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Women Share The Biggest Downsides To Having Breasts

Women Share The Biggest Downsides To Having Breasts
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The worst part of having breasts is Florida.

I didn't even say large breasts. Just breasts, any breasts. Florida and breasts are mortal enemies sworn to battle one another into oblivion until the end of days.


In other states, you and your ladies can live a more peaceful life. Here in Florida, it's A Song of Sweat And Fire Ants.

Ever get tiny little jellyfish stuck under your side-boob? Happens here all the time.

Bikinis should come with a "Sand Lice, Your Titty Crease, And You" informational pamphlet.

Wanna jog? Hope you accounted for the fact that the air is soup and will chafe and cauterize your nipples.

Know what limits your field of vision, making you more likely to accidentally step on a snake and/or gator? Boobs.

Know what slows you down as you try to escape the angry reptile from the above paragraph? Also boobs.

Reddit user Saibotnl1 asked:

"What's the most negative thing about having boobs?"

Now take all this stuff they said sucked, and then put it inside of a steam oven filled with mosquitos. That's Florida.

And Florida is incompatibile with breasts.

Cardio Is Hardio

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"I love them but running can be a nuisance even in a good sports bra."

- [Reddit]

"When I go to work, there is a woman that usually runs on the shoulder of the road. I gasp at how much her boobs bounce. Isn't that doing damage to tissue? Painful?"

- notanotherbreach

"Yes! I literally always hold mine when going up/down stairs so they dont bounce. Running is uncomfortable even with a good bra :/ "

- k_g94

"If it's a sports bra that holds you, it's so tight that it's impossible to get into or out of without a whole team of people like a pit crew."

"If you can comfortably get into it, it won't hold the girls for long."

"Cardio is just not worth all this."

-[Reddit]

"As a kid I wasn't fit enough for jump rope, but now that I'm older and have the big boobies it feels even more impossible to ever indulge in."

- PoiLethe

Literally In The Way

"They get in the way!!"

"Lately I've been getting frustrated with exercise. My personal trainer will say to hold something a certain way and I'll try but it's so uncomfortable because my boobs are completely in the way."

"She has small boobs so she doesn't account for them being in that space right in front of your chest."

- J09Lynn

"My English teacher in 10th grade was drinking water one day when a few drops landed on his shirt. He then complained about getting older and how he never stuck out far enough to get his shirt wet."

"I just sighed."

"4th grade. 4th grade is when I stuck out too much to avoid drips."

- wheredMyArmourGo

"So very much this."

"I refuse to do mountain climbers when my trainer suggests it, she started to get mad saying it's a great exercise. My retort was that I'd really rather not knee myself in the breasts as part of my workout."

"The lady has small boobs and replied that she had never thought of that!"

- Pauliester

Growing Pains

"Probably growing them."

"It hurts, and if you get big boobs young and quickly, it’s both physical and social agony."

"It hurts to grow them, first of all, your chest aches and bumping them against anything really hurts - and since they’re a sudden, large addition to your body, you’re ALWAYS bumping them on stuff."

"But the social aspect is worse."

"Your female family members comment on them slyly and smirk at your response."

"Your male friends look at you weird and you have to realize they see you as more sexual than girls with smaller chests, even though you literally cannot control this."

"Other girls can be nasty and jealous."

"Eventually I learned to manage all this and I like having breasts now; but from like 11-16 I was so frustrated and upset that I had developed them at all."

- Individual_Ad_7523

Two Volcanos

rachael ray boob sweat GIF by First We Feast: Hot OnesGiphy

"The sweat and itch!"

"Also that they're like two volcanos, which isn't especially practical during summers or when you're a constantly hot temperatured person anyway."

- Queen-of-meme

"No matter what I try, the skin under my boobs never cools down!"

- Local_Masterpiece_

"Boob sweat is the bane of my existence when it's even a little bit hot outside - and sometimes even when it's not lol..."

- PleasuredMeatStick

"I hate the feeling of sweat on my boobs. I just put tissue between and underneath my boobs to hopefully absorb the sweat so it won’t start to itch and drip."

- LuckyBugHarley

Technological Advancements

"I STILL am not able to remove them after a long day. Why?!"

"Why can't I just set em aside for the night, all done. Why hasn't technology advanced to this possibility yet??"

- IAmNotLookingatYou

"Absolutely they would. The relief we would get ... oh my god it sounds divine."

"Maybe I wouldn’t be so b*tchy."

- Object_Prize

"I’d honestly probably only wear them for ren faire, and leave them at home the rest of the year."

- AbbyNormalKnits

Double Trouble

"The double standard of girls with small chests and big chests."

"If you have a big chest no matter what you wear or do it's sexual. But for girls with smaller chests they can get away with crop tops or v necks or even swim suits."

- BigBunsLittleBunbun

"Lol the bigger girls who spent their entire grade school years getting sent to the principal's office for breaking dress code will agree with you."

"Loose shirts will tent and billow up in the wind as you walk-- dress coded."

"Tight shirts that don't tent but cling to your chest-- dress coded."

"And don't even think about anything but a crew neckline, or you'll be dress coded again."

- cryptic-coyote

"Exactly!"

"I always got in trouble for wearing dresses in school, but skinny Minnie wearing something even worse gets by no problem just because she doesn't fill it out the way I do."

- APD2269

Expensive

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"They're expensive."

"Bras are expensive and you need regular bras, sports bras, probably something special like a strapless or low back if you have a special occasion or something."

"And don't even get me started on women's healthcare ..."

- SailorSpoon11

"Stage 4 breast cancer patient here, and it costs me about an extra $5000/yr to stay alive if everything goes well."

- insertcaffeine

"I just stopped breastfeeding and none of my bras fit anymore."

"I’ve just been wearing sports bras every day because I don’t even know what cup size I am anymore and I don’t want to spend a fortune replacing all of my bras."

- kaytay3000

"Plus if you choose not to wear bras for any number of reasons, you’re treated as deviant or an acceptable target of inappropriate attentions."

- letsjumpintheocean

Getting Comfortable

"Laying on your stomach can be tricky."

- ChadweenaThundervag

"Laying on your back can be tricky as well."

"And on your side."

"Just laying in general with big boobs is a hassle."

- Skkaj225

"Am guy."

"However women in my life have found it difficult to get a decent back massage because of this. I've seen plenty of massage tables with head holes, but none with boob support..."

- DeluxeWafer

"Semi-suffocating yourself on the beach while trying to get some sun on your back is fun."

- Miikami

Either Or

"The fact that I look like a walking refrigerator if I wear a loose fitting top, as it billows shapelessly around my body in an odd fabric rectangle."

"But if I wear something form fitting, I look like a lady of the night and am treated as such."

- batchofbetterbutter

"OMG this !!"

"I feel like all my girlfriends around me have such a fashion sense and can wear things with such grace but I always look as you’ve described. Like either I look like a couch pillow or Jessica Rabbit."

"Sometimes I just want to cut them off honestly."

- octokisu

"Yeah I’ve been wanting a reduction since a was a teen because of the back pain and catcalling, and many people I know with a bigger chest feel the same way."

- didithedragon

"I had no idea women hated their boobs so much! It honestly is shining a light on an idea I have never thought of."

- Peter_the_pear

Attempted Murder

Black Woman Breast Cancer Awareness GIF by Know Your GirlsGiphy

"They might try to kill me."

"Breast cancer runs in my family and I have to have my first mammogram this year at 36."

"My mom was negative for both BRCA genes but there are 6 others they’ve discovered since she had cancer that we haven’t been tested for."

"Insurance won’t cover me to test unless she tests positive for one."

- Outrageous-Proof4630

"Fun fun fun."

"My mom died from breast cancer at 46. I started getting mammograms at 34."

"Luckily, I took the BRCA test and was negative."

- lil_ho_on_da_prairie

It's Constant

"Constantly being sexualized."

"I’m the least sexual person but people assume I’m super sexual because of my body. And I hate it"

- Plus_Bison_7091

"Yup, I'm ace and I honestly just want them chopped off to be rid of the constant sexualization of my body."

"It makes me really uncomfortable."

- zapsquad

"My friend in elementary school had a condition where she went into puberty super early and had large breasts by 3rd grade."

"We would walk together to elementary school every morning and get cat called a lot, but we were too afraid to tell our parents because we thought they wouldn't let us walk together anymore."

"She would have teachers make comments about them."

"When we were older she talked about how insanely awful and alienating it made her feel growing up. Her younger sister had the same condition, but went on puberty blockers for it."

- gentlybeepingheart

Destroyed

"These pendulous bags of hell have destroyed my back."

"Even a decade after a reduction surgery, I remain in daily pain. And now as an added bonus they get to be misshapen, scarred horribly, and completely useless for raising a baby."

- Originalluff

"I didn’t realize how heavy they are until I got together with girl with big boobs and woooooow they are heavy!"

- I_love_pillows

"I got C cups in fifth grade and those f*ckers went all the way to G by senior year."

"My posture was/is awful and I've felt like an old woman since I was a teenager. I don't even want babies, so they're never actually gonna be useful either."

- Rozeline

See what I mean?

They're kind of awful once they hit a certain size, and that size is pretty much ANY size if you're in Florida.

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Let's get one thing straight: no one is normal. We're all weird in our own ways, and that is actually normal.

Of course, that doesn't mean we don't all have that one strange trait or quirk that outweighs all the other weirdness we possess.

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I also didn't know the name Sarah when I created her, so that came later. I know she's not really there, hence the term 'imaginary friend,' but she's kind of always been around. We all have conversations in our heads; mine are with Sarah. She keeps me on task and efficient.

My mom thinks I'm crazy that I still have an imaginary friend, and writing about her like this makes me think I may actually be crazy, but I don't mind. As I said, we're all weird, and we all have that one trait that outweighs all the other weirdness.

Redditors know this all too well and are eager to share their weird traits.

It all started when Redditor Isitjustmedownhere asked:

"Give an example; how weird are you really?"

Monsters Under My Bed

"My bed doesn't touch any wall."

"Edit: I guess i should clarify im not rich."

– Practical_Eye_3600

"Gosh the monsters can get you from any angle then."

– bikergirlr7

"At first I thought this was a flex on how big your bedroom is, but then I realized you're just a psycho 😁"

– zenOFiniquity8

Can You See Why?

"I bought one of those super-powerful fans to dry a basement carpet. Afterwards, I realized that it can point straight up and that it would be amazing to use on myself post-shower. Now I squeegee my body with my hands, step out of the shower and get blasted by a wide jet of room-temp air. I barely use my towel at all. Wife thinks I'm weird."

– KingBooRadley

Remember

"In 1990 when I was 8 years old and bored on a field trip, I saw a black Oldsmobile Cutlass driving down the street on a hot day to where you could see that mirage like distortion from the heat on the road. I took a “snapshot” by blinking my eyes and told myself “I wonder how long I can remember this image” ….well."

– AquamarineCheetah

"Even before smartphones, I always take "snapshots" by blinking my eyes hoping I'll remember every detail so I can draw it when I get home. Unfortunately, I may have taken so much snapshots that I can no longer remember every detail I want to draw."

"Makes me think my "memory is full.""

– Reasonable-Pirate902

Same, Same

"I have eaten the same lunch every day for the past 4 years and I'm not bored yet."

– OhhGoood

"How f**king big was this lunch when you started?"

– notmyrealnam3

Not Sure Who Was Weirder

"Had a line cook that worked for us for 6 months never said much. My sous chef once told him with no context, "Baw wit da baw daw bang daw bang diggy diggy." The guy smiled, left, and never came back."

– Frostygrunt

Imagination

"I pace around my house for hours listening to music imagining that I have done all the things I simply lack the brain capacity to do, or in some really bizarre scenarios, I can really get immersed in these imaginations sometimes I don't know if this is some form of schizophrenia or what."

– RandomSharinganUser

"I do the same exact thing, sometimes for hours. When I was young it would be a ridiculous amount of time and many years later it’s sort of trickled off into almost nothing (almost). It’s weird but I just thought it’s how my brain processes sh*t."

– Kolkeia

If Only

"Even as an adult I still think that if you are in a car that goes over a cliff; and right as you are about to hit the ground if you jump up you can avoid the damage and will land safely. I know I'm wrong. You shut up. I'm not crying."

– ShotCompetition2593

Pet Food

"As a kid I would snack on my dog's Milkbones."

– drummerskillit

"Haha, I have a clear memory of myself doing this as well. I was around 3 y/o. Needless to say no one was supervising me."

– Isitjustmedownhere

"When I was younger, one of my responsibilities was to feed the pet fish every day. Instead, I would hide under the futon in the spare bedroom and eat the fish food."

– -GateKeep-

My Favorite Subject

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"It was summer, the bar had its windows open. Our group hit it off with a group of young ladies, We were all chatting and having a good time. I was talking to one of these girls, my buddy was behind her facing away from me talking to a few other people."

"A cloudless sulphur flies in and lands on little thing that holds coasters."

"Cue Jordan Peele sweating gif."

"The girl notices my tension, and asks if I am looking at the leaf. "Actually, that's a lepidoptera called..." I looked at the back of my friend's head, he wasn't looking, "I mean a butterfly..." I poked it and it spread its wings the girl says "oh that's a BUG?!" and I still remember my friend turning around slowly to look at me with chastisement. The ONE thing he told me not to do."

"I was 21, and was completely not aware that I already had a rep for being an oddball. It got worse from there."

– Phormicidae

*Teeth Chatter*

"I bite ice cream sometimes."

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Never Speak Of This

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More Than Super Hearing

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Evened Up

"Whenever I say a word and feel like I used a half of my mouth more than the other half, I have to even it out by saying the word again using the other half of my mouth more. If I don't do it correctly, that can go on forever until I feel it's ok."

"I do it silently so I don't creep people out."

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Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.

Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?

But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.

It would be so great to be sure there is something else.

But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.

Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:

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Sensations

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"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."

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Take Me Back

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The Fog

"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."

"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."

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Through the Walls

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The King Of Pop

"Michael Jackson writing the music for Sonic 3."

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The Truth Comes Out

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"Fast forward 12 years to 2010 and Wynalda admits it’s true. The coach then came out and admitted it was why he dropped Harkes, but that he’d planned to keep the secret as long as Wynalda did."

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Video Evidence

"The Tim Burton Hansel and Gretel that aired once on halloween in the 80's."

"I heard for years that it was fake but I knew it was real because my dad recorded everything in the 80s and he recorded that. We let a good friend of ours borrow it and switch it over from VHS to DVD and soon after that it made its way on to the internet , and there it is now. I know it's our copy because the tracking in the beginning is screwed up. Still have the VHS."

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The Movie Business

"That North Korea hacked Sony Pictures because of The Interview movie."

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"My partner worked on that movie and the production bought all the crew 1 year of an identity theft tracking service."

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Keep Away From The Ears Of Kids

"Some banned episodes or scenes of cartoons."

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Yes, It's True

"Echelon, a massive electronic espionage system by the US and allies to intercept all electronic messages, especially emails."

"In the mid-nineties it was a topic on conspiracy BBS boards. A lot of people in my bubble at the time (mainly uni students in Europe) were including fake threats to the US in the their email signatures as a way to "protest" and "fill the system with false alarms" (obviously useless)."

"Then, in 1999-2000 came out to be true and a lot of security service agencies from UK and other US allies started to admit they were part of the espionage network."

– latflickr

How The Mighty Fell

"John Edward’s love child."

– ACam574

"A reminder that he was cheating on his wife while she was hospitalized for cancer treatment."

– Fanclock314

Ugh...

"Carrie Fisher's heart attack. Some a**hole who was on the same flight was livetweeting the whole medical emergency and justified it by insisting she was just making sure the family was informed."

– everylastlight

It Actually Happened

"Every year around her birthday there was a rumor that Betty White died. When I heard she died, I scoffed, saying that dumb rumor is back.... then saw it on the news. I was in shock."

– Known-Committee8679

"The fact that Betty died literally right before she turned 100 is such a Betty White way to go out."

– Paganigsegg

Big Actor, Small Roles

"I distinctly remember some rumors about the reason why Bruce Willis was taking so many roles in sh*tty movies before it was announced he has dementia."

– KampferMann

"RedLetterMedia did a deep dive on his recent movie activity to try and work out why exactly he was taking part in basically scam-movies. They noticed he had an earpiece in one of the scenes and joked that the director was feeding him lines. I remember they even disclaimed over the rumours at the time, and possible made a follow-up vid when it was revealed to the public."

– CardinalCreepia

What To Do Next?

"That the writer of LOST were making it up as they went."

"Turned out to be absolutely true."

– homarjr

That last one was kind of obvious!

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