# Ladies, do you know when your, ummm, headlights are on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521 "2003-05-15T20:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/101 "2003-05-17T23:52:29Z")
**lauramarlane** , sorry I got your name wrong. I should have copied & pasted. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/102 "2003-05-18T14:36:13Z")
As threads go, this is certainly the most unusual I’ve read, but I do wonder how many of the ladies expressing problems have been properly fitted for a bra? I recall an acquaintance saying that she had problems until she got herself properly fitted. And regarding we fellas looking at a woman’s breasts, well some of us are that tall that when we’re looking down at a woman, it is difficult to tell. And when we’re seated and the woman is standing, well, do **you** realise when they’re at eye level? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/103 "2003-05-18T14:51:10Z")
Hmm… that should say, … it is difficult for you to tell. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/104 "2003-05-18T15:23:45Z")
My wife calls them “tittie boners” (or “TBs” for public consumption). Her humor isn’t usually so ribald. Really. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/105 "2003-05-18T16:24:56Z")
Yeah, and do you have the first clue how to reverse park? ::dies, in bizarre self-pitting incident:: ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/106 "2003-05-18T19:44:09Z")
**Rooves** brought up an interesting point, about it being more common nowadays for nipples to be showing. The website for the nipple enhancers (that was linked to on page 2) mentioned that ‘all the celebrities in magazines and your favorite divas are being proud and showing off their breasts’ and blah blah blah. I can tell sometimes. The pain in the ass part really is when they’re not even, so you have to adjust them. It’s so silly. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/107 "2003-05-18T20:50:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Searching For Truth > \*I can tell sometimes. The pain in the ass part really is when they’re not even, so you have to adjust them. It’s so silly. They are supposed to be **symmetric**? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![tag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tag)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/108 "2003-05-19T00:35:02Z")
> [@](#): > > _checks to see if it worked_ Well, what do _you_ think sugah? Doesn’t it usually when you’re talkin’ sweet to me? _Let me get you a glass of champagne darlin’_ > [@](#): > > As to why guys find erect nipples attractive I’ve always bought into the bull’s eye theory. I think of it as a place to aim, especially on women with large targets. I’ve never heard of it being explained quite that way, but it gave me a chuckle! Thanks! So now I have two bullseyes. Huh. Do any of the ladies find that the older they get, the larger they grow? I was in a ‘B’ 10 years ago, ‘C’ 5 years ago and now I’m at a ‘D’, and well, let’s just say that Victoria’s Secret is starting to “bust” out. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/109 "2003-05-19T01:38:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Musicat \* > \*\*They are supposed to be **symmetric**? :eek: \*\* Well, isn’t _everything_? ::twitches like the obsessive-compulsive perfectionist she is:: But, honestly. Wouldn’t it look strange to have Left Nipple way up high, leaning to the right, with Right Nipple leaning South? Wouldn’t you have the urge to adjust it yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/110 "2003-05-19T02:47:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Searching For Truth \*Wouldn’t it look strange to have Left Nipple way up high, leaning to the right, with Right Nipple leaning South? Wouldn’t you have the urge to adjust it yourself? I have the urge to {adjust} them anyway, crooked or not. Come over here, darlin’, and let me fix you up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/111 "2003-05-19T12:50:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by qts \* > \*\*As threads go, this is certainly the most unusual I’ve read, but I do wonder how many of the ladies expressing problems have been properly fitted for a bra? I recall an acquaintance saying that she had problems until she got herself properly fitted. > \*\* Actually I did get myself properly fitted and was most dismayed to learn I was a D cup. Until then, I’d worn 36C which, while not small, also wasn’t pretty much a cliche in terms of size. When the saleslady told me the reason my bras didn’t fit properly was because I was a D cup, I was mortified. I so did not want to be a D cup, that sounded HUGE and freaky and sort of trashy. I’m sure that sounds weird to the men reading this thread, but one can definitely have too much of a good thing and wearing a D cup felt like that to me. Plus the price point changes between a C cup and a D cup, so now my bras cost more. And Victoria’s Secret carries far fewer D cup bras which means not only do I pay more, I pay more for less selection. Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/112 "2003-05-19T13:01:17Z")
I’ve never heard my cup sized described as ‘trashy’ before. That’s a new one! ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/113 "2003-05-19T13:13:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Musicat \* > \*\*I have the urge to {adjust} them anyway, crooked or not. Come over here, darlin’, and let me fix you up. 😃 \*\* How sweet of you to offer! I’m downright flattered. 😉 You’re a true friend, to help me out in my time of need. In the meantime, I’m just waiting for the Battle of the D-Cups to begin. _Trashy?_ Ouch. You guys gonna take that? ---
**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:** [May 19, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/114 "2003-05-19T13:15:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\ ***Musicat** , there are things you can wear under your clothes that give you permanent high-beams. I don’t remember what they’re called, and have no idea how to search for them without pulling up a ton of porn links. I’m sure someone will provide a link before too long. \*\* Sweater bumpers. My favorite story, possibly an urban legend: On the set of Welcome Back, Kotter, they had a nickname for Marcia Strassman (Kotter’s wife): Bullet. Whenever they pointed a camera a her, pow! Their solution: gaffer’s tape. ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521/115 "2003-05-19T13:28:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JuanitaTech \* > \*\*I’ve never heard my cup sized described as ‘trashy’ before. That’s a new one! \*\* Oh c’mon, you _do_ realize that’s my size? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Searching For Truth \* > \*\*In the meantime, I’m just waiting for the Battle of the D-Cups to begin. Trashy? Ouch. You guys gonna take that? \*\* Well first, we sure aren’t guys 😃 And second, this was a perception _I_ had to work through. It’s not like my actual breasts changed size, I just finally got fitted. And was shocked and not pleased to be a D cup. However I must say, wearing the right size bra was a great improvement, so that part was good. I just didn’t care for the new size. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-know-when-your-ummm-headlights-are-on/175521.md?page=5)