its not like they grow gradually…not like the cup starts to trickle over. There are no hints that the boobs are getting bigger, just BAM and surprise, I’m at the next cup size. It’s like magic!
When you said “everywhere,” I thought maybe you had boobs on your forehead and your elbows and your thighs and stuff. Glad that’s not true, because that would be a little odd.
Ahhh…the boobs. Well, having kids and nursing makes boobs a whole new adventure.
I was a 34C in 8th grade so I can totally relate. I also lived in Japan for 5 years so bra shopping was out of the question entirely. I had to buy all my clothing from catalogues. Sorta takes the fun out of a ‘day at the mall’, doesn’t it?
One thing I have to mention is that I actually like underwire bras. I like knowing that that metal was molded just for me and is there to keep the girls up and at attention.
What I have a hard time with is bathing suits. One=pieces seem to squash everything down and bikinis seem to ‘fit’ but there’s a lot of overflow. That may be attractive on someone like Cindy Crawford, but on me, it sort of looks like I have a set of miniboobs above my real boobs. Ick.
Even though neither my mom nor my aunts have big boobs, my grandmothers and grand-aunts had them (they are all dead, RIP). Hey, at least they could use bustiers or corsets…I have to make do with trying to find a black bra!