Funny conversation with my daughter today

[Sometimes Steffi]

My wife uses a CPAP, and often has trouble getting her mask on correctly. The came up to the kitchen where my daughter and I were and asked me to help her with her mask. She had it orientated upside down. I repeated the mantra, pointy side of the nose up. That's all she need to put the mask on correctly.

Right afterward, I said to her, "It's just like a bra. It doesn't work if it's upside down." My adult daughter (who doesn't know) reacted immediately, "How does my dad know about bras?" I told her that it was easy. I was an engineer and my brain was spacially oriented. She still seemed kind of concerned that her dad knew that much about bras.

To alleviate her fears, I told her that as a teenage boy, we used to call bras "Over the shoulder bolder holders". If the bra was upside down, the straps wouldn't be "over the shoulder" and they wouldn't hold the boulders.

She said, "That's exactly what bras feel like sometimes."

I almost outed myself with TMI. Note to self: be more careful in the future.

[Rhonda Darling]

Steffie, IMHO you missed the chance to shut her down immediately. To answer your daughter’s first question, you need only have said: “Darling, you have no idea how many bras I’ve taken off of girls/women in my dating years. EVERY guy understands how a bra works and how to liberate breasts from their captivity.” She would either be sputtering at that, or she would have ‘died’ of embarrassment. :clap2:

Best,
Rhonda

[Genifer Teal]

It doesn't take much thought or special knowledge to realize a bra won't work upside down. I don't understand why she thought you knew too much.

[RoseReve]

Hello Steffi,
I do agree with Genifer, this reaction is a bit surprising.
Maybe your daughter wanted to have a talk with you about your crossdressing?
Maybe she knows something about it and is asking herself a lot of questions and would like you to answer it, but doesn't know how to ask?
For sure I'm speculating there, but this could be an explanation.
All the best,
Rose

[docrobbysherry]

Unless your daughter and/or wife normally wears strapless bras her question IS quite suspicious?:eek:

[danniUK]

Ok I don't know, sounds like a perfectly innocent response to me, particularly if (say) the family know that Steffi hadn't had many girlfriends before getting married (or something similar).

[Sometimes Steffi]

Steffi You need only have said: “Darling, you have no idea how many bras I’ve taken off of girls/women in my dating years. EVERY guy understands how a bra works and how to liberate breasts from their captivity.” She would either be sputtering at that, or she would have ‘died’ of embarrassment.

Rhonda

That's a better response to a son (that I don't have). For my daughter, it would be "A bridge too far".

But it reminds me of a funny story from years past. There was a mixed group that hung out at the bar every Friday after work. It was called, "Friday Night Drinking". One of the guys boasted that he could unbuckle a woman's bra with one hand tied behind his back. He claimed that he could even do it through whatever top she might might be wearing. One of the girls said, No way." She practically dared him to do it. Being a former Air Force pilot, he wasn't going to back down. He executed the maneuver just as he said he could. The girl had to go back to the ladies room to re-attach her bra.

As others have asked, "Could she know or have suspicions?" Possibly.

I've never talked about girlfriends past to either my wife or daughter. My wife does know about one of my former girlfriends, a buxom blonde, who my wife met on a double date when we were both dating others.

These recollections from the past really bother me. I can't remember what I ate for lunch but I can remember something from 50 years ago. One of the key signs of Alzheimer's.

[Jenn A116]

Being an engineer you could have launched into a whole dissertation about the structure of bras and how they function to support the breast.

[Sometimes Steffi]

I actually did use my structural engineering knowledge when I needed to buy a strapless bra for a strapless evening gown I wore to a gala.

But, thinking about it, some strapless bras might actually work upside down.

[abby054]

You may have a point, Steffi. As an engineer, I have always found it easier and more reliable to suspend soft objects from above than to push them up from below. There is a class of sticky, adhesive bras that extend above the breasts and are remarkably effective.

Having been in uniform in the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, yep, all three at one time or another, I have met guys like your pilot. Most blow empty boasts and your girl obviously enjoys putting such windbags in their place. But once in a while, there comes a guy who has the goods.

A lion met a tiger while drinking at a pool.
Said the tiger to the lion, why do you go about roaring like a fool?
Said the lion, it?s not foolish, nay, it?s wise.
They call me king of beasts because I advertise.

A rabbit heard them talking and ran home like a streak.
He tried the lions secret but could manage just a squeak.
A fox came to investigate and had dinner in the woods.
So before you advertise, my friends, be sure you got the goods.

[audreyinalbany]

https://hugsforyourjugs.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-physics-of-supportive-bra-explained.html

[Sometimes Steffi]

Just what I was thinking, but without the pictures.

But, he is only addressing the static forces (standing in one place) not the dynamic forces (bouncing due to walking, jogging or dancing).

This was taught in Engineering 3-4, an intro course required of all engineering majors.

Also, straps are the primary upward force. They act like the trusses on a bridge. If the straps weren't important, everyone would be wearing strapless bras. You'll have to believe me that by the end of the night, there was the beginning of a structural failure called slippage. In plain language, the boobs were sinking down due to their weight and insufficient upward force of the straps.