# breastcup sizes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 19, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922 "2005-02-19T18:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/21 "2005-02-24T01:18:30Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > Be glad you’re not in Europe,where they measure in centimetres and you end up as a 85B or 90B 😃 Well, I don’t know about Europe, but in Australia the “number” measurement is related to dress size. Most bras come in 10A - 16DD. [Here’s](http://www.target.com.au/html/bra/fit.htm) the target website, which is quite informative. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/22 "2005-02-24T02:34:06Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > **Kaitlyn** : To celebrate us having the same bra size, I would totally suggest one of those jumping chest-bump things that men did (or maybe still do, but I think now it’s passé), but I’m a little sensitive right now. Hey look over there! [Chest bumps AwStappity while she’s distracted]. You couldn’t possibly think I’d pass up that opportunity, do you? ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/23 "2005-02-24T02:41:25Z")
Owie! Now I’m going to have to go rub them… ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/24 "2005-02-24T02:48:34Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > **Kaitlyn** : To celebrate us having the same bra size, I would totally suggest one of those jumping chest-bump things that men did (or maybe still do, but I think now it’s passé), but I’m a little sensitive right now. Watch women’s college basketball. They do it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Shirt\_Ninja\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirt_Ninja_13)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/25 "2005-02-24T02:55:39Z")
> [@tadgoff](#): > > 34 B means you have a flat chested sister. i beg to differ, on account of that’s what an ex of mine wielded, and she was certainly not. _bamf_ ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/26 "2005-02-24T14:41:35Z")
> [@Shirt Ninja 13](#): > > i beg to differ, on account of that’s what an ex of mine wielded, and she was certainly not. > > _bamf_ That’s also the size Jennifer Anniston has said she is. No problem there. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/27 "2005-02-24T15:48:18Z")
Man, I’ve been waiting and waiting for an opportunity to post this somewhere… I find it hilarious when reading… er… erotica that is obviously written by an ignorant man. "She was a gorgeous blonde, five-ten, 116 pounds, 40C… " ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/28 "2005-02-24T16:18:35Z")
Once before, when this question came up, I decided to do a little research. I plugged my measurements into four or five different internet calculators. One told me I was a 40A, one told me I was a 34D, the others were all in between and all different. Moral of the story? There is no Straight Dope regarding bra sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/29 "2005-02-24T16:26:14Z")
> [@Kaitlyn](#): > > Hey look over there! > > [Chest bumps AwStappity while she’s distracted]. > > You couldn’t possibly think I’d pass up that opportunity, do you? Again I say it…This thread needs pictures! ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/30 "2005-02-24T17:44:48Z")
**Iceland\_Blue** : **Kaitlyn** and I have both posted pics in the recent Doper photo thread. Get on over there and use your imagination. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/31 "2005-02-24T18:48:26Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Owie! Now I’m going to have to go rub them… Pictures? This thread needs a _webcam!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/32 "2005-02-24T19:04:16Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Meh. I’m a 34B and my breasts are delightfully hand-sized. Well, you know the saying: more than a handful is wasted. Although that should be _two_ handfuls. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/33 "2005-02-24T22:07:52Z")
> [@](#): > > "She was a gorgeous blonde, five-ten, 116 pounds, 40C… " Well, I suppose that _could_ work, if the afore-mentioned character never did anything but lie down. But I have a hard time imagining how she could possibly keep her balance while standing, with only 116 pounds for the whole body and such a disproportionate amount in her upper torso. Unless she’s on the Moon or something. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/34 "2005-02-25T00:43:45Z")
_Psst, **Chronos** : You get that what doesn’t work is the band size, right?_ ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/35 "2005-02-25T01:08:28Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Owie! Now I’m going to have to go rub them… Allow me? -whimper- 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/36 "2005-02-26T16:54:17Z")
> [@tadgoff](#): > > 34 B means you have a flat chested sister. Start running. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/37 "2005-02-26T17:26:43Z")
This is breaking the taboos here people!!! Men…understand bras… :dubious: At school we had one and only one boy who knew the secret of bras. He was a God to us…Kevin, the God of Breast Size! What’s next? The indecypherable code that is the street parking sign? It’s madness I tell you…Madness! ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/38 "2005-02-26T17:53:44Z")
Stop the insanity! I tell you, there is an easier way! Measure ABOVE the breasts, under the arms. That number is the correct band size. No adding or other complicated stuff. Now measure around the fullest part of the breasts. Subtract, and voila! Example- my band size is a 36, and around my chest is 40. 40-36=4. We know that 2"=B, 3"=C, and 4"=D. Thus I am a 36D. [Here](http://www.medela.com/NewFiles/brafit.html) is a site with photos, illustrating the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/39 "2005-02-26T17:59:05Z")
Bra sizing in many European countries follows the French system, which is a lot easier than the US/UK one. Measure over the nipples, get a number in cm. Measure below your breasts, get another number in cm. Your size is given by giving both numbers. So I’m a 95/75. ---
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922/40 "2005-02-26T23:10:45Z")
Has anyone noticed that batteries are measured the same as cup sizes? (AAA AA A B C D DDD) Just a thought [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breastcup-sizes/290922.md?page=3)