The hug of a Bra

[gyneco_jason]

  I have to say, being encapsulated in a well fitting bra all day I feel great!

  It's shower time and I'm ready for the weekend.  I have to say, wearing is so routine and normal, I don't even think about it.  I have learned to take life and what it gives in stride. 

  I hope everyone gets there at some point. 

  I just love what life has given me and the curves.  I'm me and that's that!  I like how I'm built and embrace it. Who would have thought picking out bras would be a part of my daily routine? Sorry no picks yet.  Working on that. Wearing My 40D Wacoal Minimizer bra.

  How are you coping?  Embracing it?  Having fun with it?

I've come a long way in this regard, from shame and embarrassment about how my chest looked and felt when I was younger, to actually feeling OK about it in middle age. The supportive comments on this page are helpful. 
As a teenager peers teased me about needing a bra, and for a long time I thought it was ridiculous to even consider. And there are still times when I feel embarrassed to put one on. But sometimes when I have a nice-looking bra on, I will take time to look at my chest in the mirror and appreciate how it looks. Just as a needed confidence booster, if nothing else.

[Johndoe1]

It's amazing how most of us here "enjoy" the sensation of being supported and contained while most women do not. After talking to my fitter about it, she says it's because we take the time to be properly fitted. A lot of women either won't take the time or won't listen to the fitter. They were measured years ago and they know what size they are. They don't need to be fitted again. My fitter says she becomes so frustrated with some of her customers because they won't listen. She can see the problem but the client won't accept it. 

Personally, I get fitted once a year. Sometimes my size has changed.  Sometimes it hasn't. My fitter says that's why I enjoy wearing a bra. It's comfortable and it's doing what it's designed to do. And that's the way it should be for everyone. Most women are uncomfortable in their bras and the bra can't do its job correctly because of it. 

Bras are such a personal thing that no two people wear a bra the same way.