# Serious question for large-breasted women **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108 "2010-03-20T03:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/21 "2010-03-22T18:12:13Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > The smaller I am, the bigger my boobs are. (i.e. my boobs stay the same size regardless of the size of the rest of me). Same answer here. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/22 "2010-03-22T18:13:04Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > I think you are right. All of us have area’s that the fat likes to go to when we put weight on. When we lose weight we lose it all over not just in one spot. I have never had a big booty, thin or with a few pounds on. I also have thin arms and legs no matter what. I had an Aunt Irene, God Bless her soul, that looked like Humpty Dumpty. All her weight was in her torso and she had thin arms and legs. I am afraid to ever get fat for fear I will look that way! You know how someone will see a skinny woman and say, ‘she needs to eat a cheeseburger’ and you just shake your head at all the self-loathing that’s really behind that statement? That is the same way it sounds when someone says, “she only has those big boobs because she is fat.”. No. She has big boobs, because she has big boobs. She’s also fat. There are tons (ha) of huuuuge woman that are all gut and back and upper arms; no boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/23 "2010-03-22T18:26:40Z")
A cup size…but when I’ve been really skinny (I’m 5’7" and have had an adult weight as low as 97 lbs - not good), I’m a skinny chick with big boobs. I will say I LOOK more proportional when I have “eaten a cheeseburger or two.” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/24 "2010-03-22T18:35:15Z")
As I have lost weight, it’s all been proportionate. Most of my old clothes are too big now, including my bra: but I’m going to have to go to a professional to get fitted. After so many years of going up sizes, I don’t know what to do now that I’m coming down! Oh, and I have to get a link taken out of my watch. It’s too big now. ---
**Author:** ![Sudo\_Intellectual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sudo\_Intellectual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudo_Intellectual)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/25 "2010-03-22T20:55:36Z")
I lost about 130 pounds. My boobs went down fairly significantly, but so did the rest of me. That being said, I still have big boobs, for someone my size. Just like when I was over 300 pounds I had big boobs, for someone my size. It’s fairly proportional. However, they are certiainly not the wonderful fabulous things they once were, with that kind of weight loss, there is loose skin and stretch marks and otherwise not fun things. Don’t get me wrong, i wouldn’t go back to my old weight if you paid me, however I do with I could go back to the old perky firmness of the girls. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/26 "2010-03-22T21:12:39Z")
Mine stay proportional. Big boobs run in my family in the women on both sides. My sister is the only one with with small boobs. Even when I am at my skinniest I am still a DD ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/27 "2010-03-22T21:24:36Z")
I have no good answer to this. About 8 years ago when I weighed 180ish I was a 38DD. About 3 years ago when I weighed 350ish I was a 48DD. Now I weigh about halfway in between and I’m a 42H. It’s anybody’s guess as to where I’ll end up as I lose more weight. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/28 "2010-03-22T21:53:40Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > **[anecdote]When I was younger. I lost fifty pounds. Before I wore a size 38 DDD. They were hard to find. I was so happy when I lost the weight, because I could get a more common bra size. NOOOOooo. I was then in a 32 DDD, which was IMPOSSIBLE to find for less than $100. :smack:[/anecdote]** Yeppers. I got a $75 gift card as a wedding shower gift to a really nice underwear shop in town. Not only did they have very little in a 32 F, they were at least $150 for the bra and another $75 - $125 for the matching ginch. I’m glad I didn’t buy anything 'cus now I’m preggo and whatever I bought likely wouldn’t fit anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/29 "2010-03-22T22:14:56Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Yeppers. I got a $75 gift card as a wedding shower gift to a really nice underwear shop in town. Not only did they have very little in a 32 F, they were at least $150 for the bra and another $75 - $125 for the matching ginch. I’m glad I didn’t buy anything 'cus now I’m preggo and whatever I bought likely wouldn’t fit anymore. I wear a 32 F. I feel your bra shopping pain. Bigger women (i.e. people with larger band sizes) I suspect have a way easier time shopping than tiny women with large chests… ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/30 "2010-03-22T22:39:52Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I wear a 32 F. I feel your bra shopping pain. Bigger women (i.e. people with larger band sizes) I suspect have a way easier time shopping than tiny women with large chests… No kidding. I usually buy a 34 DD and put it in the last set of hooks. It doesn’t fit, it rides up at the back and my boobs spill out the top, but at least you can find them in stores and they’re $50 instead of $150. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/31 "2010-03-22T23:12:49Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I wear a 32 F. I feel your bra shopping pain. Bigger women (i.e. people with larger band sizes) I suspect have a way easier time shopping than tiny women with large chests… Yep. I’m overweight but have a really narrow ribcage, so I’m in a 34 band (currently 34G/H). Basically it’s a “stripper size”, y’know? I used to work at Lane Bryant and they definitely have my cup size… in band sizes that start two sizes too big. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/32 "2010-03-22T23:18:17Z")
Ask again in about, oh, two and a half months? I’m in the middle of an eating-habit reboot and about 40 pounds over where I’d like to be. I suspect, though, that most of that 40 pounds is around my middle, very little in my bra. I am unhappily in a 40DDD; I used to be a 38DD back when I was “underweight” (I looked skinny and sharp around the edges; I look and feel better at about 10 pounds over that). I expect to be heading back to the 38 band size but I don’t suspect I’ll lose more than one cup size. (40DDD is bigger than a 38DDD which is bigger than a 38DD.) Both my grandmothers were chesty, chesty women; one tall and skinny and one short and square. So I’m doomed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/33 "2010-03-22T23:18:33Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > I wear a 32 F. I feel your bra shopping pain. Bigger women (i.e. people with larger band sizes) I suspect have a way easier time shopping than tiny women with large chests… Yeah, but the problem just keeps on going up the scale. I mean to say, that as a much larger woman, I find I need a much larger band size…I can find that, but no way am I going to find a cup size big enough to accomadate me, unless I go up to a cup size that fits…then the band size won’t fit. For some reason, they never seem to make a band size that is smaller than the cup size, relatively speaking. Unless you have them special made for close to 200. The good news is, I don’t really mind if my cups runneth over, as most of my tops are low cut. I do have a couple of properly fitting bras for things like tshirts, where I need a smooth fit. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/34 "2010-03-23T00:28:26Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > The good news is, I don’t really mind if my cups runneth over, as most of my tops are low cut. Hummmm. I guess that would be one option, but then I would be afraid that my coworkers would start calling me ‘Tits McGee’ behind my back, which isn’t _EXACTLY_ the reputation I want at the office.. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/35 "2010-03-23T01:01:32Z")
The loss of 100 pounds made me go from a 40DDD to a 34C. So much better! I would say it was pretty proportionate, though. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/36 "2010-03-23T01:08:49Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Hummmm. > > I guess that would be one option, but then I would be afraid that my coworkers would start calling me ‘Tits McGee’ behind my back, which isn’t _EXACTLY_ the reputation I want at the office.. Ah, the office. You know what is great? Those stretchy shirts with the v-cut. You can wear them so that your tits pop out, if you are [feeling saucy](http://www.flickr.com/photos/12477794@N02/4455309939/in/photostream/). Or you can wear them [like this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/12477794@N02/4455311599/in/photostream/). _Same shirt._ ETA: I don’t actually wear my shirt that low, unless I’m at a darkened reggae club, where that would be downright tame in comparison. I am just making a point. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/37 "2010-03-23T04:05:06Z")
34DDD here. I’ve slowly (and not-so-slowly) been gaining weight for the past few years. My cup size has also gotten larger. Then again, I’m pretty young and some women’s breasts don’t reach their full size until their 20s. resources for those women like me with hard-to-find sizes: [herroom.com](http://herroom.com), [barenecessities.com](http://barenecessities.com), [realwomenslingerie.com](http://realwomenslingerie.com) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/38 "2010-03-23T04:22:07Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Of course it does. Har har. :rolleyes: Oh please - like comments of this nature never happen here. It was bound to happen. At least it’s been done and you can continue your conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/39 "2010-03-23T04:48:04Z")
I just remembered…I used to know a woman who had fairly large breasts. Then I didn’t see her for a couple of years, and when I saw her, she was much, much smaller. I figured she’d had a reduction. She hadn’t; she’d gotten into body-building, and spent 3 to 5 hours a day at the gym. Yes: 3-5 hours A DAY at the gym. So I pretty much knew that wouldn’t work for me. But I asked my personal trainer about it. PT said (a) it pretty much depended on your body type, that wouldn’t work for everybody, BUT (b) every competitive female body-builder she knew of who wasn’t cosmetically enhanced was, in fact, small. (She was moderately busty herself, but her thing was MMA, not body-building.) ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108/40 "2010-03-23T12:19:36Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > No kidding. I usually buy a 34 DD and put it in the last set of hooks. It doesn’t fit, it rides up at the back and my boobs spill out the top, but at least you can find them in stores and they’re $50 instead of $150. Hah, I do the exact same thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-question-for-large-breasted-women/533108.md?page=3)