[NotSoBusty]

So, I went bra shopping the other night because my only fitting bra broke. I took my friend who works at VS to help me find my size around their store. When I told her I was looking for a 32DD or 34D (I wouldn't dare try to find a DDD in store), she looked at me and pretty much said there ain't no way. I told her my boobs are wider so I've got more fat on the sides, and she still thought my size was wrong and that I should be fitted, but figured that I could be right (although she still gave me a 32D to try on).

Well, VS bras are half a size smaller than regular bra sizes. So even the 34D gave me quadraboob (the 32DD was even smaller on me!). I had to convince her after trying on a million bras to let me try on a 34DD. And it mostly fits (I'll grow into the small gap that doesn't fit). Even my family tried to argue that there's no way my boobs could be so big. It's probably because they are so round and a little widespread, a proper fitting bra WON'T give me cleavage, and without a bra on, my breasts aren't pushed forward as much and look even smaller.

The worst part was when I realized that because of my perky breast shape, I'll never fit a push-up bra like other women can (as opposed to them as I am, I'd like to wear them once my boobs get a little bigger just to make my outfits really POP!). I tried on one push up at VS (I think it added just one cup), and while saggier breasts will be lifted by the padding at the bottom, for me, the padding fit my breast shape exactly. So not only did I not recieve even the slightest bit of lift, but there was also extra room at the top that I couldn't fill in because my breasts weren't being pushed into that spot (this is a 34D I tried on, where all the other 34D's were WAAAYYYY too small). I don't know that I'll ever fit a push-up properly because of my "perfect" shape, and that's honestly a little upsetting.

I'm beginning to wonder if my breasts will ever look big even at my goal size. I'm finding images online of other girls who have my goal size breasts and are just as perky as I am, and they don't look very big at all. :/ Sure, looking busty in a bra is great, but all I really want from all this NBE is to look good naked, and I don't know anymore if I'll be able to achieve that beautiful, full look that I always thought I'd reach.

Doll,
I have the EXACT same problem. All of my volume is mostly on the sides and a little at the bottom. They are "perky" by definition, but I lack any volume in the cleavage area. I am a small 32C, but I look like a 32B or 34A because of my shape. It is sooo frustrating! When I try on 32B's, I get a bad case of the double boob and they are so tight and full that it is uncomfortable. If I change to a 34 band, the band is wayyy to large. 32C's generally fit perfectly. If I grab them, and when the fat is all gathered in my hands, they sure feel like 32C's, but they look nowhere near it!! It's nice to have perky boobs, but I would loooove to have natural cleavage, which is something that my shape seems to want to avoid....

I read another one of your posts about real bra sizes. I always try to explain to people how most women are wearing the wrong bra size, and how this contributes to a lot of the confusion about what certain bra sizes actually look like. For example, when I was fitted earlier this year, I was fitted at a 28D, which sounds ridiculous, but in turn is somewhat equivalent to a 32B. People see "D" and automatically assume that it is huge! Also, a lot of large chested women who claim to be a 34DD are actually so much larger than that. One of my good friends swore up and down that she was a 34DD, but when we was properly fitted, she ended up being a 32H. AN H!!! It makes me wonder how many DD's out there are in fact way past that, but still claim a DD and, in turn, raise the DD standard. I wish everyone was as informed about breasts as the one's on this forum are!!