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Just saying birth control doesn't always totally get rid of cramps. I still get them, they just aren't anywhere near as bad

Really? I hardly ever get cramps unless I'm on BC. Weird.

My cramps have always been crippling D: I'm super jealous of you guys

My roommate dragged me out bra shopping after I complained about how uncomfortable the darned things are. "Well they probably don't fit you right, so let's go see if we can go find some that actually work so you don't wear a sports bra and look like a boy in a skirt all the time!" Weirdest. Experience. Of my life.

So, due to our mall being in a college town that is still, when all is said and done, a rather small town (my school provides just about the entire population), there isn't much variety. We ended up going to Victoria's Secret because, well, that was our only choice other than department stores, and we have really crappy department stores. After getting measured (which I hated, partly because the woman felt the need to point out my birth mark, which is rather awkwardly placed on my chest), I find out that my size basically doesn't exist in this country. "Hm. Well. You'd ideally be a 30B, [but because people in this country tend to be on the large side, we just ignore the smaller people]. But we have some 32Bs that should be close enough. I'm assuming you'll want a pushup or padded bra of some sort?"

Wait, what. Now why would I want that? I'm glad I'm on the smaller side. I can't imagine having to deal with a big chest. I'm a runner, I'd absolutely hate it. And besides, that always seemed kinda... fake to me.

So, because they didn't have any basic bras in my size, I ended up walking out without any.

But seriously. There aren't pants on the market to make men look, erm, bigger. Why are there bras that would do the same to us? It's a horrible double standard, and I don't particularly care to bow to it. I'll just be happy with my sports bras and my one bra left from Norway that actually fits. Maybe I'll buy some when we go there on vacation this summer, since they actually make them right...

Exactly. I don't want strange people looking at my chest! And my birthmark is mine. None of my IRL friends know it even exists, except for the ones in Norway because the showers at school didn't have stalls and I wasn't going to not shower... But anyway. I'm just a little weird about that.

@Cake: Ah! The fun of people spontaneously jumping to conclusions.


@Amelia: It is annoying to have trouble finding clothing at the right size. It's difficult to find size 12 shoes in Australia, even less size 13 (I'm somewhat in between 47~49 European size). But if there's hardly any market for small bras or big shoes, I can understand the lack of common supplies within these categories.
As for making you breasts look larger, false advertising can lead you into an awkward position. As long as they're large enough to grab and not practically plastic bags of salt water, I suppose the breasts would be nice. And we guys got socks to solve your mentioned issue. Not that we'd expect to get picked up by women by using our socks that way.

My friends do the same thing. xd

Then we think of who the father would be all we all scream "DEAR GOD NO!"