14 year old bought AnneSummers bra

[pippitysqueakity]

Will make her ‘two sizes bigger’. With holiday money I gave her for swimming costume etc. Now completely blanking me. Her older sister was with her. I’ve told her she needs to take it back, but they won’t give her money back, will they? I physically cannot get there before we go on holiday on Sat. They both hate me now, and I am at a loss.

Pregnant, most of it is just an underwear shop. The toys are in a separate section and will need to 18 to enter.

Doesn't Ann Summers have a bit that is just underwear and gifts and a bit that is meant to be over 18 or something?

I'm always surprised that it is still going tbh. Anyway it sounds like all has ended well!

I wouldn’t have been brave enough to go into Anne Summers at that age, but I definitely wore push up bras (I think they even sold wonderbras in Tammy Girl!) In fact I’m 36 and I still prefer something with a bit of padding.

I was asked to leave at 15 as soon as I walked through the door as I didnt look 18 :( although it may have changed since then and i now trot straight to the back of the shop

Padded bras are great if you have nipples with a mind of their own. Keeps them hidden.

All the "interesting" stuff is in the back, undies (some of it quite nice) in the front.
Glad you've calmed down op. My mum once let me go and buy some pants by myself. I was under strict instructions to buy my normal non fun, big white cotton jobs. My slightly louche mate persuaded me that black lace thrush inducers were more the thing. It didn't go down well, but my big sister stuck up for me. Was always grateful to her.

Ann summers bras are horrendous for a growing teen.
You could remind her if she's not careful heavy padding and underwiring whilst still growing can really affect the overall growth and shape of her boobs in the long run - might be abit of a deterrent!

Even for a fully grown adult ann summers bras are only good for one thing and that's for looking sexy, the actual fit and support is shit, especially if you are larger than a D cup!

I also don't understand how many people would be comfortable with a 14YO sexualising herself

Anne summers in mainly underwear these days. The sex toys etc are in a separate part of the shop and for over 18s only........I only know because my DD tried to drag me in one recently. I chose to wait outside, clutching my pearls instead 😳😳😳

The brand has, well, certain seedy connotations but even primark and asda have "2 size bigger" bras ... now if only they would sell 2 size smaller ones that work miracles!

Ps asda have swimwear for under £10 that's perfectly nice

You could have got - erm - even larger pearls - to clutch, had you gone in there.

Anyhow, about 85% of the shop is bog standard underwear, about 5% slightly dubious and the remaining 10% is securely marked off, not visible from the rest of the shop and carefully policed by the staff in case a bra buyer steps within 10 foot of the partition.

It's not a dirty old man shop by any stretch of the imagination.

It must only be my local and summers that you can walk into and see the edible undies, cock lollies and massive black dildos from the underwear aisle? Then again, our shop is tiny.. not much room to partition it off..

Whats the issue?

That she was given money to buy a swimming costume 🤷‍♀️

I wouldn't care if my DD wanted an Ann summers bra, I would be absolutely raging if I gave her money to buy a swimming costume and she spent it on something else though.

A lot of people seem to be over looking the fact that she spent money meant for one thing and spent it on something else.

I did the same at 14. Mum flipped out and started accusing me of underage sex, kept banging on about me ending up pregnant (i was a virgin)
Ruined our relationship for most of my teen years with her extreme reactions to things

@Crinkle77

Indeed. As usual people are falling over themselves to have a dig at OP without acknowledging what actually happened.

oh my... poor little kid. How naughty of her!

Surfsketafamily point noted. Did not accuse her of any of those things, and do not intend to. I appreciate I overreacted, have apologised and even acknowledged how pretty the bra is to DD.
But it will be own money for swimming costume, or paying me back out of phone money if she hasn’t enough as we go on holiday in 3 days. (Yay).

I nearly bought my DSD14 three 2 sizes bigger bras in primark the other day - completely by accident! I went in for T-shirt bras for school and I was so pleased to find three the right size, colour and with no diamonds, I didn’t register that the bloody things were rock solid with padding (and the label screaming ‘2 sizes bigger’ in glitter) until I was mooching round homeware. I had to haul arse back to underwear and rummage amongst the chaos for another 72 years...

As previous posters have said, you can buy 'booster' bras almost anywhere these days. Personally, l think Ann Summers 'nice' underwear is vastly overpriced for what it is, you can get very similar stuff elsewhere for half the price. .
And again, agreeing with PP, if you make a big issue of this, l don't think she's going to be open with you in the future.
l'd be more concerned about that, and about why she feels she needs a bra with that much padding. ls it because she feels it's more grown up, that she's sensitive about her nipples showing, or because she has body confidence issues? Maybe she felt more grown up buying from there? We've all made decisions when we were young that with hindsight, maybe weren't the best idea.
lf my mother had her way, l'd have worn Aertex big knickers til the day l died. She went mad the day l came home with (M & S!) bikini knickers, which were perfectly decent.

Perhaps cut her a bit of slack this time, but maybe have a shopping day with her after your holiday, and use that as an opportunity to have a conversation about the Ann Summers bra?