Comments for Small bust, big heart http://smallbustbigheart.com The blog for small busted women Wed, 02 May 2012 18:56:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Big band, small cup: Itty Bitty’s Eureka moment by Rhona http://smallbustbigheart.com/2012/04/big-band-small-cup-itty-bittys-eureka-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-70729 Rhona Wed, 02 May 2012 18:56:03 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3661#comment-70729 Hi. I know what you mean - finding a bra to fit me (40AA) was like looking for a needle in a haystack but then I was lucky enough to stumble upon 'Little Women' a few years ago after searching the internet for ages and I have never looked back! Little Women have been “doing” 40AA’s for ages evidently and any queries are answered on-line or on the phone by the lovely people who work there, so that’s where I get all of my bras from now. Worth a look? Hi. I know what you mean – finding a bra to fit me (40AA) was like looking for a needle in a haystack but then I was lucky enough to stumble upon ‘Little Women’ a few years ago after searching the internet for ages and I have never looked back! Little Women have been “doing” 40AA’s for ages evidently and any queries are answered on-line or on the phone by the lovely people who work there, so that’s where I get all of my bras from now. Worth a look?

]]> Comment on Big band, small cup: Itty Bitty’s Eureka moment by Vinu http://smallbustbigheart.com/2012/04/big-band-small-cup-itty-bittys-eureka-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-70626 Vinu Tue, 01 May 2012 22:51:21 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3661#comment-70626 I've always had this issue with bras.. I end up getting bras that have really big cup sizes that offer no cleavage or any kind of support. Or I end up getting bras where the cup size fits but the band is WAAAAY too tight. I end up adjusting it all day in the back and I get those unsightly rolls. It makes me really happy that someone finally makes a bra that can fit someone with a bigger ribcage/ body but with smaller breasts. I always thought I was the only bigger girl with small boobs but I guess not.. I would really love to try this bra out!! I’ve always had this issue with bras.. I end up getting bras that have really big cup sizes that offer no cleavage or any kind of support. Or I end up getting bras where the cup size fits but the band is WAAAAY too tight. I end up adjusting it all day in the back and I get those unsightly rolls.

It makes me really happy that someone finally makes a bra that can fit someone with a bigger ribcage/ body but with smaller breasts. I always thought I was the only bigger girl with small boobs but I guess not.. I would really love to try this bra out!!

]]> Comment on Desperate for breast implants? Hold that thought… by Catherine http://smallbustbigheart.com/2012/02/desperate-for-breast-implants-hold-that-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-59932 Catherine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:06 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3649#comment-59932 Thanks Babs for your comment. Interesting that your experience backs up the idea that surgery may be a drastic and ineffective measure to take if the real problem lies with self-esteem. I'm sure there are women who have surgery who are very confident to start with... but I do worry that, for others, having breast implants may not deliver the hoped-for confidence. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Thanks Babs for your comment. Interesting that your experience backs up the idea that surgery may be a drastic and ineffective measure to take if the real problem lies with self-esteem. I’m sure there are women who have surgery who are very confident to start with… but I do worry that, for others, having breast implants may not deliver the hoped-for confidence. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> Comment on Desperate for breast implants? Hold that thought… by Babs (dumphimlove) http://smallbustbigheart.com/2012/02/desperate-for-breast-implants-hold-that-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-59931 Babs (dumphimlove) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:33:48 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3649#comment-59931 Thank you for the post which is interesting and informative. The clincher for me is the closing paragraph which sums up how I feel. I know several people who have had cosmetic surgery. They all say they feel better and are happier to be photographed but they do not seem any more confident in relationships and still display the same low self esteem. I really feel its about changing stereotypes and accepting who we are and our imperfections :) Thank you for the post which is interesting and informative. The clincher for me is the closing paragraph which sums up how I feel. I know several people who have had cosmetic surgery. They all say they feel better and are happier to be photographed but they do not seem any more confident in relationships and still display the same low self esteem. I really feel its about changing stereotypes and accepting who we are and our imperfections :)

]]> Comment on National cleavage day: no problem by Lisa Maughan http://smallbustbigheart.com/2011/03/national-cleavage-day-no-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-41023 Lisa Maughan Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:24:18 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3336#comment-41023 Hi Caroline Just to say that you have the Jerry Balconett bra available from us at Perfectly Petite Lingerie at £24.00 - whilst we have the sale on your readers can buy this for only £19.00. Kind regards Hi Caroline

Just to say that you have the Jerry Balconett bra available from us at Perfectly Petite Lingerie at £24.00 – whilst we have the sale on your readers can buy this for only £19.00.

Kind regards

]]> Comment on Peer pressure to “buy boobs” by Megan http://smallbustbigheart.com/2011/08/peer-pressure-to-buy-boobs/comment-page-1/#comment-39562 Megan Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:03:45 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3481#comment-39562 Katrina and Carmen- I agree about the problem with the "real women" movement. Although I support my friends and relatives in loving the bodies they're in, it is much more socially acceptable to be a little overweight (and have a curvy figure) than to be born naturally otherwise. Perhaps having more slender bodies is becoming somewhat of a rarity with the obesity epidemic. Personally, I struggle a bit with my self-image because I'm not petite, (5'9"), just my cup size is AA, and my trunk is larger than my chest. But really I can look up all sorts of models/actresses whose clothes I could easily wear, and that makes me feel better. I also have a few friends I can relate to about it. The only time I struggle with my self image now is when random strangers make exhasperated gestures, thinking I should want to change my beautiful body. Which floors me with anger. But the people I care about love me as I am. I like how Hailey increased the size of her personality :) I'd like to learn how to do that. Katrina and Carmen-
I agree about the problem with the “real women” movement. Although I support my friends and relatives in loving the bodies they’re in, it is much more socially acceptable to be a little overweight (and have a curvy figure) than to be born naturally otherwise. Perhaps having more slender bodies is becoming somewhat of a rarity with the obesity epidemic.

Personally, I struggle a bit with my self-image because I’m not petite, (5’9″), just my cup size is AA, and my trunk is larger than my chest. But really I can look up all sorts of models/actresses whose clothes I could easily wear, and that makes me feel better.
I also have a few friends I can relate to about it.

The only time I struggle with my self image now is when random strangers make exhasperated gestures, thinking I should want to change my beautiful body. Which floors me with anger. But the people I care about love me as I am.

I like how Hailey increased the size of her personality :) I’d like to learn how to do that.

]]> Comment on Peer pressure to “buy boobs” by Pam http://smallbustbigheart.com/2011/08/peer-pressure-to-buy-boobs/comment-page-1/#comment-38784 Pam Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:38:21 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3481#comment-38784 I so agree with Katrina! Just the idea of calling it the 'real women movement' relays the message that skinny, small busted women aren't womanly. I don't think so! I'm as real as you'll get. Hypocrisy really infuriates me. That's what putting down one group of women in order to make another group feel better is. I also don't know how many times I've heard skinny, small busted body types insulted as 'looking like little boys.' This is completely derogatory and only serves to bring down women even more. I so agree with Katrina! Just the idea of calling it the ‘real women movement’ relays the message that skinny, small busted women aren’t womanly. I don’t think so! I’m as real as you’ll get. Hypocrisy really infuriates me. That’s what putting down one group of women in order to make another group feel better is. I also don’t know how many times I’ve heard skinny, small busted body types insulted as ‘looking like little boys.’ This is completely derogatory and only serves to bring down women even more.

]]> Comment on Peer pressure to “buy boobs” by Carmen http://smallbustbigheart.com/2011/08/peer-pressure-to-buy-boobs/comment-page-1/#comment-37662 Carmen Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:58:08 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3481#comment-37662 Katrina-I agree with you completely. While I'm all for making everyone comfortable with the body they were born in, it is hurtful when that body type only seems to be curvy and large-chested (I'm also a US 0-2). It gives the impression that I have the body of the "enemy" or what have you, even though I was born this way too. I've always been afraid to say anything about it, since I felt like I was the only one who felt that way. Katrina-I agree with you completely. While I’m all for making everyone comfortable with the body they were born in, it is hurtful when that body type only seems to be curvy and large-chested (I’m also a US 0-2). It gives the impression that I have the body of the “enemy” or what have you, even though I was born this way too.

I’ve always been afraid to say anything about it, since I felt like I was the only one who felt that way.

]]> Comment on AA-cup lingerie: high street versus online? by Karen http://smallbustbigheart.com/2011/08/aa-cup-lingerie-high-street-versus-online/comment-page-1/#comment-37623 Karen Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:12:17 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3491#comment-37623 I went to the lingerie department of a large department store in the South (US), and the sales clerks had NEVER HEARD OF AA!!!!! I just feel lucky that I can fit into an A at Victoria's Secret if it's a molded cup - otherwise I'd be spending a fortune in back-and-forth shipping costs, I'm sure. trying to find bras that fit. (Recently at VS a sales clerk said she'd measure me, and came up with 36B. No way, I said. Here, try one on, she said. OK, for a laugh, I said. And it did not fit. That's what happens when you measure a woman while she's already wearing a molded cup bra, I guess!) I went to the lingerie department of a large department store in the South (US), and the sales clerks had NEVER HEARD OF AA!!!!!

I just feel lucky that I can fit into an A at Victoria’s Secret if it’s a molded cup – otherwise I’d be spending a fortune in back-and-forth shipping costs, I’m sure. trying to find bras that fit. (Recently at VS a sales clerk said she’d measure me, and came up with 36B. No way, I said. Here, try one on, she said. OK, for a laugh, I said. And it did not fit. That’s what happens when you measure a woman while she’s already wearing a molded cup bra, I guess!)

]]> Comment on Peer pressure to “buy boobs” by Hayley Chalmers http://smallbustbigheart.com/2011/08/peer-pressure-to-buy-boobs/comment-page-1/#comment-37483 Hayley Chalmers Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:32:19 +0000 http://smallbustbigheart.com/?p=3481#comment-37483 I do think that this is about body confidence, which is based on self- esteem. It seems that so many women and girls have low self esteem (or lower than it shoud be at least. The last thing that can be coped with is taunts about how we look - because that's hard to change. I'm short 5'1", and have had to cope with that - it can't be fixed! I taught myself not to care and increased the size of my personality to balance it out. Now I've started a business making clothes for Petite women - we all have different wasy to cope. Perhaps these girls should not be given surgery - but counselling to raise their self esteem. I hope that the NHS wouldn't do that op on such a young girl - but would get her other help. Has everyone seen the episode of Doc Martin with the school girl being taunted about being flat chested? He gives her mints, tells her they are medicine, and tells her that they will grow. This gives her confidence to stand up to the bullies. I'm not suggesting we give out placebos - but you see my point. I do think that this is about body confidence, which is based on self- esteem. It seems that so many women and girls have low self esteem (or lower than it shoud be at least. The last thing that can be coped with is taunts about how we look – because that’s hard to change. I’m short 5’1″, and have had to cope with that – it can’t be fixed! I taught myself not to care and increased the size of my personality to balance it out. Now I’ve started a business making clothes for Petite women – we all have different wasy to cope.

Perhaps these girls should not be given surgery – but counselling to raise their self esteem. I hope that the NHS wouldn’t do that op on such a young girl – but would get her other help.

Has everyone seen the episode of Doc Martin with the school girl being taunted about being flat chested? He gives her mints, tells her they are medicine, and tells her that they will grow. This gives her confidence to stand up to the bullies. I’m not suggesting we give out placebos – but you see my point.

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