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Poll: Boob Etiquette

uniquely-ironic posted on May 14, 2008 | views: 573 | Tags: Boobs, tits, ogling breasts
I haven't had this problem in a long time.  Or at least I haven't noticed it in awhile.
 
I was standing in line at Taco Bell behind two guys, one about my age and the other maybe 10 years older than me.  We moved forward as the line shortened and the older guy eye-gropped my boobs!!!  He was staring so intently that I instinctively looked too to make sure one hadn't fallen off or gone naked on me.
 
I caught him at it and he kind of gave me this pathetic little smile.  I know it's not the biggest deal in the world, but I was severely annoyed.  I wanted to do that "they're up here!" thing to him, but he looked like the type who would enjoy the attention.
 
I may have to retire this sweater.  I had thought it was pretty modest, but apparently it's an old guy boob alert shirt. 
 
The really sad thing is that I was more offended that he didn't try to chat me up.  If he's going to be blatant about staring at my boobs the least he could do was at least make the pretense of acknowledging me as a person and not a pair of walking boobs.
 
Ladies:  On a scale of 1-10, how offensive is unwanted attention to the boobs?
 
Men:  What is proper etiquette when you're caught eye-gropping a woman's boobs?
 


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  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    You shrug.  If they've noticed then there is nothing you can say to get away with it, unless you're uber smooth, which most of us are not.  And while it may be rude she generally doesn't benefit from making a scene so you shrug and go on about your day.
  • nytquill17 said on May 14, 2008....
    I have largeish boobs so I have kind of accepted that some guys are going to look.  I think of it basically as very awkward, very direct flirting!  So I'd rate it maybe a 5.  It's unwanted attention so I'm somewhat bothered by it, and it is something of a social gaffe, but it doesn't ruin my day or make me hate the person who did it.

    But a creepy stare like that without even trying to pretend he wasn't looking or he's embarassed...that's just icky and the "creepy old guy" alarm bells start going off.
  • dailyachesandpains said on May 14, 2008....
    It's so weird, but I get all "ICK" about it when it's a grandpa aged man doing it.  Younger men, don't we all just expect it and brush it off?? LOL!
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....

    sean - so you play it down.  Are you ever remotely embarrassed?

    nytquill - I've accepted that they will be looked at too, but the unabashed staring was really creepy.

    daily - LOL, you're right!  I hadn't even made the connection to the age of the staring and the behavior.

  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    It happens but rarely.  I mean about a month ago I was doing a job at on a church.  Funny story, turns out out nuns. . .non-fiction.  Also sometimes habits don't hide the woman nearly well enough.  I was a bit embaressed then.
     
    Generally speaking I'm enough of an ass that I'm simply unconcerned.
  • secretlife said on May 14, 2008....
    i have them, they look.....if they get caught looking, then they're the ones who should be embarrassed. 
    doesn't bother me.  not even if they're old....
     
     
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    sean - LOL you're seriously twisted if you were staring a nun boobs!!!
     
    SL - a healthy attitude I'm sure, but rather than being made I get annoyed.  Maybe I should have stared at his crotch ....... wait ......... guys might think that's a come on.  Never mind.
  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    She was Asian and chesty as hell!  Probably mid twenties.  I mean just perfect in everyway.  Turns out a belt can make even a habit nice and form fitting. I know I'm going to hell.
     
    Also staring at his crotch probably not wise, I mean if you're staring I might just whip it out, worst case scenariou you run away screaming, best case scenario. . well I showed you mine.
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    sean - LOL yeah, I had that thought as I was typing it out.  Yes, my friend, you are definately going to hell.
  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    Oh well.  I've got front row tickests to the Tupac concert when I arrive. 
     
    Edit:  Actually I just realized something.  You've yet to show us a picture of you in this sweater. I mean if we had a picture of you, in this sweater us men would be more able to gauge if you were deserving of said eyegroping or if he's really just a dirty old lech. 
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....

    Lorrie Cramer enjoying work.jpg

    There you go!!  Ha ha ha!!!

    Seriously, I'm not flat chested, but I don't have unusually large boobs.

  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    Cheater!  You're hiding behind a cubicle!
  • Lucytorial said on May 14, 2008....
    I'm like you happy to be chatted up when the boob grope happens, once though a man just blatantly stared and I got so pissed i said something.  Usually I just smirk once of those you are going to die looks, other times I come right out and say, they're nice aren't they? BUT THEIR MINE!
  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    Don't do that!  IF you say they are yours I'll start immitating those seagull sfrom Finding Nemo.
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....

    sean - I'm a smart brunette after all ;)

    Lucy - yeah, I considered using sign language to redirect his eyes, but I didn't really want him looking at me either.

  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    I think I'd like to pretend I can read brail. . .
     
    A smart and pretty brunette would give us a better look, then we can flatter you better.  How can I flatter your office?
  • tizzygirl said on May 14, 2008....
    Maybe I'm odd but I don't really mind the eye boob grope even with no chatting up....In fact I'd prefer to not have to talk to them.  If I want to avoid the eye grope I just wear a baggy t-shirt or something.  But otherwise if I put em out there....they are fair game.  Just no real groping without permission, that would piss me off.
  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    What's needed for permission?
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    sean - appealing to my vanity will get you no where.  Here's a picture of me without camoflage in a shirt that is very similar to the sweater.
     
     Me and my daughter
  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....

    Gotta go with pervy old an, that top isn't really bad at all.  I mean I might give you a passing glance in that outfit, but nto really gropy.

    Darn vanity is supposed to be the best way to get things in life, it always works on me.

  • wombat said on May 14, 2008....
    I'd have to give it an 8 on the scale......I get offended somewhat, but then, I still like a little attention now and then!  I did work with one guy for 10 years, and all he ever did was stare at my chest when I was talking to him.  He made no pretense of not doing so, either.  ( I ended up dating a mutual acqaintance and this guy grabbed me up to him, then told the "looker"  "Hey, these are mine."   I cracked up!
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    tizzy - I was wearing a shirt that was very roomy.  If I want to be oggled I would wear a shirt that's just this much [finger and thumb slightly apart] too small and stand up straight. ;)
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    sean - yeah, that's what I thought too.  I thought I was glanceable but not showing off when I dressed for work this morning.
     
    wombie - a little attention is a good thing.  Don't you hate when they have a conversation with your boobs?  It's usually all one sided ;)
  • wombat said on May 14, 2008....
    (or "two-sided.")   Ha!
  • SeanRenaud said on May 14, 2008....
    I I'm talking with my hands it tends to be a full conversation, not one sided at all
  • bluegum said on May 14, 2008....
    if its done like i'd like to give you a good rogering then its offensive, but boobs are difficult to miss when they are on display and in a que and she is shorter than you its a no win situation fo us fella and if girls sneak a look at the little guy area i dont feel particulaly happy and worry my zip is going south,''not funny uniquely,not funny.''
     
    blue.
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    wombie - I'd like to see that!
     
    sean - ring side seats, huh?
     
    bluegum - if I knew what "rogering" was I could respond, but taking a wild guess I'm going to say this guy was not just giving them a passing glance so some "rogering" thoughts must have occurred.
  • wishyouwerehere said on May 14, 2008....
    Mine have a life of their own, including the unwanted and unsolicited fan club and occaisonal once over.  I like to retaliate by taking an obvious glance at the offender's crotch area - fair is fair.
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....
    WYWH - yeah, but guys tend to like that kind of attention.
  • fearing said on May 14, 2008....
    It depends on my mood as to whether it irritates me or not.  I've just resigned myself to they're males and I'm not sure they can help it.  The most unnerved I've been by it is the last preacher of the church where I teach preschool was an interim pastor.  He was an older man and very nice.  I don't think in the year he was there he EVER made eye contact with me.  Probably wouldn't recognize a picture of my face.  Sigh.  I finally just decided he didn't realize he was doing it.  lol!

    Btw, the funniest t-shirt I've ever seen was on a guy at the beach and it said "Tell your boobs to stop staring at my eyes". 
  • bluegum said on May 14, 2008....

    in the world of aussie slang it means ''humping,bumping and  others'.

    blue.

  • the_infernal_optimist said on May 14, 2008....
    Old guys looking would creep me out, but just a casual once-over (which doesn't happen often -- I'm pretty average-sized in the chest department at a full C, but I think the baby stuck to my hip kills it ;-)) doesn't really bother me.

    ~Infernal
  • vacantmind said on May 14, 2008....
    Well, I use to head up the itty bitty titty commitee so i didn't get many stares. Then suddenly I grew in my late twenties. I like the stares...I don't really want to chat with those men either. I prefer that they just look and move on.
  • diabolicdame said on May 14, 2008....
    I have wanted to vent about this too! Happens to me all the time and I hate it! Especially when its a guy from class asking me "SO what about those genetics notes.. do you have em" and I can clearly see that he's asking the question to my boobs!! I just want to ask guys if they think that we cannot see them staring at our boobs or do they do it anyway?! Would have to be a 9 on 10 for me.

    ps: You look so pretty! :-)
  • Mr_Box said on May 14, 2008....
    If I were to get caught ogling some boobs I'd probably play it off and tell her that I liked her shirt. 

    Of course she'd know I was full of crap and was not looking at the shirt, but the boobs. But maybe she'd laugh? Either that or hit me over the head with something.


  • PassionTraveler said on May 14, 2008....
    I think for me, if I'm wearing a distinctly cleavage-enhancing blouse, I'm inviting the attention. That's the purpose of blouses like that and certainly on my mind when I put one on. But if it's a pretty tame blouse, and I'm in a professional setting, or something where I am not looking for the attention, then yes, I get irritated.

    I'm large (D to DD) so sometimes there's no amount of top, even conservative that hides that, but still, it's all a matter of the situation.

    There's a time to dress provocatively, and there's a time where it's just inappropriate, but either way, the best bet for men -- most of the time -- is to err on the side of conservatism. Steal a furtive glance, make a sweeping glance of the area in which you happen to pass over the feminine mounds, but best bet Men, just don't ogle.

    PT
  • silverwhisper said on May 14, 2008....
    me, when i'm caught checking out a woman's boobs, i usuallly try to be separate from that. :>

    ed
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2008....

    fearing - that's just wrong

    TIO - those babies tend to ward of straying eyes.

    vacant - I think the key words were "moving on"

    DD - you mean you don't keep your notes in your boobs? LOL and thanks for the compliment

     

     

  • lfbno7 said on May 14, 2008....
    Once in a while your eyes get caught on something. Alternatively, if you think she looks stuck up, you can just pretend you don't notice her at all. Make her invisible. Easy enough to do.
  • phoeby said on May 15, 2008....
    i get pissed off if it doesn't happen, maybe i shoulda gone for the larger size implant! lmao! 

    only j/k.. 
  • blogslut said on May 15, 2008....
    I don't overly mind guys directing more than a passing glance at my chest. But I have ample sized boobs, and don't try too hard to hide them, so I guess I've just come to terms with the fact it's going to happen.
     
    If guys stare a little too long though, I do admit I also have to look down and check that they're all covered and not hatching an escape plan.
     
    Some guys subsequently try to chat me up, others don't. One guy once spent a good ten seconds transfixed on my breasts and then opened up with the line "you have gorgeous eyes!" My response was, "I didn't know my eyes were down there!".
     
    My favourite of all time was very blunt. A guy was obviously checking out my chest in the aisle of a shopping store, and his opening line was simple and to the point - "Nice Rack!"
    I was gobsmacked for a second and really had no comeback for that, until he pointed out the wine rack on the shelf next to me, and claimed with a smile he was referring to that. We both laughed. I ended up dating that guy! I was impressed by his wit, he was impressed by my rack, my wine rack obviously! lol
     
    xx
     
  • CayenneMan said on May 15, 2008....
      Excuse me Miss, I was just noticing that tick that appears to burrowing it's way into your sweater. With the lyme disease scare going around I am concerned for you, would you mind if I simply remove it ?  No pretty lady not the tick, the sweater :0)
  • crybabylu said on May 15, 2008....
    I always figured it was a once sweep over, but if we are engaged in conversation, and his eyes never leave my chest, I end the conversation abruptly and leave his sight,
  • quietone said on May 15, 2008....
    No, it doesn't really bother me when one stares like that.. just proves their intellegence level.. The one that bothers me is the up and down body "once over' ... or more.. that is what creeps me out.
  • evil_twin said on May 15, 2008....
    I usually try not to be so obvious that I'd actually get caught. But if I do get caught, I'd probably just turn red and look away and hope she doesn't say anything to me. But sometimes it's impossible not to stare if the woman has them lifted up and exposed for display purposes! I figure they want me to look if that's how they're dressed.

    -Kyle
  • GrapeKoolaid said on May 15, 2008....
    Furtive glances... 

    I'm a window shopper, most definitely... 

    I can't help it, though.  Sometimes they're lifted and separated, pushed up for all the world to see and admire...  And the way they walk...  It's like a dead heat in a zeppelin race...  I need to see who comes out ahead... 


  • uniquely-ironic said on May 15, 2008....
    Mr7 - I think if you're caught it's a little late to pretend you didn't see her.
     
    phoeby - or at least wear lower cut tops if that's what you're after.
     
    blogslut - LOL That is very creative. (wine rack)
     
    CM - points for creativity, but I don't think I'd let you help me.
     
    crybaby - I think we can all appreciate a quick once over, but you're right about not wanting to have an eye to boob conversation.
     
    quietone - If he'd done that I would definately have said something.  That's beyond rude.
     
    ET - If they have them on display I'd be more surprised if a guy didn't look.
     
    Grape - LOL  You're such a bad boy!!!  It's usually a draw, isn't it?
  • GrapeKoolaid said on May 15, 2008....
    LOL.  I'm the one that usually wins.  ;p

    Make a deposit in the old "spank bank".  :D
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 15, 2008....
    Grape - Ewwww!
  • rmuxagirl said on May 15, 2008....
    I do tend to find it a little offensive when guys just stare at the girls without at least chatting me up like you said.  Though it's kind of cute when my boyfriend admits he can't stop staring LOL.  Mine aren't the greatest things on earth, not the biggest by all means, i just think it's cute he admits it LOL
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 15, 2008....
    rmuxagirl - It's nice to be appreciated by the one you love :)
  • Eilan said on May 16, 2008....
    After I nursed four babies, it took me a while to figure out why men were always looking at my feet.

    Just kidding. I have saggy but otherwise unremarkable B/C-ish cups (wish they were smaller, actually) and they've never really gotten a lot of attention. I'm okay with it. Boobs are dumb.

  • uniquely-ironic said on May 16, 2008....
    Eilan - LOL I'm sure it's not all that bad.  Obviously the draw to boobs for women is often less than it is for a man. 
  • queenparanoia said on May 17, 2008....
    well it happens to  me a lot since i have big boobs. i hate it...

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