Yippee! Well, mostly.
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aidenonymousI spent today in San Francisco and was consistently read as male. I was "gentleman" when buying lunch, "lad" when I looked lost, and "man" when talking with strangers in a bar. In San Francisco, where people are pretty used to differentiating between butches and men! I feel pretty damn accomplished about that. (-: Oh, and I wasn't binding, and I didn't make any effort to keep my voice deep (although at least the first two instances of being correctly gendered were before I said anything), and I was wearing what are technically women's shoes (but they're Tevas and look pretty unisex anyway; I just bought them because my old ones are extremely worn out and I couldn't find my size in boys'/men's). Anyway, still feeling like a success here!
In other news, my Frog Bra replacements from Les Love Boat arrived and leave something to be desired. The size S of this is too big, enough that the elastic doesn't hold it in place and it rides up in the front. I'm trying to exchange it for a different item, since getting it in a smaller size isn't an option, but if anyone here has a ribcage that's about 30"-32" around (and an overall chest measurement no more than about 36", I'd say) and has been looking for something like the Frog Bra for "lite" binding, definitely let me know. Meanwhile, the size S of this is too small, though not unworkably so. I was hoping it would be more forgiving like the Frog Bra, but actually it's pretty damn tight, like a real binder. . . not exactly what I was trying to get, but it will still be appreciated. *sigh*
EDIT: Bah, the Extra Comfort Sports Bra is tighter than any other binder I own, including the Wide Coverage Short Binder I outgrew when my lats expanded from rock climbing. If they don't let me exchange the High Performance Sports Bra for a different model, I think I'm going to try to exchange the Extra Comfort Sports Bra for a size M and hope someone will buy the High Performance Sports Bra off of me. )-; This is going to be expensive, and I'm moving so it's also going to get real complicated real fast.
In other news, my Frog Bra replacements from Les Love Boat arrived and leave something to be desired. The size S of this is too big, enough that the elastic doesn't hold it in place and it rides up in the front. I'm trying to exchange it for a different item, since getting it in a smaller size isn't an option, but if anyone here has a ribcage that's about 30"-32" around (and an overall chest measurement no more than about 36", I'd say) and has been looking for something like the Frog Bra for "lite" binding, definitely let me know. Meanwhile, the size S of this is too small, though not unworkably so. I was hoping it would be more forgiving like the Frog Bra, but actually it's pretty damn tight, like a real binder. . . not exactly what I was trying to get, but it will still be appreciated. *sigh*
EDIT: Bah, the Extra Comfort Sports Bra is tighter than any other binder I own, including the Wide Coverage Short Binder I outgrew when my lats expanded from rock climbing. If they don't let me exchange the High Performance Sports Bra for a different model, I think I'm going to try to exchange the Extra Comfort Sports Bra for a size M and hope someone will buy the High Performance Sports Bra off of me. )-; This is going to be expensive, and I'm moving so it's also going to get real complicated real fast.
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Date: 2012-05-10 06:45 am (UTC)I notice that you're using "backwards" smilies, which I find hilarious. It's mostly hilarious that I have a really hard time figuring out what (your really standard) smilies are supposed to be when facing the other way. There is no inherent reason that top-right smilies should be harder to read than top-left smilies, but the combination of left-to-right reading and, especially, my previous familiarity with top-left smilies, makes your smilies really noticeable. Thanks for bringing this personal bias of mine to my attention! I love that I am now aware of variety in smiley direction.
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Date: 2012-05-10 08:23 pm (UTC)I started using "reverse" smileys when I was 12 and using AIM to prevent the software from turning text smileys them into those emoticon/graphic things I can't stand, and I've been doing it ever since out of habit and because it's a neat quirk I'm happy to cultivate. It's always interesting when others notice (though most do not). I had a little directional smiley revelation, too, some time in high school when I encountered purely horizontal smileys like [^-^] and [o.O].
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Date: 2012-05-10 05:26 pm (UTC)I hate buying stuff off the internet for that reason, I always pick the wrong sizes. HOW AM I AN ADULT?!?!
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Date: 2012-05-10 07:54 pm (UTC)Heh, the last few things I got from Love Boat fit on the first try, but I guess my luck ran out this time. Or maybe the sizing on velcro binders is just that much more forgiving. . .
I hate buying clothes on the Internet, but not as much as I hate shopping in stores. /-: It's why 80% of my wardrobe doesn't even fit.
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Date: 2012-05-10 10:24 pm (UTC)