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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:46 PM
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DU men, consider yourselves LUCKY
You don't have to suffer the annoying irritation of bra purchasing. :rant:
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:48 PM
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1. OK guys.
Who wants to go first? :cry:
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:51 PM
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6. I do.
:cry:
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:53 PM
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9. You?
It'll be a very long time before you ever have to shop for a bra.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:48 PM
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2. Oh geesh don't remind me
I can never find a good bra. They usually only have ONE in my size and I have to go through every one there to find one. I was up to three good ones, but two of them are always missing; my boyfriend has a bad habit of hiding my laundry, unintentionally, but still.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:49 PM
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4. It's impossible to find a good jock strap.
and trying them on in the store is just embarrassing.
:blush:
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:00 PM
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14. well if you would stop putting the damn thing on backwards
in the middle of the store then we wouldn't laugh at you! :D
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:49 PM
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3. Every day I thank the invisible fluffy cloud being for
all the parts I don't have to shave. :D
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The Night Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:50 PM
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5. The title of this thread had me convinced you were going to post...
The title of this thread had me convinced you were going to post pictures of Freeper women.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:51 PM
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7. So sorry to disappoint!
But there's enough ugliness in the world without reproducing it here!
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:52 PM
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8. what a sexist thing to say!
how do you know i DON'T have to suffer that? x(











































:D
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:54 PM
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10. no, but we have to accompany our wives and SOs to do it...
being an equal partner in marriage means you have to buy the tampons and go bra shopping....

but I think where you guys really have us outsuffered is breast exams.
from my wife's description, its essentially like turning your breast into a sideways pancake.

My only close thing is the examination of my testicles when I had testicular cancer from an ....overly aggressive specialist. I was climbing the walls and gripping the gurney.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:56 PM
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11. Yea well.........
you could just let them fly free you know, let those buggers go...
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:58 PM
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12. Didn't you see Pam Anderson last night?
She obviously has no problems since she has no need to wear a bra.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 01:58 PM
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13. yeah, but some gotta buy manzeres
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:00 PM
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15. oh, consider yourself lucky
men's sizes are much easier to figure out, when you're buying for someone else. We still have to bra shop, but now our choices have to be perfect, and we can't even try them on first.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:01 PM
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16. Men don't get off quite so easily
I recently had to take my daughter to buy her first bra, which was one of the most profoundly disturbing experiences of my life. When my cute, adorable 11 year old baby started talking about needing a "thicker one" because her "cold nipples get pointy when it gets cold", I just wanted to pull my hair out and run from the store screaming.

My wifes comment? "Heh, wait until you have to buy her tampons."

:cry:
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:02 PM
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17. Thank god mine is a boy.......lol
Kids don't wear jocks anymore so I'm home free.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:09 PM
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20. well I hope you did a better job than my father....
For some unknown reason, my mom couldn't take me to buy my first bra so she had my father do it. He takes me to Sears, tells me he'll be in the tools department and to get him when I was done shopping. His face was red with embarrassment.

This was well before there was a "softer side to Sears" and no one was working in that area to help me. Did my bra fit? Not at all. The whole experience totally sucked.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:26 PM
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21. Yes, I did a lot better than that.
I walked the fine line between being embarrassed and looking like a pervert going through preteen lingerie, and walked out of the store with a little girl proud of the four well-fitting bra's she had purchased. I've been married long enough to know what makes a bra fit well, and what is uncomfortable, so I basically showed her the sizes and types she should pick out and left the "style" up to her. I also got incredibly lucky when the young lady working that department (she wasn't more than 19) took pity on me and volunteered to help her out in the changing room.

Oh, and the reason I took her was quite simple: My wife is very opposed to gender stereotypes and said that "there isn't one valid reason why men shouldn't be able to do it". I couldn't disagree with that argument, but it still seemed so...wrong.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:29 PM
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23. Congrats Dad! Sounds like you did a great job.
:hi:
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 05:48 PM
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33. Wow -- you have my respect, Xithras.
It's apparent that you're a wonderful father -- your daughter is very lucky to have such a great dad!
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 06:15 PM
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34. So umm what did you tell your wife when it was time to teach the young 'un
how to change a tire and clean that fresh-caught bass?
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:45 PM
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28. My Advice: Bourbon
...and lots of it until she's through her teenage years.
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shockra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:07 PM
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18. I stopped wearing a bra many years ago.
Much more comfortable. :)
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:31 PM
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24. lucky you!
If I let these girls loose, someone will get hurt.
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shockra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 03:15 PM
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30. 44D
But I haven't hurt anyone yet, LOL. Maybe I should go jogging.
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shockra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 05:38 PM
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31. Oops.
I forgot you don't measure bra size by circumference. You measure the rib cage underneath. Then the difference between rib cage and circumference is the cup size. Somebody had to point that out to me again a few years ago. I'd forgotten all of that. :silly:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:07 PM
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19. I don't mind bra shopping.
If the stupid place has the right size. (By the way, Victoria's Secret bites. The only have my size in catalogs. :grr:)
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:27 PM
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22. But males carry the genes for the third generation...
I have two daughters, I know about this. I am starting to hate teenage guys!!

When I last got measured I was 48" without the additional "feminine charms". You could blame me for what they inherit, but what about my mom?

Mom-son-granddaughters...

The jock strap comments are appropriate.
Guys just need a lot more space when it is 100 out and humid!
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:32 PM
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25. Are you kidding?!
To you maybe it's an 'annoying irritation' but a good many of the men I know, including all four of my brothers, would likely find it so fascinating you'd have to yank them out of the lingerie department with a crowbar.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:42 PM
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26. I was just going to say
I'd offer to help, in both the look AND support judging
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 02:44 PM
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27. I like the ones that open in the front.
3 fingers is all it takes. The ones in the back...sometimes that damn tag gets in the way, it takes two hands...
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 03:03 PM
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29. well if any DU ladies need help trying them on
I'll gladly volunteer my services. :P
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 05:47 PM
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32. how do you know?
some of us might occasionally enjoy bra shopping
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