I am an awesome aunt. I just scored a tshirt for D showing all the astronauts for STS 125/SM4 doing a powerwalk pose on it. Including the D-worshipped Grunsfeld.

Hee.

Sigh. I should use this as motivation to lose weight. If I lost 50 lbs, I'd have to go down a few cup sizes and therefore be much easier to fit.

Be warned, I lost 30 lbs, and didn't go down ANY cup sizes. Band size, yes. My band size shrunk by 4", which means that finding bras that fit me is even more of a search.

I've been trying to convince my doctor for YEARS that he should prescribe me a corset for my back and shoulder problems. He just rolls his eyes at me.

Sigh. I should use this as motivation to lose weight. If I lost 50 lbs, I'd have to go down a few cup sizes and therefore be much easier to fit.

I lost 45 and went down two band sizes and up a cup size. I think a lot about reduction surgery.

Yeah over the last 10 yearsish I've lost about 20 lbs and am basically the same bra size. I went one band size down and, according to the lady at Nordstroms, the cup size has gone up.

I went one band size down and, according to the lady at Nordstroms, the cup size has gone up.

Well, when I did my wardrobe makeover and was reading a lot about this stuff, there was some weird thing that if you went down a band size, you should go up a cup size. Like each cup size is basically only relatable to that particular band size, so a 34C and 36C cup wouldn't be holding the same volume (so to speak).

there was some weird thing that if you went down a band size, you should go up a cup size.

Yes, that's how it works. Verrrry annoying, let me tell you.

Does the term cradle robber come with a value judgment, meara?

Hah! No, not generally--it's quite possibly even said with a hint of envy. And I say this as one who was dating sleeping with a 22 year old last fall.

You might be a cougar if your date is younger than your child.

Hah! Now I'm wanting to apply these to the GILF (though she's not really much older than me, and her child is 12 years younger than me)

But I do agree with Matt, in that once you're in your 30s, or maybe even late 20s, it's not so weird at all to be dating someone older, even old enough to be your parents. Not that that made me want to date a 52 year old when she asked, but...

I think a lot about reduction surgery.

I'm seriously considering it, but only after I'm sure I'm done having kids, because I want to at least try breastfeeding Hypothetical Kid #2. Also, I'd like to see what losing weight does, because back when I was around the ideal weight for my height, I was one band size and something like four cup sizes smaller. I know I wouldn't necessarily go back to that size, but I'd want to at least see. I actually liked that size. I was still big-bosomed, but not so much so that it was hard to find bras in ordinary stores, and I felt curvy instead of blobby.

It's just one more motivator, really. Mostly I need to lose weight and exercise so I can get my bp down. At my last physical, my ARNP did some gentle tsk-tsking and suggested seeing what getting into better shape would do if I don't want to go on medication. And if Hypothetical Kid #2 comes into being, I don't want to spend the entire pregnancy on bedrest. That month or so last time was more than long enough.

Not that that made me want to date a 52 year old when she asked, but...

Hmph, I'm only 51 and I would TOTALLY date you. Guess you missed out on that bit of heaven, Missy. Well, that and because I am married and all.