The daughter of one of the people in my office came into drop something off to her mother (the daughter is 17 or so) and clearly the young woman had some work done on her chest region. She went from very small to almost Dolly Parton. She made a point of coming by my desk to say hello (I have known her since she was in junior high school) and I made some lame response like, “My, aren’t you looking healthy.” At least I didn’t say, “My God those bazoombas are huge. How do you keep from falling over?”
My question is, am I supposed to acknowledge the growth spurt in her breast size or ignore it, stare reverently (I am really not a breast man so this wouldn’t be very honest) or what? Keep in mind this girl’s mother has worked for me for a number of years, but I suppose I would like to know the etiquette for most occasions not just meeting the newly enhanced daughter of a co-woker.
My gut instinct is “IGNORE!!!” Any sort of comment at all, no matter how innocent, seems like it could lead to sexual harassment accusations, especially with an underage person. Even if she wasn’t underage, though, my gut instinct still screams “IGNORE!!!”
A 17 year old with implants makes me sick. Just yesterday I was watching that Dr. 90210 show. There was a 17 year old girl who had just gotten a nose job a month before and was now getting her tits done. SEVENTEEEN. Oh, and her sister was about 250-300 lbs and got lipo. Any doctor who would give a child implants and a severely overweight person lipo (which is supposed to fix trouble areas, not just remove your gut) is not a very good doctor.
I just wouldn’t say anything. As someone said, if you are let in on the secret, it’s ok.
I guess - but it is hardly a secret when a peson goes from a small yet seemingly correctly proportioned girl to a breast man’s uber-ideal of a Hooters’ waitres.
But I suppose it is the same for a bald guy to becoming “The Beatles - The Early Years”. I imagine it is just a hang up on my part but it seems deforming somehow.
Maybe you could say something along the lines of, “Wow! Look at you, you look so different!”. She’ll take it as a compliment certainly and you’ll have acknowledged her big boobs without it being offensive.
I have friends and relatives who went from flat-chested to average boobs. They told me they had it done and I asked if I could feel them and then told them they were very natural. I wouldn’t bring up the subject first, though.
My boss’s girlfriend was proudly showing off her new bolt on twins at the Christmas party this year. Fully clolthed mind you, but happily displaying them and excitedly talking about them. Asking opinions of them and confirmations of how fabulous they look. To her credit she did not select the cartoon size.
