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ellenmillionMy boobs are so HAPPY. More than that, my shoulders and neck are happy!
Folks, hell has officially frozen over: I am a D cup.
This is impossible on so many levels I actually laughed at Jake when he suggested I was. He'd wikipedia-ed breasts or bras or something, and was aghast at the idea that 70% of women wore the wrong size and used it as an excuse to measure me. 'You're a D!' he said. 'Hahahahahahahaha,' I said.
But he talked me into trying one on at Gotschalks today, and I bought six*. 34D. 34D. Every single one that I tried on fit perfectly, which in itself is a sure sign of the coming apocalypse. It was almost painful putting my old one on to leave. And speaking of painful, I had no idea how much they were tugging all wrong on my shoulders. My neck feels wonderful.
I came home and threw all my old ones away. They're in a pile on the bedroom floor to take to the 'mile of bras' breast cancer awareness campaign.
*And, in the further category of minor miracle, all six were just $87. They were on sale, then buy 2 get 1 free, and THEN 15% off.
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Date: 2008-10-26 03:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-26 03:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-26 04:58 am (UTC)i read this a while back about australian sizes, and i don't know if i believe it because i WANT to (i'm quite a large size myself, but don't believe i could possibly be the size i'm told i am), but apparently since women often like to be able to brag "oh yeah, i'm a DD!" and get embarrassed saying they're a B, they changed the sizing slightly so that more women would be in the "more socially desirable" range.
it's stupid. they still LOOK the same size. and as a girl with a hell of a rack, i'd kill to be a B. oh, the lovely lovely freedom of my old, flat chested days... *sigh*
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Date: 2008-10-26 03:55 am (UTC)I *think* I'm 36D, but when I went to buy a new bra today (because I have two I rotate between, and they're about 3yrs old) I have back rolls, side-boob-spillage, the shoulder straps cut into me, and I generally feel fat and unattractive (my self-esteem is *already* shot to hell, let's not give it more ammunition)
:D
Yay!
Date: 2008-10-26 04:52 am (UTC)Though I'm still surprised how often it is that the men who love them help out in the learning process. I just wish really good bras weren't always so expensive! Not that I begrudge the cost that goes into making them well... its just really adds up quickly for something thats generally a female requirement.
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Date: 2008-10-26 04:55 am (UTC)however, I am a 30E. E
that's messed up.
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Date: 2008-10-26 05:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-26 11:51 am (UTC)And I do believe that a lot of women are wearing the wrong size. I have a friend who insists she has a C cup and forces her poor boobs into C cup bras. When I pointed out all the surplus boob sticking out from the bra, she insisted it wasn't boob, but fat, but those bras sure look uncomfortable.
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:21 pm (UTC)I had a similar revelation a couple of years ago when I stopped trying to buy "grownup" bras, left my ego at the door, and went into the girls' section and bought a training bra that fits like a dream. Not sure what it's "training" me for though....
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Date: 2008-10-26 12:31 pm (UTC)*cry*
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Date: 2008-10-26 02:00 pm (UTC)By the usual measures, I'm theoretically a 34D/36C. But when I got fitted by a serious bra fitter at a shop that does nothing but bras, they put me in 30Gs/ 32Fs and OMG did it make a positive difference. I just wish I could buy more of them all at once (but the really good ones are pricey and it's a size that's hard to find off the rack at most stores or even in catalogs).
It took a little getting used to, having bras that tight around the ribs, but that's where the support is supposed to come from, not the shoulder straps. And I can feel the difference in my back and breathing when I wear the "good" bras.
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Date: 2008-10-26 04:22 pm (UTC)Link to this campaign?
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Date: 2008-10-26 07:26 pm (UTC)I bet I have a bunch of old ones which are too small. If only I could afford a few more of the ultra comfy one I found at Victoria's Secret.
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Date: 2008-10-26 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-27 01:02 am (UTC)I got measured by some lovely women at a local shop. These lovely persons were great-auntie aged, with just the right balance of practicality and amusement and concern and experience, and then of course, they helped me find good bras (not so cheaply though). So when I was pregnant, and nursing, and all size estimates had gone to hell in an handbasket, I went back.
Victoria Secret just doesn't make pretty bras in my size (fools), but Olga does...
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Date: 2008-10-27 04:18 pm (UTC)Jake could have helped as far back as August! :-)
Jenny...still can't remember bloody LJ password...
Date: 2008-10-27 06:31 pm (UTC)I think that if you go up a band size that you have to go down a cup size. They need to make a better way of finding out the right size to wear. I mean, why do we need to add 4 or 5 inches to get our band size? Because of the elastic?
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Date: 2008-10-28 11:09 pm (UTC)And they have Jake to thank for it! Talk about a win-win situation ;)