Have You ever Stuffed Your Bra?

“Why, yes! I am using a sequined shell bra top… You like?”
In Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which I extremely suggest for anybody, however particularly tweens as well as teens, the primary character is an daily woman navigating her method with adolescence as well as puberty. In one part of the story she contemplates stuffing her bra with cotton spheres before going to a party.

Even though I checked out the book about a bazillion times in my early teens, it never occurred to me method back then to really stuff my bra. I just believed it was something they only did in books, as well as not in, like, genuine life.

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That’s exactly how clueless I was as a kid. We didn’t have the Interwebs or the Googles back then!

And now that I believe back about it, I hated having to wear my very first bra. It wasn’t one of those things about growing up that I looked ahead to, since I was a bit of a tomboy back then, as well as my mother as well as I never had that “your body is going with ch-ch-changes” conversation.

The only reason I started using that very first bra was since my finest friend’s mother discussed something to my mother about me/it. I believe my mother was in overall denial about the truth that I was visibly going with puberty, however she still dug deep as well as ultimately took me to go bra buying at the mall.

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So we got one, as well as it felt annoyingly oppressive. I hated using it, as well as the believed of stuffing it never crossed my mind…

Until I hit my 20s as well as 30s, when I did utilize those poultry cutlets bra inserts from time to time with tops as well as gowns that I felt might benefit from a bit of a boost.

So yes, I have stuffed my bra.

I understand that for numerous women, this subject is a sensitive one that takes on a different implying since of breast cancer. My mother-in-law is a breast cancer survivor, as well as we’ve talked numerous times about specialty bras.

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In whatever methods as well as nevertheless it applies to you, have you ever stuffed your bra before? The comments right here are a risk-free location (I strictly enforce that).

Your friendly community charm addict,

Karen