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Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to ask if you do "Flashdance bra removal"?

187 replies

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 13:33

I don't like wearing bras. when I get home ( back from school run etc) I always take them off.
especially when I was pg (every time) I had to take them off quickly at odd locations, when I felt sick - although normally in the car,

but I either can't take my t-shirt or top off coz II was/am in public or just can't be bothered.

so I do it the "Flasdance" way ever since I saw the film. it's quicker.

is it just me or others do this too?

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AnyFucker · 24/06/2013 16:13

I have always done up my bras at the back. I am very bendy though. I quite often have to reach around and help DH out < ahem >

puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 24/06/2013 16:16
puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 24/06/2013 16:17

Oh yes I can do that.

nenevomito · 24/06/2013 16:18

Every woman takes off her bra from under her clothes at some point surely?

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 16:18

lovely I am PMSL @ I'm a front hooker!Grin Grin Grin Grin

me too!

Richard Meadly (sp) once said when he was younger he'd seen his mum do the front hook & spin, with her back to his.
he was mortified at the sight of "disappearing breasts"!Grin

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juneybean · 24/06/2013 16:19

I haven't tried for a while but I suspect my cup is too big for my sleeves!

BeaWheesht · 24/06/2013 16:21

I can't believe people do their bras up at the front and spin them round - doesn't it squish your boobs when you spin it?

WilsonFrickett · 24/06/2013 16:33

No Bea, you fasten it then spin it round under your breastage. Then you pull up the arms and don the cuppage Grin

SorrelForbes · 24/06/2013 16:35

I always used to do up at the front and spin round but have now learnt that if your bra is loose enough to do this easily then it doesn't fit properly

YY, totally correct. If you can spin with ease, it's too big.

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 16:35

no bea

you hook in the front, bra cups on back.
then you spin bra so now cups are in front.
place the girls in then put the straps on. ta-da!

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SupermansBigRedPants · 24/06/2013 16:37

I can do it Grin never seen flashdance though Hmm

I used to be a front hooker but having ds, putting on weight then falling pregnant again has made my boobs and belly a lot bigger than i'm used to and it's uncomfortable to twirl it round. now i do it 'the grown up' way ..

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 16:47

< hands out t-shirts with slogan "I'm /I used to be a front hooker" >

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SupermansBigRedPants · 24/06/2013 17:07

Ha! I'd wear a front hooker tee with pride Grin

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 17:09

redpants

should it have bra cups printed on back?Grin

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BeaWheesht · 24/06/2013 17:37

Ohhhhhhh i see. Still don't understand why you'd do it that way though !

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 17:41

I can't hook it in the back.

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SupermansBigRedPants · 24/06/2013 18:21

Yes Grin yes it should and an unhooked bra clip under the writing at the front Grin

StatisticallyChallenged · 24/06/2013 18:24

Yup, front hooking is all wrong and normally means it's a duff fit!

(Did manage to subtly remove an offending bra out the sleeves in a Toby Carvery once. Even Dh didn't realise what was happening until later!)

JaquelineHyde · 24/06/2013 18:32

I think all women must take their bras off like this surely and all men are bewildered by it Smile

As far as putting them on goes, I am a back fastener and I didn't realise so many people couldn't put them on at the back! Shock

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 18:34

stat mine are definitely wrong fit, old and falling apart, but if anything they are too small!Wink

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neverputasockinatoaster · 24/06/2013 18:39

I can take my bra off like this. First worked out how to do it in Chemistry lab when I was about 12. Blooming thing was annoying me so I removed it while pretending to concentrate very hard.

I used to be a Front Hooker but now I can put my bra on and do up at the back...

StatisticallyChallenged · 24/06/2013 18:44

amazingmumof6 - based on recent evidence Wink I'd say there's about a 95% chance they are actually too big in the back and a mile too small in the cup in reality. Measure like this here

amazingmumof6 · 24/06/2013 19:17

nope, tight as fuck. I'm 4-breasted woman IYSWIMGrin

but will check your link later, thank you

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StatisticallyChallenged · 24/06/2013 19:19

No problem :)

Just fyi - a bra that is way too small in the cup( a la 4 boobies!) often feels too tight in the back. The cups literally steal the back fabric. Once the cup is actually big enough then suddenly the back seems very different. Seen it on myself often enough - I'm a 30HH, couldn't do up a 30F if I tried

Angry = the colour of my face when trying to do up said 30F

Catmint · 24/06/2013 19:22

I can do it.

Am also a front hooker/spinner, this is very difficult to do if damp, wrenching the bra round can cause back injury. (Ask me how I know, ouch!)