How many women would like larger breasts?

Hazel · August 27, 1999, 5:13am

What bugs me about having larger then average brests is that when I spill something, it never reaches my lap; it always lands on a boob. Seems to me a food spot way down below eye level on my lap would be MUCH less noticable. Also the napkin in lap might prevent there being any spot.

Also anoying: the difficulty in finding bras and shirts that fit, and settling for shirts that are too big everywhere else.

Pete · August 27, 1999, 5:14am

Sycorax! Sick-o-racks!

I don’t know where you’re from, but in the States, rack is a term for breasts.

I don’t know who first said “everyone’s a critic,” but I think it’s a really stupid saying.

Danny · August 27, 1999, 1:18pm

Listen guys, I am a part time professional photographer. If humans do not come in all different sizes and shapes, I will be out of a job. When transferring the 3D world into the 2D world, the challenge is to find angles, poses, backgrounds, etc. to form an artistic whole. I need EVERYONE in this thread the way they are!

Drain_Bead · August 27, 1999, 7:40pm

Boy, am I glad I’m a big-breasted woman…

Stoid · August 27, 1999, 9:16pm

My size is fine…what I want is firmness and perkiness.

But I think that most fake breasts look creepy. Some foreign object under your skin…eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

system · August 27, 1999, 11:07pm

I was wondering what you ladies (mostly) thought of the theory I put forth originally in the thread “Boob Geometry”, namely that neither bust nor cup size alone was really a good indication of “large breasted” vs. "small breasted. A better measure is the ratio of cup size vs. bust
size.

I’ve prepared a little chart below to show this. Bust measurement is down the left, cup size across. The numbers in the middle are the percentage larger that the bust measurement is to the rib cage underneath. Expressed mathematically the formula is:

(difference between bust & rib cage underneath)/rib
cage underneath,

**OR **(bust-(bust-5-cup size))/(bust-5-cup size)
</BLOCKQUOTE>

Furthermore, after considerable fiddling around with different schemes, I settled on 7 bands (since there are 7 cup sizes in most lingerie catalogs) that were roughly equal, with “Average” being the widest, and the extremes being the smallest. Note that this system debunks a lot of misconceptions about breast size. In this scheme, 48DD ain’t nothing special, but 28C is.
<TABLE BORDER=“1” WIDTH=“100%” BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”></TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
AA
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
A
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
B
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
C
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
D
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
DD
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
DDD
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“53”></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”>
28
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
22
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
27
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
33
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
40
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
47
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
56
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
65
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“53” ROWSPAN=“4”>
Huge
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”>
29
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
21
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
26
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
32
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
38
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
45
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
53
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
61
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”>
30
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
20
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
25
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
30
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
36
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
43
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
50
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
58
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”>
31
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
19
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
24
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
29
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
35
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
41
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
48
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
55
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”>
32
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
19
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
23
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
28
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
33
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
39
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
45
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
52
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“53” ROWSPAN=“6”>
Very large
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=“28”>
33
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
18
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
22
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
27
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
32
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“55”>
38
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“36”>
43
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“34”>
50
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=“28”>
34
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“35”>
17
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“37”>
21
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“62”>
26
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=“57”>
31
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<TD WIDTH=“55”>
36
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42
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Pete · August 27, 1999, 11:28pm

Ladies, if you want firmer or perkier breasts, stop complaining and buying push-up bras and just go to the gym!

Go the the machine called “Flys” or “Pec Deck”

It’s the one in which you position both arms as if making a right-hand turn signal out of your car. Then you pull inward so that your forearms meet.

Use a very light weight, and do a lot of repetitions. Do them slowly and go through the complete motion.

Do, say, 3 sets of 20 reps. This will NOT build muscle. Do this 3 times a week. Use the same amount of weight until it’s too easy. Then take it up one notch. Don’t worry–you won’t build huge muscles! Your breasts won’t shrink! It will just tone the pectoral muscles, which will hold the breasts firmly in place.

It also makes your nipples hard, which is EXTREMELY attractive, regardless of breast size.

Frankie · August 27, 1999, 11:34pm

Jolt Sucker-
I didn’t get that at all…I didn’t get the legend.

Leslie · August 27, 1999, 11:35pm

Sorry, Pete. I think you’re confusing pecs with breasts. Doing those reps would make my pecs nice and firm. But it wouldn’t do a thing for the bags of fat in front of them. (That’s what breasts are, dearie.) The breasts are held up by Cooper’s ligaments. Once they’re stretched, they don’t go back.

And firm pecs don’t make a woman’s nipple hard. Unless they’re on the man she’s looking at.

Fretful_Porpentine · August 28, 1999, 1:06am

“My namesake had boobs, didn’t she?”
– Sycorax

Yes … probably more than two of 'em.

Pete · August 29, 1999, 4:53am

Oh, I didn’t know about Cooper’s ligaments.

But I’m sure exercising the surrounding muscles will help.

And no, stronger pecs won’t necessarily make your nipples hard, but the exercise itself will! That’s what I meant.

So come to the gym, anyway. We need more women. I get sick looking at sweaty 40 year old men.

I don’t know who first said “everyone’s a critic,” but I think it’s a really stupid saying.

Catrandom · August 29, 1999, 6:38am

Add me to the group for whom a napkin on the lap is an empty gesture.I’m an F-cup, but I have a job where I can dress casually; that makes a big difference. I never feel comfortable in anything tailored; I’m just not designed that way. And I do get sick of special ordering my underwear.

But when I was nine years old and a B-cup, that made my life interesting …

Catrandom

Pete · August 29, 1999, 7:01pm

How can there be so many enormous-breasted women among the teeming…hundreds?

I don’t know how many posters there are. I’ll guess a thousand, to be on the high side.

I’ve easily met a thousand people in my lifetime. And I’ve VERY easily SEEN a million different people. And yet I’ve NEVER seen ANYONE with anything bigger than DD. And DD I’ve only seen once or twice.

What’s the deal here? Are huge-breasted women more inquisitive? Does Cecil attract the bigguns? Or is it really so hard to walk around carrying them that you’re forced to stay home and become cyber junkies?

I don’t know who first said “everyone’s a critic,” but I think it’s a really stupid saying.

Suzeanne · August 29, 1999, 9:37pm

[[[Or is it really so hard to walk around carrying them that you’re forced to stay home and become cyber junkies? ]]
As one of the large breasted, I’m voting for this option. It’s really something that’s hard to explain, since you think that your body would adjust to carrying a “natural” weight. Well, it does – in part by causing things like stooped shoulders and strained muscles and in my case, contributing to an RSI and eventually surgery on my ELBOW because of years of having to type at an angle around my chest. Sounds funny, doesn’t it? I’m not laughing at the scar.

Honestly, most people can’t look at someone and be able to tell what their bra size is – without asking. Guesstimates are usually off by at least a cup size, if not more when larger breasts are involved. A lot of this is because the world in general has no idea that bra sizes go that high. I still get people gaping at me when they ask and I tell them.

Clothing can also throw a guess off, since the drape of fabric off breasts and shoulders can hide how small a person’s torso is, making them look larger and subsequently their breast size look smaller.

In addition, a minimum of 25% of all women are wearing the wrong bra size, either through poor fitting or a lack of knowledge on how to do it correctly. When you know how a bra is supposed to fit, it makes it much easier to find one – and a lot easier to realize that you are larger than you first thought.

Of course, that still leaves me paying $75 or more for custom fitted bras to get a decent fit or support. The Decent Exposures bras look good … but at my size, I’m still paying $45 for a bra that isn’t going to do much more than keep them elevated without providing real support.

Suze - You knew I’d show up here eventually - anne

typertrphy · August 30, 1999, 12:24am

Stoidella (sp?), you strike to the heart of the issue. I’m just so damned in love with a lady who is 38 years old, two kids…and the body to prove it.
This is one man who not only has no use for “firm and perky”, but finds it a sign of young girls. I’m 37, and have zero interest in younger women. I adore her body, C-section scar, big and yes, saggy boobs and all. It’s love, and lust, friendship and trust. I wish to god that men would stop looking at the large brown circles, and start gazing into the smaller shiny ones about 14" higher up. Her eyes…good lord, her eyes…<sigh>
It’s a travesty that women should even think twice about “perkiness”. Damned Madison Avenue advertisers.
Having said that, this little diatribe in no way is mean to argue against the women out there who are large enough that it causes them A)Physical discomfort/injury, and/or B)Social discomfort. I have two friends who have had reduction surgery, one was an E, one was a DD. Both reported extreme spinal pains, and the usual irritating litany of social hassles.
They are feeling healthier, in their own minds and bodies. It ain’t for everyone, but it apparently has saved their spines a lot of agony.

My .02 cents. The endless flow and variety of humanity is a gift, not a curse… enjoy the gift.
Typer

tracer · August 31, 1999, 2:39am

kellibelli wrote:

I thought DD was the same as E, and DDD was the same as F.

I’m not flying fast, just orbiting low.

AuraSeer · August 31, 1999, 4:08am

The progression seems to depend on the bra manufacturer. Some go straight from D to E; some go from D to DD to E to EE; others just keep duplicating the D. The last seems most common in lines that stop at DDD or so.

(I had to learn this stuff while trying to buy a “surprise” for my GF. Never did find anything satisfactory, since the interesting stuff seems to only exist at C or lower.)

I’m not a warlock. I’m a witch with a Y chromosome.

BunnyGirl · August 31, 1999, 3:13pm

Typertrphy, you are a king among men! Your SO is very lucky to have a man like you.

elbow · August 31, 1999, 3:57pm

Okay here’s my story, I spent the first 40 years of my life as a stick person. Y’know the type, 5’2’’ & less than 100 lbs. Not only did I not have breasts but there wasn’t anything on my body that would jiggle no matter how I tried. At 40, I quit smoking which created a shift in my metabolism, and voila, 20 lbs, boobs and butt in one fell swoop. I know, most people are cheesed when they put on weight but I was delighted with my new body. I spent an inordinate amount of time jumping around the house naked just to see and feel things jiggle. Suddenly at forty I had to buy a bra (my first, unless you count that training bra that I had as a preteen). Well, didn’t I feel suddenly quite womanly instead of like I was stuck in the body of a young boy. I was never one to really care about current fashion trends, never listened to all that praise I got for being a stick, and am delighted to know what it feels like to have parts instead of bits. When I was a stick I wasn’t conscious of wanting to be anything else, and now that I’ve had these boobs for a couple of years, the blush is off the rose, I remember fondly the days when I didn’t even own a bra! It’s really all about wanting what you don’t have, just like long hair vs short hair vs curly hair vs straight hair vs blond hair vs bleached hair, etc. etc.

kellibelli · August 31, 1999, 4:04pm

I’ll second that BG…he’s a sweetie!

and for bra sizes…they do differ among brands-and countries too! I did a couple of years in a + size clothing and lingere store, and I can judge a cup size at a glance! (fun at parties)

someone asked how he failed to notice all the big boobs…well, most of us obscenely busty women dont dress like pamela anderson.
loose shirts, tight binding bras, never tucking anything into the waistband…dark colors, bad posture…all these things are a form of camoflage to avoid drawing stares and worse kinds of attention.
Make sense?

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