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the guys I went to high school with did it all the time, during free days in orchestra, at lunch, all sorts of places. Almost as much as they rated girls.
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I never rated girls, nor tried to judge cup size. However, being the painfully shy, 'I only like you as a friend' type, I didn't really have a frame of reference.
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Beg your pardon for the deleted post, but I suddenly came to my senses. There are things nobody (except for the lovely Olivia) should know about me.
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I'm more than a trifle sleep-deprived and just had a death in the family (my uncle, expected after a long hospitalization, but nonetheless). I've been a bit scatter-brained.
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A few years ago I had the fringe knowledge of the topic, and just some brief conversations about cup sizes and how they worked. Then I got dragged semi-willingly on a shopping expedition with a girl while I was in Italy (I was there to judge the attractiveness factor, so it wasn't all bad). All that somehow led into a discussion of how European (well Italian in this case) fashions weren't particularly accomodating for the average american bust size. It eventually led into a lecture, after about the third time I'd commented that something that was more than a bit too small looked good. Honestly, it was a hard conversation to keep a straight face during (on both sides).
And I'm glad I'm not the only one who misread Psi. Phew.
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Smaller. Or I think more correctly, "less ample" was the eventual compromised phrase. I also remember what I said that incurred enough wrath to warrant being lectured on such a topic, but it might be too off color, even for this thread.
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I don't mean it as a terminal malady. The question was asked and I answered, tongue in cheek. I should start adding the j/k to everything.
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Ahh, I see now. I missed the last two posts or so on that page appearantly. I could figure out who that was going to. And now that the puns have taken over, I'll bow out. Getting caught around Hatrack is acceptable, but for just to read puns, it's just not worth it.
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In high school, this guy who was kinda flirty with me said he was taking a poll, and that I could fill it out myself. I asked what it was and he showed me the sheet with several different handwriting styles and what were obviously bra sizes.
I declined, and spent the rest of the semester overhearing speculation about my chest. I should have just told them; it would have been less embarrassing.
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I did not understand bra sizes before this thread. In all honesty, I think the most relevant question for a guy is "how many hooks does it have?" I mean, I like breasts ( ), but I don't go around guessing at women's cup sizes. There's "not for me," "nice," and " " ...but these don't bear any particular relation to size on an absolute scale, what's important to me is how well they fit with the rest of the woman's body. There are lots of different ways to be well-proportioned, and I'm personally partial to a number of those
saxon, I think your suggestion of standardizing cup sizes across bust measurements would require considerably more cup sizes.
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Ron and I were at the mall, and there was this very homely woman with a huge set of barbie boobies. Seriously unreal, and in a fairly skimpy tank top, no bra. Rememeber those egg things that some panyhose used to come in? Like those.
I was impressed, but Ron said, "Her money would have been better spent north of the collarbone." Which was really cruel and really funny at the same time.
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I'm a girl and I know next to nothing about bras, even after reading this thread all the way through. I wear sports bras whenever possible, so it's not quite the same measuring. As for my bra size, I think I get a 38 B or C cup depending on the brand but I could be wrong. I haven't gotten a real bra in about two years and my tags are worn.
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So after reading this thread I was curious about whether I had been wearing the wrong size all this time. I came home and measured myself.
Is it at all possible that I'm a 28C? Do they even make that size? I don't think I've ever seen anything smaller than a 32, and I seem to remember that feeling tight. I've been wearing a 34A for a long time now, and I'm freaked out that I might have been so wrong. Posts: 1903 | Registered: Sep 2003
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It would help if they made the bandsize equal the number of inches around the ribcage. That would make *so* much more sense, I think. As it is, it is a few inches wider. I just can't remember how many.
In order for you to be a 28 bandsize, your ribcage would have to measure 26 or 25 (I think) and that is so tiny!
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Oh, I wouldn't mind going to VS. I was supposed to be taken there by some friends from PWeb but that never panned out and I wouldn't want to go in there alone.
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I actually prefer to go lingerie shopping alone... that way I can take all the time I need without feeling bad that I'm keeping someone else waiting.
I'm also more comfortable getting fitted and asking the sales staff questions without someone I know listening in... it's more anonymous, you know.
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Oh, with a certain friend I plan on going with, I'm past the point of caring about anonymity. We've openly discussed our breast size and tried to figure out who's bigger since our bra sizes didn't seem too accurate-her bra size suggests she would be bigger but we decided my breasts are (barely) bigger. If only we knew then what I'm learning now through this thread...but maybe we're just weird for putting that much effort/thought into it.
And she offered to take me since she's been in VS who knows how many times and I've never been in there. I didn't even want to go to there until she convinced me to give it a try.
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I confess I didn't know that the letters weren't directly tied to size. But then, I'm not the sort of guy that discusses breasts in such terms anyway, nor are any of my male friends. I never pretended to understand bra size; I gauge a woman's breast size by how big they look compared to the rest of her. I'm more interested in proportion than in size.
And I'm more of a butt man anyway.
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The price tags take up more volume then the actual material...
But, I've always been impressed with how well the staff treats the women i've been in there with. I can imagine much cause for embarresment, but, never been the case.
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You have to admire the predictability of stupidity, Beverly.
I don't discuss bra sizes because I fully accept that I don't have a clue and really don't care.
Have I ever rated a woman's breasts according to my own sense of aesthetics? Certainly - although I usually don't share that kind of information since I'd rather not listen to her commentary on the hows and whys I don't appeal to her, either. Turn about is fair play, after all.
Edit: And as a complete aside, was the aunt shocked at being professionally, disspationately handled during her bra shopping?
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Wow. Every bra store I have ever stepped foot in has known how to properly measure and size. Is it just an L.A. thing? Because I've found this to be true in chi-chi Beverly Hills places and mom-and-pop (well, maybe not pop) Baldwin Hills places -- and everywhere in between.
The problem is, in my size, they usually have to special order. I'd rather do that myself, and get 'em shipped here. Every few years I do go in and get my size determined by a professional, though.
[Edit: HUH? how did some of my letters become numbers? How odd!]
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Maybe I'll take my girlfriend to VS this weekend and get her fitted. She doesn't know her size, she just buys what she think fits. I'd love to buy her a really nice bra, since she doesn't seem to have enough of them.
Or are bras like pants for men, and you can wear them for a few days in a row?
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Yeah, you can wear them a few days in a row depending on how much you sweat. I wash 'em after I exercise in them, but otherwise, once in awhile is fine.
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This now has me wondering if bra sizing is different in Canada than it is in the US. I have a 38" ribcage, and I wear a 38 bra. When I was skinny - for me and years ago - I wore a 32 bra and had a 32" ribcage. Granted, I still had an impossible time finding a bra that fit and cost under $75. I was a 32F. Time to have them special made.
I also followed the guidelines of number of inches more than ribcage = cup size, and I always found bras that fit properly. Well, after trying on a dozen or more different styles, that is.
This has me so curious that I've surfed a bit. Victoria Secret says to measure ribcage and add 5" to get the numerical part of the bra size, and then each inch adds a letter. So according to that, I should be wearing a 44, which would so definitely NOT stay in place. And I found other sites - granted, Canadian - that recommending using the measurement system I mentioned way way earlier. And I found yet others that said to measure under the arm pits above the breasts to get the band measurement. And then another site said to measure under the breast and add 5" if the measurement is 33" or less, and add 3" for anything over that.
CAN YOU SAY INCONSISTENCY?
Sheesh. And they keep throwing out that 70% or 80% or 90% (depending on the website) of all women wear the wrong sized bra. NO WONDER! Get a clue, ya silly manufacturers. Learn how to be consistent, create a system that's logical and easy to understand, and chances are we'll start wearing bras that fit better!
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I work at JCPenney, and they have girls in the womens depatment that measure upon request. They also have bra fitting clinics 3-4 times a year.
Also, for people who have the same problem Jenni has, she goes to Lane Bryant for hers whenever possible. VS doesn't have anything within 2-3 sizes of what she needs, but LB always does, and their prices are pretty fair compared to department stores.
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Lane Bryant is a good source (I use the catalog -- did you mean the stores?) as well. But I find that the place I linked to generally beats them on price -- especially with the coupon and free shipping.
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There is a lot of inconsistency in the bra sizes, but the one that works best for me is the one on the VS website. You do add five inches unless it's an even number, then you only add four. 28 inch ribcage = 32. But if I were a 29 inch ribcage I'd be wearing a 34. So one inch can equal two inches in the bra which doesn't seem helpful to me at all.
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quote: It would help if they made the bandsize equal the number of inches around the ribcage.
That's what we do here. In centimeters, but that's the same. And I'm a 90 E, which is hard to find and often very embarassing.
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quote: ...Europeans in general are smaller than Americans...
You know, I wish I could judge, but 2.5 things stop me:
1) a. I've never been to neither North, nor South America (in Dublin, though, you could double the population if you counted Argentinian tourists), moreover the USA; so I can't really compare from films. The net could provide options, except those pop-up pornsites don't give you a very objective view.
b. I've not been enough around Europe (sure, Italian beaches, the 'lovely' Czech girls, Austrians on a bus travelling through Vienna, and the English beautis, but that's too specified), can't judge.
2) It's far too rude, impolite and disgusting for me to go and stare at women's breasts; unless they ask me to. Even then, forget it - a relationship is based on more than that.
Jonny
P.S. Excuse the Off-Topicity (invented word), but I thought it might be illuminating. (WTH?)
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