Jul 23, 2013 -- My mother thinks she is an 80C ... » All bra adventures

Jul 23, 2013 -- My mother thinks she is an 80C ...

Needless to say this is an utterly bizar assumption as the bras she wears function more like boob hammocks than anything else. The gore is so far from tacking that it simply floats like a decorative element on the front of her mashed together breasts. The only reason not all her bands are up in her neck (some are, though) is that the cups are so ridiculously small that the whole contraption is pulled more or less taut enough to stay in place. For some reason she only quadboobs (massively) when she bends over, so I assume that she wears her straps at the loosest possible setting. For what it's worth, they seem to slip from her shoulders at regular intervals.

An 80/36C -- I've actually seen some 85/40Bs on her laundry line as well, o.O -- would put her only one cup size up from me and my '65E' (30DD). Again, this is outright bizar. She's AT LEAST four -- but possibly more like six -- cup sizes up from me and maybe though at most two bandsizes, which would put her somewhere around 34FF-34GG (she has quite a muscular back). Sure, menopause has stacked her midsection somewhat, but there is no way in this world she would need an 80/36, let alone an 85/40 band! Of course, it doesn't help that she also thinks she was a 75/34B her entire life before menopause hit and that she only buys her bras from a budget chain store with a ridiculously limited size range.

She has always had quite ideal RTW EU size 36 proportions (her only 'deviation' was her somewhat short back), and now she wears a EU size 38 across the board, with a slightly thicker waist (she doesn't seem to realise, though, that most of her fitted tops and jackets are terribly strained across her chest ... ). Her body shape has always been somewhat different from mine -- I have always had a decidedly smaller waist, much wider hips and shoulders, and much smaller breasts -- and her breast shape is almost the complete opposite of mine: my mother has a typical bottom-heavy 'tear drop' shape breast with perky nipples and a clearly defined root completely on the front of her chest. Although these differences make it difficult for me to estimate what she would need, I'm sure she needs (relatively) much narrower and much deeper cups than I do, which makes me think she'd probably be a good candidate for Fantasie and the likes. Of course, she would probably consider these bras not trendy and youthful enough (she still dresses much more 'fashion-conscious' and youthful than I do and buys new clothes practically every week, only 'on sale', of course ... ).

... I truly wish I could bring up the issue as it almost hurts to look at her (she's NOT particularly shy of showing cleavage), but I'm afraid it would only result in a terrible row, as she has severe body shape and image issues and always had. Seriously, I can't remember a time she WASN'T on some kind of experimental diet and maniacal exercise routine, which has landed me with severe issues myself, as she always was thin, trim, and 'perfectly' proportioned, and I, with my 'big butt' and 'teeny tiny breasts', obviously wasn't. Also, EVERYTHING between us has the potential to blow up massively and it's only my constant 'walking on eggs' that has kept us in any kind of 'close' contact. I really really love my mother, but she can unfortunately be terribly immature, short-fused, and self-centered, which leaves me with a rather dire dilemma

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