Bra Shopping and Men

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man here

I can't imagine being a guy doing that. I was in Target about two weeks ago trying to figure out how to pick a training bra for my daughter (her mom isn't really involved much). I couldn't find a female employee and was almost tempted to ask a lady that was in the area but I figured that the risk of looking creepy was too high.

I would have helped. It's just a bra

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man here

I can't imagine being a guy doing that. I was in Target about two weeks ago trying to figure out how to pick a training bra for my daughter (her mom isn't really involved much). I couldn't find a female employee and was almost tempted to ask a lady that was in the area but I figured that the risk of looking creepy was too high.

Female here, and I wouldn't have minded that if your daughter was there.

OP, I generally bra shop at off peak hours. I aim for right when the store opens on a weekday.

[Anonymous]

I am a man who has bought lingerie for my wife through the years so I have been in those departments a number of times. Not one time have I ever bought a bra unless it came as a set. Bought camisoles, panties, negligees, even pajamas, but I never had any need to shop in the bra section. Nor did I have a reason to look at the women or follow them into various areas as I was on a mission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a man and I've never been in the bra section of a store, but now that you mention it, that's a great way to meet women and talk about their breasts!

Creep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man here

I can't imagine being a guy doing that. I was in Target about two weeks ago trying to figure out how to pick a training bra for my daughter (her mom isn't really involved much). I couldn't find a female employee and was almost tempted to ask a lady that was in the area but I figured that the risk of looking creepy was too high.

To this PP, if there is a Nordstrom's in the area, take her there. The saleswomen in that department are all trained specifically to find the right fit for girls and women. I just took my almost 15 y.o. DD there for the second time (because their bodies keep changing, so girls need to get refitted a few times)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I wear 1 38G cup and cannot buy bras in bricks and mortar stores. Thank goodness for that!

Nordstrom, Rigby and Peller, and Trousseau carry them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a man and I've never been in the bra section of a store, but now that you mention it, that's a great way to meet women and talk about their breasts!

Creep.

The PP is clearly being sarcastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man here

I can't imagine being a guy doing that. I was in Target about two weeks ago trying to figure out how to pick a training bra for my daughter (her mom isn't really involved much). I couldn't find a female employee and was almost tempted to ask a lady that was in the area but I figured that the risk of looking creepy was too high.

I would have helped. It's just a bra

I would have helped too if you were nice about it and didn't make creepy jokes or something. But your best bet is to bring your daughter so she can try them on. Bras fit can be odd or uncomfortable, and at her age she may want it to be cute or something. Try to find a time to go with her, and follow her lead in how much help she wants from you or a sales person or to just do it herself. You're a good dad.

[Anonymous]

Does she have a girlfriend whose mom you can turn to? Just what you said about her mom not being around a lot. I was a single parent and there was always a mom whose house the kids liked hanging out at, and whose advice they received with grace. Nothing nefarious-they just looked at her as a den mother. I triangulated and secretly outsourced some stuff to her that my child didn't always want to hear from me.

[Anonymous]

I have never understood the need for, or function of, a training bra. What are you training breasts to do? This is the question I asked my sisters back in the day. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Women are so insecure. Women could go over to the boxer/brief section and men wouldn't give a damn. It's just boobs... and you aren't even showing anything when shopping. Relax

Right because women don't typically rape and kill men. Women are constantly having to protect themselves from your gender. It's easy to tell us to "relax." Should African Americans also "relax" about police brutality? You're clueless.

[Anonymous]

I am a man, and a single parent to a DD who wears them. The big problem was I had no clue how to help my daughter shop. So, I may have looked like a creepy guy shopping...

For me, what helped was when one of DD's friends mom asked if she could help in anything. I said there are two areas I know nothing about: bra shopping and feminine hygiene. She helped. (I paid of course).

I have since learned that if I pay more than Kohl's or Target and go to Nordstrom's, the salespeople will help. I would go there with DD, explain what is going on, and then tell them I will be elsewhere in the store, and DD should call me when it is time to pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man here

I can't imagine being a guy doing that. I was in Target about two weeks ago trying to figure out how to pick a training bra for my daughter (her mom isn't really involved much). I couldn't find a female employee and was almost tempted to ask a lady that was in the area but I figured that the risk of looking creepy was too high.

Good thing you didn't op and company would have had you arrested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a man and I've never been in the bra section of a store, but now that you mention it, that's a great way to meet women and talk about their breasts!

eas

Please don't. When we shop for bras we don't want to talk to you about anything. Unless you want to be that creepy guy please stay away ( unless you are taking your DD shopping of course)

Oh boy. Learn to recognize when someone is kidding around. Please tell me you didn't think the poster meant what he said for real

I am the pp you are quoting. Pray tell me how I was supposed to "get" that he was kidding? I think it is right to assume he was serious unless he indicated a "just joking". How do you know that he wasn't serious? Are you that poster?

Notice I made the exception if he had his daughter with him but, you forgot about that part, right? ( can you tell if I am serious or joking? ) This is a test!

[Anonymous]

Dad here who has taken his tween daughter bathing suit shopping and had to enlist the female near me for help convincing her that the bottom was too revealing.

To OP: To the extent you do see men in this department, they probably ARE with a female in their life -- wife, daughter, girlfriend. You just don't see the female because she's a couple of racks away (no pun intended) or in the changing room. The fact that you seem to ALWAYS see this suggests to me, however, that you're looking for something that isn't really there.