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#94623 - 11/09/06 03:10 PM
Cleavage after 50
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stranger
Registered: 07/30/06
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Loc: South Florida
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Hi Ladies, I'm inviting you to my blog at boomerbabe1953@blogspot.com to read my latest post. I'd love your opinions about women after 50 showing their cleavage. Thanks!
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#94624 - 11/09/06 03:12 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: von62653]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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Vonnie, this takes me to your email addy.
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#94627 - 11/09/06 06:04 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Edelweiss]
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Some of us would have cleavage (or not) all the way down to our belly buttons. Not a pretty sight.
The mystery of the missing boob blog - there's got be some fun for us in there somewhere...I say we bring Chips and dip while we contemplate where to go with this from here...
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#94628 - 11/09/06 06:42 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: von62653]
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Registered: 01/03/06
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Loc: Georgia, U.S.
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Hmmm...cleavage after 50? I'm no fan of the turtleneck, but I'm no Wonder Bra, push-up, push-in, push-out, fan either. (Think crepe-y breast skin, squeezed up, in, and out, and visible? Not a pretty sight!)Give me some support, that doesn't make me look rather ridiculous, and doesn't block my view of my feet! Let's face it, 50 years of gravity takes a toll on a body!
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#94631 - 11/09/06 08:45 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Lola]
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 753
Loc: USA
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Crepe paper skin! That is too funny and so true! LOL! Jeannine, I agree with Rick & June, that is the perfect description!
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#94633 - 11/09/06 11:25 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: chatty lady]
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Registered: 11/18/05
Posts: 1796
Loc: Daytona Beach, Florida
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I try to avoid my cleavage but it's everywhere. It's even places it's not supposed to be and not in a good way.
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#94634 - 11/10/06 02:52 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Saundra]
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Registered: 11/11/04
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Loc: Colorado
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I love my cleavage after 50. When I was 48 I had breast cancer, and had to have bilateral mastectomies. I had reconstruction surgery. It took 5 surgeries to cut the cancer and rebuild the anatomy. Of course, I'm not real (saline implants) but I have cleavage like I had at 15. It's funny. I hated my breasts when I was 13, 14, 15 because I was a 34 D, and Twiggy was the "it" girl. I always had to wear a bra, could not run for my life lest the breasts fly up and hit me in the chin, and got more stares and whistles than I ever ever wanted. Then, when I was facing mastectomy, I grieved before -hand the loss of the breasts. You see, the bigger they are, the harder they fall, and mine fell to my knees. My plastic surgeon could not wait to get her hands on my old breasts and give me new ones. I said I did not want to be bigger or smaller than before; I just wanted to be in the right place. For the first time in my life I can go without a bra. So, I'm happy now that I have cleavage in all the right places. Except now I need to get my butt back to its proper position, and my NECK is beginning to scare me with its creepiness!
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#94636 - 11/11/06 02:12 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Edelweiss]
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Registered: 11/11/04
Posts: 3503
Loc: Colorado
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I am small boned and about 5 feet 4 inches. My large chest was quite obvious. I don't think one look is "classier" than another. We have to embrace our bodies. I was taught that lesson in a big way while going through cancer. My mother is 5 feet tall. She was a 34 DD. By the time I was 13, I was borrowing her bras because I was too self-conscious to buy my own, and too embarrassed for her to go shopping with me (a teen thing.) She lost a breast to cancer, as did my grandmother, and neither chose reconstruction. I remember when I was in my early 20s and some guy in the office said to me "When you got it, flaunt it." I was so embarrassed. Today, his comment would be considered sexual harassment. Those days, I would have preferred a figure like Peggy Lipton, or Farah Fawcett, or Jackie Kennedy, Olivia Newton-John. Oh how I envied their figures. Oh, another thing: Ds were hard to come by. I would go to Pennys in the 70s and they would sell up to 34 C. Nowadays, it's easier to get bras in D cups because there is so much enhancement. One recent year, 41 of the 51 Miss America contestants had had implants. Anyway, cleavage or not, I think we should do what is most comfortable and authentic for us, no matter our breast size!
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#94638 - 11/12/06 03:13 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Anno]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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I don't have the "wrinkles" unless I shove my breast together, toward the middle. David always tells me when I'm wearing something a little low cut to be aware that men stare and how I always get upset when they do so I'm basically setting myself up if I do wear it. I don't have many low cut tops. It's too cold here anyway! Frozen boobs.
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#94641 - 11/14/06 02:53 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: jawjaw]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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Joan Rivers says she has to hem her nipples every morning so she doesn't trip on them.
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#94644 - 11/15/06 12:15 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: chatty lady]
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Registered: 06/06/06
Posts: 322
Loc: Durham, NC
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Like my good friend Kathy, I surely wish I had some cleavage to show!! I read somewhere where your breasts get larger as you age so my question is, how OLD do I have to get before I see some results????? By then they will probably be drooping down to my knees! Author, Whatever! A Baby Boomer's Journey Into Middle Age http://www.talk2bev.com
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#94648 - 11/16/06 11:03 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Dancing Dolphin]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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Tell me about your shoes. That's my only interest!
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#94651 - 11/18/06 10:17 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Dianne]
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stranger
Registered: 07/30/06
Posts: 38
Loc: South Florida
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You guys are too funny!! I haven't checked this thread in a couple of days so I was surprised at all the great posts. My answer is closest to Diane's. They don't wrinkle unless I push them together to create cleavage so I try not to do that. If I'm wearing V-neck sweater and I cross my arms in front of me the yucky wrinkles show up. But, I have a hard time remembering not to cross my arms!! Since I've gotten older, I'm not so touchy about guys looking at my boobs. In fact, with all the young chicks around I wanna yell out - hey I'm still perky!! Kinda.
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#94655 - 04/17/07 02:59 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: katebcca]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Like someone else said last year (jeez, old topics dug up like gold..), what cleavage...I've always been able to see my feet. I actually never quite understood why women would want to tan their chest area much at all since the skin there is more fragile. There is something to be said for gals, who are a bit more conservative and don't show any/much cleavage....abit of modesty helps in....chest skin preservation. I'm one of them, even in my fittest years (not this year) I never wore strappy tank tops, crop tops, athletic bra-like tank tops. Ladies, remember when you get old and need care...just remember your bra size,ok? My partner's mom (92) forgot hers....she told her son... the wrong bra size..I think she got mixed up with his chest size!!!!! I kept ranting abit how wrong she must be, while we were in the lingerie store dept. helping him choose a bra that she needed. Way too big on a little woman of 5'2" in height. Oh well, he figures she needs a good laugh. He is more than willing to exchange it for right size after he confronts her with reality of remembering the wrong info.
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#94656 - 04/17/07 03:45 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: katebcca]
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Registered: 12/26/05
Posts: 1066
Loc: Deland, Florida
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Might as well put my two....er...cents worth in.. Lets just put it this way, I'm a bit shy, or at least appear to be that way, but mine are the ripe melons, strawberry tipped, perky puppy type written of in cheezey romance novels. Playboy Bunnys move over and cover themselves in shame when I walk into the room. I can't see my toes unless I hold my feet out and my husband has a nude photo of me chest up as background on his cell phone wearing a black leather jacket a v shaped sterling silver necklace that dips just right between and a grin. No bags, sags, wrinkles, loops, droops, or tripping hazards. Yep, I'm blessed that way, and I did breast feed my girls. Just good genes, I guess.
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#94657 - 04/17/07 01:41 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: NewLeaf]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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I just read that sleeping on your side at night can also cause the lines between your boobs.
My sister had a breast lift but not a boob job. They (press) tried to blame the implants on a lot of sickness but found out none of it was true. Other than that, I don't know much about it.
If I wasn't such a chicken about pain, I'd have a reduction. Not that I'm that big (36 C) but I'd like to wear some of these little tops and can't. All of my blouses gap unless I get a larger size and then, they don't fit elsewhere.
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#94659 - 04/17/07 05:28 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: chatty lady]
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Registered: 04/15/07
Posts: 1341
Loc: Sweden
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Interesting question...have a friend that has "fixed" her breasts..she is 60 this year...what do you think of that??? Anyone??? She looks fine to me, I might add.. Natural cleavage gets wrinkly sort of..the lower down you go..but a hint doesn´t matter..does it??? whatever makes you feel good??? AND do we have to HIDE ourselves because we are getting old and wrinkly??? Just wondering.. isn´t life too short???? lots of love!!!! (also hitting 60 this year)
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#94660 - 04/17/07 09:15 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: humlan]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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Anno...too funny!!!
I don't care about showing my cleavage anymore. It's just not important to me to have men staring at my chest and they will, regardless of your age. I want to be acknowledged for my spiritual aspect and the woman I've become. Boobs get you nowhere unless you thrive on that kind of attention...wrinkles or not.
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#94662 - 04/17/07 09:47 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Louisa]
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Registered: 07/06/06
Posts: 1521
Loc: Alabama
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Kate...
From a medical standpoint I believe that augmentation is a safe procedure now. I have had nurse friends who have had the procedure done in the last few years and have been pleased with the results. One thing to consider is that you may need a 'lift' as well as implants to have the breasts actually in the correct location after the surgery. They tighten the muscles supporting the breasts. I think this makes the recovery a bit more painful but gives a much nicer result. Be sure and ask about that.
I don't know anything about the procedure in Canada, but in the states, I would seek out a very reputable plastic surgeon and talk with women who have used him. You may be able to check out his 'track record' with your local medical board.
Any surgical procedure carries real risk, from anesthesia to infection to just didn't turn out the way you wanted it to to faulty implants. You are the only one who can weigh the risks and the benefits and make that decision.
Good luck!
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#94664 - 04/18/07 01:56 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: katebcca]
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Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 1149
Loc: Ohio
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People never seem to talk much about this or even consider it, but I've heard that the surgery decreases nipple sensation. Pleasure for the onlooker, but not for the possessor. Not worth it, in my opinion.
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#94666 - 04/18/07 05:07 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: katebcca]
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Queen of Shoes
Registered: 05/24/04
Posts: 6123
Loc: Arizona
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My sister lost sensation after her lift so it's true.
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#94667 - 04/18/07 06:46 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Dianne]
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Registered: 11/22/02
Posts: 1149
Loc: Ohio
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katebcca -- I get angry when I hear that guys talk like this to their women. He wouldn't like it if you compared his penis with those of other men. And maybe he 's feeling insecurie in that department? I'd dump a man who talked to me that way because it's so disrepectful and indicates someone very immature who doesn't know the first thing about how to relate to a woman as a human being.
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#94669 - 04/19/07 02:22 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: katebcca]
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Registered: 12/26/05
Posts: 1066
Loc: Deland, Florida
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I guess my question is, why does it seem that people think in extremes? Why can't a woman be a tomboy/siren, a vamp one day with makeup and jewelry and cleavage and high heels and flirting away the next? Why can't we get down and dirty and talk like a drunk sailor and be drunk like a sailor if we want to? Why can't we mud wrestle and roller blade and then wear a formal to a Mardi Gras ball?
We don't have to be divided into two camps, the "au natuarale's" and the "Marilyn Monroe's". We can all dredge up men who prefer our particular tastes to someone elses...after all most men are goober heads anyway.
I certainly have my own preferences where men are concerned..I couldn't be with a man with a small penis. Just couldn't, I don't care how smart and sophisticated he is or how much in touch he is with his feminine side or whatever. Its not impossible to find a great man with a great penis and a pocket full of money.
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#94671 - 04/19/07 03:43 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: katebcca]
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Registered: 07/06/06
Posts: 1521
Loc: Alabama
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Kate,
I think talking with him directly is absolutely the best thing to do...he sounds like he really cares about you...and I bet he'll be supportive of your insecurities as well...good luck...
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#94672 - 04/19/07 04:04 AM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: Jane_Carroll]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Well, kate lost in abit in all this, is remembering what your partner finds still sexy about you now.. Instead of focusing small boobs (me), I just prefer to work at still being able to see my feet over my stomache. Figure it's a better focus on my health instead.
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#94673 - 04/19/07 12:13 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: orchid]
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Registered: 12/26/05
Posts: 1066
Loc: Deland, Florida
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Sounds like he loves you, Kate. Maybe HE is the one who is insecure. I've hung out at the gym a lot myself and come to the conclusion, myself included, that most of the people who are "gym rats" as someone else put it, are basically insecure people.
They are never satisfied with their bodies and feel the need to improve and are very critical of other people's bodies. They need the adrenaline rush or the seretonin rush they get from the workout and if they don't get to work out, they are cranky all day and feel like they've missed an integral part of their day.
Where I would be careful and keep my antenna's up is if he starts to put you down to make himself feel better or starts to compare you to other women.
Sounds like you're just right. I wouldn't feel anything but good about myself and just watch his feet. His lips are moving but what are his feet doing? Does he continue to be supportive and loving and caring? I wouldn't worry too much about it. Whatever happens, happens.
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#94674 - 04/19/07 04:36 PM
Re: Cleavage after 50
[Re: NewLeaf]
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Registered: 07/09/05
Posts: 631
Loc: Victoria BC Canada
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Thanks, I think I've high-jacked this post from showing off cleavage (which I don't have) to small boobs :-) He does not put me down ever, and does not compare me to other women. He's very supportive in my getting fit for health purposes. But, he is a guy and a jock at that and knows every muscle name, bone etc. He's a former professional football player and has been working out since he was a teenager. I'm not sure if the insecurity is mine or his. I think my antenna goes up when he mentions my chest.
He buys me lingerie and at Christmas bought me a size to big in that area. He teased me and said, oh, your only a 'B' I thought you were a 'C', he knows my size. (the top just said large, no cup size) I have heard women complain that their significant others buy them lingerie to small (maybe wishful thinking) so I guess it may be the same thing. As I said, he has made mention of my size in a teasing way a few times in the two years that we have been going out. I think it's me that makes a big deal of it. I wish he would not say anything though. Maybe I send off signals to him that I'm insecure about it, who knows.
You are right about the insecurity in gym rats. He is a perfectionist, his muscle tone is slipping (he's 49) and he is used to being buff.(muscular) He has gained some weight as well and is not happy about that. Although he works out, he also eats out alot and likes rich food. I tease him about that so maybe he's just giving it back.
Communication is the key to any good relationship and we both know that. So, if it continues to bug me or comes up again I will talk to him about it.
Now, back to showing off cleavage, if you've got it flaunt it :-) Kate
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