I found it hard enough to cope with starting at 14, and there were still moments of high panic. Imagine being eight or nine and having to cope with finding a loo, watching the calendar (which was pointless in my case), carrying supplies etc etc. when you should be hanging upside down on the climbing frame and belting around the field playing tag.
I can't remember either of my sons voices breaking ...just that one day they just had! Unlike one poor lad in my class who took weeks over the process. Deep deep deep ... squeak squeak squeak. Luckily he was a pleasant (unlike the rest of them who were arrogant oiks!) self confident sort who took all our unkind laughter in his stride.
At least I am not of Middle Eastern descent. I had never known Arabic people until my mid thirties, but Middle Eastern women have much dark hair covering their bodies. So I don't complain.
Sports bras. They are the way forward - I can no longer put up with the underwired monstrosities of my youth, so I just wear pull on sports bras which are soft, don't slip off my shoulders and keep my norks pointing in more or less the right direction.
I tried underwired years ago (not for long). They are truly developed from medieval torture tools.
I wear Spanx running bras. They are soft and supportive with no hard bits at all. They do tend to give one a bit of a 'uni-tit' and aren't exactly shapely, but they work without digging in anywhere.
I think they're bloody uncomfortable too, but I seem to be surrounded by women who insist I just haven't been measured properly. Erm, I don't think a perfect fit will take away from the two biggest bugbears: a) the sensory nightmare of anything remotely compressing one's chest and b) the itchy elastic straps with their diggy plastic adjustors.
Every woman on here, however, is nodding solemnly.
"Welcome to the town of Overshareville. Population: You."
maximus otter
Spot on @LadyDunmail! Speaking to various friends we're all convinced that the manufacturers have started to maximise their profits by making the straps shorter or maybe it's because it's thought our boobs should be held higher? Whatever the resulting tightness under the arm adds one more discomfort factor.
Maybe we should start burning our bras again ...
Spot on @LadyDunmail! Speaking to various friends we're all convinced that the manufacturers have started to maximise their profits by making the straps shorter or maybe it's because it's thought our boobs should be held higher? Whatever the resulting tightness under the arm adds one more discomfort factor.
Maybe we should start burning our bras again ...
