I declare today National Hike Up Your Bra Straps Day!

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:49:02 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:43:52 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:39:45 PM


Author: Dee*Jay

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM


Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal


You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!


Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

Your band size is too big.


Have you ever been fitted? I used to think I was about a 36C, but in reality I was probably a 34D (or even DD). Then I lost 30+ lbs and now I''m a 32D or a 34C, depending. (Sometimes even a 34B, but that just depresses me, so I generally go with the C!

)


ETA: The first few days you wear the new tighter band size you''ll feel like you''re being strangled from the boobs down (and up!), but seriously, it make a difference and you''ll get used to it fast!

Dee, no I have never been fitted. Macys measured me once, when I lost weight. Where do I go to be fitted.?

Somebody had posted the link to a great bra fitting site recently on another thread. The site went on for pages with explanation on bra types, fits, symptoms of a bad fit, etc.


I''ll have to see if I can recover the link.

Ok thanks Blu. Thanks too Dee. I love this thread.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:48:12 PM
Author: Addy

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM
Author: HollyS
Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!


Works wonders!

It does work! I do this a lot and DH just looks at me like I''m slightly off.

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do!! Gravity takes its toll, and they can wind up looking a bit asymetrical as the day wears on. It''s best to realign one''s ''headlights'' . . . especially if you happen to be a bit chilly.

''Cause they sure can look odd if they aren''t identically propped -- and everyone knows it!

 

[Steel]

Haha.

Great thread - really lifted my spirit!

 

[Rhea]

I agree with getting a proper fit, but do you ladies find that you are a different size depending on the bra type? For a t-shirt bra, I''m a 34C. I couldn''t believe it at first, I have a small, sporty build. When I went bra shopping last I decided that I wanted a non t-shirt bra. I couldn''t get the sizing right. The cups wrinkled even if I went all the way down to an A cup, but in a t-shirt bra a 34C fits perfectly, no empty spaces.

 

[violet3]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:35:57 PM
Author: Dee*Jay
Here''s another bra option that eliminates the back bacon: link

Here''s a thread we had a while ago: link

Seriously, these things are great!

I am wearing this first one you posted right now by maidenform - it''s good for back fat, AND SUPER comfortable because it''s seamless around the back - i love it!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

This may have been the site I was thinking of. It seems to have similar content, in any case.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:53:22 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:48:12 PM

Author: Addy

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM

Author: HollyS

Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!



Works wonders!

It does work! I do this a lot and DH just looks at me like I''m slightly off.

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do!! Gravity takes its toll, and they can wind up looking a bit asymetrical as the day wears on. It''s best to realign one''s ''headlights'' . . . especially if you happen to be a bit chilly.

''Cause they sure can look odd if they aren''t identically propped -- and everyone knows it!

ACK Holly, I hate that look. I always carry my purse over my chest, ha ha ha. And why do men always have to stare at womens chests in cold weather.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:57:40 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu
This may have been the site I was thinking of. It seems to have similar content, in any case.

Thank you blu, I am off to check it out.

 

[Gypsy]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal

You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!


Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

I was going to be a smart ass and say "gravity."

 

[Dee*Jay]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:50:56 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:49:02 PM
Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:43:52 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:39:45 PM


Author: Dee*Jay

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM


Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM


Author: TravelingGal


You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!


Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

Your band size is too big.


Have you ever been fitted? I used to think I was about a 36C, but in reality I was probably a 34D (or even DD). Then I lost 30+ lbs and now I''m a 32D or a 34C, depending. (Sometimes even a 34B, but that just depresses me, so I generally go with the C!

)


ETA: The first few days you wear the new tighter band size you''ll feel like you''re being strangled from the boobs down (and up!), but seriously, it make a difference and you''ll get used to it fast!

Dee, no I have never been fitted. Macys measured me once, when I lost weight. Where do I go to be fitted.?

Somebody had posted the link to a great bra fitting site recently on another thread. The site went on for pages with explanation on bra types, fits, symptoms of a bad fit, etc.


I''ll have to see if I can recover the link.

Ok thanks Blu. Thanks too Dee. I love this thread.

LOL Linda, I do what I can!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

I find that my size varies not only by style but also by make.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:59:31 PM
Author: Gypsy

Date: 5/4/2009 6:36:44 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:29:14 PM

Author: DiamanteBlu

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM


Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM



Author: TravelingGal


You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

LOL! I was about to say the same thing but you beat me to it!



Shortening the straps does work wonders, though - especially for us older folks.

Sometimes when I shorten the straps, I fall out the bottom. What causes that?????

I was going to be a smart ass and say ''gravity.''

You just wait Miss Layla!!!

 

[Dancing Fire]

all talk and no chest shots !!

c''mon ladies post some pics on the SMTB thread.

 

[Gypsy]

No need Mrs. Linda. I was adjusting my straps this morning and not 15 minutes ago I was in the bathroom making sure the ladies were even, the airconditioning just kicked on. I''m already there. Been thinking about getting a ''lift'' myself in a few years.

My mom told me the other day I need botox. Can you believe that? What kind of mother tells their daughter to inject poison into their face for vanity.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:03:40 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
all talk and no chest shots !!

c''mon ladies post some pics on the SMTB thread.

''Cause we all know "This thread is worthless without pictures!".

 

[Linda W]

LOL LOL LOL... Well I should have known you would show up sooner or later Dancing Fire!!!!!!!

And the granny bad is waiting for you too.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:57:49 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:53:22 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:48:12 PM

Author: Addy

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM

Author: HollyS

Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!



Works wonders!

It does work! I do this a lot and DH just looks at me like I''m slightly off.

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do!! Gravity takes its toll, and they can wind up looking a bit asymetrical as the day wears on. It''s best to realign one''s ''headlights'' . . . especially if you happen to be a bit chilly.

''Cause they sure can look odd if they aren''t identically propped -- and everyone knows it!

ACK Holly, I hate that look. I always carry my purse over my chest, ha ha ha. And why do men always have to stare at womens chests in cold weather.

Well, duh. Why do they???? ''Cause their interesting parts DON''T get more noticable in cold weather, so it fascinates them to see that ours do????

 

[Steel]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:03:40 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
all talk and no chest shots !!

c''mon ladies post some pics on the SMTB thread.

I''ve said it before...

You first DF! Boob, moob*, schmoob! (* Moob = Man Boob)

 

[LostSapphire]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:44:44 PM
Author: Dee*Jay

Date: 5/4/2009 6:40:22 PM
Author: LostSapphire

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

I think I got ''em too tight: they''re stuck up behind my RB .90ctw studs.....HELP??!!!! How to disengage the boobies without damaging the bling?????

LS

Oh dear... now my brain has painted this image (totally without my permission) that involves *n!pple piercing*

I''m going to go have a drink and try to get rid of that picture. OUCH!!!

AAAAGGGGHHHHHH! So NOT where I was going with that!!

Ew Ew Ew

LS

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:10:31 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:57:49 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:53:22 PM

Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:48:12 PM


Author: Addy

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM


Author: HollyS


Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!




Works wonders!

It does work! I do this a lot and DH just looks at me like I''m slightly off.

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do!! Gravity takes its toll, and they can wind up looking a bit asymetrical as the day wears on. It''s best to realign one''s ''headlights'' . . . especially if you happen to be a bit chilly.

''Cause they sure can look odd if they aren''t identically propped -- and everyone knows it!

ACK Holly, I hate that look. I always carry my purse over my chest, ha ha ha. And why do men always have to stare at womens chests in cold weather.

Well, duh. Why do they???? ''Cause their interesting parts DON''T get more noticable in cold weather, so it fascinates them to see that ours do????

I know, I was being sarcastic ha ha ha. It bugs me when they do that.

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:06:02 PM
Author: Gypsy
No need Mrs. Linda. I was adjusting my straps this morning and not 15 minutes ago I was in the bathroom making sure the ladies were even, the airconditioning just kicked on. I''m already there. Been thinking about getting a ''lift'' myself in a few years.


My mom told me the other day I need botox. Can you believe that? What kind of mother tells their daughter to inject poison into their face for vanity.

''

OMG Layla, I can''t believe your mother told you that. That is not nice at all.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 5/4/2009 6:26:37 PM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 5/4/2009 6:24:30 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:20:01 PM
Author: TravelingGal
I tried that. I hiked them up too much, causing the bra to cut into my boobies, which immediately multiplied them into four boobies.

''



ha ha ha. You better hope DancingFire doesn''t see this thread.

He''s not interested in saggy mom boobies. He likes the LIW perky ones.

speaking of "perky"....there was a member here with a screen name "my breast is perky"

 

[LostSapphire]

dee*jay:

I think I got 'em up too high?

LS

 

[Steel]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:11:58 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 7:10:31 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:57:49 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 6:53:22 PM

Author: HollyS

Date: 5/4/2009 6:48:12 PM


Author: Addy

Date: 5/4/2009 6:27:20 PM


Author: HollyS


Or, alternatively, because I find it helps, reach down inside and reposition the girls to both point the same direction - at the same level!




Works wonders!

It does work! I do this a lot and DH just looks at me like I'm slightly off.

Well, you gotta do what you gotta do!! Gravity takes its toll, and they can wind up looking a bit asymetrical as the day wears on. It's best to realign one's 'headlights' . . . especially if you happen to be a bit chilly.

'Cause they sure can look odd if they aren't identically propped -- and everyone knows it!

ACK Holly, I hate that look. I always carry my purse over my chest, ha ha ha. And why do men always have to stare at womens chests in cold weather.

Well, duh. Why do they???? 'Cause their interesting parts DON'T get more noticable in cold weather, so it fascinates them to see that ours do????

I know, I was being sarcastic ha ha ha. It bugs me when they do that.

(Edit: wrong quote used)
And now-a-days you don't even have to wait for the cold weather!

(Insert pic of fake stick on n*pples - remember the sex & the city episode - you can REALLY buy them!)

Awh... I really wanted to post a pic of the fake n*pples here! But I don't want to offend the mods.

 

[Gypsy]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:12:57 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 5/4/2009 7:06:02 PM
Author: Gypsy
No need Mrs. Linda. I was adjusting my straps this morning and not 15 minutes ago I was in the bathroom making sure the ladies were even, the airconditioning just kicked on. I''m already there. Been thinking about getting a ''lift'' myself in a few years.


My mom told me the other day I need botox. Can you believe that? What kind of mother tells their daughter to inject poison into their face for vanity.

''

OMG Layla, I can''t believe your mother told you that. That is not nice at all.

I know. John was startled into snorting out a laugh (quickly smothered). Afterwards he was like... "That was such a classic Your Mom moment." Which it was. She had no idea why I objected either. When I did she just looked blank and said, "Wouldn''t you rather hear it from me than have a stranger tell you?"

I can see it now, I''m walking down the street and random strangers tell me I need botox.

 

[HollyS]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:16:34 PM
Author: LostSapphire
dee*jay:

I think I got ''em up too high?

LS

You know, that drawstring just has to hurt!!

 

[Linda W]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:16:34 PM
Author: LostSapphire
dee*jay:


I think I got ''em up too high?


LS

''


ha ha ha LS, that is what we saw in Germany.

 

[Rhea]

Date: 5/4/2009 7:16:34 PM
Author: LostSapphire
dee*jay:


I think I got 'em up too high?


LS

Not too high at all! It's like having an extra set of hands. Mind bringing me a beer, love?

 

[HollyS]

LindaW -- I know you''re just being sarcastic; I was funnin'' ya!

Steel -- Marilyn Monroe used to have small round pearl buttons sewn into her bras to create the look!

 

[DiamanteBlu]

I knew DF would join us in short order!