Life without a bra is sometimes not as liberating as you think
In group five, I had to have a little shirt, which was the short version of a shirt. It became a blue one, complete with those Marjolein Bastin-like roses. Not because there was any sign of a curve, but because it was cool. Now I wish that my breasts could still fit into such a non-underwire, non-supportive little shirt sometimes.
I stood at the front of the line for handing out, as they so aptly say, because I have big breasts. And not just a lovely C-cup. No, bigger. If you are blessed with a full cup, you get neck pain and ridiculously expensive bras as a gift. And for that last gift, you also have to pay quite a bit yourself.
In the past, someone would sometimes dare to say that reducing was an option (?). I still think this was mainly about their discomfort regarding my breasts, because I didn't want to think about it myself. I also complain as little as possible about them, because my breasts are mine and I love them, even though they come with some restrictions.
No vavavoom tops with a bare back. No strapless dresses, because even the Wonderbra doesn't offer miraculous support. No fancy little bras from Love Stories, because nothing feels good without a cup. No bikini with strings, because that catapults everything the wrong way with one dive into the water. In short: especially nothing that doesn't involve a bra, because I love my bra.
I always feel a bit like the last of the Mohicans when I admit that I like to wear a bra, even when we were in lockdown at home and it was just my breasts and me. I only have one bra where freedom wins over wearing that thing due to an uncomfortably protruding underwire. And this is actually just a sign that it needs to go in the trash. At night it comes off, but otherwise my bra and I are inseparable. Not because I want to hide my breasts, death to the minimizers, but for comfort. Yes, I know that some people are horrified by this, but my breasts just feel a bit better in a bra. Think of a bra as a raincoat in the rain on a bike: it helps me.
Furthermore, I mainly think that we should free all breasts if they don't feel good in a bra. Because come on, why should we wear a bra because someone else feels uncomfortable? You really only want to do this to make it easier for yourself. Because what I do want to get rid of besides my bra? The discomfort surrounding the size of my breasts. My décolletage is often treated just a little differently than that of a woman with a smaller bra size. Just like that little bit of bra that is still somewhat visible. Let's just draw one line in whether or not to wear a bra. Do what feels good for you, period. And if that means we need to free breasts? Then of course we will free breasts. As long as I can still keep my bra on.
