# I've all but quit wearing bras **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395 "2004-07-29T04:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/61 "2004-07-30T21:29:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Pepper Mill** _hates_ underwire, and refuses to buy them. Same reason – they poke her in uncomfortable places. > > I try to empathize with her. It makes me visualize wearing an underwire jockstrap. Ouch! Yeeow! Hah! Got it! Right! Moving right along… breathe… breathe… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/62 "2004-07-31T02:11:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by CalMeacham > Pepper Mill hates underwire, and refuses to buy them. Same reason – they poke her in uncomfortable places. > > I try to empathize with her. It makes me visualize wearing an underwire jockstrap. Ouch! > > Hmm. I have never ever gotten pinched or poked. But my mom has, and she’s an A cup. Maybe underwires for us big-boobed gals have to spend so much time working at stuffing the boobs in the right place that they don’t have any spare time to spend poking us. **Peppe Mill** is _definitely_ not an A-cup. She has a considerable volume, as I can happily attest. And the underwire still pokes her more than I do. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/63 "2004-07-31T02:33:03Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Peppe Mill** is _definitely_ not an A-cup. She has a considerable volume, as I can happily attest. And the underwire still pokes her more than I do. Hm. I’m thinking it just might boil down to not wearing the correct size. God knows I went for a decade before actually getting properly-sized bras. If the band is too big (or the cups are too big), then there is going to be too much underwire for your chest and boobs, so it’ll poke out (the only time I ever had an underwire that did that to me was when I bought 38-band size bras, and the outer sides would poke my arms. But switching to a 36 meant no more poking me at all). ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/64 "2004-07-31T16:49:35Z")
Welcome to the dark side, **vivalostwages**. Once you quit, you will never, ever want to wear the Evil Undergarment from Hell again. Me, I quit around eleven o’clock in the morning on the first day I tried wearing one to school (it is safe to say that was the first and last time I was ever grateful for gym class). That was fifteen years ago and I haven’t noticed any sagging yet. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/65 "2004-07-31T22:46:24Z")
And I remember thinking what an honor it was to start wearing a bra… But that was long, long ago, before I knew what discomfort awaited. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/66 "2004-08-01T02:36:32Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Although I never been professionally measured, I’m sure I’m wearing the right size. I am not a girl, and probably have no right saying these things, but go get measured! It’s free, and I’ve seen statistics (on a Fark article, or something) that talked about the huge percentage of people wearing the wrong size bra. Besides that horrible lack of a cite above, I personally know 3 or 4 girls that _thought_ they had the right size, and when they got measured realized it was off. Couldn’t hurt making certain. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/67 "2004-10-10T20:37:14Z")
Hey, things are looking up! I have been to [Wizard of Bras](http://home.flash.net/~bras/), and I have salvation! I was putting it on wrong. Seriously. I was caring for it all wrong. The size and cup were right, but not the fabric. Ahhhhhhhhhh. Did you know there is a size JJ for bras?? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/68 "2004-10-10T22:02:57Z")
While I need to wear a bra for aesthetics, I certainly do not need to wear one for comfort although I am moderately large-breasted. I have a few underwires, lots of sports bras and I don’t wear one unless I’m going out. I really just don’t get the bra-for-comfort thing, although I’m certain it is the experience of many. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/69 "2004-10-10T22:19:47Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Hey, things are looking up! > Did you know there is a size JJ for bras?? _Jumpin’ Jehosephat!!_ ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/70 "2004-10-11T08:01:46Z")
Here’s my take on bras. If they fit right and are pretty then you feel great. If they don’t fit right, you probably should have a warning sticker on your forehead: **Step back! I am wearing a mean bra today and may not be responsible for my actions!** ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/71 "2004-10-11T09:17:01Z")
> [@Angua](#): > > Are you sure you’re a B-cup? I mean, really sure? Have you had yourself measured professionally? If not, go and get yourself measured. Both La Senza and Marks and Spencers will measure you for free, and you don’t even need to buy a bra from them. 1. Best. Job. Ever. 2. I don’t know how my mind works, but I pictured a bra kind of like the Sorting Hat from the Harry Potter books. _A B-Cup! She’s a B-Cup!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/72 "2004-10-11T12:16:35Z")
> [@tart](#): > > man I wish i could wear that bra. it looks so comfie. sadly, being a d-cup girl, anything like that makes me look like i have a uni-boob That reminds me of a cartoon of a cyclops checking out a lady cyclops who, of course, had the central uni-boob. What am I doing in this thread? I feel like the creepy guy wandering the lingerie department at the mall department store. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395/73 "2004-10-11T12:51:37Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > the straps peek out, the part that goes under the arm may be visible if I’m wearing a tank top Damn. I’ve always found these traits in bra wearers to be extremely attractive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-all-but-quit-wearing-bras/257395.md?page=3)