My housemate keeps getting upset because she thinks she should be able to walk into a store and grab any bra and have it fit perfectly. I keep telling her it doesn't work that way and you will have to try on a million until you have that EUREKA moment and get the right one.
I'm getting really sick of the tears. Really sick of it. As in I want to bang my head against the fitting room walls.
A month or so ago, I took her to get fitted. Unfortunately, the smallest size that Bras'n'Things stock is bigger than she wears in a t-shirt. (She wears a Oz 6-8 in tops and the smallest bra they stock is a 10.) So she was fitted as a 10, but the lovely lady doing the fitting suggested that she try to find size 8's.
The old lady style bras she was wearing were a Oz 14. A fucking 14 that are so stretched that they would fit a person that wears a 16. She is a Magrat (ironing board with 2 peas for those that haven't read Terry Pratchett's Discworld) and is petite enough that she can pass as a 10-12 year old.
DEEP BREATH!
Her mum never took her when she hit puberty. Never took her during puberty and she never had friends that could/would taking her for these kinds of things.
She is 2-fucking-8 and has never had a properly fitting bra. (Doesn't help that she insists on wire free, but won't even look at the cute 'first bras' that you wouldn't know are 'first' bras unless you tell people. That would probably fit her perfectly. )
Double deep breath!
So ladies, how many different styles did you try before you found your Eureka Bra?
I went through maybe 40-50 at the trying on stage, then maybe 10-20 (since I was 13) purchased until I found the t-shirt style that I wear now. (I'm a 12A, so I don't have to worry about digging in straps or back pain that some ladies struggle with.)
I'm getting really sick of the tears. Really sick of it. As in I want to bang my head against the fitting room walls.
A month or so ago, I took her to get fitted. Unfortunately, the smallest size that Bras'n'Things stock is bigger than she wears in a t-shirt. (She wears a Oz 6-8 in tops and the smallest bra they stock is a 10.) So she was fitted as a 10, but the lovely lady doing the fitting suggested that she try to find size 8's.
The old lady style bras she was wearing were a Oz 14. A fucking 14 that are so stretched that they would fit a person that wears a 16. She is a Magrat (ironing board with 2 peas for those that haven't read Terry Pratchett's Discworld) and is petite enough that she can pass as a 10-12 year old.
DEEP BREATH!
Her mum never took her when she hit puberty. Never took her during puberty and she never had friends that could/would taking her for these kinds of things.
She is 2-fucking-8 and has never had a properly fitting bra. (Doesn't help that she insists on wire free, but won't even look at the cute 'first bras' that you wouldn't know are 'first' bras unless you tell people. That would probably fit her perfectly. )
Double deep breath!
So ladies, how many different styles did you try before you found your Eureka Bra?
I went through maybe 40-50 at the trying on stage, then maybe 10-20 (since I was 13) purchased until I found the t-shirt style that I wear now. (I'm a 12A, so I don't have to worry about digging in straps or back pain that some ladies struggle with.)
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