# Bras...I hate 'em **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2001, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062 "2001-07-28T05:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/21 "2001-07-28T16:19:50Z")
I used to go braless, oh those happy days. šŸ™‚ BTW, 36 B but since Iā€™m only 5" tall, it looks like more. Once I hit thirty though, as I told SP once, the girls are starting to head south for the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/22 "2001-07-28T16:31:07Z")
Bras donā€™t bother me too much. A necessary evil. My girls arenā€™t perky, and I honestly donā€™t remember them ever being perky. So, I got myself a couple of Wonderbras. These bras really are all that & a bag of chips. I can wear clothing that exposes some cleavage and look decent now, and Iā€™ve found them for less than $20 at Mervynā€™s. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/23 "2001-07-28T16:36:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*Bras SUCK!!! Even for us small breasted women. Luckily I donā€™t have to worry about the damn underwire. > \*\* Actually, I think that you should have said ā€œespeciallyā€ instead of ā€œeven.ā€ The point of a bra is to provide support, so if one is small and doesnā€™t need much support it doesnā€™t weigh out as the lesser of two evils. Me, Iā€™m a c, I donā€™t like being bra-less because itā€™s more uncomfortable than wearing one. (I also detest bra shopping, but I recomend hanes) My aunt, who is very small, said she gave up wearing a bra a few years ago, figuring there just wasnā€™t any point to it, and loves it. As long as you feel more comfortable without one than with one, why the hell not go bra-less? Men stare at womenā€™s chests if theyā€™re wearing bras or not, so donā€™t let that be the deciding factor. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/24 "2001-07-28T16:59:11Z")
25-odd posts into a thread about bras, and not one guy has popped in to say ā€œI hate them, too. Huh-huh uh-huh huh-huh.ā€ Must be a slow day. Sua ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/25 "2001-07-28T17:42:29Z")
Brasā€¦ torture devices made by men, for womenā€¦ Right up there with pantyhose! I **hate** wearing a bra. I am unfortunately stuck with it, though, as I wear a 36DD. Try finding that size ANYWHERE! I canā€™t find bras that fit, either the cup is too small or the band is too tight/too big. I eventually had to invest in a bunch of grandma bras from Wal-Mart! I did find ONE pretty bra in Marshallā€™s. Itā€™s a Ralph Lauren, marked down from $45 to $13! It was also listed as a 36C, which makes me believe that Mr. Lauren has a lot of twisted body issues. I have not been able to find any other ā€œprettyā€ bras anywhere. Letā€™s not get started on the underwire. If you donā€™t wash them on the gentle cycle and let them air-dry, you end up slicing your hands off when you reach in the dryer. (I found this out the first time I washed clothes in my first apartment.) Those things will eat through any protective barrier, and free themselves. Iā€™m actually scheduling a reduction for myself around Christmas time. These things have been killing me for long enough! Then, and only then, maybe Iā€™ll be able to find a pretty bra that fits! ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/26 "2001-07-28T18:23:01Z")
I have decided to screw being sexy, sports bras provide more support than a regular one does anyway. Sure, in most situations theyā€™re not that attractive, but Iā€™m more of a form-after-function type of girl, and as long as they keep 'em in my shirt and up near where theyā€™re supposed to be, it works. Maybe, just _maybe_ for special occasions Iā€™ll wear a bra that matches my underwear, but thatā€™s only if I know somebody else is going to see and care. Sports bras can be difficult to remove in the heat of the moment, and definitely donā€™t contribute to the mood. I agree with **Skerri** , bras are torture devices made by men for women. [sub]Oh, and \*_Skerri_ I love your sig! Eddie Izzard is hilarious, I watched his ā€œDressed to Killā€ on Showtime or Cinemax a little while back, and I love him. I had nearly forgotten how hard I laughed both times Iā€™ve seen it until I read your sig![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/27 "2001-07-28T18:46:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > \*\*25-odd posts into a thread about bras, and not one guy has popped in to say ā€œI hate them, too. Huh-huh uh-huh huh-huh.ā€ > Must be a slow day. > > Sua \*\* Weā€™re all just silently lurking, quietly imagining all the bouncing going on. Please proceed :D. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/28 "2001-07-28T18:53:18Z")
I am trying to figure out what marketing genuises decided that a woman who wears an A cup would need underwire for. Finding As is hard enough (but I welcome the challenge) without trying to find ones without those evil poking wires! I just barely need support at all, let alone extra support ā€“ though I have serious doubt that underwires actually do anything but poke you anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/29 "2001-07-28T19:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuaSponte \* > **25-odd posts into a thread about bras, and not one guy has popped in to say ā€œI hate them, too. Huh-huh uh-huh huh-huh.ā€ > Must be a slow day.** I popped in, but only to warn other guys of the deathtrap that not-so-innocently lurks just beneath the surface. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/30 "2001-07-28T21:44:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\*I donā€™t really mind bras; they pose no real problem to me except for buying them. I am exceptionally small (34A), so I very rarely find bras my size in womenā€™s stores. > > \*\* Whatā€™s even worse is that every bra in that size always comes with an inch and a half of padding. God, I hate that. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/31 "2001-07-28T22:34:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > **I am exceptionally small (34A)** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Annie-Xmas_ > \*\*Iā€™m a 34AA woman. \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Spider Woman_ > **I am a 34 AA** > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by whiterabbit_ > \*\*I just barely need support at all, let alone extra support \*\* Oh, I canā€™t tell you how releaved I am to read this; I was sure that I had the smallest adult breasts in the world. (yet, I seem to have an abnormally large chest cavity, so my ideal size is something like a 36A or AA. Try finding **that** in a storeā€¦) Iā€™m grudgingly wearing a bra now, because Iā€™m living at home & I would feelā€¦weirdā€¦walking around braless in front of my parents. ::shrug:: But as soon as I get back to my hippie college I ainā€™t putting one on untill I go home for Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/32 "2001-07-28T22:43:37Z")
I really donā€™t mind bras, but thatā€™s because that area, for me, is extremely sensitive when all I have on between it and the world is a T-shirt. Iā€™ve never gone braless. Iā€™m a 36C, but I really donā€™t look that big, which is fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/33 "2001-07-28T23:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \* > **36 B but since Iā€™m only 5" tall, it looks like more.** Ladies and gentlemen, I give youā€¦BARBIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/34 "2001-07-28T23:58:15Z")
iā€™m 5 feet tallā€¦ and 30 DD try buying THAT size ladies! bras: uncomfortable, ugly, evil, nasty things. and thatā€™s if i can find one that fits! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/35 "2001-07-29T11:49:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > **I have decided to screw being sexy, sports bras provide more support than a regular one does anyway. Sure, in most situations theyā€™re not that attractive, but Iā€™m more of a form-after-function type of girl, and as long as they keep 'em in my shirt and up near where theyā€™re supposed to be, it works.** Butā€¦ butā€¦ Sports Bras **are** sexy. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/36 "2001-07-29T12:34:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Geobabe \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by hardygrrl \* > > **36 B but since Iā€™m only 5" tall, it looks like more.** > > Ladies and gentlemen, I give youā€¦BARBIE!!! \*\* Damn shift key ā˜¹ I meant 5ā€™ tall, not 5" tall. Unless thereā€™s a redheaded tattooed Barbie that answers to Ferretā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/37 "2001-07-29T13:03:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irishgirl \* > \*\*iā€™m 5 feet tallā€¦ > > and > > 30 DD > > try buying THAT size ladies! > > bras: uncomfortable, ugly, evil, nasty things. > > and thatā€™s if i can find one that fits! > > \*\* I exist to serve. [Bravissimo](http://www.bravissimo.com) - where I buy all my bras. Thereā€™s a wide range of 30DDs there. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/38 "2001-07-29T13:22:50Z")
Ah the eternal struggle. Every day in these summer months i awake and wrestle with myself. Then I get up and wonder if I should wear a bra. Iā€™m a 36 Cā€¦maybe D, but a sort of jiggly type. Certainly, not nice firm stand up hee haws like Pam Anderson or what have you. If Iā€™m wearing a tight tank top or baby t-shirt Iā€™ll forgo the bra, but for low cut shirts of shirts that require a nice cleavage display, I strap those suckers in. Interestingly, on Friday I went to the Rammstein concert in Merrilville, with my tits pushed up and together to the limits of their god given ability, but the massive headbanging and dancing I was doing resulted in BOTH underwires bursting throught the fabric and stabbing me in the breast. When you have to throw away a bra after a concert. You KNOW you had a good time šŸ™‚ jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/39 "2001-07-29T13:44:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spider Woman \* > \*\ ***Annie-Xmas** , I agree about your neighbor. It is unfair. And he will never be accused of being seductive, either. \*\* 34AA girls that are going south (never heard that expression before, but I love it) are hardly seductive. After reading these posts, I think we ought to start the small chested women of the SDMB club. I hate underwires. Never wore them in my life. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-i-hate-em/74062/40 "2001-07-29T15:27:15Z")
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