Boob etiquette (a question for the ladies).

i have enrolled myself in a small breast appreciation program over the last few years.

xp it seems weird that bra companies wouldn't have funded a study like that by now.

It does, doesn't it.

I'm sure I've posted this before but can't find it now but it is topical . . .

One of the most embarrassing moments of my life - When I was about 11 or so a friend and I decided to stuff our training bras with tissue and go to my parents' restaurant for lunch. Once we arrived I went into the kitchen to say hi to my dad. He took one look at me and in front of all the other chefs he poked me in the fake boob and said, "What the hell is that?". I nearly died but did learn that faking one's breast size is never really a good idea.

xp women sleep in bras? I've fallen asleep with my clothes on before, but I don't intentially wear a bra to bed. I can see it being no big thing if you don't have to wear ones with an underwire, but once underwires are required, I just don't see how that would be desirable.

I know a lotter of bigger breasted girls who wear bras to bed!

For some reason, ENBB, that kitchen story seems like a really German thing to do. Did you ever read the book/blog called "Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About"? British guy, German woman, they go home to Germany to visit her family and she considers it normal to walk around starkers and discuss totally personal stuff with both her parents and everyone else in the room.

Mil Millington! His blog was AMAZING

I knew this one girl in college who was like a 44FF and she didn't wear a bra to sleep, but she sorta cradled one of them under her armpit.

most of the larger chested women i've known can't wait to ditch the bra come bed time. apparently having to wear the thing all day gets uncomfortable?

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LOL Laure - I remember when that book came out but I've never actually read it. I should though because I would probably love it and I think that you're right it probably was a very German thing to do. Here's another - between 6th and 7th grade I spent a month by myself in Germany visiting my grandmother. She took me to a public swimming pool one day and we got into this huge argument because she didn't understand why I didn't want to take my top off!

Boy I had no idea that I completely made up my definition of side boob. That's the reason I wear a bra, the damn things are just rubbing all over my arms all day otherwise. This is why I never got the point of 'lift & separate.' Lift I get, but thinking everyone else had the same thing as me, I wondered how/why one wld separate the things even further.

I've never noticed any correlation between boob size and sleeping with a a bra either, though I don't know too many girls with boob size larger than D. Do big boobs really get in the way while you're sleeping?

Mine separate too, Abbots. It's an ideal not of this era, and it makes it completely impossible for me to ever wear a push-up bra or have cleavage. Oh well, boobies, eh?

I mean, who's gonna complain?

Men with gynecomastia?

The boobs at the beginning of the final episode of Eastbound and Down were great huh?

[/i]Mine separate too, Abbots. It's an ideal not of this era, and it makes it completely impossible for me to ever wear a push-up bra or have cleavage. Oh well, boobies, eh?[/i]

Me too! I may have some of that swoop action going on but cleavage is something I don't think I'll ever really be able to acheive.

The ones I've known who have done this are the kind of girls that have back problems stemming from their boobs. Btw - I'm talking like sports bras for sleeping not lacy underwire type things.

wayyyyyy upthread: the reason 'banana boobs' hasn't caught on is that sometimes the kind of people you'd all hate refer to the man part as a 'tummy banana'

xp abbott - yeah, I pick bras on the basis of bringing them closer together.

xp laurel - I think I read something somewhere that if you have boobs that move toward the sides to get a push up bra in a cup size one smaller than the one you normally wear.

Jenny Jones.

xp enbb - okay, yeah, I can see back problems thing ... but I guess it somewhat depends on your posture when sleeping.

The ones I've known who have done this are the kind of girls that have back problems stemming from their boobs. Btw - I'm talking like sports bras for sleeping not lacy underwire type things.

But I thought boobs cause back problems only when you're standing/sitting? Shouldn't lying in bed allow them to rest even without a bra?

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Bill Engvall used the phrase 'banana boobs' in a stand-up performance, which is 100% reason to hate it.

Um no because anything pushy-uppy just smushes them together and makes my chest look folded in the middle.

Wikipedia page for gynecomastia v informative btw:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Severe_Gynecomastia.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Asymmetric_Gynecomastia.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Adolecent_with_Gynecomastia.jpg (Z-Man!)

and

Television personality Richard Simmons suffered from gynecomastia as a youth inspiring him to pursue a career as a fitness guru.

x-post That's reason enough Abbott.

Tuomas - Like I said, having boobs big enough to either cause back trouble or necessitate sleeping in a bra is something I will never personally know about. All I know is that I have met a handful of ladies who do this. Sorry I can't provide you with the exact reasoning behind it. :-(

See . . . they even make special ones for it http://www.sleepbra.com/

Remember in Persepolis, her grandma wore a bra to sleep with pressed flowers in it?

Not that it's super relevant but I knew at three girls in college who had reductions to alleviate back pain. Like a fairly common thing

OK I have know idea what this is or who this ppl are but they seem to have lots of opinions on the issue:

http://www.fabsugar.com/234741

xxp it's probably easier for a lot of these women to wear a sports bra to bed than to try to sleep in a posture that isn't painful. Also, back problems really suck.

Hmm, that site doesn't give much explanation for sleeping with a bra either, except that they say it helps alleviate wrinkles and soreness of breasts. No mention of big boobs though.

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:-( what do you want from me!?

To solve the mystery of bog boobs!

big

Tuomas wants you to introduce you to these big breasted ladies so he can get first hand info.

I think that might be what it is.

lol the mystery of bog boobs

I don't know if I'm equipped to solve something that sounds quite that mysterious tbh.

My former girlfriend has DD cups... Maybe I'll ask her, if she can answer. She didn't sleep with a bra on though.

hardy boys go pg-13

There's at least one boob on this thread, for sure.

x-post -- This might be appropriate:

http://www.pamelasuemartin.net/television/nancy_drew/images/caroonarama.jpg

bog boob : swamp crotch?

xp the banana boobs - for whatever reason I find them disturbing - probably because they don't have the width/roundness that I associate with that length/size.

On the hunt:

http://hardyboys.bobfinnan.com/hbsincom.jpg

GBX :-( ewwwwwww

(although I suppose it could actually be a good equivalent to describe boob sweat)

I remember that tv show and thinking Sean Cassidy and the other guy were far cuter than the guys in "Dukes of Hazzard" - I think I had an argument w/a friend about this once.

Not that it's super relevant but I knew at three girls in college who had reductions to alleviate back pain. Like a fairly common thing

rip ;_;