Nooooo, I can't. I actually tried once, but that was enough. In almost all styles, the combination of big boobs that object to being imprisoned and a quite mobile sleeper means I cannot sleep with a bra on most of the time because I just fall out and end up with the cup cutting into my underboob or something. Not…

I now have another reason to thank my mother for forcing me into an all-girls secondary school. This all sounds fairly terrifying to the part of me that remembers being 14 and still occassionally forgetting to wear bras to school under my see-through uniform shirt.

They're also good for less girly-girls - I refused to admit I needed a bra until it hurt too much not to have one, although my mother was the one pushing me into getting one from way before I needed it, but I loved those damn crop tops and it made the bra transition much less traumatic. Of course, I was also the most…

Uh. Why would someone think that's ok to say? I am cursed with the back-pain breasts, but my best friend is equally cursed with a teeny-tiny chest, and she used to get called a boy and all sorts, and my little sister went through several teenage years of attempting to save for a boob job for the same reason. It made…

You're welcome :)

My pleasure :)

This always helps me detox when needed: your body (and you) are not just in existence to be aethestically pleasing. Your body is your physical manifestation of yourself. Each roll and curve and slightly off-centre part is what makes you different and unique and you. Also, your body tells a history of you. Each scar…

I agree with this article, but I also think it may be one of those things that's generational. We're told we're in the information age now, and I think (in my experience at least) that's also true for how open things are. I mean, I've had medical etc problems "between my navel and kness," mental health issues, the…

Thank you! This such a prime example of correlation =! causation. If you have low self esteem or no support system you're more likely to want to make sure your child doesn't suffer the same.

Agreed. If someone tells you your beautiful every time you end up trying to have a conversation with them, it's difficult to tell when to say thanks but as I was saying and when you can legitimately tell them to stop objectifying you without them getting all defensive.

Oh God yes. Also, after Awkward Teenage Phase I've grown into my body and face and out of Ugly Duckling mode, which for some reason means it's more acceptable to harass me? I've had guys walk up to me in clubs with my friends and yell "Your breasts are bigger than hers!" and then just follow me around gawking (I don't…

As much as it makes me go "huh, that is not normal," I'm not sure it can really be condemned easily. I mean, at least these people are never going to have a fence or whatever up and leave them. I'd be willing to wager they have issues with abandonment or attachment or something, so have transferred "love" feelings…

That is all I could think through this. Wouldn't any lumps get caught in the razor? In fact, even lumpless, wouldn't it be too thick?

I'm replying because this is a great comment and took me ages to find. So bump, I guess. I am very not in love with this new system, I want to scroll through them all!

I used to do that with my ex. I think the smell is one of the things I miss most. Totally a compliment!

Talking of British schools, this "ear piercing at 11" is crazy to me. My school banned earrings until the year you turned *thinks* 15, and then it was only one pair of matching studs less than 4mm in diameter. And that wasn't unusual.

I reckon this is exactly what I need right now in my spectacularly awful mood, so here goes:

Ah, just saw it was in the UK. In which case (since we have to stay in school 'til 16) it's quite possible she wouldn't have been allowed to leave (and transfers are difficult, time-consuming and stressful, and depending on your area a suitable school can't always be found.)

Seconded, and hearted.

I don't entirely disagree with you, you make some points that sit very close to home, but not everyone has these circumstances. Depresseion is often a chemical imbalance; however, it can also be caused by "environmental factors" ie shit life stuff. Being bullied alone with a perfect life won't make you depressed, but…