To want underwear that doesn't try to stab me?!

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Underwiring.

If men's underpants periodically turned on them and tried to stab them through the testicles - you BET science would have worked on a solution by now.

But bras... nope! Time and time again we have to weigh up the monoboob issue versus the delightful realization that by 10am your underwear has decided it wants you dead and you're destined to spend the remainder of the day trying to discreetly shove the underwiring back in where it belongs before it all pops up, out of your shirt neck and tries to make a bid for freedom up your left nostril.

The stuff is washing machine destroying work of Satan and science should come up with a solution that lifts, separates and doesn't want you dead.

Anyone think I'm NOT being unreasonable here?!

I feel your pain.

Well, actually, I feel my own particular pain which is the side boning in Triumph bras for the excessively well-endowed, which always warps in the wash and then stabs you under the armpit at the top and the bottom of the boning...

I had a run of bras doing this to me. It turned out that I was wearing a back size too big. It hasn't happened since.

There were some bras, I think they were called bioform, around about 10 years ago that had weird plastic boning instead of wires. Felt like you had armour plated boobs mind.

A little confused why this should be a regular occurrence. Surely once it happens you either chuck or repair?

I have never had this problem with underwiring. I have very modest-sized mammaries though. Maybe the bra doesn't think it's worth putting up a fight....

i think your wearing the wrong size bra, or your washing machine is chewing them up

I remember those tyler80

The whole side of the cup was stiff and you could rap your knuckles on it - like knocking on a door- and feel nothing. DH called mine my valkyrie bra.

Hand wash to avoid washing machine damage and carry a little sewing kit in your handbag so if it does happen you can nip to the loos and put a stitch over the hole.

I agree YANBU but it might just be a fitting issue, my bra's are much better behaved since I got properly fitted. Some brands/shops are better than others tho, decent bras are worth paying for if you can