There's acceptance......and acceptance

[AlfaQ]

John Doe, the real difference came when I had professional fittings and was asked to scoop and swoop. I had never heard of this and once I had been shown how to do this the difference was huge and suddenly I was in the D cup category and above. I remember the lady at John Lewis smiling and saying "My, you've definitely got boobs now haven't you?".  I had to agree with her. I also felt more secure and comfortable now that I was properly fitted and I have been in a bra ever since. 

[Traveler]

The swoop and scoop is an absolute necessity! Especially when dealing with male breasts since we usually have a wider chest and are a bit more diffuse.

[gotgyne]

John Doe, the real difference came when I had professional fittings and was asked to scoop and swoop. I had never heard of this and once I had been shown how to do this the difference was huge and suddenly I was in the D cup category and above. I remember the lady at John Lewis smiling and saying "My, you've definitely got boobs now haven't you?".  I had to agree with her. I also felt more secure and comfortable now that I was properly fitted and I have been in a bra ever since.

Mere cup sizes indicate that I am within a range I must look for bras, but are not such important to me. I have bras from cup A to cup D (same band size!) that fit me well. My mother-in-law wore a 44A cup bra, since she couldn't tolerate a narrow band size. In fact her breasts were large and might have been 85DD or 85DDD with the correct bra.

And I know the swoop and scoop technique since several years from YouTube videos on bra fitting. I always do this when putting on my bra in the morning.

[Johndoe1]

"My, you've definitely got boobs now haven't you?".  I had to agree with her. I also felt more secure and comfortable now that I was properly fitted and I have been in a bra ever since.

That's one thing I appreciate from my fitter. She doesn't treat me like some weirdo. She treats me like any other customer and talks to me in the same way as other customers. It certainly makes it much more comfortable to be seen as just another customer needing support. 

[AlfaQ]

Swoop and scoop also enables you to ensure that your bra underwire is not sitting on breast tissue which can cause pain and discomfort and that the gore is tacking correctly between your breasts.  Yes our breasts tend to be wider and shallower so we require wider wires and cups with less projection.  

[42CSurprise!]

These conversations are really important.  For whatever reason, our bodies are going through changes.  We know that testosterone diminishes as we age and the estrogen already in our body will have more freedom to express herself.  Not every man develops breasts through that normal process but some of us do.  What we do about that is really up to us.  I first put on a brassiere when I was 12 years old... five feet tall without breasts, though I had a soft body.  It was an erotic experience that stayed with me my whole life.  I'd been sexually abused as a boy and doubtless what happened in those instances affected my sexuality and my relationship with my body.  Crossdressing and fascination with lingerie and women's undergarments stayed with me my entire life.

Things changed as I got older and my breasts began developing more fully.  As I said, I've always had a soft body which probably indicates estrogen has always been more active. As I put it, I've been on the feminine side of a gender continuum, still a man, but a feminine man.  Because of my history and affection for brassieres my growing breasts motivated me to explore.  I eventually found men wearing brassieres which led to this site.  I also explored those men who are fully committed to crossdressing, to presenting themselves as women... whether they have breasts or not.  I remember the joking answer to the question "Why do you wear a brassiere" from a fellow who said because without it his breast forms would fall to the ground.  I also spent time on website where men want to remain men but desperately want to have breasts. Many actively pursue breast growth through herbs and pumps.  Some have breast enhancement surgery.  I've seen the photos.  The breasts were beautiful, even on a man's body.

Folks here certainly discuss gender related matters and often buy clothes from the women's side of the store but few are actually intent of transitioning surgically.  Sophie made that choice and she is much loved by men here for her honesty in sharing her experience.  The rest of us are exploring how to take our own journey with the breasts on our chest.  I am content with wearing an unlined, underwire brassiere most of the day.  I'm very fond of my breasts.  There still is a touch of eroticism in the experience though my libido has pretty much departed.  I can't really say what it is that gives me so much pleasure in having breasts... seeing them in the mirror or touching them as I often do.  But as others here are saying, it doesn't matter why I do this life the way I do.  I simply have no wish in shaming myself for anything.  Isn't that cause for celebration?  I wish us all well.  I'm really glad we can have these conversations with one another.

[Gyno64]

42CSurprise!


That's a very open frame of mind.  I have pretty much my whole life had a breast fetish. The woman I married is a GG cup and I'm in total aww and mmm with her.
  Since my initial onset later in life. that would be seven months ago. I have progressed my fetish now to enjoy having my own breasts. 
It's to the point now that I'm finding weather or not the breasts are on a man or a woman I find them appealing. My wife picked me up a couple of bras to do a cup check. I would have never thought I would enjoy the capsulizing embrace and comfort of a bra. But I am. 
  I guess I'm on the spectrum of being a man, staying a man but enjoying having breasts too. It seemed a little confusing to me. But reading what you wrote about there being men out there that like to remain manly but wanting breasts helps me understand myself a bit more when it comes to that self breasts fetish.
  My wife knows that I have a deep fetish for breasts. And sometime back I had remarked, I wonder what it's like having boobs. After my Gynecomastia took over she laughed and said to me. Be careful what you wish for. Lol. She did warn me that if i decide to start wearing a bra as part of my daily wear I may find my masculinity scrutinized by many of my peers and will never be able to live that down. And I thought that might even embarrass her. So I will walk carefully with my decisions. But I still have to live with the possibility I may develop very large boobs that cannot go unnoticed. Yikes!