Absquatulate wrote:
So, am I the only girl in the world who absolutely positively cannot tolerate a bra? I tried wearing them in my early teens but it was like I don't know.. I suppose it felt the way it would feel to have several layers of duck tape around ones chest.
So I don't wear them. I don't believe that I've ever heard of another woman in her 20's that wont wear a bra. I don't have any problems, I don't *think* anyone notices because I have quite small breasts. But I could be wrong. Maybe people do. Regardless I don't care because wearing a bra is downright painful for me.
It never ceases to amaze me the discomforts women will subject themselves to in the name of "looking good"
Concerning bras...had you ever told my younger self that I would be wearing one someday I would have thought you were insane and had no idea what you were talking about.....but one of my teachers somehow convinced my former hippie free love bra burning mother to figure out a way to get me into one.
Mind you, my biggest issue with them were that they were itchy, so we started with an all cotton sports bra. I found this completely intolerable by the end of the day but I could at least manage it for most of it, and I slowly got used to them.
So for a good many years I wore cotton sports bras. They weren't much in the shape department though. One day, however, I stumbled across this cotton hybrid looking thing. The elastic and such was entirely encased in the cotton fabric so I gave it a try and found I could tolerate that rather well.
Since then...and admitted advances in bra design and technology, I can generally tolerate anything without lace. If the elastic is exposed, or any potentially bothersome seams, I turn the bra inside out and wear it that way.