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Men of Lemmy, how old were you when you found out that bra cup sizes are not standardized in the slightest? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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It's so bad that my fiancée has some bras that say she's a B cup and others that says she's a D cup. In order to go bra shopping, you have to actually try them on to find out if they fit.

If I had to try on underwear to see if they fit, I might not bother with underwear at all!

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[-] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

When I was 25, my girlfriend complained about buying the same bra, same size, same material, same URL, from the same company, on their website, 2 years apart. The first ones fit really well, the second ones didn't fit at all.

Meanwhile, there's a shoe that I buy a pair of every few years. They release a new "version" about once per year, but the fit has been consistent, so I'm over a decade, and 6 pairs, into my purchase of them, with no problems.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

It's wild to me that people just buy the same shoe over and over. I'm not a fashionista by any stretch of the imagination; I just have one, maximum two, pair(s) of footwear per temperature slice, and I don't even have any formal ones.

But even I would want something new, even if my old pair had served me well.

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 8 points 10 hours ago

Shoes are the most obnoxious things to shop for. Buying what you know makes total sense.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 4 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, I hate shopping for shoes. Getting shoes that fit well is hard and trying different shoes sucks.

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

But even I would want something new,

They're new shoes, not my old ratty ones

What can I say I found out at 14 that all-blacked converse hi-tops look good on me and so why bother changing

[-] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

It used to be that any DC skating shoe size 12 for me. Could just pick a model and leave the store. Then they became a fashion brand rather than a skateboard brand and suddenly it was made for tiny model feet.

A got older with an older body I just get the Bondi8 for summer and Kaha for winter as HOKA does wide and quarter sizes.

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