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Men of Lemmy, how old were you when you found out that bra cup sizes are not standardized in the slightest? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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It's so bad that my fiancée has some bras that say she's a B cup and others that says she's a D cup. In order to go bra shopping, you have to actually try them on to find out if they fit.

If I had to try on underwear to see if they fit, I might not bother with underwear at all!

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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 1 month ago

It's also the fact that cup size is not necessarily independent from band size, that's where the trick is. I used to think I'm an A with a high band size as I'm huge with no booba, like a 39A or something but those never fit that well.

According to ABraThatFits methodology I'm actually 36C, which somehow does fit and super well, though by common and dudebro methodology I'm most certainly more of an "A cup" if that makes sense.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's because whatever maniac invented the sizing scheme decided that every letter represents 2 inches more around your body at the weirdest boobage point than just below it. What a bonkers system! A woman with 38B bras is 38 inches around at the band, and 42 inches around at the girls. Nonsense. The way dudes THINK it works makes so much more sense.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

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