Sweetpea

After searching, I could not find a thread pertaining to this topic.

I could list a hundred body image articles on how we feel about our breasts, but what I am interested in is Your voice.

I am interested to know how You feel about your breasts...

do you love them? Do you hate them? Would you change them to be bigger or smaller? Do you like to show them off? How often do you take your breasts into account when picking outfits?

share your thoughts and feelings.

personally, although I wish I had larger breasts, I love that they are perky and that I can often wear shirts and dresses which my larger breasted friends do not feel comfortable in. I've never had the issue of people staring at my breasts because they are smaller. I like the color of my nipples. I think that breasts are all very unique.
I love my girlfriends' breasts, who are quite large, but I find she often feels insecure about their size, do other large breasted women feel that way?

anyway, I am curious and this is a truly feminine topic, perfect for our ladies longue... please share your thoughts on your breasts

sweetpea

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abaya

I mostly love my breasts, and have only disliked them occasionally when I am trying on clothes (especially dresses) that fit perfectly everywhere else, EXCEPT my breasts. So then I have to go up to the next size, or even two (this puts me in XL sometimes, just for the damn breasts to fit), and that annoys me because the rest of the outfit ends up looking baggy or not fitting very well. I wish there were clothing manufacturers who specialized in small-waist/bottom, larger-breast styles, because that is what I need. So yes, I have to take my breasts into account when picking almost every outfit... not because I want to show them off (though my husband always appreciates when I do), but because I have to make sure they are going to fit decently and the buttons aren't going to pop off... which has happened before.

The other difficult thing is when I am going to the gym, or going for a run. I have had large breasts ever since I started cross-country/track in high school, and while it has never stopped me from exercising, I am a little bit sad that the skin holding them up has lost so much strength... in other words, they droop more than I thought they would, in my 20s. My mom always told me that it was my fault for running so much, which made me angry with her. My solution these days is to get a small, tight sports bra and basically smash the breasts down as flat as I can, so that they stop moving as much as possible when I'm running. I find that when I buy the bigger sizes, it just gives them more room to bounce, which hurts like a mofo. So I just smush them down as flat as I can.

I would not change them to be bigger or smaller, because I tend to think cosmetic surgery is lame. However, if they ever got so big (after kids) that they became painful for my back, etc... then I might consider it. I was slightly alarmed when I started hormonal birth control 4 years ago and they got even bigger than they had been... that was painful, and I could do without that extra boost, frankly. Big boobs run on my Icelandic side of the family, so I guess I'll just have to deal with them as I go.

I like them best when I am wearing a bikini and they fill out the top very nicely, or a low-cut top that shows just a bit of cleavage. I usually only wear those kind of things when I'm going to be around my husband, because I hate it when creepy people ogle them in public, so I try to avoid that if I'm just going out to run errands, etc. I love it when my husband squeezes them affectionately when I'm wearing those clothes, which often leads to more fun things...

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ShaniFaye

before my reduction.....absolutely hated them....I could never find anything that fit right

since my reduction....Im having a major love affair with my boobs....(having no migraines and back aches and indentions in my shoulders from my bra helps too lol) but its been a year and a half since my surgery and there is still not a day that goes by that I dont look at them and fall in love with them all over again.

I can run now....I have NEVER (since I got boobs) been able to run....I was a double D by the time I was 14....I can exercise.....I can wrap a normal towel around me now, I dont have to move them out of the way to shave my legs. I dont have to sleep in bra during my period because they hurt so badly (in fact since the surgery, PMS boobs have disappeared). I can wear a tank top without a bra and not have to worry about bra straps showing. I dont have to pick up my boobs to see my nipples.

I no longer feel that my boobs enter the room 30 seconds before I do. My boobs dont sit on the table or desk now. My seat belt actually feels like its supposed to. I can buy womens cut tshirts.

I could go on and on and on about the new life I have with smaller boobs but I wont bore you lol

just suffice it to say Im really mad at myself it took me SO long to get up the guts to have this done, and I have to thank the breast cancer scare I had, if I hadnt had to have a lumpectomy I'd have never gone to breast doctor on my own.

oh...one more great thing? Because it was medically necessary my 30k surgery cost me 100 bucks out of pocket cant get THAT with implants hehehehe

you want to seen before/after pics? (warning wont be safe for work of course)

http://messageboard.techsavy.net/upload/oldboobs.jpg

http://messageboard.techsavy.net/upload/newboobs.jpg

I had 4 pounds of boobs removed.....and there is NO way in hell I regret not being large breasted anymore.....(I went from a F to a full C cup)

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mixedmedia

It took me a long time to come to like my breasts.

As most of ya'll know, I've had three kids. Breastfed them all. And it really took a toll on my breasts. I had stretchmarks for years, but they have mostly faded away. I was always self-conscious about their sagging, but (and Phillip has been very instrumental in turning my head around) I've grown to appreciate them. I'll even go out braless with a tank-top on now! And they do look pretty sexy. So it took accepting the fact that my tits will never be the perky, sticking-straight-out breasts they used to be. Now they are different and that's okay.

Oh, and I have large nipples that stay erect almost all the time and I like them, too.

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ngdawg

I love'em. I've always had 'wide' boobs(34D); breastfeeding didn't change them at all. I see my elderly mom and mother-in-law and feel so depressed that they're gonna end up like that.
I love teasing my sister-she paid for her D's.

abaya

Yeah, mine are like pencil erasers... and my husband loves 'em that way. I mostly do, but they're EXTREMELY sensitive to temperature, so if they're not well insulated--they're very visible, even through 2 shirts and a fleece jacket. I have to wear thick bras... anything sheer can actually be painful (walking through the freezer section of the grocery store hurts).

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merleniau

I'm learning to like my boobs more. I get self conscious about them sometimes (I'm an A cup and sometimes would like to get up to a B), but overall I appreciate them. They don't get in the way of my riding, I can do virtually any physical activity without getting pain from them bouncing, and I don't get stared at very much. I like my nipples a lot; their color and shape is pretty intriguing. The man creature has pointed out that they have slight puckering at their tips. It's exciting for me to have him examine my breasts in such detail and pay so much attention to them, but it gets a bit distracting when I'm trying to listen to him or pay attention to something serious.

I have started going totally braless, though. I haven't worn a bra since March 14th, when I got my tattoo. I'm not sure if I even want to go back! I just wear a tank top underneath my t-shirts, and that takes care of my fear of showing my nipples off constantly. I'm sure I'll go back to a bra for dressing up or maybe for working out (I have to buy kids' sports bras, they don't make women's sizes small enough for me to be comfortable), but I'm fine without one. Honestly, going without a bra has made me more comfortable with their size, appreciate their shape, and almost makes me feel like they're a bit bigger (I'm sure they're not). Even A cup bras tend to have a bit of a gap between the cup and my breast, so going braless eliminates that self conscious "ahh, I don't even fill up an A!" nagging thought.

(grabs boobs) I LIKE THEM!

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onesnowyowl

I love my breasts. They were a bit of a pain in 7th and 8th grade--girls can be so cruel, as I'm sure you all know--but now they are a part of me I could never get rid of. They're the perfect size--though I need to have my band size remeasured, as I'm pretty sure it's shrunk. They're a touch saggier than they used to be, thanks to the weight loss, but I think I'm the only one who notices.

To remind all you ladies: to take good care of your girls, wear a bra that FITS (meaning if you haven't been measured by a professional lately, you should) and do your monthly breast exam.

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savmesom11

Up until my mid-twenties I always hated how small I was (about a B cup) and of course one is bigger than the other. But about age 25 (and I too breastfed two children) I realized that although they are small they don't really sag, since they don't have far to go, and I have great nipples. Now I love them, I love their size, I love their shape, I love the color of my nipples. I just plain love em!

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mixedmedia

I don't care that they show. I refuse to wear those foam-y padded bras that seem to be so prevalent these days. I just want to know when nipples became so offensive that you have to cover them with 1/2" of foam? It didn't used to be that way.

This is the only bra I wear, Calvin Klein Nudes...I have it in black, pink, nude & white.



Vive la nipples!

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abaya

It's not so much about being offensive... it's the fact that mine frickin' HURT when they are exposed to any kind of cold temperature for longer than maybe 3-5 minutes (and I mean, anything below, say... 60 degrees). When we go shopping in a cold grocery store and I'm not wearing enough layers, I have to walk around with my arms crossed in front of me just to keep the damn things from contracting very painfully... feels like someone is pushing thumbtacks into the top of my nipples, basically.

So yeah, I can't stand wearing padded bras either (the 1/2" of foam you are talking about), but I generally like the cloth on my bras to be substantial, just for insulation's sake. For the last several years I have been wearing Maidenform's One Fabulous Fit bra (the cheaper ones at Costco are fantastic), no lace or trimmings, and enough thick cloth to keep my nipples fairly warm. Doesn't anyone else have the painful-nipples problem?!

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mixedmedia

Oh, I didn't mean that you thought they were offensive, it's just that it's so hard to find bras without them these days. And I've heard comments from women that imply that allowing their nipples to be visible through their clothing is improper. I take exception to that and resent that I have to really search through the bra rack at Ross for a bra that isn't padded. Seems like it happened over night.

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Shaindra

I love my ta-tas. I was always on the larger side of the scale, trending toward D and even DD while nursing. Now I've settled into a small D/large C. I haven't noticed a lot of droopage, despite having two kids and breastfeeding them into toddlerhood. I think the old girls have held up pretty well. As a bonus, the nursing gave me these perfect t-shirt nipples.

Yeah, there are probably more aesthetically perfect specimens out there, but l love mine best.

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genuinegirly

Right now? I like them.

They're just the right size! 32D is perfect because I have just enough to show off when I want, and yet when you really don't want them to get in the way, a sports bra does wonders.

Before Tt? I hated them.
I felt like they were always getting in the way when I wanted to work. Moving boxes, working a spotlight... I was insecure about my nipples. I cursed at my too-little-too-big size that I could never find a bra for (until I stepped into Macy's and tried on their CK and DKNY 32D's, which fit like a dream! Would have never purchased clothes at Macy's until Tt showed me I had enough money and I deserved quailyt clothing for every part of my body).

Yes, I love them. And I admit my love for them has everything to do with someone else's enthusiasm.

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*Nikki*

I have always liked mine and thought they were the perfect size. I never wanted to be bigger like a lot of smaller girls wish. I can't see the appeal personally.

They are a little different after having a baby and being so stretched during pregnancy.

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Sweetpea

Wow, excellent discussion ladies. Thank you each of you for sharing.

As a comment on nipples staying erect all the time, I don't have that, but my girlfriend does, which i find very sexy, but she often comments that ppl state quick a bit, so she tends to lean toward thicker bras to counteract them.

Nikki, as a smaller breast sized girl, I liked your comment that you feel yours are the perfect size. I think I only want mine to be larger when I am exposed to allot of media with larger breasted girls as being 'the perfect' breasts.... I wish sometimes that more movies, shows and other media would cast smaller breasted girls. I tend to enjoy Kira Knightely because she's smaller like mine and is still seen as 'just right.' But I am much less insecure about them now that I am in my mid-20's than I used to be when I was a teen.

thanks everyone again for sharing, let's keep this discussion going, because I think it's an important one to have.

sweetpea

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ÐiGiRed

Growing up I was always a bit self conscious about my breast size. I started developing early and was teased in school and even by certain members of my family about them.

By the time I was about fifteen I had gone from a C to a D... and eventually a DD.. the fact that I was an overweight teen also didn't help cause it only made them look a little bigger than they actually were. I'd always wear baggy clothes to try and hide my chest.. and at one time I even gave some serious thought about having a breast reduction.

But that never happened. I did however finally learn to accept myself.. exactly the way I am... breast and all. lol

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onesnowyowl

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girldetective

I was teased relentlessly in middle school because I was flat-chested. As an adult my breasts are good and afford me much pleasure in the sack. The trouble that I have with them is that I wear a 34 B-C so I have to shop a bit to find a the right fit, and I hate shopping. It just depnds on the bra. I have never been fitted for the right size. Is this something that most women do?

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onesnowyowl

Most women don't, and as a result, walk around wearing the wrong size bra. Personally, I find bras that fit correctly to be much more comfortable than those that don't.

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ghoastgirl1

I was a late bloomer...I didn't get my boobs until I was 16 or 17 (2-3 years ago!) I was a major swimmer though so because I was rather flat chested it gave me an edge in the water. Of course kids were cruel...I went through many water-bras..the ones that move and stuff. Of course I only did that for a few months because I realized that when I took the thing off and put my bathing suit on people would know the real deal.
By my senior year I was around a larger B and smaller C. Recently since I had started BC almost two years my boobs grew to be a full C (which I really like) and now the irony is that even though I love the effect the BC has on my chest I hate that it has killed my sex drive.
When I go on my week break from the nuvaring my boobs lose a little oomph but not enough for anyone to notice but me according to James.

As for my nipples...well...I don't particularly mind my nipples. They are not the perky kind but they are pretty small and a nice shade of very pale pink. Overall I'm 19..(gonna be 20 in a few days) and my boobs aren't sagging and seem to be holding their own quite nicely. So I'm satisfied. James is satisfied. All parties concerned with them are happy and that is what matters.

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Taja

Great topic Sweetpea!

I really hadn’t thought of it before. Do I like or dislike? I’d have to say I’m sort of neutral.

Looking back, I should have admired them more when they were supple and perky. But, as many of you, having two kids really took its toll on them. Before pregnancy I was a 34B and after, barely a 34A. As I’m nearing 40, I’ve put on an extra 10lbs and I’m right back up to a 34B, which suits me just fine. They’re large enough to be feminine, but small enough to not get in my way.

Another question: How many of you make sure they’re very straight in your bra, so that you’re nipples don’t look “cross eyed or askew” on the outside!?

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*raises hand* I do!

...and here all these years I thought I was the only person on earth who actually thought of doing stuff like that. lol

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noodle

I like mine when they don't hurt. Which isn't very often lately.
I've had to switch birth controls several times and the only thing that made them hurt less was depo, but everything else got screwed up.
I like the way they look in clothes and when I lost a lot of weight, I definitely liked them more... but the stretch marks remain and they've dropped quite a bit, so I actually pref