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Yes, this is me too. Now, anyway, 7 months into my 3rd lactation. They were darker just before kiddo numero quatro was born, but it’s fade back to ‘nearly indistinguishable’ now. But I’m very fair. Sunburn like a sonofabitch if I stay outside for half an hour in the sun. Freckle, never tan. I hardly got any linea negra at all, and only late into pregnancy. And it’s gone now. I think people with a tendancy to dark pigmentation (who tan well, etc) will have more contrast.
I would just like to commend all the women who have demonstrated their commitment to science in this thread, particularly seaworthy, because she was the first.
I mean, the people who measured their nostrils for that classic thread about wedding rings did one thing, but this is something else entirely.
You know, I just realized that I was feeling up my tits through my shirt in an effort to gauge how large my areolae are - and I was doing it in front of an uncurtained window while it’s dark out and my living room light is on.
If I get arrested or strange rumors start up in this town, it’s all your fault.
Yeah, well my wife’s asleep, I’ve got my own problem now, and it’s all your fault.
Yup, there is such a thing. They can even take the areola and nipple and move them higher up on the breast to make you look perkier.
I had a friend who’s aureolas puffed out like smaller versions of breasts. In fact, her plastic surgeon called them Snoopy noses, they stuck out so much. She got them reduced but it left a lot of ropy scarring. It was just the way her body reacted to the surgery, I guess. Still, she was happier with her new profile.
Oh, and I don’t 2-3 inches is bad. My own are about 2 1/2 and I think they’re just the right size for my double D’s.
REALLY? Neato. I’ve neer considered getting platic surgery done for anything, but this one certainly has my interest now.
Hmmmmmm.
I’d like to have normal looking boobies.
Not that I’ve seen a huge number or anything, but I’m not so sure there is a “normal” looking pair of boobies. The variety of shapes, sizes, and colorations is rather amazing.
About the only kind I find really odd (besides the color contrast issues) are the, er, handlebar variety.
Do men prefer women with large areolas, does it matter how dark they are? It’s kinda like you guys being self conscious about the size of your penis, so come on guys! What do you like?
Oh, simple answer. I’m incredibly drawn to large, darker aureolas, on larger soft breasts. For whatever reason, I find that kind of bosom to be just breathtakingly arousing.
Then again, I find bigger darker skinned women to be breathtakingly arousing, so that works.
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Oh man I completely forgot until just now, but my friend’s dad had this problem! First time I ever went to her house, he was sitting there without a shirt on, and it was all I could do not to stare and/or laugh hysterically. First, picture a couple of fat bananas sticking out of an overweight, middle-aged man’s chest. Then picture that both of these have “Snoopy nose” nipples as Tikki put it. Weirdest thing I have ever seen.
So far as I know, I think a lot of men view breasts (no double entendre intended) as women view penis size; IE, it’s just a matter of personal taste, so opinions will vary wildly.
Myself, my motto is “They’re all good.”
Gosh!, are you guys still at it? 
I measured mine last night and it seems they are just a tad larger than “normal”. But…they are pink, and for some reason I always just assumed that the darker ones were, um, better–I thought guys would just like dark better. Mine were darker while I was pregnant and I felt so proud and sexy…
(Oh BTW Frank, this is totally off topic, but when I was young we were very rural folk and I went to a one-room school. I was from a family of 3 girls and had actually never seen a weenie till one of the older boys named Frank whipped his out one day on the playground. Can you imagine what might happen if a similar incident were to happen today? Poor Frank–they’d probably give him 30 years to life in the state pen. :eek: )
It wasn’t me. I swear it wasn’t me!! 
Funny though, you think this Frank had any influence on the later actions of one Janet Jackson?
A bit on the cynical side if you ask me. We would ask for a cup (250ml or, 250cc in this case). Not all metric countries use decilitres, we do not in Australia.
This, coming from the mouth of a speaker and writer of the expurgated simplified and processed modern American English. The language has become painful to read and listen to; maybe practical, maybe not, but definitely charmless and almost non-human.
This is so nitpicky and blind that I fell you are just ranting. At 0 degrees C water freezes and at 100 degrees C water boils (a fine and constant standard to use) with body temp at around 36 degrees any atmospheric temperature is easily gauged by a keen enough perception of mind. In comparison the fahrenheit scale is a touch less logical and quite human-centric.
This is due solely to the pervasive nature of American culture. We need to know how heavy a fat man referred to in a film is in real measurements. Distances referred to in the media.
Basically we are compensating for the twats who haven’t caught on yet.
You and I have both rambled a bit. I believe the attitude that, if something was good enough for Mum and Dad then it is good enough for us, can hinder generational change. Using the argument that, if something was good enough for Grandpa and Grandma then it is good enough for us, is plainly ignorant and dangerous.
Maybe this is the reason America is in the state it is in
Boobs: They’re all good. Don’t worry about yours. I think most guys would be liars if they said bigger didn’t hold some extra fascination, but that’s hardly the only criterion that matters.
As for meself, I’m into round and pendulous. Medium nipples. Color isn’t so important (see contrast issues above). Big, small, medium; any size can be attractive if they’re shaped nicely. Really, I’ve seen what I consider a fair variety of shapes, sizes, etc., and I’ve never really encountered a pair that I thought the woman should feel self-conscious about.
Faces are more important to me anyway. I’ll take an A cup with a lovely, friendly face over a D cup without any day.
I can’t believe that in a thread about breasts and nipples, all some people can do is obsess about the metric system!
Anyway, count me in the ranks of men who like darker, high-contrast nipples. Reddish-brown if you’re fair skinned, dark brown if you’re medium complexion, and purple/black if you’re dark skinned. Oh, and larger size, both width and length, is nice too.
Are we talking hard or soft nipples here? My areolae are much wider when soft. I’m quite self-concious of them then, though I rather like them when they’re hard. Also, any other acceptable terminology for this phenomenon?
Painfull is a relative term in this case. I may have jokenly pointed out the extra uneeded u’s are annoying in another thread but I don’t find them painfull.
Loosen up dude, women are telling us about their breasts, and doing it for science!!! That’s like both hot and intellectual at same time. Yet you are quibbling about grammer and measurment, I find that painfull.
Oh and threads like this are why I love this board.
touché, guiness, touché
and netscape6 it’s painful.
Since I’m the OP, can I bring everyone back to topic. Now what intrigues me, is that someone posted a link to sexual body part averages, and apprently the average diameter areola size is 3.68cm. Mine are about that size and mine are small… 
How does this average out?
So men actually like bigger nipples? Damn 
Is it hard to find bikinis and such sometimes that don’t cover up the whole nipple?
Are you self-conscious about them? And then there’s all the questions I asked in the OP. cheers.