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To hate having stupidly small breasts?

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RubyTuesday10 · 29/05/2024 23:40

I know at my age (45) I probably should have stopped caring but I have been so unhappy with my body my whole life. My breasts never developed properly- I’m an a cup and almost completely flat, I’m not even a slim build. My whole life I have never felt sexy or like a proper woman. I detest my body so much I want to hide it under baggy clothes.

My husband doesn’t criticise me but over the years he’s bought men’s magazines, looked at women on the internet- all with massive breasts, because that’s what men like- no man desires a flat chested woman. He’s now become besotted with a busty country singer and I feel the old feelings of worthlessness again. Feel so disgusted with my stupid body I scratch it sometimes.

It seems so unfair that every other woman gets to look nice, have a cleavage, be desirable but I’ll never get to have that. Have always been too broke and too scared to undergo surgery but sometimes I wish I’d been able to. I cry about how I look and have done all my life. Am I the only person on earth who feels this way? Please don’t flame me for being ungrateful for a healthy body, I am not intentionally being ungrateful and really can’t help how I feel.

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MsLuxLisbon · 30/05/2024 09:31

I'm so sorry you feel low, OP. As has been said, everyone has something that they don't like about their body. For all the people mentioning envy for small breasts, there is a difference between being small breasted on a very slim frame, like a model, and having small breasts on a normal or overweight frame. The first is considered desirable by society, at least to an extent. The latter isn't especially. That's not to knock you, OP, but to say I understand where you're coming from. You're not Twiggy, you're an average woman who isn't happy with her breasts. Only you can decide if you want an augmentation: if you do, and you think that it would make you feel better, I think you should go for it.

Tagyoureit · 30/05/2024 09:28

johnson39 · 30/05/2024 05:56

I'm exactly the same never had any boobs at all, complete lack of confidence and will never be naked completely because I feel ashamed, I've now decided I'm going to speak to my gp, I'm happy with the rest of my body, am quite slim and very petite, but I do sometimes wonder if they just didn't really develop and I should have done something sooner , so I'm going to speak to my gp and see what they say, not saying I want surgery because I don't think I would but every summer it gets me down so finally I'm going to see what if anything I can do. I'll keep you posted after my appointment next week.

Genuine question, as I'm interested because I also have very small boobs.

What are you seeing the GP for? I've always thought that a GP would just tell me to go away and seen a plastic surgeon using my own money if I wanted any kind of boob job done.

What can a NHS GP do? What are you hoping to get from seeing the GP?

Thisagainandagain · 30/05/2024 09:25

StormingNorman · 30/05/2024 00:10

As the owner of a rather hefty pair of breasts, I cannot tell you jealous I am. Big boobs are difficult to dress and look frumpy more often than not. They are nothing like the boobs in men’s magazines!

If I had the cash, I would have a reduction and never wear a bra again. I’d float around in backless dresses and bandeau bikinis!

This.

Holluschickie · 30/05/2024 09:23

Isometimeswonder · 30/05/2024 09:21

Why are so many people encouraging implants? Shouldn't we all be helping eachother to love ourselves and not focus on the superficial? Unnecessary surgery isn't the answer.

I find it particularly awful on a women's site, but it seems to be the thing these days to aspire to look like women in porn or TV.

I was teased and shamed throughout school and uni for having tiny breasts, as DD is shamed now. But, you know, bollocks to those who reduce women to appendages.

Isometimeswonder · 30/05/2024 09:21

Why are so many people encouraging implants? Shouldn't we all be helping eachother to love ourselves and not focus on the superficial? Unnecessary surgery isn't the answer.

user1483387154 · 30/05/2024 09:18

I'm offering a different perspective, I developed at 10 years old. I was always teased and shamed

I wish i could have a reduction, people (mostly men) think I'm stupid because my breasts are big

I get treated badly because of this, women are often aggressive and men are sleazy

Steakandwine · 30/05/2024 09:15

LoveSandbanks · 30/05/2024 09:10

I have small breasts, spread far apart and wanted big boobs for most of my life. At 56 I almost love them. I can lie on my stomach. Big boobs often make you look heavier than you are and as someone else said can make you look frumpy. Small boobs are much easier to dress AND going braless is so comfortable 🤣

Now I've hit peri menopause I'm grateful for my little boobies 😂

Steakandwine · 30/05/2024 09:13

Georgie743 · 30/05/2024 09:08

Two quick things:

  1. do adults seriously 'obsess' over celebrities?! That seems so odd to me.

  2. as a lesbian, just chipping in that tiny boobs are very sexy to lots of people. Hottest sex I had before meeting my wife was a with a woman many heads ago with tiny, almost flat, boobs. I remember thinking they were the single sexiest sight I'd ever seen. She wasn't super slim or athletic, and definitely an A cup at most. I found her boobs incredibly horny. 20 years later and the memory still gives me a flutter 😂

Thanks for hyping up the itty bitties 🙌😂

LoveSandbanks · 30/05/2024 09:10

I have small breasts, spread far apart and wanted big boobs for most of my life. At 56 I almost love them. I can lie on my stomach. Big boobs often make you look heavier than you are and as someone else said can make you look frumpy. Small boobs are much easier to dress AND going braless is so comfortable 🤣

Georgie743 · 30/05/2024 09:08

Two quick things:

  1. do adults seriously 'obsess' over celebrities?! That seems so odd to me.

  2. as a lesbian, just chipping in that tiny boobs are very sexy to lots of people. Hottest sex I had before meeting my wife was a with a woman many heads ago with tiny, almost flat, boobs. I remember thinking they were the single sexiest sight I'd ever seen. She wasn't super slim or athletic, and definitely an A cup at most. I found her boobs incredibly horny. 20 years later and the memory still gives me a flutter 😂

Chickenuggetsticks · 30/05/2024 09:04

Mine are medium and in my 40’s just rest on my belly. Hardly a lovely sight. Honestly at least your boobs won’t be in a race to get to your knees.

Your husband is a creep.

Holluschickie · 30/05/2024 09:01

I completely missed fhe reference to self-harming. Yes, speak to your GP first before you do anything.

Steakandwine · 30/05/2024 09:00

I'm in the ittie bitties club. I use to be same when younger, teens mostly but I embrace them now. My husband says he loves them and he's gone out with girls with big boob's I use to wonder it myself.
If my husband was acting like that it would really hurt my feelings.

You need to tell him how it's making you feel and if he continues ask yourself if you want to with someone like him. He should be giving you attention and making you feel good as a woman as that would help give you more confidence. As much as people say you need to be confident in yourself, that's true, but if your partner is acting like that it'll put a huge dent in it. Your man should make you feel like the most beautiful girl in the world.

Alittlefrustrated · 30/05/2024 09:00

I think the most important thing here is to address your self harming and mood OP. PLEASE speak to your GP,about this, rather than your bra size.

Middleagedbeige · 30/05/2024 08:58

I have an F cup and absolutely hate having big boobs. I’ve been saving up my whole life to be able to afford a reduction. As soon as I’ve finished breastfeeding my twins and lost a bit of weight I will be booking in for the operation.

You always want what you can’t have OP, but if you are that unhappy you should definitely look at surgery.

Thecatistheboss · 30/05/2024 08:55

I’m a j cup and 5’1 all my life I’ve had jokes weekly on the size of my boobs and never my face just my boobs, the back pain is beyond belief. Nothing wrong with a small chest, I’m sure you look amazing. My ex husband likes small boobs, to the point he start saving so I could have a reduction, not for me for him - I did not. Your husband is an insensitive prick

Bornnotbourne · 30/05/2024 08:52

Can’t believe I’ve read this entire thread and no one has recommended doing weights. My chest has improved drastically since doing them three times a week. My posture is loads better, don’t have shoulder pain and now wear a b cup. It’s taken 18 months but I do look better. I feel the muscle under my breast tissue. Now just need to sort my saggy belly

ladygindiva · 30/05/2024 08:47

StormingNorman · 30/05/2024 00:10

As the owner of a rather hefty pair of breasts, I cannot tell you jealous I am. Big boobs are difficult to dress and look frumpy more often than not. They are nothing like the boobs in men’s magazines!

If I had the cash, I would have a reduction and never wear a bra again. I’d float around in backless dresses and bandeau bikinis!

This. I only have medium size breasts but on a short, small frame and honestly it's a nightmare finding clothes to suit.

Blendeddogs · 30/05/2024 08:44

MorvernBlack · 30/05/2024 00:21

I think your OH is being an utter prick, if he stopped making his fetish obvious and instead complimented you, you'd feel a whole lot better. How would he feel if you constantly commented on the attributes of other men.
I would happily have a couple of A cups, my breasts aren't even that big, but bras are uncomfortable and expensive, men look atcthem and comment, exercising can be uncomfortable, I'd love to be all streamlined like a whippet!

This - lean is fit and sexy to me. Practically every woman in a magazine has fake boobs they are perfect and don’t sit right. They aren’t normal

DivergentTris · 30/05/2024 08:43

Naran · 30/05/2024 00:42

Menopause may give you boobs

I wouldn't bet on it, I'm still a aa cup. Even pregnancy and breastfeeding only got be to b cup and that was just barely!

Spent my life waiting for them to develop but strangely I wouldn't consider surgery. I think I'm so used to being completely flat, all of a sudden having them might just feel odd

Boiledeggandtoast · 30/05/2024 08:42

I have always been very flat chested and have never worn a bra except when I was pregnant and breast feeding (and despite this I successfully breastfed 3 children). It bothered me when I was a teenager but now I love it. It is so much more comfortable, especially in hot weather, and it's great if you're a runner. Sending you best wishes and I hope you will find a way to feel happier in your body.

Sadza · 30/05/2024 08:42

I think you have a couple of options. Surgery, possibly. Or reframe how you see you body. Flat chested is less frumpy, less back pain, makes running and exercise easier, looks good in shirts…..The reframing is harder with your husband’s attitude though.

I am like you, but I rejoice is a healthy body everyday and that’s attractive.

Bobbotgegrinch · 30/05/2024 08:34

Hey, I'm male and not sure if I'll be welcome here so feel free to tell me to bugger off.

Most men like all boobs. It's not the size and shape that's most important, it's the fact that you're letting us see something hidden, letting us touch a part of you that noone else is allowed to. It's the fact that they're an erogenous zone, that you sigh and squirm when we touch them.

Yes there are men out there with preferences on size, but most men don't care. And your husband obviously doesn't. He could presumably tell that you had small breasts when he met you, and he was attracted to you then, why do you think that's changed?

Mummyoflittledragon · 30/05/2024 08:33

Edit to add before the below. I’m not trying to minimise how you feel op. This is my experience having used to feel like you. I used to be an A cup. I put on some weight and went to a B. Post ivf and breastfeeding dd, I am a saggy C and only that because of width rather than actual boobage. So it still doesn’t look like I have much in the boob department and still need moulded cups to look good. I’d much rather be the perky A or B.

HooverTheRoof · 30/05/2024 08:30

Sausagedognamedmash · 30/05/2024 06:24

I have always been an A cup. I have had 2 kids, boobs never grew, no milk came in, they have no shape and aren't at all perky, never have been. They literally haven't changed since I was 11/12. Just somewhat triangular lumps of fat on my chest. Have to wear a bra to gain some shape from them, but tops/dresses etc look weird as for my size (12/14) they are generally tailored for a B/C minimum, so are baggy in the chest and fit weird or not at all.

I feel your pain. I'd love surgery but I can't afford it, and knowing generally it's not a permanent fix and would need redoing in 10/20 years time, financially I probably would struggle then too.

I don't think there is anyone who is 100% happy with their body but it's the only one we've got and if we can't change it, through circumstance or finance, we have to learn to live with it and be OK with it. Life sucks when you hate yourself every day.

I am literally exactly the same. I tried to explain that I think I am under developed to midwives / health visitors but they just looked at me like I was mad. I honestly have the chest of a 12 year old. Currently trying to find a swimming costume I can stomach wearing on holiday and it's a challenge! The best bras I've found are the seamless padded bralette type ones.

I'm not sure I'd have the surgery even if i had the money. I've kind of made my peace with but it still sucks.

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