bras - are they really necessary?

just askin', cuz i think they suck. especially underwires. ouch. you men have it easy ;)

but it depends on your assets.

Thanks Raging! I'm still laughing.

:)

david

I don't have this exact type, but it's something I'd wear.

:eyes:

Heh heh heh

david

i have to admit some of them can be pretty sexy.

bras and Christmas CDs

:wow:

:yourock:

Oh, and Chrstimas CDs, huh? What are some good ones? I tried to put together some compilations this year. My favorite new addition was Yellowman: A Very, Very Yellow Christmas, which was fantastic!



david

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is one of my favourites.

Seriously, Christmas is my largest music category. I went cold turkey last year and wouldn't let myself buy any Xmas music.

It's hilarious!

I'm trying to get a collection of "traditional" carols and songs that are uptempo but not cheesey - Stuff my 2 year old will like, but not "mickey mouse" style production. There are a couple "A very special Christmas Vol X" compiliations that have good songs, like Willie Nelson singing "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", etc.

Anyway, I think I'm straying from the topic here, which is odd considering what it is.

O8)

david

BTW, did your wife know about the petition?

and the .5 track switches from one thing to another.

I have *NO* idea what petition you're talking about!

O8) O8) O8)

david

:spank:

Bad boy.

But any petitions I support in the Lounge are done for the good of HUMANITY! not for any personal selatious reasons.

You have to understand I'm trying to save the world here.

And thanks for the spanking ;) I suppose I deserved that. Oh my yes.

david

and of course I think bras can be sexy.

And it is a cute bra, even if it's missing the not-specific-enough request for a model in addtition to the bra itself.

:)

david

Not wearing now though. It's comfy and it definitely holds the girls up there front and center.

Especially if you don't want your boobs drooping from being bounced about during sporting activities. I ride horses and could not do it without a sports bra.

i don't mind them at all, they are my friend :)

I used to work with a chick at Half Price Books a few years ago who refused to wear one.

I'm sorry, but when you got free-swinging udders at work, it is gross to have to look at. It's unprofessional, and I don't wanna see it!

If you wanna go without at home, fine. No skin off my back. But out in public, if you're more than an A cup, DON'T GO THERE!

FSC

Are you serious?

How are breasts gross to look at? I have no idea what you mean.

I'm a woman. I think breasts are great. I adore mine.

I just think that bras are a good thing. Sorry. That's one liberal stereotype (burning the bra, going without a la the 60s) I can't subscribe to.

I'm a 36C. I look ridiculous without one.

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I have very rarely gone braless, while my stepsister (same age and size) hates bras. If she were to go topless, she'd look like an exotic native from a warm climate in National Geographic. By contrast, gravity has yet to effect me. ;-)

who do we wear them for - us or somebody else?

Mine actually HURT if I go without too long. They're too sensitive to go without.

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where I have to work with them, and customers complain too (which I did hear more than once), you're damned right I do.

unfortunately.

Never could pass the pencil test but these days, with age and too many pounds I might manage it. Since I work at home I don't bother. If I'm going out and want to look nice I drag one out.

And if you don't like the look ... DON'T LOOK. Do we insist you wear a cup?: bah. The older I get the less patience I have.

:hi:

Crap... I failed the pencil test within three years of getting boobs. :cry:

...a guy's "pencil" between them without squeezing them! LOL.

No seriously, it is whether or not you can place a pencil under one, and have the pencil fall (meaning the breast does not sag enough to hold it there).

I know that...and I'M A GUY! What do I win???

:crazy:

:evilgrin:

:)

and i thought i heard them all! so it's a 'perk test', i get it, makes sense.

btw, squeezing works better no matter what size they are ;)

:)

yes INDEED!

and lmao at National Geographic :D

my girls have always been held FIRMLY in place!

if you stopped wearing one you'd soon get used to it. Although if you're very busty and do very bouncy activities you might occasionally want one.

my girls are too large to let them roam free...but I'm not opposed to "Bouncing yer boobies" every now and then...especially on Fridays!

:evilgrin:

It's very difficult to find a decent bra that does NOT have underwire these days.

Bought one of each last weekend. I hate underwire too and these did not have it but had a nice flexible thing where underwire would be.

Otherwise, they are great. I need all the support i can get. :D

I know what youre probably thinking but no, my buddy locked his keys in it. The whole thing was quite hilarious.

I say shed those bras girls! Heck, do away with those pesky shirts too! (Just a guys opinion)

Sorry. It would be much cooler in the summer, especially here in Georgia when the humidity is over 90% and the temperature is approaching 100.

:headbang:

I know the feeling of summer weather in the south (Tennessee).

(ladies, that is if you're comfortable doing that) :dunce:

LOL! :crazy:

(as he checks his rolodex for the nearest union print shop) ;)

hy-fucking-sterical. I have tears in my eyes.....

It does get so very hot and humid in the south.

Most of us, living at high altitude, aren't willing to take the sun exposure.

nt

you made me laugh till my eyes watered.

...have to fumble with to prove his determination to see the nipples?

:headbang:

Or what would a girl have to be able to help the guy with, to show her determination that he DOES see the nipples?

:headbang:

I had a 3-4 year period in late teens/early 20s where I went without most of the time. For the past several (maybe 10?) it comes off the minute I walk through the door at home.

Result? Sans bra, I'm getting that 'church lady' look you normally see on women much older.

If good, pretty, non-underwire bras existed for C-cups 20 years ago, I'd have worn one. Bali has some nice ones now.

Women from my mother's generation never went braless and their breasts still sagged.

how much worse, and at what age?

The only thing holding these puppies up is skin. Skin ages. With no support, it's going to lose elasticity sooner than later.

And looking like a teenager again! When it became time to get a new one, I dreaded the prospect of going from store to store to see if I could find one. So I punched the bra's name and model number onto the Internet, and wound up with more online lingerie stores than I knew what to do with. Woe unto them if they discontinue it!

:headbang:
rocknation

I bet I have about 30 - different colours, styles etc.

They're pretty. If they fit, they're not uncomfortable.

i burned it in the 60s, and only started wearing one in summer in the last few years. and i'm not that small!

..if I were an A cup I'd probably never wear one.

someone is likely to get hurt!

here. let me help you all get rid of those nasty things.

Who is this "Cooper" and did this person have the "Droop", or just named it?

The Cooper's Ligaments are the tissue that supports the breasts, or allows them to sag. They are not affected by exercise.

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/23741/24783/297895.html?d=dmtContent

"The breast tissue found just underneath the surface of the skin is very elastic and can change in size as the glands expand. However, Cooper's ligaments, which are the fibrous tissues that serve as an anchor and provide support, do not share this quality of elasticity. The elastic tissues can expand and contract, whereas Cooper's ligaments will stretch out but not get back to their original length."

Cooper's Ligaments Society is a fictional group started by myself and a female friend who was my running partner. We used to discuss other female runners at the local track who were, um, insufficiently supported as they ran. My partner was big enough that she wore two sports bras, one on top of the other. I proposed offering the service through our Society of running behind the insufficiently supported women and supporting those needy ones with my own two hands! An idea that never came to fruition, however.

(a cup) x( My sister and mom can't though.....something screwy happened in the genetic pool, I'm a freak of nature in comparison to all my female relatives.

If you're a D-cup, it's a necessity. It gets painful to go without one for very long, and of course, you start drooping.

doesn't it?

Before pregnancy, mine could stand alone (uncomfortably, I thank whoever invented the bra actually). After pregnancy, EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

I believe Kate Winslet calls them "dog ears".

I have a bra on every minute of the day unless I'm ill.

Oh the things we do after kids. LOL. Same here. :)

You don't need to get pregnant. We all sag, eventually.

And honey? If your bra hurts, you don't have the right one!

A properly fitted bra can be a joy to wear. I read somewhere that a huge proportion of women are wearing bras that simply don't fit!

Go to a nice department store and get yourself measured by a pro. Then buy one or two really good bras. Trust me, you'll notice the difference immediately.

Sorry if that sounds like a crude question, I don't mean it that way, I've just always wanted to konw what you call something say between a B and a C. Is that a B- or a B+? Grade wise I'd say B-, right? Because it's closer to a C.

Sorry, it must sound like a stupid question!

david

an interesting job that I haven't thought about. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?

and get me into comfort.

i go for sexy and cute too much i think...

with padded shoulders at Dillard's...it is their house brand lingerie and actually is the most comfortable I can find, and the most affordable. I actually would probably be more comfortable in a 36 DDDD but they are very hard to find.

I have a small rib cage and a lot of heavy stuff hanging on to it.

:silly:

well constucted bras that last for years (plus, the company is BLUE).

Bra's didn't mean much. But after kids and being 34. The cleavage isn't as "perky" as it was 10 years ago. I wear a bra for myself. I still have great cleavage.....with some minor support. LOL.

34C here. I don't think I've left the house without one since I was 13 years old -- and I don't think I would unless the house was on fire.

It's a lot more uncomfortable, even painful, to go without than it is to wear one. And I don't mind underwires a bit (except when the bra's starting to wear out and the wire pokes through. That's bad), almost all of mine are.

I have fairly substantial bosoms and I tend to prefer the perky look over the non-perky look when presenting myself to the world. One has to earn the privilege to view them in a less-perky form. :D

We burned our bras ... remember!

Then they are only a suggestion.

:)

Of course, I've nursed three young'uns so it's understandable. Back in the day, BC, I didn't need one and rarely wore one. :-)

I was in sixth grade and a B cup. I hated wearing a bra, but I was being made fun of and my breasts bounced on the play ground.
Now I am uncomfortable without one if I am going to being doing anything remotely active. Underwires hurt, but I am starting to get a little saggy and that would probably hurt. The other alternative that works somewhat for me is tightened sturdy shoulder straps to hold them up. I am a C cup now, but had gotten up to a D when I was a little bit heavier.

nips brushing my thighs.

Well, it ain't quite THAT bad . . . but . . . Sorry. it Had to be said for all us big-floppy-tittied gals.

:hi:

In summer, with skimpkier clothes, I go with. Borderline A-B.

They TOTALLY SUCK. After having babies and dealing with nursing, I realized how horrible they were. Plus I'm smaller post-baby. :-(

:o

To support their bosoms and their beer guts. I dread seeing them during summer heatwaves, because -- curse our town's overly-permissive bylaws -- they can waddle around with their shirts off and all of that hanging out, and nobody can stop them.

I have had it with "regular" bras, though; I only wear sports bras now. Good fro when one is active as well as in-.

:spank:

So constricting.