I've all but quit wearing bras

Well, like you I gave up on them… and I haven’t been banished from the country or anything yet.

And it’s a good point about discommfort in hot weather - why have any more bother than one has to, especially in hot muggy weather.

And if sagging mainly caused by bad muscle tone, well, that’s something I am glad to have learned, cos it does just sometimes cross my mind that they’ll be polishing my shoes when I’m 60. (Of course, since I dont’ work out, well, I still will end ul with that problem, but at least I don’t need to feel bad about boycotting bras! :slight_smile:

Your mother must be the long lost twin of mine. She used to “welcome” me home from university etc by telling me “you’ve got fat, your hair is a mess, and you’ve got spots”. I thought it a bit bad, because, pretty much by definition, visits home as a student tend to happen just after mucho revision and exams, not much attention to healthy diet, or sleep etc. (INterestinly, her new trick is to complain and worry that I am suddenly “too thin”, and no, I am not. Strange woman)

I remember sending a couple of my old bras to these folks when they were still working on this little project: www.braball.com.

That's where the blasted things belong, I say.  On a big friggin' BALL!

Let’s not forget the all-purpose alternative engineering option.

'Might hurt to take off, though.

You go girl, I gave up wearing a bra as soon as I became an adult. It didn’t hurt that I had A cups.

When I went to university I had an oriental foreign student room mate whom I immediately corrupted. Honestly, there was even less reason for her to wear one. I was very young and thought not about cultural differences or fall out.

When she returned to her Asian homeland her mother was well and truly appalled. Her daughter had gone off in hand made clothing and numerous undergarments and returned, braless and in second hand clothing, not to mention the bad attitude!

Time passes. Things change. Or, maybe not.

I returned to visit her just last year, after over 20 yrs since our schooling, had the great good fortune to meet her beautiful and talented 10 yr old daughter. Oh, the fun we had.

Shortly after my arrival the golden child observes, ‘Auntie Elbows, you’re not wearing a bra. Sometimes my mother doesn’t wear a bra.’ The tone was enough to tell that even with the passage of many years this is still questionable if not scandalous behaviour.

20 years older and not one whit smarter, my friends. I tell her I did have the bra on when I went through customs, and both when I boarded and de planed, in case she was scandalized. I pointed out that it was a very long flight, that it’s not especially pleasant to sleep in a bra.

Never one to leave well enough alone, I then pointed out that in, my opinion, the Gods clearly intended for boobies to run wild and free. We laughed, it was well and good. She took it in stride, without comment, and we all moved on.

I visited with them a week then carried myself off to a local beach for a 3 wk holiday. Returning to fly back home.

When I returned my friend informed me that golden daughter had gone promptly to school the next day and announced to all her classmates that boobies were meant to run wild and free. :smack:

I’m not convinced by all the hostility to bras. I’m a big chested girl, and quite frankly, if I didn’t wear one, I’d be in pain. All my bras are comfortable, and sexy, so I wear one anyway. Plus, they can be fun. :wink: :smiley:

I just like to say - La Senza is great! I love it. Okay, now to what you were saying. Although I never been professionally measured, I’m sure I’m wearing the right size.
However, I’m only 5ft 2. So the straps sometimes slide down and make the cup bits loose. Which is probabally what happened when my mum was looking at me.

I shall make my boyfriend watch me try on every bra I own. And he can tell me if any of them look hideous on me.

Thanks for the tips!

If the cups are lose, you may either need a smaller size, or try adjusting the bra straps. If neither of those work, then I don’t know. As a short person myself, I do sometimes have this problem…

When that happens if I tighten the straps everything is fine. It’s just the straps loosen up again after a while.

I spent all day yesterday feeling like I was trapped in an iron maiden. What the fuck is the deal with underwires?? A piece of steel holding up my boobs is not my idea of comfort.
I threw that bitch away when I got home. Good riddance.

I won’t wear underwires. I simply refuse. There is no reason for me to. (Thanks to a kind plastic surgeon, I’m an A-cup. Almost a B, actually, but As work.) I had to wear underwire bras for years. Never again!

My boyfriend suggested I go braless, but I think he had an ulterior motive there. :slight_smile:

I have to wear underwires. I don’t feel like I have any support without them.

This thread inspired me, I went out and bought a new bra last night and am wearing it now and I am loving it so far. Here it is: http://www.gap.com/asp/Product.asp?wdid=251045&wpid=2501761

GapBody has really good bras. Most Gaps don’t have a separate GapBody store, so they’re hard to find, but luckily I have one at my mall.

Man, what’s with all the hate for underwires?

Maybe it has to do with breast size. I’m a 34 or 36 DDD/E/F (all depending on the manufacturer), and I seriously adore my underwires. They are the most comfy things ever and they give more lift and support to my boobs.

And honestly, the only time I’ve had uncomfortable bras are when I wasn’t wearing the right size. I’ve heard that the vast majority of women do not wear the correct bra size and definitely believe it.
But I DO have some complaints:
– Why do you not just use your ribcage measurement for your band size? Depending on the company, you have to add 5", 3", 3" if under such-and-such but 5" if over such-and-such, 2", etc. Just use the damn ribcage size!
– Please standardise sizing! See my “size” above? I have bras in all of those sizes and combinations (well, er, number and letter combination) that fit really similarly. Don’t call a DDD here but it’s an E there, or F because apparently we only like the first vowel of the alphabet.

Underwires poke me in uncomfortable places. And they like to break out of their little compartments. At least mine did!

Nobody wearing an A cup needs them for support. I can appreciate needing them in bigger sizes, but they’re the last thing I need now.

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!

I’m quite happy to measure you and make sure you’re well comfortable :slight_smile:

Wait…No…NOOOOO!!! :mad: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning:

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. :wink:

Dude, you have no imagination. Besides, as a fetus, your’e waaaay too young to be having sex.

Ah, but I haven’t worn underwires for six years – when I did, I was a D-cup. Possibly pushing DD, but I managed to not even think about going up yet another size at the time. So I had considerable boobs, and still got poked.

I wish… I usually get poked in the arm and end up with a rash there from it rubbing (that one I’m fairly certain doesn’t fit me right, so I don’t wear it often)

I am wearing my new sports bra though, picked it up at Old Navy. Didn’t have time to check the Gap but when I have some money for clothes that’ll be my first stop. Proper fitting underthings are a must, or nothing else fits or feels right.