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AIBU?

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I know abu , bralesss , how do I stop it bothering me (may be offensive)

100 replies

SueSylvesterforPM · 28/04/2011 19:19

this may

I knows its ridiculous, not so much flatchested women but if someone on the saggy/larger breasted side is obviously not wearing a bra, I feel this wave of feeling sick and like a claustophobic feeling like I have to move, itsn ot just a dislike its physical disgust. And its getting ridiculous plus I'm sure the people notice which can't be too nice.

how do I go about stopping this?? and stop being a crazy lady??

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MrsGuyOfGisbourne · 28/04/2011 19:44

puzzling - don;lt thisnk I recall seeing anyone i would have noticed not wearing a bra - where do they hang out? (so to speak). What I do see that I hate is badly fitting bras - everywhere!

FreudianSlipOnACrown · 28/04/2011 19:46

Not boak, just....disconcerting.

Yes that's about right for me. I feel just the same if it's an obviously bad-fitting bra.

A well fitted one would not hurt or be uncomfortable.

FoofffyShmoofffer · 28/04/2011 19:48

I am gong to start a thread regarding how to avoid 4 breasts when wearing a balcony bra. It's driving me mad. I'm forever rearranging.

DontGoCurly · 28/04/2011 19:49

It's murder sometimes when crumbs make their way down the old over-shoulder-boulder-holder !!!

Especially toast. Toast crumbs are pointy.

meltedchocolate · 28/04/2011 19:49

I do think in public we should wear bras. When we are not BFing they are sexual parts of the body and we should not have them on show. When we are BFing, sod anyone that dares to complain/ be disgusted, I'll whip my out :o

FoofffyShmoofffer · 28/04/2011 19:51

dontgocurly So true. I lost cheese from my pizza tonight down there. DS caught me fishing it out and smirkedGrin

fuzzywuzzy · 28/04/2011 19:52

No idea how to help you at all whatsoever in your predicament.

But a few years back I worked at a university, during graduation one of the girls was wearing a tight stretchy white dress with (very obviously) no bra, the male lecherers lecturers practically queued up to vigorously shake that one girl by the hand....

I also used to work with a guy who needed a bra badly, the jiggle was most distracting! I didn't feel sick tho.

WinterOfOurDiscountTents · 28/04/2011 19:52

Not everyone can afford well fitted, especially if they are large. The point here though is you are taking societal expectations of women and making them near compulsory. No woman needs to wear a bra, if they don't want too, and they don't need to shave themselves or pluck themselves or dye their hair, or anything else.

If you have a problem with women who do not do these things, it is your problem. If a woman walking around without a bra on makes you feel sick, there is something wrong with you, not with her.

BeerTricksPotter · 28/04/2011 19:52

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SybilBeddows · 28/04/2011 19:54

should?! Shock
wtf is that all about?

do what you want with your breasts. Plenty of cultures don't wear bras.
If it bothers you you should probably expose yourself to more braless breasts, by, I don't know, going to nudist beaches or inflicting yourself on a hapless African tribe for 6 months Smile

heliumballoons · 28/04/2011 19:58

I'm braless atm (36c) so probably no difference. Blush

Have to admit the other day in minor injuries (was stuck there 3 hours) there was a lady with rather large bossems, in a bra and blanced on top somehow and a boob tube. Got chatting after boredom set in and she was lovely. I did have to keep mentally telling myself to talk to her face. [cblush]

MillyR · 28/04/2011 20:00

Sometimes I feel like MN is a time machine and many of the people on it are posting from the 1950s.

How ridiculous to suggest breasts are sexual objects and so we must wear bras. How does hoiking them up with bits of underwire make them less sexual? Anyway, you should see some of the things I've done with my mouth and I'm not covering that up.

BeerTricksPotter · 28/04/2011 20:02

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KurriKurri · 28/04/2011 20:06

I'm braless atm, I often don't wear one in the house because I wear a prosthetic breast on one side, and its a bit hot an uncomfortable sometimes, - so I enjoy the chance to let the one that didn't try to kill me swing free.

I doubt anyone would mistake my chest area for something sexual Grin

nethunsreject · 28/04/2011 20:07

therapy, op.

Honeybee79 · 28/04/2011 20:10

I would NEVER go without a bra in public though do occasionally at home.

It's not a great look but I don't see why it's any worse than a beer belly hanging out or just ill fitting clothes with bits bulging out all over the place.

I hate my boobs too. Before I got pg I was a 32dd which was OK but now (6 months after birth) I'm still carrying extra weight and their about a 36E. Am still wearing nursing bras even though I gave up bfeeding really early on. They're just so comfy.

I'm pretty accepting of my body but really, really dislike my boobs.

Honeybee79 · 28/04/2011 20:12

I would add that I would never go without a bra in public due to reasons of comfort more than anything else. Plus clothes tend to look better if you're wearing a good bra!

RamblingRosa · 28/04/2011 20:13

Strange that it makes you feel physically ill OP. What's that about?

I can't say I'm really that fussed whether other people wear bras or not - small or large breasts, still don't care.

FreudianSlipOnACrown · 28/04/2011 20:15

Honeybee I've only just started wearing underwires on some days - I mostly still wear nursing bras even though DS (20m) only feeds first/last thing now.

hogsback · 28/04/2011 20:17

I suggest you repost this question in the Feminism section. You might get more sensible responses than some of the ones you are getting here.

Oh, and YABVVVVVVVVVVU

Honeybee79 · 28/04/2011 20:19

Freudian, I am glad I'm not the only one! Maybe when I go back to work I'll revert to underwired.

HecateQueenOfTheNight · 28/04/2011 20:24

How do you feel when you see breasts? on a beach, say, or on tv?

Is it seeing actual breasts that revolts you - or is it seeing women who are wearing clothes through which you can see breasts?

I mean, if you were to see a naked woman, would you be repulsed by her breasts?

I'm just wondering if it is breasts that repulse you generally, or someone not wearing a bra.

my mum never wears a bra.

she is nearly 60

she has a magnificent bosom. her nipples point UP.

bitch.

PiaThreeTimes · 28/04/2011 20:26

YABU! Don't look if you don't like!

I like not wearing a bra, although I only really tend to be bra-less at home.

I find it odd that your reaction is so strong!

NormanTebbit · 28/04/2011 20:29

God I wear a bra at night too. There's no way I can go without (34DD)

I have friends shock braided but they are less well endowed. Never thought about it really.

NormanTebbit · 28/04/2011 20:31

'shock braided'

'go braless' damn you autocorrect!