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Dione
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20 Feb 2011, 11:42 am

Deber wrote:

Thanks for the pattern but I don't know how to knit and am very clumsy coordinating fingers, hands, etc. so I don't think I could learn. Don't want to spend the money for the supplies and find out that I'm incapable of knitting. And wouldn't I have to wear a bra to use the knitted thingy? I hate the feeling of anything tight around my chest. I used to have a mastectomy camisole with pockets for prosthesis and I stuffed large shoulder pads with poly fill like you use for pillows used velcro to keep the pads stable in the pockets but I gained weight and the camisole no longer fit and it got really ratty looking after a few years so I tossed it. I've never taking the time to find another.

Am enjoying this discussion. Like the fact that so many women are comfortable with their bodies. Sorry if I got off-topic.

You're welcome. You don't necessarily have to wear a bra, but a camisole might work to keep them in place. I know knitting is a dying art, but I thought maybe there would be another knitting aspie or that maybe you knew someone who could knit. People love giving me a hard time because I'm in my twenties and can knit with my great grandmother and keep up with her.

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21 Feb 2011, 9:02 pm

I usually just wear camis which have the bra built in. Sure, I look as flat as a board compared to most girls at school but the one tight bra I have for certain shirts/dresses (you can take the straps off) is just too uncomfortable! So tight!

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24 Feb 2011, 3:33 am

I wear a bra when I'm in public, and take it off at night as I don't like to sleep in one. I do wear a sports bra at the gym and for playing sports since I need the extra support.

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24 Feb 2011, 9:12 am

Dione wrote:

Deber wrote:

Dione -

I appreciate the pattern. I'm a die-hard knitter. Thanks for linking it.

mv

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24 Feb 2011, 10:22 am

If I go without a bra my back hurts and my boobs bounce everywhere. I'm like a 40C to a something D. I was considering reduction but I know many girls get surgery for my type of boobs, so that thought is completley erased from my head. Beauty is pain, including back aches.

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28 Feb 2011, 11:18 pm

Large breasted (wish I were flat) so I have to wear a bra outside the house, but don't wear one at home.

However, I've found that athletic bras (the tanktop-ish breathable kind) are much more comfortable than normal bras, so I usually wear those.

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01 Mar 2011, 12:19 pm

LinnaeusCat wrote:

I liked sports bras when I was a B cup, but as soon as I went from a B to a DDD, I could no longer stand them. I now just wish I could find a bra that gives support without covering so much. I can't wear V-necks without my bra showing.

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03 Mar 2011, 1:47 am

I always wear one, I feel undressed if I go out without bra on. But I feel like it's hurting my body when I'm back home after 12-14 hours, so I take it off right away.

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13 Apr 2012, 3:04 pm

As a polite guy, I believe that women should feel free to make their decision strictly on the merits or lack of same,
and really wish that all women felt totally free to NOT wear one, at any time, at any place, at any event.

I think it's a real shame that women feel such "social pressure" that they sometimes make decisions that they would prefer to do otherwise. Don't women have enough problems without stupid societal expectations??
Why must not wearing a bra under clothes in public be considered by some to be taboo? I really wish that
we could get over, or get past, such narrow "thinking". This includes eliminating breast size as a consideration.

Claude

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28 Apr 2012, 5:56 am

I find them uncomfortable, but certain looser bras I can get used to, if I wear them enough.

I do like how they really smooth out the shape. I am small so a padded one can add a size, if I care.

I think it all depends on your size. Small women can go without, but bigger probably cannot.

Sometimes the straps are very annoying, falling down.

Usually I don't mind nipple showing a little bit, on myself or someone else. Sometimes I am feeling more paranoid and asocial and I don't like to attract male attention. If I am with a guy I am not paranoid about it.

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28 Apr 2012, 9:53 am

I used to as a teenager with an A-cup, go braless even in public. I'd got to school without a bra and get comments in the changing room for PE. I'm now a 36C, but the 36 part makes up for the C. They aren't very uncomfortable or saggy. I wear a bra a lot of the time now, but take it off sometimes at home.

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28 Apr 2012, 12:57 pm

I'd love to go braless, but I even wear a soft bra in bed. I take a 34F and they are very dense, so I really have no option. Sports bras are my preference, although they don't always go with certain tops (too much material in the chest area). The weight has even caused permanent strap marks on my shoulders. I like to wear a corset in the evening, to take the strain off my poor shoulders.

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28 Apr 2012, 5:28 pm

I would love to go without one all the time, but since I have big ones, they're difficult to hide when I'm not wearing a bra.

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28 Apr 2012, 6:43 pm

I'd rather not wear one but I usually do when I go out because I need the support and because I don't want men staring at my jiggling boobs.

I never wear underwear though unless I need to wear a pad and maybe if I'm trying on clothes in a store which I rarely do.

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28 Apr 2012, 7:41 pm

I used to wear a bra all the time, but after reading that wearing bras too much can contribute to breast cancer, I've since made a habit of wearing them when I go out of the house. (Or if I exercise) I'm a 34B so I'm able to go bra-less without getting a backache. I should look into getting purely cotton bras for when I do wear them since they tend to be less toxic than some of the synthetic ones.

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28 Apr 2012, 9:47 pm

I wear a sports bra everyday. I can't stand underwire bras.
But with all kinds of bras, I find the straps irritating to the point that I even imagine the irritation on my shoulders when I'm not wearing one. "Phantom sensations", if you will.
Also, bra straps tend to slide off my shoulders a lot, since my shoulders are unfortunately rounded.

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