Weird question: Has anyone here ever...

[jobob]

Back when Lee & I were dating and early in our marriage - nearly 20 years ago !! - his hair was very blond and curly, and he wore it longer than he does now.

We were sitting in a booth in a restaurant facing each other, and a waitress approached us coming towards me, so she saw my face and the back of Lee's head.

The waitress registered the curly blond hair and the two small hoop earrings in his left ear (he was also a skinny lad back then) as she approached, and the first words out of her mouth were "what can I get for you ladies today?".

Then she glanced at Lee and the poor woman looked absolutely horrified when she realized her mistake.

Lee & I burst out laughing and I reassured her that his hair was so beautiful (damn him) that it was an easy mistake to make.

This actually happened on two separate occasions.

[mary9761]

Silver you are correct when you assume I'm speaking of those who get GINORMOUS implants put in. The last time I was flat chested was when I was 7 years old so I can see getting REASONABLE "natural" looking implants, but getting larger than a C cup is asking for trouble (seriously) I wore a 36 C bra in the 6th grade at 10 or 11 yrs old. Talk about growing up (literally) too fast. There has only been one time in my adult life that I was able to buy pretty, lacey (albeit underwire which I hated) bras and that was before my original back injury when I got down to approximate 175-180#
Right now I'm lucky to find bras from Hoosier Tent and Awning (seriously though have to pay $25+ for an ugly bra that holds its shape for a couple times before it starts drooping and sliding down from where it's supposed to be from weight)

[jobob]

To be honest, Silver, I've thought about breast augmentation from time to time. I have a heck of a time finding A-cup bras that I actually fill out !

But, I guess I never really wanted to do it enough to go through with it ... back when I was a po' grad student and postdoc I couldn't afford it, and nowadays, eh, it seems kind of silly for me to do it as I'm approaching the big 5-oh.

[silver]

Mary! You are hilarious! It's good to see that your injury hasn't put a damper on your wit and charisma!!!!

I hadn't heard of this store of which you speak....Hoosier Tent and Awning! ROFLMAO!!!! Is it in Indy?

Off to the gym......Mr. seems to be in a remission for the moment.....Florence Silver-Nightingale will take her chances and run!

[mary9761]

I just remembered several times that I was out with my then single younger sister and neice (again short hair) when on more than one occasion we had servers at restaurants call me SIR. Again, I looked at my chest and thought does EVERYONE need glasses???? Both my sister and I were/are LARGE women (she's at least taller so her weight is carried a bit different) but we've also been mistaken for a couple on more than one occasion and had a server refuse to wait on us, needless to say I went to the management IMMEDIATELY with THAT complaint. I explained to the management that we were in that establishment nearly weekly (at that time) and had no problem with most of the servers and that not like I should HAVE to explain that I was with my neice and sister, for the server to assume we were a couple was discrimination when she refused to wait on us when literally going to all the tables around us and snickering and pointing at us to other servers. We ate free that day and she was fired evidently because we never saw her again.
Most of the time when I got the SIR comment, we just looked at each other and laughed like NOT AGAIN can they not see my chest?? Granted my sister had longer hair and looked a bit more feminine than I did at the time, but there were still times when I was dressed a bit more feminine when we got it.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well I think we are all talking about just having normal size range boobs. Obvoisly if someone has huge boobs and is uncomfortable they should be able to get reductions to feel better, and the same holds true for opposite problem like Silver did. It becomes sad when a woman with "normal" sized breasts chooses to get huge implants that look so unnatural and uncomfortable. (It's not normal looking to have cleavage on TOP when you're just standing nude!) Oh well our society is strange and twisted when it comes to female "ideal" beauty and sadly many women allow other people's ideas to cause them to distort their bodies into unnatural proportions.
We walked through a sculpture park one day which had many Greek/Aphrodite type marble nude statues, all with lovely forms and what seemed to be A or B cup size breasts. DH's teenage son at one point said "Why are all these statue women flat-chested??" I looked at him and said "You've obviously been on internet way too much."

[Mr. Bloom]

My body was originally built like a 12 year old boy.

So, I'm one of those people that you all may not understand.....I did have breast augmentation.

PS: I never did get around to wearing that gown and robe

Just for the record, she never looked like a 12 year old boy to me AND she did the surgery for HER not me. I've loved her just fine before and still love her now.

On the nightgown and robe...here's the rest of the story (as I lay here in bed with a stomach bug). At our wedding, I had a 104 degree temperature. The Dr. gave me 'interferon', a dose for me and a dose for her ($32/pill 20 years ago). Getting to Boca Raton by plane was a fiasco finally arriving at 1:30 AM. We were whipped. Long story short, my fever broke at 3AM and I awoke in a cold sweat and the bed was drenched with sweat. SO, on our first night of marriage, and without thinking, I had to wake Silver up and let her know that I had "wet the bed"...not thinking of what I was describing! And 20 years later, I'm still sick in bed

[silver]

Thread hijack topic No. 1:

Awwww....Mr. I wish I could make you feel better.

I do remember, on our honeymoon, having room service serve us gingerale in champagne glasses.

We did both recover in time to enjoy our honeymoon!

And on to our thread hijack topic number 2:......

Lisa, yes, I do think we long to have some normalcy. My cousin had a breast reduction. She and I are now the same size, her going down about the same volume I went up......If we could have only done the exchange ourselves. Ha!

[missymaya]

I used to coach at a lake and there wasn't any running water or electricity so no showers or other facilites. All I wore were jeans or khaki shorts to length of my knees, t-shirts, rain jackets and a ball cap with sunglasses. I always had sandals and had wet and dirty feet and usually forgot to shave, so whenever I went to the store or any place for that matter, it was 'thank you sir' and then I would reply 'have a great day' with a smile on my face, being nice and my voice would reveal my sex! Man, I miss those days of not having to worry about nice dress pants and work heels and other dress clothes and makeup Blugh, not my style for the most part.
As for boobs, I'm fortunate enough to have a nice sized B but they have an odd shape sort of(they dont look like triangles or blobs and if they did, yikes ) They're weird looking, especially during what I like to call 'magic happy fun time'.

[Popoki_Nui]

Yep, happens to me occasionally as well, and strangely, more often in summer when it's pretty obvious I'm NOT a guy. Yeesh. I've never really been girly-girl thanks in part to a military upbringing, and being tall doesn't help either, but even modestly endowed as I am I occasionally get the 'sir' thing.

Before I retired from the optical biz, when I got called 'sir' I'd just offer the offender my business card (imprinted with my first name Sherry, and my title)and suggest (in a serious but tongue-in-cheek sort of way) they come see me for an eye exam, or at least new glasses!

I've never really liked my first name...think it's a little too sucky for me...but using the business card trick works every time. I still keep a card with me for those who are suffering apparent visual difficulties.

[tygab]

let's see... I have my whole life had short hair and dress in more comfortable than stylish clothing (like fleece tops and jeans when left to my own choices). I actually am probably more girly now than ever since I have allowed light blue and a few other shades into my wardrobe. And my bike has pink on it! I am petite and fairly thin. However, I also have some curves and a very feminine face so I've always thought it should seem pretty obvious.

But, yes, when I was a kid I got mistaken for a boy constantly which bothered me. Skiing a few years ago, I got very politely asked in the lift line (shuffling along) "Little boy, could you go faster?" I was pretty miffed when it happened but now my husband and I laugh about it and I understand it's hard to tell underneath the gloves, helmet, goggles etc. It doesn't happen as much now. I think I must have some 'womanly wisdom' aura now that I am in my mid thirties. Who knows...

[Mimosa]

I get mistaken for a boy occasionally especially when doing sports. But I am 5'11", weigh 160lbs, need L in shirt size and lack great curves so the error is easily made Though it's a great bod to do sports with which outweighs the downside of being occasionally called 'sir'. I allways think "Are you blind, would a boy have breasts or something?"

It could be worse, my bro is 6'3" and weighs 190, it must have been the food they serve here since my parents are both 5'5"

[annie]

So, I'm one of those people that you all may not understand.....I did have breast augmentation. But I went from NO breast tissue to a size B. (technically a large B, small C) They aren't heavy. The comments make me think you all might be talking about women who get larger ones, like DD's and larger.

Hey, Silver,

I understand. I just did the same thing, 5 days ago. And am so happy I finally went ahead with it. No - I didn't get big bazookas. LOL! Mostly just filled in what was left empty after nursing 3 kiddos. No DD's here! I'll still be able to ride on my aerobars and not bump into boobs. This seems to be such a touchy topic among women. I've been real hesitant to post on these boards after I broached this subject in another thread and pretty much got shot down. Maybe I was just too sensitive. Anyway, it's done, I'm pleased as can be. I'll still be the same me, just a bit curvier. And I'll be back on the boards whenever I think I have a contribution to make. I admire all you women, and respect your opinions, whether they agree with mine or not.

Annie

[silver]

OH, Annie! I'm so glad that you felt comfortable saying something here. Now Take care of yourself!!!!! I've had mine for two years now and they get better each year. Mine are small, but I do bump them in aero position. I tuck in really low.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm pretty sure that most of us here are in favor of women being able to make decisions for their bodies in order to feel and look "normal" (whatever that is!). I think there is a big difference in altering one's body surgically solely in order to please others and in a way that is bizarrely distorted and abnormal -like all those poor xxx actresses with giant hard beachballs sliding around under their chest skin. I read that poor Anna Nicole Smith had already had TWO additional breast operations trying to "re-fix" things following the birth of her baby 5 months months ago. So sad.
Certainly nothing wrong with trying to look more like an "average" woman, though! You go, Annie and Silver!