Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 14:55     Subject: Re:Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Just tell her.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 13:29     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:Good luck convincing your friend! She sounds ridiculous, and I suspect that bridezilla attacks may follow. You should not have to wear something so unflattering and to make you feel self-conscious. I don't think I would do it for my twin sister. ...

That said, in all seriousness, if you're actually interested in a reduction, let me just tell anyone considering it that I got one and it was The Best Thing I've Ever Done for Myself. And my insurance covered it. It was outpatient and took about 2-3 weeks of recovery (during which time I could work/go to school). I always recommend getting one to anyone and everyone who is so inclined.
I've seriously considered a breast reduction for years. My insurance won't cover it and I don't make a lot of money so pretty much my only shot at it is to go to Mexico on a medi-vacation. Has anyone done that?
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 13:24     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:Good luck convincing your friend! She sounds ridiculous, and I suspect that bridezilla attacks may follow. You should not have to wear something so unflattering and to make you feel self-conscious. I don't think I would do it for my twin sister. ...

That said, in all seriousness, if you're actually interested in a reduction, let me just tell anyone considering it that I got one and it was The Best Thing I've Ever Done for Myself. And my insurance covered it. It was outpatient and took about 2-3 weeks of recovery (during which time I could work/go to school). I always recommend getting one to anyone and everyone who is so inclined.
on a scale of 1-10, what is the pain factor? how soon before you could start picking up the kid(s)?
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 12:58     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Good luck convincing your friend! She sounds ridiculous, and I suspect that bridezilla attacks may follow. You should not have to wear something so unflattering and to make you feel self-conscious. I don't think I would do it for my twin sister. ...

That said, in all seriousness, if you're actually interested in a reduction, let me just tell anyone considering it that I got one and it was The Best Thing I've Ever Done for Myself. And my insurance covered it. It was outpatient and took about 2-3 weeks of recovery (during which time I could work/go to school). I always recommend getting one to anyone and everyone who is so inclined.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 10:19     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can't see how else it will work. Ultra wide, lower-than-average neckline, and completely backless. And this is the one the bride chose for those of us sporting a bodacious set of ta-tas! I'm a G cup. The others are wearing strapless. (Will that trend NEVER die??)

Oh well, at least I have til next July to recover from the surgery. *sigh* The things we do for old friends.

(but seriously... what I am going to wear under this thing? I've got boobs I could tuck into my pants pockets, and only the very most structured, all-encompassing bras keep them in the vicinity of my chest.)


Forget the dress and the wedding. Get the reduction and your back won't hurt any more.


Wow, way to bring down the thread.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 10:11     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Talk to her. I bet there's another style in the same line that would be more appropriate. Most of the brides I've known lately have let their 'maids wear different styles of the same fabric/color. (I'm an A cup, so I have the opposite problem as you - things that require boobs to fill them out look hideous on me.)
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 06:46     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:I can't see how else it will work. Ultra wide, lower-than-average neckline, and completely backless. And this is the one the bride chose for those of us sporting a bodacious set of ta-tas! I'm a G cup. The others are wearing strapless. (Will that trend NEVER die??)

Oh well, at least I have til next July to recover from the surgery. *sigh* The things we do for old friends.

(but seriously... what I am going to wear under this thing? I've got boobs I could tuck into my pants pockets, and only the very most structured, all-encompassing bras keep them in the vicinity of my chest.)


Forget the dress and the wedding. Get the reduction and your back won't hurt any more.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2011 06:19     Subject: Re:Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
the mangoes just don't know how good they have it.

i hate that i can't wear tops unless they are v-neck. and darker colors so as to minimize.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 22:27     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:and some women actually pay for these things!



I know... they should consult with us "ginormous naturals" girls before they do it. Chafing rash, anyone?


I seriously want to know where those women shop. Oh, what I would give for a button-down blouse that fits my smallish frame and my prize-winning casaba melons. Or, ooh, a sweater that doesn't strain across them and swim around my waist with its sleeves trailing down past my fingertips! It's my dream...
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 22:13     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:and some women actually pay for these things!



I know... they should consult with us "ginormous naturals" girls before they do it. Chafing rash, anyone?
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 21:57     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
and some women actually pay for these things!
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 21:55     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Between burlap bar of bobcats and sagaliscious sweater kittens I'm sure that I will shake myself out of sleep laughing tonight. Middle of the night, sitting bolt-upright cackling something incomprehensible about double G burlap kittens.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 21:40     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
as a 36G, nothings gonna hold those puppies up in the dress you described. you need to have a frank discussion with miss bridezilla on her choice.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 20:53     Subject: Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Sweater kittens... that's better than my grandpa saying, "that young lady looks like she's wearing a burlap bag of bobcats, she's got it toooogether!!!" to my brother about his new girlfriend.

The man had no filter (well except in his cigarettes).
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2011 20:07     Subject: Re:Just saw my bridesmaid's dress. Now I have to get a breast reduction.
Anonymous wrote:OP, you sound awesome! What a good friend you are! I have the EXACT OPPOSITE problem you do but that still equals having problems with strapless dresses (although, for me, it's nothing that fake boobs in the form of a bra can't solve).

Can you wear a shrug of some sort?


PP, just wanted to comment that I have this same problem. Because I had so very little to hold up a dress, and didn't want to have a lot of "fakeness" up there, I've avoided strapless dresses my whole life. Never felt confident enough to wear one.

OP, good luck, it seems helpful suggestions are coming in ...