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4.5
FYI: the 40G has a wider back strap with four hooks, but the 40F has a slightly narrower strap with three hooks.Do yourself a favor and buy a comfortable bra, like this one, that FREES you to move in a healthy way by supporting your boobs, not controlling them or crushing them or warping them out of shape.This is the best fitting big-girl bra I've ever found in 30+ years of looking. I'm a size 16W from the waist down, but I have huge boobs, so I'm a size 20W on top. This bra fits me well in a size 40G on the smallest setting. I've been fitted by a professional and told I should wear a 38, but I'd rather wear a loose bra than a tight one - I'm NOT one of those women who accepts the idea that it's normal for your bra to hurt. The 40 gives me plenty of support, without cutting in after 12 hours of wear. Check & see if Amazon still has free returns on this item, and if so, I'd recommend getting this bra in your official size and in one size larger, so you can compare them & keep the one you like best.Absolutely the best thing about this bra is that it does NOT crush your chest into a monoboob. It lets your boobs be naturally shaped, so you can breathe properly and you have an hourglass. Any drag queen will tell you that smooshing your boobs into a single blob on the front will not help your appearance. You want to enhance the hourglass. Wide boobs and hips make your waist look narrower. Let the girls live and be free with a bra that "supports" them in their natural existence, instead of trying to crush the life out of them in a monoboob denial of femininity.This bra "supports" it does not "control". Nor should it. If you want a bra for running, then buy a sports bra - don't buy one of these and give it a bad review. This is NOT a sports bra.For those of us who are sane and acknowledge the limitations of physics and human anatomy, this bra is as supportive as you can expect while also being comfortable. It's the best combination of the two that I've ever found - especially considering it has underwire. Most underwire bras stab me in the underarm. This one does not.For unrealistic people who want a bra that completely immobilizes a giant set of boobs, while ALSO being comfortable, ALSO being cheap, and ALSO being completely undetectable even under the thinnest of t-shirts, that's ridiculous and physically impossible, so you may want to re-evaluate this and all of your other life expectations.Just to be clear, everyone knows you have boobs, so if they can see an imprint through your shirt or the edge of a strap at your collar because you're wearing a bra... who the heck cares!? If I'm sporting a set of 40Gs, chances are pretty good that I'm not going commando under my t-shirt. Duh. Here's a news flash: Everyone KNOWS you're wearing a bra, so you can stop worrying about it. It's not some kind of giant secret that you need to hide.Also, the idea that your bra should prevent any and all jiggling so that other people will not look at your boobs is ridiculous. Boobs jiggle. It's what they do. Crushing your chest to prevent all boob motion has got to be physically and psychologically unhealthy. Seek professional psychological support if you really think that's something a woman should have to do. That's the same false logic that leads to women having to wear burkas. The onus is not on women to hide their bodies, it's on society to establish that it's not acceptable for anyone to behave like a cro-magnon, obsessed with any aspect of observable femininity: hair, face, leg, midriff, or even boob-jiggle.Young, impressionable ladies, I promise you do NOT have to hide or crush your boobs. It's stupid! You don't have to hide the fact that you wear a bra, you don't have to try to make your boobs look smaller, and you definitely don't have to immobilize your chest so it can't move. YOU are not responsible for other people's behavior. YOU do not have to torture yourself just to try to keep other people from staring at your boobs. Stay away from people who are like that. Bring a sweater (or burka) with you in case you run into someone like that who you can't avoid. But don't crush your own chest and strap yourself in to something painful and uncomfortable all day every day, just to avoid a few people who are messed up in the head. You deserve better than that.
