Measuring Up ... Or Would That Be Down?

Thank you to Lina for kicking my day off with this laugh!

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DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND YOUR PARENTS LINED YOU UP AGAINST A DOOR FRAME TO MARK HOW TALL YOU WERE AND DATED THE MARK?

WELL, THIS CARTOON BRINGS A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE TO THAT EXERCISE!

Comments

[ChickyChick (Kathy)]

That's the beauty of little boobs - even at 47, mine are still perky!

[ChickyChick (Kathy)]

Uh oh, would that be considered TMI?

[Lori in Texas]

Chicky - I'm another proud member of the "Itty-Bitty-Titty-Committee" and I couldn't be happier about it. 43 years old and two breast-fed kids later, my tea-cup chihuahuas are still sittin' right where they were at age 17. I wouldn't trade these in for St. Bernards for all the money in the world.

My only life-long complaint is that no one makes a bra that fits me. (sigh)

[Jamie in WI]

Ok Chicky Chick & Lori - STUFF IT! LOL

I am a "C" - so not small - but not ginormous either - but when I was pregnant - OMG - just call me Dolly! My hubby was in the land of hooterville! =)

[Mom of 5]

I've got a BMI of 18, which doesn't leave a lot of adipose tissue for the boob area. When I'm nursing though, as I did with 5 kids, I go from A to B, and I gotta tell ya, I can't run five steps without pain. I LOVE being flat simply for the comfort while I'm running. My husband, though, doesn't mind the whole pregnancy/nursing thing. :-)

[Jennifer to Jamie & Mom of 5]

Count yourself lucky ladies!!!! I was a 34DD BEFORE I got pregnant. I am 26 1/2 weeks pregnant right now and am wearing a 36DD bra because I cannot find a 34G+ bra... I am scared for when breastfeeding starts.

I have never been able to run comfortably and vigorous activity requires 2 sports bras which then suffocate you the entire time (seriously, how does really tight band = extra support?) I am having a reduction/lift done once I am done having kids, hubby already know, we just keep debating on the size-to-be...lol... I want 34C's and he wants 34D's...lol...

Sorry if it is TMI...I have no shame when it comes to my boobs as everyone I know asks me about them...lol...

Oh, and I am keeping my in-laws up to date on the size of my baby bump by posing in front of our front door so Dad can calculate the size...lol...

[Toni]

Thats not funny. I bruised my knee the other day jogging.

[Mom of 5 to Jennifer]

I'm just sorry. I can only imagine how uncomfortable that must be! As for the baby, is this your first? Congratulations either way!

I think women are in for a shock if they breastfeed and don't know that when their milk first comes in that's it's even possible to become so engorged. I swear, the skin that once covered my latissimus dorsi, navel, and neck gets pulled right up front to provide a gallon or two of milk for a baby that needs a few ounces, at best.

[Leigh in FL]

Wow! I didn't know someone had made a cartoon about my boobs!

In my youth (first grade) I was an A cup. By the 3rd grade I was a C cup. DD's by the sixth grade and 36F when I graduated high school. My boobs have grown out of control over the years because of the pregnancies. I am now a 47I. Yes, that would be "I" cup. I just wish I could still fit in a G cup...ah...memories...

I now like to call the girls cantaloupes in socks.

[Jamie in WI]

Aye - yi-yi! OMG Leigh! That gives a whole new meaning to over the shoulder boulder holders!

[Bobbsey]

Its so funny how perspectives can change depending on whether you are endowed or not. My mother is flat chested and she says (to this day!) that one of the reasons she married my father was that she saw that his sisters had boobs and she wanted to give her daughters a fighting chance. I got the boobs and my sister didn't.

When pregnant I ballooned up to a 38DD. I'll never forget the mounting frustration when I was pregnant the first time and I tried to find a proper bra at Victoria's Secret. I was near tears (hormones at work) when a saleslady gingerly approached me and asked "Sweetie, are you pregnant?". I nodded, and she went to the back of the store and pulled out a slew of bras. I had NO IDEA that Victoria's Secret kept a stash in the back.

[Nikki]

Mine have never been perky once I hit the C's. I am now a 42D. The boyfriend loves it but has been warned I am dieting and will likely be at a 36/38 C by the time I am done. I am looking forward to it myself. Have not worn a proper fitting button down shirt in ages. That is the main thing with big boobs -- finding shirts and jackets that don't pull across your chest. If you scale up in size to accomodate the girls, the rest of the fit is all off and looks terrible. I feel a lot of sympathy for women who are naturally very large, f's, g's. People don't realize the back aches and other discomforts that go along with it.

[ChickyChick (Kathy)]

Well, I'm not exactly FLAT - the girls are a healthy 36D (perky!), but I am totally flat compared to my Sisters and my Mom (my husband said, "Holy Guacamole" the first time he saw my sister in a swimsuit). They always called me "Flatso"

[Lori in Texas]

A 36D and people call you "Flatso"???? That's absolutely insane. I'm a 36-"nearly A"... now THAT, my friend, is flat. A ribcage and two nipples. I'm still surprised my daughters didn't starve to death, but when I was breastfeeding I went up to a large "B" cup. Shocker of shockers.

[Shawn - Lakewood CA - Nikki]

I hear ya girl. Finding shirts that fit is really hard when you have a endowed chest. I am self-conscious so I buy oversized shirts because I hate them being tight and seeming to strain the buttons.

[Shawn - Lakewood CA]

I have never fit in a bra at Victoria Secret.

[Jennifer]

Never fit a Victoria Secret's bra either... What annoys me most is the fact that manufacturers feel the need to put padding in 34D+ bras...uuummm, sorry I don't need the help!!!! It is agonizing to even imagine bra shopping.... I am very lucky though that (so far) my boobs have stayed very perky even though they are huge...I do specific chest exercises to give them the best chance of not sagging...lol... I can't wait til I have my reduction!!!!

[ChickyChick (Kathy) to TX Lori]

Only my well endowed sisters called me Flatso - my boobies didn't get bigger till my 20s. My younger sister is 8 years younger than me, when I was 18, hers were bigger than mine - to them - I am a "flatso"! They are GARGANTUAN!

P.S. Even at 36D I have trouble finding bras that are comfortable - VS had one that I liked, but they stopped making it.

[Lori in Texas]

ChickyChick - OMG... you too?

Back in the late 1990's, Victoria's Secret made a bra that fit me perfectly - it was smaller than an "A" cup and soooo comfortable. It was made to make small-built women look about two cup sizes larger - and it actually worked!!! When I wore it, I looked like I was almost a "C" cup and my clothes looked AWESOME. I bought two cause I loved them so much. I wore those fantastic bras for over two years, finally wearing the poor things out.

So, I went in to the Victoria's Secret in the Dallas Galleria to buy some new bras after the hooks in my old ones wore out, and... I swear, you'll freak when you hear this.

I looked all over the store for the bras and couldn't find them, so I found a salesgirl (who looked like a Penthouse playmate - seriously) and asked where they were. She looked me up and down, then stared at my chest. Then she looked me in the face with a slight sneer and said, "Victoria's Secret has discontinued the line which catered to women of YOUR build." Then she flipped her hair, turned and walked off. I just stood there, speechless. I found a store manager (another Penthouse playmate) and told her what I was looking for and then told her what the salesgirl had said to me - and she also stared at my chest, then said, "Well, she was right." Then she walked off too!

Needless to say, I have never set foot in a VS store again. And won't in the future.

[ChickyChick (Kathy) to TX Lori]

Oh how I hate those snotty little VS salesgirls - does anyone else feel inferior when they walk into that store? They make you feel like they are the most perfect creatures in the world and you are lucky to be in their presence. Last time I went in the one here in Ithaca, there were four "creatures" standing around gossiping, I went from display to display looking for the bras that I bought last time, I knew what they were called, and I knew my size. I was in the store for a good 10 minutes, not finding what I was looking for. Not one of them approached me to help. Finally, I went over to them and asked if one of them could help me. One turned to the other and said, "you help her". She looked at her with that look you see when you know she just didn't want to be bothered, I swear, I saw her roll her eyes. She said, "what can I do for you", I told her which model I was looking for, and she said, "oh, that, we don't carry that anymore, that bra was just not a big seller". And she turned and walked away from me - back to her little group of prepubescent bitches. She didn't try to sell me anything similar, or offer any other help. I just stared at her back, not knowing what to do. I finally just left. I don't know if they train their peeps to be that rude, but I was turned off them forever. Someone needs to create a store called "We are Not as Snotty as Victoria Secret, but sell Sexy Underwear to Everyone".