I never hated them, and have many very pretty ones which I am sad to abandon. However, wearing a tank top under t-shirt last eve, for warmth, asked husband (who prefers I not wear that restrictive undergarment anyway) if it was apparent that I was “underclothed”. Nope, said he. So I guess I won’t wear one except with a dress.
One of the biggest blessings of my life is to be small- breasted. I've been picked on about it my whole life, especially by my two well-endowed sisters (example: my older sister once told me at Halloween I should be a pirate 'cause I already have a sunken chest!), but I never let it bother me. I gave up the bra a couple of years ago and nobody even noticed. 😁
Indeed, I had to be pregnant or nursing to have ‘a decolletage’ at all—and have been completely content all my life with that situation. Mother in law the opposite (and her mother even more so)—and she rued her situation.
He's right. Underwires especially. If you wear a bra more than 12 hours a day, there is a massive increase in the risk of breast cancer. No such things as bras before ~1900.
Funny, I read that and couldn’t relate at all. I find it very uncomfortable to be *without* a bra. But I am not flat chested at all. I tend to wear the high end well made bras and they are comfortable enough that I forget I am wearing one most of the time. Also from what I’ve read, bras evolved because the previous undergarments didn’t work with shorter skirts and pants. Women have worn some type of support for breasts for ages, though it was generally integrated into other pieces and not a stand-alone garment.
And A Midwestern Doctor suggests that we abandon the wearing of bras. Burn-the-bra campaign of my college years is coming back!
I buy oversized bras with no wire and clip together in the front. Cheap at Walmart. I'm a 36 and buy a 42. Loosy goosy all the way.
Yes I hate them and rarely have one on except in public, the looser the better.
I never hated them, and have many very pretty ones which I am sad to abandon. However, wearing a tank top under t-shirt last eve, for warmth, asked husband (who prefers I not wear that restrictive undergarment anyway) if it was apparent that I was “underclothed”. Nope, said he. So I guess I won’t wear one except with a dress.
One of the biggest blessings of my life is to be small- breasted. I've been picked on about it my whole life, especially by my two well-endowed sisters (example: my older sister once told me at Halloween I should be a pirate 'cause I already have a sunken chest!), but I never let it bother me. I gave up the bra a couple of years ago and nobody even noticed. 😁
Indeed, I had to be pregnant or nursing to have ‘a decolletage’ at all—and have been completely content all my life with that situation. Mother in law the opposite (and her mother even more so)—and she rued her situation.
He's right. Underwires especially. If you wear a bra more than 12 hours a day, there is a massive increase in the risk of breast cancer. No such things as bras before ~1900.
I hate wearing bras and if I HAVE to then it’s just a silky tanktop kind, no wire no support but enough that works when out.
Funny, I read that and couldn’t relate at all. I find it very uncomfortable to be *without* a bra. But I am not flat chested at all. I tend to wear the high end well made bras and they are comfortable enough that I forget I am wearing one most of the time. Also from what I’ve read, bras evolved because the previous undergarments didn’t work with shorter skirts and pants. Women have worn some type of support for breasts for ages, though it was generally integrated into other pieces and not a stand-alone garment.