How should you write bra sizes?

[Smuttyandfun]

I'm guessing more than a handful.

 

[XerXesXu]

This thread has become boring. Time to make it interesting again.

What about half-cup, quarter-cup and outlines? Is there a symbol for those?

 

[encore769]

Love the videos and the interesting dialogue. I've never considered myself "big" in that department but I not ashamed either. This only makes me feel better.

Carol

 

[AWhoopsieDaisy]

How to best write bra sizes: don't.

Seriously just don't. Unless someone is out bra shopping or literally reading the tag on a bra it's not useful. There's so many better and more story relevant ways to describe breast size.

Putting numbers on body parts is just tacky and bad description.

 

[Trionyx]

Putting numbers on body parts is just tacky and bad description.

What? You don’t want to read about the 12 inch cocks?

 

[AWhoopsieDaisy]

What? You don’t want to read about the 12 inch cocks?

I'd rather not.

 

[jaykaythree]

I've written exact sizes in, I think, four stories.

In two cases, the female lead tells the male lead what they are, in the spirit of "You've been staring at them long enough, so I may as well tell you. " In both such cases, the male lead tells her, "In the main, I care less about what size they are, and more about the girl they belong to. "

In two more, MMCs knows how big their leading ladies are, simply from reading tags or the like.

However you look at it, it's a statistic and nothing more -- much like height, hair color, or eye color.

 

[KachinaDoll]

There's a big difference between bra size and breast size. In erotica, I've never seen the point in describing a bra size. Surely, the reader is only interested in the breast or cup size?

The number in a bra size refers to the band size. IE, the chest size under the breasts, plus three inches. So if it's 31” that's a 34” band size. Then the breasts are measured and the band size is deducted. In my case, being very petite, the difference is 2". Using the scale below, that's a B-cup.

Difference 1″ 2″ 3″ 4″ 5″ 6″
Cup size A B C DDD/EDDD/F

So the first figure is irrelevant in describing breasts, eg 34C. A 32C and a 42C are actually the same size breasts. In my stories I use B-cup, C-cup etc

 

[KachinaDoll]

Guys sometimes mistake the numbers thinking a bigger number is better. Take for instance a 34D and a 44D… which fits what you are describing better?

The cup size for both is D. That’s the general size of the breast measured in how far out it protrudes from the torso.

The numbers are the band size and have nothing to do with the breasts themselves….the band is what wraps around your torso. So a 34 would have a torso circumference of 34 inches….be thinner than the 44….

The D size breasts would stand out more on a 34 because the ratio between breast size and band size was greater. The same size breasts on a larger women, while being the same, would not stand out as much.

Hope this helps guys better describe what they are picturing when they write.
Hope this helps guys better understand what they are reading as well

Exactly! I've no idea why people include the band size in stories. All that matters is the cup size.

 

[KachinaDoll]

How to best write bra sizes: don't.

Seriously just don't. Unless someone is out bra shopping or literally reading the tag on a bra it's not useful. There's so many better and more story relevant ways to describe breast size.

Putting numbers on body parts is just tacky and bad description.

I agree 100%. I do laugh when a writer, usually a guy, writes something like, 'She pulled off her t-shirt revealing her 38D breasts." How the hell does her know her bra size??? '...revealing her D-cup breasts,' I can understand, but has he whipped out a tape measure?

 

[KachinaDoll]

I need advice on how best to write bra sizes in fiction. Should it be; 32B, thirty-two B, thirty-two b, or something else?

Don't lecture me on writing about women's breasts, etc. I know about all that. I just need to tell a bra size in a story and haven't found good advice on how it should be written. So I decided to ask some experts.

Why do you need to write the bra size? Unless you are off out to buy the character a bra it's completely irrelevant. The number refers to the 'band size' - the chest size under the breasts plus three inches. The only thing that matters is the cup size, such C-cup, D-cup.

For an author to write, "I gazed at her firm 36C breasts" is utter nonsense unless he or she happened to have a tape measure handy. The cup size can be reasonably guessed at, so stick to C-cup and forget the number.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Difference 1″ 2″ 3″ 4″ 5″ 6″
Cup size A B C DDD/EDDD/F

So the first figure is irrelevant in describing breasts, eg 34C. A 32C and a 42C are actually the same size breasts. In my stories I use B-cup, C-cup etc

They aren't the same size, though. A C cup on a 32 chest is narrower and has much less breastage involved than a C cup on a 42 chest. Given the squishability of breasts, you can have the same size breasts be wildly different cup sizes if the band goes down.

Your 42C breasts are the same size as 40D, 38DD, 36E, 34EE, 32F breasts (amend letters if you have a brand using triple letters). Possibly more spread out, depending on the style of bra, but a 42C desgined to display tits front and center will have exactly the volume of breasts as a 32F, just one on a stockier vs a petite woman.

 

[KachinaDoll]

They aren't the same size, though. A C cup on a 32 chest is narrower and has much less breastage involved than a C cup on a 42 chest. Given the squishability of breasts, you can have the same size breasts be wildly different cup sizes if the band goes down.

Your 42C breasts are the same size as 40D, 38DD, 36E, 34EE, 32F breasts (amend letters if you have a brand using triple letters). Possibly more spread out, depending on the style of bra, but a 42C desgined to display tits front and center will have exactly the volume of breasts as a 32F, just one on a stockier vs a petite woman.

It's no wonder that men are confused. I like my simple life with a 32B.

 

[ruddygore]

Personally, I sty away from using bra sizes to describe breasts. I use adjectives like, tiny, small, modest, or large. In a story I'm attempting to write now his description of a woman's breasts were, 'the largest I've seen outside of a porn video.'

 

[jackal_man]

How to best write bra sizes: don't.

Seriously just don't. Unless someone is out bra shopping or literally reading the tag on a bra it's not useful. There's so many better and more story relevant ways to describe breast size.

Putting numbers on body parts is just tacky and bad description.

From a writing craft standpoint, I agree it's a bit lazy to just refer to a number in favor of writing something with the appropriate punch and flavor.

That being said, erotica is a form of pornography -- one that uses the print/writing medium to evoke sexual, emotional, and visual stimulation. In a world where visual porn has become endlessly prevalent, some readers (and writers) appreciate a shorthand visual reference when describing certain body parts. And in contrast to what a lot of well-meaning writers on these boards might suggest, there are many people who do, in fact, know cup sizes. I'm a boob guy, and I quite enjoy visualizing a female character with C or D cups a little bit more than when I read a story with a girl featuring A or B cups. If tits are described as "big" or "heavy" or "handfuls," I'm all for it, but I'm not fundamentally opposed to the shorthand.

Calling it bad description to refer to bra sizes within the realm of erotica is a bit reductionist. We use numbers when describing people all the time (e.g., height and age). The truth is, some readers and writers appreciate a bit of tangible grounding, as people often project a bit of themselves into what they read and will naturally compare themselves to the characters (for better or for worse).

I disagree that using bra sizes is tacky on principle...but even then, I'm not sure the 'tacky' criticism is necessarily a bad thing in and of itself. Given the voice and style an author is choosing, the narration can be intentionally exaggerated, tongue-in-cheek, or even "tacky." One can make the argument that emulating exaggerated porn can perpetuate the dumbing down of erotica, but I think there's a place for the garish and gaudy if it's executed well.

For myself, I use a bit of a hybrid approach. I always want to write a tasty, satisfying description when depicting characters (I'm writing for my own enjoyment... and am a little obsessive with what I want to be on the page), but if it can naturally make sense in the story, I'm not against using a cup size.

 

[Athalia]

All I can say is that I don't use bra sizes as a rule (although I have made exceptions). When even the bra manufacturers can't agree on what constitutes the ideal cup shape, and what size that particular shape is, how are we supposed to make sense of any of it?

I also refrain from describing penis size in anything but the broadest terms, because it's not just about length, but girth, shape, and (most important) expertise.

 

[ArdentHemingway]

Yeah, 32B, perfect, send her on over. Similarly, you wouldn't describe a V8 engine as a V-eight just to spell out the numeric portion.
It seems that modern multi-cultural usage tends more toward using numerals, even when we were taught that doing so is "incorrect" in many cases.

I will frequently state an estimated cup size without the band size, which still leaves things a bit vague.
In one story, I have a character whose breasts are bordering on an unhealthy size for her frame, and she's trying to buy a bikini, sooo...