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3 in 10 think their families blame them for getting diabetes; 4 in 10 people say their families don't fully support their efforts to manage their diabetes
ARLINGTON, Va., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Four out of every ten people with diabetes say their families don't fully support their efforts to manage their diabetes, one in four resent them for having diabetes, and three in 10 think their families blame them for getting diabetes, according to a new survey conducted by HealthEngage among its users in the United States.
The national survey, which included type 1 and 2 diabetics, was specifically designed to collect information about how people with diabetes perceive the sentiments and attitudes of their family towards them.
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The survey is the first conducted using HealthEngage's new online research platform, which allows surveys of its 150,000+ diabetics in 176 countries to be conducted in minutes or hours instead of days or weeks. It also provides a unique real-time visualization dashboard of key metrics (including demographic data, medication usage, glucose and other test averages, food, exercise, insulins, and over 30 other data types), which can be used to dig deeper into the data and spot trends and opportunities like never before.
Family as Support Network
HealthEngage President and co-founder Michael Slage said that "with more than 1 in 12 Americans now suffering from diabetes and 6 deaths every minute a result of diabetes complications, it is more important than ever for people to feel that they have the full support of their families, which are their most important emotional support network, in their daily fight with diabetes."
Slage went on to say, "This study shows that many people with diabetes still do not feel that they get the support at home that they need. The diabetes community, both healthcare professionals and the broader industry, need to focus more resources on educating and raising awareness among the families of people with diabetes. HealthEngage has taken a holistic approach to helping users manage diabetes beyond glucose tools. It's time for diabetes efforts to also be inclusive of the families not just the person fighting the disease."
Survey Details
The study was conducted by HealthEngage in December 2012. The national sample included 3,765 adults, ages 18 to 64. An equal mix of gender and diabetes types were included.
About HealthEngage
HealthEngage is a growing community of 150,000 diabetics in 176 countries, which provides free diabetes-specific tools to its users. The tools have been statistically proven to significantly improve the management of diabetes and lower HbA1c readings in its users. Users can also earn points which can be exchanged for rewards by using the system regularly to improve their health as well as answering paid and unpaid surveys. HealthEngage performs research surveys itself and through its research partners, as well as providing real-time dashboards of trends and key metrics to the healthcare industry to provide unique feedback for improving diabetes products and treatments.
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"Essemtec Benelux Exceeds Our Expectations"
Press release, November 05, 2009
Interview with Peter Müller, Area Sales Manager at Essemtec
In May 2009 Essemtec, the Swiss manufacturer of production systems, founded its own subsidiary Essemtec Benelux on the ruins of bankrupt Contax, its former distributor. The strategy has been successful. After only a few months, the new company is in the black and has realized a profit. Adrian Schärli interviewed Peter Müller, the responsible Area Sales Manager for Essemtec Benelux.
Adrian Schärli (ASC): Contax went bankrupt and the industry is in crisis: Why was this the right time for Essemtec to found a new company?
Peter Müller (PEM): It was the right time because the problem of Contax Benelux was its high fixed costs: administrative duties, which they had to pay to their parent company in England. Basically, we had very good people in the Benelux and the market showed a huge potential. This was an opportunity we did not want to miss.
ASC: The new company was up and running in just one week. How was this possible?
PEM: We could motivate the whole team from Contax Benelux for the new company: Tom Van Tongelen, managing director, and also personnel from administration and service. Therefore, we could start the very next day. We were able to take over open projects, customers and existing orders. Customers have even welcomed the fact that they can now deal with Essemtec directly. With Contax's bankruptcy, we have lost a little but overall we got off lightly.
ASC: What benefits did you expect from your own subsidiary?
PEM: First, the closed collaboration with our distributors is very important for us. Second, we gained greater proximity to our customers. Third, our brand is strengthened in the market and fourth, we have realized that if people work 100 percent for our products, we gain power in the market.
ASC: How is Essemtec Benelux faring after half a year?
PEM: Very well ― in fact, Essemtec Benelux has exceeded our expectations. The turnover was doubled by the end of September and Essemtec Benelux is in the black.
ASC: How do you explain this success?
PEM: The team can now fully concentrate on our products, and our presence in the media has been strengthened. The Essemtec brand is now better known in the Benelux and customers know about our turnkey solutions.
ASC: Turnkey solutions?
PEM: That means we can provide complete production lines from one source: machines, process and know how. Essemtec Benelux sells our entire product range of printers, pick-and-place systems, dispensers, ovens and handling equipment. Also, special machines are offered: modified standard machines or customer-specific machines designed by Essemtec Solutions. Additionally, Essemtec Benelux sells stencils from Koenen, Germany.
ASC: The subsidiary company seems to have great freedom in the portfolio design?
PEM: Of course, we are a solutions provider. If Essemtec Benelux believes that additional services or products are beneficial for the customer, there shall be no handicap. For example, the stencils from Koenen are very high quality and fit well with our products.
ASC: It appears as if your competitors are not doing as well. What does Essemtec do better than others?
PEM: Today, customers mainly invest in the manufacturing of small to mid-size series, and this is where our machines fit perfectly. Furthermore, we adapt our marketing approach to the local situation; we do not try use the same concept everywhere. This is especially important in a market such as the Benelux because you need to speak the local language. This allows us to provide our expertise to the customers and build up confidence.
ASC: Do you have an example?
PEM: This October we held a print technology seminar near Utrecht, together with Koenen, the stencil manufacturer, and Koki, the leading solder paste supplier. We had more than 45 registrations and visitors from all over the Benelux. This is an example of how we transfer knowledge and innovations: together with industry partners because the SMD process requires all skills including the machine, the process, stencils and paste.
ASC: What is new in printing technology?
PEM: Step stencils are becoming more popular. If you have very different pad sizes on your PCB, then you can achieve much better printing quality with a variable thickness stencil. Previously, such stencils had to be manufactured by welding thinner pieces into a thicker stencil. But today, Koenen has developed a patented process with which step stencils can be produced in one piece.
There is also news of printing machines. At the seminar, we presented the new semiautomatic SP150. This machine has a very good price/performance ratio and is ideal for small and medium batch production. This printer features vision, stencil cleaning and an electronically controlled squeegee pressure regulation like larger printers. We will premier this machine at Productronica in Munich.
ASC: Rumors say that you will present more groundbreaking products at this exhibition. Do you know more about it?
PEM: I do know more about it, yes. It is true that Essemtec is about to start a new era in electronics manufacturing. I recommend that you visit us in booth 358 in hall A3 at the Productronica exhibition in Munich.
ASC: I will for sure do that. And for Essemtec Benelux, what are the next targets?
PEM: We will grow further based on the positive results of the first half year, and we will further strengthen our brand in the market. Additionally, we plan to introduce our solutions in the solar and LED industries. We are sure that we will be able to enthuse many more customers in the Benelux with our solutions.


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Trench Art from WWI & WWII – the Obsession Continues
I've become obsessed with buying trench art on eBay. I discovered the sub-art of trench art when searching for a bulk lot of stamps or something less exciting. After spending $100 on trench art, I ultimately decided to also spend $8 buying a book on trench art (Trench Art: Materialities and Memories of Wary by Nicholas J. Saunders – 2003). There aren't many books on trench art and this one covers WWI almost exclusively. There is another book, Trench Art: An Illustrated History by Jane A. Kimball (2005), available at Amazon.com. The public and school libraries don't have it, either.
What I've learned about trench art so far is that most of it was not, in fact, made in the trenches. A lot of it was made at safe locations outside the trenches. Of course, items COULD have been made in the trenches, but there is no real way to confirm this. A lot of trench art was made in hospitals as a way to encourage soldiers to recover. Also, a lot of trench art was made as a past time and a way to make money (by selling it to other soldiers by skilled craftsmen). It was rather a commerical effort for some, but also an effort to take something home for others or to pass the time. Most of it is not signed by an artist because it was technically illegal to steal shell casings (they were supposed to be sent back home and recycled). The most common type of trench art is the decorated artillery shell, which I am less interested in. The best examples are from Yser where lots of Belgian metalworkers were fighting. They had the skills to create elaborate designs, like extruding the shell to create a lion's face, etc. The less skilled examples are mere engravings on the shells. After the war, civilians in the war torn areas created lots of trench art as a way to make money and recover after the war. These are usually marked with 1914-1919 or say The Great War. These were sold to soldiers or to pilgrims, widows, etc. I believe that most corseted styles (where the bottom of the shell is twisted to make a better vase) are from the post-war era, although I'm not sure about this.
Of course, there were no trenches in WWII and there seemed to be an increase in manufactured items being sold to the soldiers who then bought them and sent them back to their loved ones, rather than making them. However, I'm not sure about this because I don't have Jane Kimballs book. Grr.
Anyway, I like trench art because it feeds into my interest in the military, war, bullet casings, art, strange religious objects, and offbeat jewelry. The first item I bought was a pin and earring set:
I was totally conned by the soldier's photo on the back. It looks manufactured. The auction threw in the pair of earrings, which look similar in tone to the pin. They didn't know if they came with the pin as a set. There is an engraving on the back that says 10K R.G.P. Google indicates that this stands for 10 Carat rolled gold palladium. My sister and I are suspicious since this looks so dark in color.
This ring, from Korea, seems to be a common style (I've seen others on eBay with a similar design). It makes me wonder if they were manufactured – but this one is the same tone of metal as the shell casings so I'm not sure. There isn't any kind of special mark inside of it:
This is definitely the best deal I got out of all the auctions. It was a $1!! Trench art just doesn't seem all that popular. I've been trying to find Iraq trench art, but without any luck. It does seem like trench art tapered off with time, although my father remembers seeing so many ash trays made from bullet shells during Vietnam that he never even bothered to acquire one. That is one thing to think about on eBay, whether bullet shell ash trays are really from the World War I or World War II or from Vietnam.
The auction said this was found with another bracelet that was dated 1946. It looks like a lot of the other World War II bracelets I've seen on eBay on online. I like it because it is well made. A lot of these are obviously hand done with varying skill levels and the workmanship on this one is nice. On the inside "Myrna" is engraved.
The item below is probably my favorite and also the most expensive. I love breweriana or drinking related items, probably because my father has a large beer glass collection spanning decades and continents. I haven't really seen anything like this. My father thinks it was a WWII Navy trench art item, maybe from the Pacific. It is heavy and well made and preserved:
I've always loved religious artifacts so I couldn't resist this. The auction listed it as WWII trench art, but I believe it is probably WWI from the post-WWI period (1919-1939). Saunders' book says that these talismanic trench art pieces were common during WWI during and after the war. The elevated crucifix placed on a tripod of three shells is a common style in the post-war period. Usually there is a plaque to indicate where in Europe this was made, but this one doesn't have one and there are no marks to indicate it ever had one.


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Jiemian Yang, vice president of the Shanghai Institute of International Studies, analyzes crises in U.S.-China relations: why they arise, how they are managed, and what can be done to forestall them.
[For more than a decade, a fact of life in Asia has been recurrent crises between the United States and China. Most of the time in most ways U.S.-China relations are "normal": stable, positive, and mutually beneficial. But from time to time unanticipated and often unforeseeable crises explode on the scene, threatening to mushroom into dangerous confrontations.
[A key to peace and stability in Asia is how the United States and China manage crises, both those that arise between these two states and those that involve more than these two. In the following article, Jiemian Yang, vice president to the Chinese think tank Shanghai Institute of International Studies, explores why confrontations between China and the United States have been so prevalent since the end of the Cold War, what factors shape the attitudes and policies of crisis management in both countries, and how crisis management can be improved.]
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In international relations and foreign policy decision-making, crises and crisis management are not new. In international relations, a crisis usually refers to an urgent and unexpected exigency that is vital to the core values of the countries concerned. While these features continue to hold true in crises involving China and the United States in the post-Cold War era, there is something noteworthy in how China and the United States "manage" those crises. This short essay examines, first, how the mutual perceptions within these two countries affect decision-making in crisis management, and, second, what are the new developments in their dealing with each other in a crisis situation.
Bilateral and Multilateral Crises
There have been quite a few crises in or related to Sino-U.S. relations since the end of the Cold War. These crises can roughly be divided into two categories. One consists of those mainly concerning the two countries per se (bilateral crises) and the other is related to other parties also (multilateral crises). The first category—bilateral crises—encompasses the political turmoil in 1989, the Yinhe Incident in 1993, Lee Teng-hui's visit to the U.S. in 1995, the bombing of Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999, and the mid-air collision between a Chinese and an American military aircraft in 2001. The second category—multilateral crises—encompasses the Gulf War in 1990-1991, Asian financial crisis in 1997, the South Asian nuclear crisis in 1998, the 9/11 incidents in 2001, the Korean nuclear issue, and Iraqi War in 2002-2003. Analysis of these crises leads to some interesting findings.
First, both external and internal factors play a big role in the attitudes and policies of crisis management in China and in the United States. Both China and the United States are major powers. China is an emerging power and its regional and global interests are growing. The United States is the sole superpower and it has immense interests, which extend the world over, to protect. There is a close linkage between the international situation and the countries concerned, or there is a structure-and-agent interaction, to use terminology of scholars of international relations who are known as "constructivists." This partially explains why there are frequent crises between and/or related to these two countries.
The two governments also have to be responsive to domestic considerations. As a result of the reform and opening-up in the past two decades and more, China has increasingly become diverse and pluralistic. The Chinese government has to pay growing attention to domestic public opinion in its foreign relations. In the past dozen years or so there has been an accumulation of resentment among the Chinese people, especially the educated and young, against American arrogance and assertiveness. More often than not, to be soft or hard, that is the question. In the United States, accompanying the upsurge of so-called neo-conservatism, there has emerged a China-bashing alliance ranging from the far right to the far left. Capitol Hill and various single-issue interest groups often exert strong pressure on the administration to be tougher and harder toward the "Chinese communists." Therefore, when a crisis comes, the two governments tend to be firmer rather than softer in dealing with each other.
Understandably, the two countries are more confrontational in bilateral crises than in multilateral crises because their interests are more directly involved in the former and less so in the latter. Moreover, bilateral crises often arise when Sino-U.S. relations are at their low point. In the so-called honeymoon decade between 1979 and 1988 there was virtually no crisis at all in Sino-U.S. relations. But in the wake of the end of the Cold War, we have had one crisis after another. On the surface, communication had always been a problem contributing to crises, but in essence mutual suspicion and lack of trust have also played an important role.
Compared to their management of bilateral crisis, China and the United States seem to have more success in managing multilateral crises. Both countries have increasingly seen eye to eye on some of these multilateral crises. Whether the issue is non-proliferation or the Asian financial crisis or the Gulf crisis or anti-terrorism, the two countries understand clearly their common interests and take a similar stand. One of the very important reasons is that China and the United States have enhanced their strategic common interests in global and regional affairs. This explains why China has adopted a proactive attitude towards the North Korean nuclear issue and helped convening a tripartite meeting in Beijing in late April 2003.
Confronting Global Problems Together
The SARS outbreak in 2003 revealed another aspect of Sino-U.S. crisis management. SARS demonstrated that the two countries, and indeed the whole world, have common interests as well as common tasks in resolving global issues and combating global problems. President Bush expressed his sympathy and best wishes for China's effort to conquer SARS. The United States also supplied assistance in kind. Both countries are making joint efforts together with the international community to find an effective way to solve this issue and protect world health.
In recent years the two sides have been trying to match up better in crisis management. The two countries have learned a lesson in the past two decades of crises and have decided to strive for better crisis management. The two governments are working at better communication and more frequent interaction between the two governments during crises. Moreover, they are increasingly stressing their mutual and common interests, especially in strategic areas like anti-terrorism and non-proliferation. Besides, both China and the United States have become more careful and have adopted preventive measures in sensitive situations that might lead to a crisis. In addition to official communication, there has been an increase in semi-official and non-official efforts. Various kinds of second and third track talks are indeed contributing to preventing and controlling crises. And some farsighted experts and scholars are studying how to gear up the crisis management systems in the two countries.
Although crisis management is an important part of Sino-U.S. relations, relations between these two countries consist of more than crises. Relations between China and the United States call for more cooperation. Both China and the United States have great stakes in maintaining and advancing their bilateral relations. Only if their overall relations improve can the two countries avoid bilateral crises and achieve still more cooperation in multilateral crises.
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Jiemian Yang received an MA from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. Professor Yang has widely published academic works on international relations and American foreign policy, as well as countless interpretive articles and editorials in the press, both in China and in the United States. He was a Visiting Fellow with the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies in spring 2003.
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Aug 14 2008, 05:54 PM
Newbie Posts: 3 |
karategrrl and i see eleven, thank you so much for your responses. You ladies are awesome, and I love the idea of this alternative electronic sisterhood... My friends are always supportive, but they don't *quite* understand how I feel.
I generally dislike the idea of porn, and the younger version of me would have made a huge deal out of a boyfriend watching/ looking at it, but as I've gotten older, I have realized that the demon lies moreso in my own insecurity than in the man's motives. I doubt I'll ever feel completely comfortable with the idea of my partner ogling other chicks naked, but I know that most guys are going to look at porn no matter what (some are better at hiding it than others, of course) so I just deal with it nowadays. My current boyfriend's specific porn choices, however, seem to indicate a definite sexual interest in breasts, which is why I'm so bothered that he has such little interest in mine. If he were trolling for photos of petite ladies such as myself, or checking out ass-related sites, I might not mind as much, because I blow all of those 1-D bitches out of the water In all seriousness, though, it is becoming harder and harder for me to enjoy having sex with him. In the midst of what has always been such a loving and passionate act, I have to fight away images of him jerking off at his computer because the screen is full of giant boobs. Ew, I wish I could just pull an Eternal Sunshine and erase my memory of said porn discoveries. No one wants to feel insecure DURING sex, it's bad enough to experience such an emotion in a much less intense setting. As for broaching the subject with my man... Admittedly, I haven't. I know that he would be sweet about it, and might pay more attention to the girls upon my request, but I don't think that would satisfy me. I don't want him to feel me up out of obligation or to appease me. I guess I just wish he'd magically become so turned on by the sight/ feeling of my little rack that he can't stand it... I also wish I'd receive an anonymous ten million-dollar donation, so I suppose sometimes we just need to face the fact that not all of our desires will come to fruition. Am I right? |
Aug 14 2008, 11:48 AM
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i may just be venting here but i hope this helps. knowing kinda what you're going thru i hope i can offer some sort of encouragement. first of all i wouldn't feel the way i do or say these type of things had it not been for the girls in this thread that have helped me directly or indirectly. i'm married almost 4 years, have one 2 year old son. i'm 29years old 5'1" and between 85-95 lbs (i really can fluctuate) and a 34 NA (nearly A). anyway about 2 years ago my husband was unfaithful to me by gropping a co-worker's boobs at work. he told me reluctantly what he had done, and i was absolutely devistated and sickened to say the least. come to find out my husband has been addicted to pornography and masterbation since grade school. this shouldn't be a suprise since i've known he had 4-5 sexual partners before we were married. i was a virgin. anyway, i never really had issues with my breasts till i got married. realizing there wasn't much to have fun with i became so very self conscious. then to have him do this to me was beyond devistating to me and my self esteem and self worth and other things. i thought i'd get a boob job to save our marriage so he wouldn't want to look at anyone else etc. but i'm so glad i didn't. among the many reasons i decided not to, i knew in my heart big boobs don't save marriages and relationships. real true healthy relationships aren't about boobs. and boobs no matter how big small ugly, beautiful, lop sided or simetrical (sp?) won't make or break a relationship, and if you think it is/does it's usually an underlying issue. i still however want to believe my husbands answer when i ask him why the hell me married me, small breast and all when he obviously prefers big breast or actually breast other than mine if "breast" were so damn important to him, why didn't he decide to marry some slut fake boob or naturally big boob whore. (that's how i felt/feel) he sais that he married me for much more than my breast, we connected on a lot more important levels that he has never had with others. apparently that's not enough to be faithful either but anyway....i'm getting off track.. i've been obsessing over mine and other boobs for so long. until this thread i realized that no one else can make me happy with what God gave me besides me. i can get fake boobs and hope all will be well but the reality is, is that if we're not happy with who we are, nothing and no one will/ can make us happy. in my last few posts.....ahhhh crap i have to go so i'm going to have to finish my thoughts later....just know there's hope in being happy with yourself every part of yourself but it's up to you darnet! anyway, hang in there and know that confidence is what makes someone sexy not their body. know that you're blessed for having the healthy beautiful body that you do. and say "F*** you world, for encouraging me to feel bad about me." be a rebel and like/love your body despite everyone/everything. till next time beauties!!! -------------------- "she studied the circles she had marked out, and told herself, 'that's life, put up your wards, pace out your circle, fight like hell to keep your head up and your skin intact. and never lie down and give up, never let the bastards win.'" Glenraven 1 (novel)
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Aug 14 2008, 08:24 AM
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Tinyk, a big huge welcome to the group, and congrats on "coming out," ha.
First off, let me say I have a similar body type, so I feel I can relate to a lot of your concerns. As for porn, it's not something I'm a big fan of (because I've seen it wreak havoc on relationships--others as well as past ones of my own), but it seems that men just view it differently than I think a lot of women do; for them, it's no big deal. Remember, men are quite the visual creatures and advertising and porn capitalizes on that primal drive; it's a multibillion dollar business. Men are used to being bombarded with these images and therefore don't see it as any big deal. I personally DO think that sexual "energy," if you will, directed toward any other person than the one you're with IS a big deal, but I also try and understand that many people don't agree with me (including my husband, unfortunately). As for the breast size of women in porn, remember that 98% of women in the industry are going to have large breasts by definition (fake or real) and the ones that are built like us are typically found on "Barely Legal"-type fetish sites. So I wouldn't freak over the fact that the women he's looking at are large-breasted, because porn is largely about overdoing everything--the "more is more" approach--lots of makeup, big hair, big breasts, big butts, women with insatiable sexual appetites, etc. etc. Think of fertility statues they've dug up from archeological sites--they usually are these tiny little figures with gi-normous breasts--quite funny, actually. I think most porn is along those same lines. What concerns me is feeling like you have to somehow "compete" with these imaginary women. There is no competition--not because you aren't sexy, but because they are all fantasy whereas you are a real live women in the flesh who CARES FOR your man. That gives you a huge advantage over any fantasy image, grrlfriend. When your BF calls you "adorable," I wouldn't rule that out as a compliment. In my experience, men can be kind of dopey when it comes to saying what we want to hear. We all want to hear, "Damn, you're so fucking SEXY!!" but often it doesn't come out that way. I'd say to remember that "cute" or whatever is a VERRRY sexy version of womenness. That turns me on in a woman much more than a dime-a-dozen stereotypical "sexy" woman, honestly! As for him not paying attention to your sexy breasties, have you spoken to him about it and made your needs known? Though I've had lovers who were alll over my breasts to where I had to say, "Enough!" but mostly I've had the same experience. I honestly don't know what it is. Maybe by definition we attract men who love legs, butts, or some other features besides breasts, and therefore they pay more attention to those other things? If you haven't, you might read some of of our older postings related to porn and such. Also what helps me a lot is to counteract the boobfest images I'm bombarded with, with images of sexy small-breasted women--think Keira Knightley. We had some lists going on here of such hotties. Have you seen the movie "Sirens?" There's a lot of nudity in that film. I saw it years ago and felt kind of bad all through it because the women in it are mostly large-breasted. There's one small-breasted woman who refuses to take off her clothes all through the movie until one of the final scenes. In that scene, one woman (Elle MacPherson)pops out of the water, big breasts knocking around, then another big-breasted one, then...little breasted hottie pops out (Portia De Rossi), all in her glory with her small self---and I was knocked over by how much HOTTER she looked than the others. I surprised myself with my reaction!!! Think fairy-nymph goddess hot. That, my friend, is YOU. God(dess), I'm talkative today!!!! |
Aug 13 2008, 08:05 PM
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I am new to the group, although this is not my first time poring through the entries on this thread. I desperately wish that I could just squash my insecurities and be happy with my breast size... I sort of always figured that I'd come to accept my 32A someday. *Sigh.* 25 years old, and I'm still tortured by it on a daily basis. I have a fantastic boyfriend who loves me very much and swears up and down that I'm the most beautiful girl he's ever seen (sweet, sweet lies...) I'd like to believe him, but evidence points to the contrary. He is a huge fan of porn, and whenever I've happened upon his un-deleted internet history, I am deluged by images of giant boobs. I want him to think I'm as sexy as those virtual girls, so I try to spice it up in the bedroom by wearing little lingerie outfits and whatnot... The other night, I put on a hot (I thought) red, see-through 2-piece set, gave myself a once-over in the mirror, and thought "Hey, I actually look pretty fierce..." He responded by saying "Aww, don't you look adorable." Not exactly what I was going for. He has never once complimented my breasts (in nearly 2 years), and all but ignores them in sexual situations. This heightens my insecurity exponentially! I am 4'11" and 80 lbs, and it's tough to feel "womanly" and "sexy" with a body that could easily pass for that of a pre-pubescent middle-schooler. I love that this forum exists, it is definitely a bit comforting to know that I'm not alone...
Aug 11 2008, 10:47 AM
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I agree totally, stronggirl. I don't think there's any organized "they" either--just being tongue-in-cheek.
Feel the love, ladies--especially for ourselves! |
Aug 11 2008, 10:05 AM
Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 295 |
Karategrrl, the comparison of implants to corsets, and Copeless, the comment about it relating to profits, are very astute observations. While I'd be happy to see a cultural shift from uber-boobs and implants to small natural breasts, the whole concept of our breasts as fashion accessories is disturbing to me, no matter which "style" of breasts is considered "in". I don't think there's an organized "they" plotting the whole thing out, but I do think exploiting and manipulating womens' insecurities about their bodies is a very real dynamic in plastic surgery, fashion, and personal care products industries.
The only remedy is for individual women to just say no to it - to love our bodies in all their beautiful diversity, to care for them by doing everything we can to enhance our overall health, and to enjoy them and take pleasure in them. My take, anyway. |
Aug 11 2008, 08:36 AM
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www.marygreen.com has some nice bras, too--and reasonably priced. I've bought from them. Their customer service wasn't great, but the bras were.
Aug 11 2008, 08:05 AM
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Copeless, that's an astute observation about the moneymaking thing. I think you are dead-on. "They" try and show us ladies how we "need" face creams, silky-smooth bikini lines, etc. etc. If they can convince us we all need bigger boobies or other surgery to look "right," it's all part of the same consumerism. Of course, surgery--especially surgery which inserts a foreign object into the body--is a much bigger deal than face cream! That's where I draw the line.
Why were breast implants invented in the first place? To make money, of course. The saddest thing is that in the process, the self-esteem of tons of women is getting targeted. A couple hundred years ago, women might have felt like they "needed" a tighter corset or something, but technology has brought us breast implants...wow, what progress! I saw one of those soccer moms at Home Depot Saturday--she was walking past us with her husband, two kids under ten, and her breasts. I noticed immediately since they were just too large for her frame and they really bobbing up and down, and she had some really dark veins on her chest (which, along with stretch marks, seem to be common on many implanted women). Apparently, implants have become quite common among women in this group, who are dealing with post-pregancy and nursing sagginess, and who also feel like they have given so much to their families and marriages and they want to do something for themselves. I am not against breast lifts, but since implants are known to cause so many health and financial problems, I do find that disturbing. Ah, but everything has the choice of whether or not they possibly endanger their lives, wipe out thousands of dollars that could be put toward kids' college educations, and seek to "fix" their bodies rather than their self-image. <Ahem.> On to the bra topic, I ordered several bras from aalingerie.com and none of them fit right--cups too big, even "AA" ones. I had to send them back and go back to my Target teen bras. Too bad, since the aalingerie bras are really very pretty! But that's just me--since everyone's proportions are different, they may fit you well, so don't let me discourage you. |
Aug 9 2008, 03:37 PM
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(reply to a post in which someone asked if anyone had ordered from Lulalu)
I've ordered several bras from Lulalu. No problems. Great experience. Love the bras. aaalingerie.com is another good one. knowknockers.co.uk is good for aa, a, and b sized bras, but I have to say that both times I've ordered from there, the bras have arrived REEKING of cigarette smoke, so I had to wash them before I could wear them. They were definitely new, in package, but whoever packs up their shipments there seems to have an out-of-control tobacco addiction. |
Aug 9 2008, 03:35 PM
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I think it might even be a matter of money, as usual.
First, big breasts were hyped to sell implants & big bras. Now they've got those girls locked in, because they have to go back repeatedly for re-do's. An alternative to waiting for them to get re-do's (for money to be made on them) is to shift the style to small, so that they'll spend money taking their implants out & reconstructing their breasts (lifts, etc.) back into small ones. Also, there is money to be made on women who are naturally large, if they can be convinced that smaller is better. The big breasts thing may have hit it's uppermost pendulous...I mean pendulum... swing when soccer moms started getting boob jobs. Maybe they feel they've gotten as many people as they could to buy into that whole thing, so now they need to sell something else to make more money. (I don't know who "they" is...the surgeons I guess??? Bra and clothing manufacturers???) Maybe it's all just economics & marketing: they'll promote what they need to in order to make the most money. |
Aug 6 2008, 12:55 PM
Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 295 |
Ugh, yeah, gross and scary. And sad.
Have you all noticed the trend toward "downsizing" among celebs with big breast implants? Jenna Jameson, now that British glamour model Katie Price.... I personally think that there's a trend starting, right now in the early phases, but I predict an anti-implant, pro-small breast trend coming up. Which sorta sucks for all those women who paid the price, physically and financially, to get implants. But I do think that cultural preferences wax and wane - it's hard to see sometimes when you are younger, but you can see it as you get older. And this uber-boob craze...the pendulum is starting to swing back. I saw in an article on Katie Price that her husband, who met her after she was an implanted 32E glamour model, loves to look at old pictures of her when she was a natural B cup and prefers them to her current look. So for all of you who stress about your male partners preferring or fantasizing about big boobs, you could be Katie Price - famous Page 3 model with 32E's and your hubby jerking off to your old pre-implant pictures. LOL |
Aug 6 2008, 12:22 PM
Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 714 |
Karategirl, I saw that site before. I think anyone thinking about implants should read it. Did you see the impants that were full of black mold (in the "other people's stories" section)? Or the breast that had a hole in the flesh!?? Sexy, right? OMG, yes. Horrible, just horrible. I think most people just don't know--or don't want to know--of what can happen. I'm not saying it's like this with every set of implants, as I'm sure many, many procedures go as well as possible, BUT (as I've said before), even the best, complication-free implants don't last forever. The new set--and every replacement set thereafter--means surgery, anesthesia, recovery, cost (not covered by insurance), and another set of scars. Ew, no thanks. |
Aug 6 2008, 07:28 AM
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Karategirl, I saw that site before. I think anyone thinking about implants should read it. Did you see the impants that were full of black mold (in the "other people's stories" section)? Or the breast that had a hole in the flesh!?? Sexy, right?
Aug 6 2008, 01:05 AM
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has anyone ever ordered bras from lulalu.com? what was your experience? good? bad?
Aug 6 2008, 12:42 AM
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I so want to design my own bra line. very much so.
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Even more interesting than this article are all the comments. And this is in a men's magazine! One of the most interesting comments is, "In our culture, men desire women while women desire being desired." WOW. I never thought of it that way, but how true. That viewpoint certainly explains a LOT. |
Aug 3 2008, 06:07 AM
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another one I'd add to my list is M.I.A.. Heeheeha! I heart this.
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Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 366 |
keira really is fab'.
A quote on some article about implants that for some reason I really liked- "As a 100% red blooded male they are repulsive, give me Keira knightley any time" (the article- http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/femail/artic...largements.html which I didnt really read properly after being educated on the crapiness of The Mail by some other busties. I'm always interested to read the comments on such articles though...) I think lately I've finally become 100% set against not having a boob job. previously there was still a tinyy part of me(no pun intended) which was toying with the idea. but the small ones are here to stay. woo I_see_eleven- i love love loved your last post:) I've been getting told I look young a lot recently. Words such as 'preteen' have been used. I'm pretty sure my boobies have had some part to play in the whole fiasco |
Aug 1 2008, 01:07 PM
Hardcore BUSTie Posts: 1,011 From: back home |
I'm echoing your "yay." Yay! Keira looks breathtaking in that first pic, too.
And it made me think of this, by Leonard Cohen (it's just the first 4 lines of a longer poem): Beneath my hands your small breasts are the upturned bellies of breathing fallen sparrows. |
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