I was shopping last week and I bought myself some new sports bras since I'm supposed to be going to the gym more. Ok ok, I will be going to the gym more. Anyway, because I'm big chested it has always been hard for me to find sports bras that fit me until last year that is. Then I discovered sports bras at Lane Bryant which for anyone who doesn't know that is a s Plus Sized Apparel store. Anyway, they have all sorts of bras that will fit my ample chest. Granted they are pricey, but bras anywhere are pricey these days. Plus, they have sales and specials that help with the cost. But when I was checking out, the cashier asked me do these work? I said well they work for me, I'm not entirely sure what you mean though. And she said that she has always had to wear a regular bra and a sports bra over top of that. This is not the first time I have heard of this. Almost every big boobied woman I have ever met has told me the same thing. The weird thing is I've never had to do that with my sized 40DD's so I can't figure out how smaller chested women are having this problem. I wonder if they have ever tried to get a proper fitting sports bra and only wear that. I didn't really go into much detail with this girl, other than I said, well you work here so you probably get a stellar discount and you could just try one on before you purchased it, so I think you should go ahead and get one and try it out. I said it must be really uncomfortable having to wear two bras. Plus, that would cause a ton of extra laundry, and delicates are a pain in the ass to wash/dry as it is. But I'm still amazed that women all over the world have been doing something so ridiculous rather than just buying a properly fitting undergarment. Oh well. Hopefully, I am making a difference one set of boobies at a time.
On to panties. I have discovered recently that I have been buying the wrong size panties all of my life. And that is because I always followed the instructions on the backs of the packages. They all say if you are this height/weight/dress size, you should wear this size underwear. But guess what they are really really wrong. Like two sizes wrong. And I have always wondered why underwear was always so uncomfortable and annoying. It is because I have always been wearing the wrong size. Maybe that is why I've been such a bitch my entire life. Hmm... something to ponder I suppose. No, but really I discovered this by accident because one day that I wasn't wearing my glasses (ok so I never wear my glasses- it typically doesn't cause an major problems) I picked up a pair of panties that were a size 6. I thought they said size 8. Got them home, washed them and when I wore them the first time I said to myself "wow these are amazing and they stay put and they aren't all bunched up anywhere and they don't come up to my fucking ears". I thought perhaps it was just the brand or style I had bought so I looked at the tag to note the brand so I could purchase them again in the future when I discovered that they were only a size 6. I said that can't be right, how on earth could my fat ass fit into a size 6. So I went to a different store and bought a different brand in the size 6 to compare and come to find out those fit me perfectly too. So I tried one last store with a different sizing style, this was sized based on your pants size. Knowing that the other panties I bought were two sizes smaller than I would typically wear according to the label, I bought a pair that was 2 sizes too small this time as well. Again they fit perfectly.
Of course I'm happy about this because it opens up more doors for me being able to buy normal sized underwear in normal stores (which will save me money), but it also makes me question a lot of things in clothing. I mean I have always believed that standard sizing sucks. I am tall and have a long torso, so nothing ever fits me properly, but for god's sake I thought they could at least get this right. Oh well, I just suggest to people to not always believe what you've been told, and to figure it out for yourselves. Happy panty shopping!
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