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Contributor: ViVix ViVix
Quote:
Originally posted by Rossie
Not all boobs will sag. I'm an A cup and I do a bunch of stretching exercise daily, I'm forty-eight years old and my boobs are still perky as ever.
I was told by my Doctor that all boobs sag, which is why I said this. I don't know if you've had kids or things like that, and I definitely don't have experience with A cups. Just in general, gravity, weight changes, etc. all make boobs sag, so it's super common.
03/31/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
Quote:
Originally posted by Errant Venture
My pencil didn't stick. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that I don't have breasts, but why quibble over such trivialities?
I was typing a "ROFL" until I got worried that you might be a breast cancer survivor or something. Now that I've seen that you're a man in your profile, I feel better about my initial response.
03/31/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
My mother is like a AA cup bra (which is smaller than an A) and she's in her 60s. Her's don't sag. Really. She always wears a bra, but they are as perky as a 16 year olds'. There isn't enough fat in her breasts to cause them to fall much.

All women have almost the same amount of glandular and ductal tissue (women who have breastfed have slightly more ductual tissue, even after their babies have weaned) the size of the breast is made different by the amount of fat and its distribution.

Also, many women have "fibrocystic" breasts. This used to be considered "a disease" but as more than 50% of the female population has this; breasts with heavy, thick tissue and are kind of "lumpy" it isn't considered a "disease" anymore. Fibrocycstic breasts do tend to be heavier, so a women with a fibro heavy breast is going to feel thicker and heavier than a women with the same cup size whose fibrous tissue is lesser.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Tuesday Tuesday
Quote:
Originally posted by rocker-guy
Never heard of it,but boobs don't make a woman they are just a part of a woman.As far as size goes to most guys its nowhere near ever being a dealbreaker.Lastly,the y may tend to sag with age but IMO women get better with age.
I love you.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Tuesday Tuesday
I almost checked that I have pecs, not breasts because I do have more pec muscle than breast tissue. I work out and am pretty flat. The plus is that I don't sag one bit.

The pencil test was to determine if you needed a bra. At least that's what I heard in elementary school.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
Quote:
Originally posted by rocker-guy
Never heard of it,but boobs don't make a woman they are just a part of a woman.As far as size goes to most guys its nowhere near ever being a dealbreaker.Lastly,the y may tend to sag with age but IMO women get better with age.
Awe you are sweet!
03/31/2012
Contributor: Various Various
I roll two kids deep, the pencil wouldn't have a chance of getting away.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Lickable Lollie Lickable Lollie
My boobs aren't saggy, they are big lol
03/31/2012
Contributor: joja joja
Actually this was originally a test of whether you need a bra or not. If the pencil doesn't stick, you shouldn't need to wear one.
03/31/2012
Contributor: ghalik ghalik
Stays under one, falls on the other. They're actually the same size, it's my ribcage that's weirdly asymmetrical.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Khanner Khanner
I always heard you had to put the pencil in horizontally.

I don't really have an "underside" to my boobs just yet. It fell.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Clubbinseals Clubbinseals
just pects sorry.
03/31/2012
Contributor: lacybutton lacybutton
Quote:
Originally posted by Nora
Natural DDD's here too, the pencil has stuck since I was in high school! Not only did it "stick" it completely disappears!
Hahaha yeah, there was no need for me to even try. Mine are Cs but that pencil would disappear underneath them!
03/31/2012
Contributor: TransMarc TransMarc
Using a pen, no bras, not having worn any bra the whole week as it makes me dysphoric, small B-cup on a skinny person, 19-years-old having breasts since 12-13-years-old:
With t-shirt on over it: it stuck.
Without t-shirt: it stay there a second and then fall.
Also, I was a bit sweaty. I guess it depends as much on your body-type as it does on your things' sagginess and on a lot of other factors too, so who's to say I added a lot of useless details in this post?
That was fun to try. Already done the test with a normal pencil naked a few years ago and it fell.
Now I feel like a weirdo.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
Quote:
Originally posted by ViVix
I was told by my Doctor that all boobs sag, which is why I said this. I don't know if you've had kids or things like that, and I definitely don't have experience with A cups. Just in general, gravity, weight changes, etc. all make boobs ... more
I have two kids. Maybe mine are too small to experience sagging. P'Gell and Tuesday's comments says it all.
03/31/2012
Contributor: HannahPanda HannahPanda
Mine sag a lot, in my opinion, and I'm 19 years old. Our bodies are all different
03/31/2012
Contributor: Lady Bear Lady Bear
It stayed but not worried about it.
03/31/2012
Contributor: Katelyn Katelyn
Quote:
Originally posted by Nora
Natural DDD's here too, the pencil has stuck since I was in high school! Not only did it "stick" it completely disappears!
Haha! I love it, I think boobs are amazing, the more pencils the better!!
04/08/2012
Contributor: True Pleasures True Pleasures
I remember something about a pencil test. It wasn't to test if your breasts are saggy, though. I think it had something to do with fitting a certain brand of bras.. That was a long time ago, though.
04/08/2012
Contributor: Raigne Raigne
Stuck under one, not under the other. Latter's a B, the other's somewhere in between a B and a C. Pain in the ass to find bras, let me tell you.
04/09/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
Quote:
Originally posted by ViVix
When I was younger, I heard that if you stuck a regular pencil (like the #2 pencils) under your breast, eraser side up, and it stuck, your breasts were saggy. I realize this may have just been a silly thing that was made up, but what are your pencil ... more
Mine don't sag, are pretty small and would probably still hold a pencil. It doesn't mean they sag, it just means that you have a lump there, also known as a breast. The only way a pencil would not stick would be if the lump were too flat to hold it. It would only determine that you do, in fact, have breasts and are a natural woman. It doesn't mean they sag.
04/09/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
Hon, I've had three kids.... I'm not doin' this. Women my age who are multiparas always are able to hold that pencil there.

That's why I wear bras.

The thing is, My Man LOVES them. And, I love them. That's good enough for me.
I was going to say the same thing! I have three kids..I KNOW it would stay...so I don't need to even try
04/09/2012
Contributor: MistressDandelion MistressDandelion
What if your breasts are too small to even see somewhere to stick the pen in? :/
04/09/2012
Contributor: Darklyvan Darklyvan
Quote:
Originally posted by ViVix
When I was younger, I heard that if you stuck a regular pencil (like the #2 pencils) under your breast, eraser side up, and it stuck, your breasts were saggy. I realize this may have just been a silly thing that was made up, but what are your pencil ... more
Thankfully the pencil has no way to stay, being a man that would be embarrassing.
04/27/2012
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
I have pecks, so that disqualifies me
04/27/2012
Contributor: Llahsram Llahsram
I'm a dude.....and a skinny dude at that.
04/27/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
Quote:
Originally posted by joja
Actually this was originally a test of whether you need a bra or not. If the pencil doesn't stick, you shouldn't need to wear one.
I thought this as well! I mentioned it before in a different thread about wearing bras.
04/27/2012
Contributor: brooketacular brooketacular
Lol! I'm not going to try it, but I love old weird stories like this.
05/31/2012
Contributor: cryinglightning86 cryinglightning86
When I was a kid, I didn't hear that your boobs were saggy if the pencil stuck. Instead, we did the pencil test to see if our breasts were considered large - if you passed the test and the pencil stuck, then you were considered well-endowed. I was kind of confused, therefore, that my left breast just *barely* passed the test while my right one failed. Basically, this is pretty much how I discovered that I'm actually quite asymmetrical, haha.
07/16/2012
Contributor: G&L G&L
I've never heard of this before.
07/16/2012