I am the wrong size, apparently

I’m in a shitty mood, thanks to an ill-fated shopping trip.  I hate bra shopping, I really do.  I’d put it off for, I dunno, a year… two?  So I finally made it to Myer’s underwear department after no less than five procrastination stops along the way.  A shop assistant offered to help, and brought three ill-fitting bras one after the other as I tried them on.  It usually takes anywhere between six and twenty to find one, so I figured we were just getting started.  The place was almost empty, so I expected she’d come back fairly quickly.  I waited.  I waited some more.  I rang the buzzer.  Then I waited.  And she never came!  Never said that was all she had – which it couldn’t have been – no, she just left me there and disappeared.  Oh, and she did make some ridiculous comments about how my bust was so small that perhaps I should try the children’s department.  I haven’t heard that before. 

So I came away feeling slighted.  I mean, what am I supposed to do?  I can’t just walk around braless, now can I?  My boobs are too small for Western society.  Geez, I guess I’ll just have to stop taking the progestogen I take to keep endometriosis somewhat at bay, and what, maybe take some oestogen and hope they grow a bit?  The worst thing is, right now I’m tempted to do just that. 

It’s always the way.  I get into some manic spree where I finally have the energy to get a few things done, and then something like this comes along.  Something that just shouldn’t come up.  Buying a goddamned bra should not be that difficult. 

I have this memory in my head of that shop assistant showing me some bra obviously two sizes too big, looking like freaking Madonna in the 80’s, implying I should stuff it with half a box of tissues every morning, or some such.  Lady, there is nothing wrong with my boobs.  There’s something wrong with the size range of your bras. 

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December 8, 2009

I think that every single woman on the face of this planet is the wrong size, apparently, to buy a nice-fitting bra. Like you say, it’s one in 20. For me, I’m the most ridiculous size you’ll ever find. I’m sorry that sucked, and what a stupid cow. You should complain about her insulting behavior.

YAH
December 8, 2009

That is quite a rude shop assistant. I would have complained with the manager.

yeah my problem is the opposite..I have to go through so much to find a bra that fits (as in, isn’t too small) at a regular department store…good thing is at the kind of department stores (in the U.S.) that I go to it’s a help yourself kind of thing…there are employees there to help you if you ask, but you don’t have to and they don’t really bother you..most people just pick out the right

size..but I have gotten to the point where I have to go to the section with the boxed up bras (as opposed to the lovely ones in different colors with lace etc. on hangers for the normal sized boobies) and just go to the very back to find the largest they have basically. It’s humiliating, and I usually end up with bras that even if they are just big enough for some other reason they are just not

comfortable and don’t fit right . next time i got if I ever do again, I’m gonna bit the bullet and go to a plus size store.