Mmmmmm … tits! I love 'em. Razorette’s are sooooooo nice, even after all this time! ‘Scuse me, I gotta’ to in the other room and fondle for awhile.
Since there are so many ladies who wear a 38 DD in this thread, can I ask you all what your measurements say your bra size should be? I only ask because some calculators indicate I should be wearing a G or H cup, and that is laughably, ridiculously large. I could keep a can of beer plus my breasts in a bra that large. I would no longer need a purse, because my wallet would fit in the other cup.
It sounds like that would be Marshall’s you were thinking of.
I mentioned in another thread that the best bras I have found are Hanes Her Way at Wal-Mart. They are very inexpensive (like $6) and work. Seriously. My boobs went from a G cup to a full C/smallish D with my 200+lb weight loss and so you can imagine they look like tube socks with sand in them most of the time – these bras make them look like perky little teenager boobs! No joke. They come in larger sizes, so you should be able to find a 38DD – it’s one particular style (I cannot think of the name), so try them all on until you find the one that works.
nashii, I post here only to express my permanent bafflement at the notion of girls who think that guys don’t find them sexy. I mean, really. 
Oh, I’m sure some men do find them sexy. But then again, they don’t have to tote them around, do they?
The Them, I know a lot of guys find my breasts sexy. I guess the equivalent would be if women found excessively large testicles to be sexy; you know, the bigger the better, with grapefruit size being ideal. Can you imagine having to walk about with two grapefruit-sized testicles between your legs and not two relatively egg-sized testicles?
Attractiveness aside, I’m off the market; flirtation does not work anymore unless it’s coming from Acid Lamp.
Well, I was referring to the whole “It’s a GIRL!” concept, though I must admit my statements had an unintentional double meaning (Ok, that double meaning was intentional, and childishly crude).
Being unable to actually help you, I hope you’re OK. 
Most women wear a back size which is too large and a cup size which is too small. G or H is not as huge as you might think - it’s large, don’t get me wrong, but not ginormous. I’m somewhere between a 34 E-F, and they don’t look huge.
I went bridal lingerie shopping yesterday, and the amazing woman in Rigby and Peller knew my size just by *looking. *
Exactly.
Mr. Brown is, of course, quite enamored with my rack. But he’s also sensitive to the fact that I’m not as impressed. He humors me when I talk about how much I’d like a reduction (of course, he knows I can’t afford it anyway). Once in awhile, when I’m doing dishes or otherwise standing still, he’ll come up behind me and ever-so-gently cup and lift them. He’s better than any bra I’ve ever had. The relief from the weight is unspeakably good and it makes me feel like I’m standing taller and significantly lighter on my feet. I had never realized how much poundage I’m toting around up front and the extent they add to the strain on my back and shoulders.
Someday, I hope to find an insurance company that will cover a reduction and lift. That would be like winning a car or getting a great promotion you never expected.
It’s been a long time since I fitted myself at home since I don’t have/can’t find a tape measure anymore. I have been fitted several times at Victoria’s Secret (the Body by Victoria bra has been my choice for years) and they are always slightly off. But if any of those perky little tarts ever tried to suggest that I am a G or H cup, I’m afraid I would have to slowly strangle her to death. And I wouldn’t feel the least bit of remorse.
Oh, it’s okay. I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings, and I’m not experiencing any of the “typical” issues that most women of my bra size seem to have; I don’t have back pain, they’re still perky enough to go braless, and I don’t really need bras for support as much as for “appropriate clothing” decoration and to keep them from trying to migrate toward my arms. (For some reason, they don’t seem to like each other and will lean toward the “outside”. 
) I do, however, like to wear bras when I go out places and am not sporting the “tank top with built-in bra” look.
Edit: I worked at Victoria’s Secret for about a month. Their training videos are crazy, and what’s crazier is that the actual fit of the bras differ from what their measuring tapes often decide, at least in people who work there. I used to measure at 40D by their tape measure, but would be swimming in anything of that size in their store. No clue what I measure now, but I’m pretty sure it’s not going to measure the same size that fits me.
Chesty McBooberton checking in here. Anyone here in the Madison area know where they do professional fittings? (We have a Victoria’s Secret - ain’t going there!)
Guys, we all know you love all things about us girls, but the excess boobage just causes constant - and I do mean constant - discomfort. I am at least a 38DD also. I would never consider surgery, and even when I lost weight, I was still busty, so live with it I must. But, oh how I wish for less discomfort!
Brown Eyed Girl, it is possible to argue an insurance company into paying for it, but it takes a lot of persistance. I managed, with help from somebody who is very good at that sort of thing, to get mine covered and done ten years ago (!!!). So good luck!
Why is there always at least one guy who comes into these threads singing the praises of huge tits? Always?
I have the exact opposite problem. I am pretty busty, to be sure, but when I lose weight the first place it leaves is my boobs. Then in a couple of weeks my waist slims down and my pants get to big but for a while there my boobs get smaller while everything else stays the same. Of course, that is also how I can tell if I am putting on weight because my breasts swell up like they are inflatable before the fat catches up to my hips.
whiterabbit, nashii, pbbth, and everyone…I made myself a bad representative for maledom there. What I thought was playing along with a joke was actually violating the big rule- Don’t Be A Jerk.
nashii, what are you apologizing to me for?
Time for a little hiding in a hole to reflect on things.
For the record – at VS, they told me I should be wearing a 32B – with stretchy cups (which they don’t sell at VS to my knowledge) I could possiby roll my boobs up and shove them in a 38B, but it’s doubtful. The best fit I have found is a 36C with stretchy cups – so I know a 34D would be much, much better, but they don’t make those – why? I don’t effing know. Believe me, I feel your pain – there is no such thing as sexy and well-made bras once you get past a C cup. Seriously, try the HHW – I know it sounds totally counter-intuitive that the cheapest bra would work the best, but believe me, it’s been my experience.
If you can find a LaSenza near you, they sell some styles in 38DD. They started carrying them about a year or two ago. I love the SoFree Classic personally, they manage to reign in the girls and be quite comfortable.
ETA: I thought they had opened a US store, but I’m not seeing it on the website.
[hijack]I’m not upset, really, it’s just that there’s always one. I’m not sure if the same thing happens in penis threads, though it’s possible. Of course, the thought of an extra-large penis is not at all enticing to me (yowch!) and I know the same goes for a lot of women, so it’s not like I’d go into such a thread and drool.[/hijack]
I do have bra issues, though they are different than most in this thread; I will not wear underwire bras. I refuse to wear them, on principle, ever since my reduction. I’m in a 36B these days, I do not need underwires.
So why the hell do so many bras in my size have them? Finding bras without them is surprisingly difficult. I think Somebody just wants me to have a hard time finding bras, no matter what size I’m looking for!
Seconded. I’m a 36DDD and I just discovered them a few weeks ago. Since they didn’t carry 36s in-store, they helped me pick what I wanted and ordered them for me. I still got the buy one get on half off deal and if they don’t fit or whatever you can just return them to the closest store.
They only go down to a 36 band, though, and it’s a rather large 36. People with a smaller ribcage and bigger boobs still can’t get stuff there.
I apparently have a stripper-with-implants bra size, but they’re totally natural. It means that the minimum I can spend on one bra is $60. Thing is, when you get a good bra that costs that much, they’re not uncomfortable, they’re made well and the people who design them know what they’re doing. I have 34G bras and they have only TWO HOOKS in the back and give perfect support. Bra companies that use 4, 5 (or more) hooks don’t know how to actually design a bra.
And Purl, a G isn’t as huge as it sounds. The ladies at work and I started talking about bras and I mentioned that my (old) bra was an F cup (and a titch small). They would not believe me, because a G, to them, means that I’d have two beachballs on my chest. Nope. I have a smaller ribcage and good sized, but not giantor, boobs.
I’ll never ever ever get them reduced, though. I don’t have back pain from them and they balance out my generous ass nicely. 