022 When bras cost almost as much as the breasts.
After a little digging on the Internet, I did manage to order a bra that was a 34L, hoping it would fit. As my order from Rose was going to take 3-4 weeks. I knew this one wasn't going to be as good quality and definitely wouldn't last as long, but it would get me by, as I couldn't very well not wear a bra to work.
I returned to work after being remote for a few weeks while I healed up. I tried to down play my new breasts with some new tops I bought at a shop for larger women. While they didn't look good on me, they got the job done. I tried to keep a hoodie on as much as I could.
I walked in and there was a definite reaction. Literally my breasts entered the room before I did and everyone knew it. The entire lobby stopped and went silent when I opened the door and walked in. Everyone was staring, speechless. I knew I should have gone in the side door down the hall. I was prepared for this though, I thought through it for weeks as I was healing up. I stood there for a few seconds, mostly to let the shock wear off.
"Happy Monday everyone." I said cheerily and with a smile. Then I proceeded to badge in, walk through the turnstile and on down to my office like I did normally. I badged into my office as usual, unloaded my laptop and other work materials. I tried as best as I could to go about my usual routine but there were definitely changes that just simply had to happen.
Some doors I had to step through at a bit of an angle if they were narrower doors. I couldn't pick up as much weight as usual, not that I had to lift all that much anyway. I got my morning coffee and had the same reaction from the people in the hall and kitchen area. I was being very careful to not knock anything over and to pay attention to what was on the counter before I walked up to it, as I couldn't see it if I stood close enough to actually pick up things.
Just like I knew would happen the word spread fast, the morning team meeting was similarly the same way. No one was going to say anything because we were at work, but I knew all of them wanted to. I managed a team of about 12-15 engineers and all but 1 was a guy, no shock there. As my breasts entered the room before me the hushed chatter quieted down by the time the rest of me got in the room. I decided to address the issue and just get it over with.
"Happy Monday! Ok I am going to address the elephant [pun?] in the room. I signed my divorce papers, and decided to get myself a divorce present. No, I didn't intend this outcome. But it's how it is now so let's just move on with the day as usual. Ok?"
Everyone said yes, I even got kind words about my divorce and a few other business appropriate positive comments and compliments. What was the best though was that everyone on the team offered any additional assistance if I needed it.
Technically I was disfigured and at a bit of a disadvantage or, also technically, a bit of a disability. But I went on and tried to carry on as usual although at times it was obvious there were challenges.
The day was filled with the usual stuff that piled up while I was gone despite me keeping on top of Email.
My boss even stopped by after lunch to check in on me as he was aware that I was healing up from a surgery. He just didn't know what surgery. Well now there was no mistaking what surgery I had done. Very non-judgmentally he offered any additional help or support to ensure that I didn't negatively impact my recovery.
I finished up the work day and headed home, only hitting the horn a couple of times as I moved around in my car. The rest of the day was uneventful, my neighbors all had seen me for a few weeks now and weren't stunned but I still got lots of looks. Not much eye contact though. Which honestly, I take the stares as a compliment so at least looking at me with a smile would be nice. But I guess most women don't react like that. I rationalized that if I didn't want the attention, I would have just stayed an almost A cup and not spent over 2 years getting myself to look like this. Albeit I didn't intend to look as I do now being much bigger than I expected.
Over the next couple of weeks I still tried to dress my gigantic breasts down as much as I could. But no matter what I did, they were just overtly obvious. I was at least adapting to work and life routines.
I had a package show up one day in the mail. I didn't recognize the return address or the shipper. I couldn't for the life of me think of what I ordered. I got back to the condo and opened the box. It was all my special-order items that I had Rose get for me. How in the hell could I forget about this I thought after how much it cost?
In a flurry of glee I ran to my bedroom and started trying on my new bras. Oh my God!! They fit so well, were comfortable and held everything in place. My breasts didn't have that 2-3" sag that they did in the temporary bra. Their shape was perfect, they weren't perfectly round but slightly oval shaped and sat high on my chest, creating the most perfect cleavage I'd ever seen. I stood there in the mirror marveling at my breasts that now were held properly and looked like they should. I tried on all the bras and everything was perfect, there were subtle differences in all of them but all in all they were perfect. The sports bras were fantastic as well, I only needed one and I could jump up and down, side to side, even turn quickly and they were securely held in place. I didn't feel the implants swinging and pulling at my muscles or skin as I had up to this point when I did move suddenly. And the bikini top looked fantastic! It covered an acceptable amount of my breasts with just enough side boob and heaving cleavage to definitely get attention. Hell I bet a low flying plane would notice when I wore this out to the pool, I remember thinking.
A week or so went by and the Dr. cleared me to go back to the gym, get in the pool and ocean. I had no more restrictions! Although at work I was still trying to dress my breasts down. I thought that nothing I wore looked good and I looked dumpy. I finally decided that trying to hide these things was just not possible and again reminded myself that I didn't spend all this money, go through all this discomfort and healing to try and hide these things. I might as well show them off, hell that's why I bought them, besides they were fantastic for my confidence and self-image.
I went and bought clothes from shops that catered to women of my physique, and tailored the garments to fit properly as well. I went back to the gym and lost the 8 pounds I'd put on from not working out.
Life was looking great for me; I'd never been happier. I'd definitely gotten used to these and grown to love them!
The change in wardrobe caused another wave of attention at work even after everyone had pretty much gotten used to how I looked. I'd never had so much confidence and despite how it sounds I finally had self-worth.
Summer was coming, in Los Angeles it's almost always summer but you get the idea, and I was super excited to get back out to the beach! I hadn't even gotten my initial bikinis out of the drawer since my final surgery. I wondered if they would even be able to be worn? Not that there was much to them anyway, they were bought to cover just the necessities, and didn't have any real 'function' other than that.
Chris my construction guy that I played in his company weekend Corn Hole tournament had been chatting with me since and I liked him pretty well, it helped that he was pretty muscular, and above average looking. He knew that I was not ok with sex before I was divorced and he was surprisingly respectful of that. This was a bonus point for him as I don't like being forced or pushed on things like that. He'd been giving me some space since my divorce like I asked him to. I didn't mention I went and had the surgery that made me look like a flotation device. As we chatted, he gently asked about getting together again, this time for dinner possibly. I gladly agreed, trying to hide my enthusiasm, we discussed over text, Friday night. Places were going to be packed on a Friday in LA.
Me
"So where are we going?"
Chris
"Where do you want to go?"
Me
"Oh no you're not going to pin that on me mister. You decide."
Chris
"Well what do you like?"
Me
"Pretty much anything. I love ethnic food and I can usually find something even if I happen to not like the place."
Chris
"Hmmm... I don't want to seem cheap."
Me
"I'm not like that. You can take me to the park and bring tuna sandwiches and I'll be just as happy with that as I would be a Gordon Ramsay Steak."
Chris
"While that's good to know I still don't know what to suggest."
Me
"Surprise me! Friday, pick me up at 1900?"