Breast obsessed boyfriend wants me to get implants / Gabby would have titled it: Should I spend money on implants or therapy?

Dear Abby: My boyfriend is obsessed with large breasts and constantly "hints" that I should enlarge my 34Cs. Lately he has been coming home late and telling me that he's been working overtime, when I know for a fact that he's been hanging out with his ex-girlfriend, a stripper with 38DDs. I love my boyfriend and don't want to lose him, but I'm not sure about enlargement. If it's the only way I can get him away from her, I guess I'll do it. What do you think Abby? —NOT BUSTY ENOUGH IN PHILLY

Abby's Reply:

DEAR NOT ENOUGH: Rather than enlarging your breasts to satisfy his obsession, you'd be better served to enlarge your circle of boyfriends. —Abby

Gabby's Reply:

Hi Not Enough: Most would say that you can't lose him because you don't have* him now. The relationship is all over but the drama. You've got far more serious problems. You are in fact addicted to abuse. At some level there's a genius at work here because you are reaching out for help; you're simply confused about the source of your problems.

You're trying to hold on to a boy whom you don't inspire to be truthful or faithful, one who is stuck in sexist woman-demeaning behaviors—and, you're seriously thinking of further rewarding this behavior? Something is definitely wrong with this scenario.

Here's my advice. Get them enlarged and go through the drama of discovering that he was only part of your downward spiral, of doing whatever it takes to further upset your parents, to the point where you know for sure you need therapy. I say further because it's for certain he's not what your parents had in mind when you were a precious 5-year-old who would do anything to please them.

You might ask why would I advise you to alter your physical appearance for what most would agree is a relationship going nowhere. Because, I believe it's also the advice you'd be automatically driven to take if your parents advised against both the implants and him. It's also because my sense tells me that's what you're going to do. Your question sounds like a setup. Later, when you've crashed and burned, you'll use your "mistake" as proof of how screwed up your thinking is. You'll find yourself saying to him, with sincere victim eyes, "Look at all I've done for you. Why do you treat me this way?"

I'm thinking you simply don't have the ability to walk away from the relationship. Your neediness, coupled with your addiction to abuse, setting him up to lie to you, extends to self-mutilation. I'd advise you to get therapy but part of your addiction is to take as many down with you as possible, to include making sure a therapist fails with you, and, ignoring a columnist's advice.

One downside of getting implants is that when your relationship with him is over you'll only be attractive to a small percentage of the available single men, those who have no problem with disproportionately large, bulging, hard, unnatural implants. Some might say that you'll only be attractive to those men for whom their first impression of a woman is as a sex object. You'll never be certain if they like you for who you are or for your breasts.

There are millions of men and, millions of women who are automatically put off by implants. It's not that they simply don't find them attractive, they find them repulsive; such thoughts (judgments) withheld serve as barriers to communication. A woman who isn't satisfied with the way she is, one who can't choose for things to be the way they are, has not addressed the fundamental cause of her dissatisfaction in life. Big fake boobs do not replace Dissatisfaction-Counseling, instead they cover up the fundamental problem. Worse yet, the woman must lie to herself for life, that they look better and that she feels better about herself. Underneath it all, in the quiet of her mind, she knows the truth, that she bought into the media's illusion of beauty. I suspect they cause unconscious disrespect and divisive us/them.

Women who come upon large breasts through surgery do not carry them totally naturally or comfortably (I use the word "totally" here for emphasis). They are forever playing catch up, trying to act comfortable and sexy with silicone pouches stuffed under their skin—not unlike a man night-clubbing with socks stuffed in his underwear. A naturally endowed woman has had millions of eyes looking at her breasts. Through this lifetime of experiences she has developed a natural way of carrying herself. A woman who comes upon large breasts late in life can't begin to amass the natural confidence that comes from carrying them for a lifetime.** For life, thereafter, they are equally as self-conscious as they were when smaller-chested, and, they have far more thoughts and conversations about their breasts than do other women. Their breasts become conversation topics (often as objects of uncomplimentary gossip behind their back) sticking out like pop-up ads on a website, they become the first thing another sees and unfortunately judges. Some people (men and women) even look upon such a woman as pathetic.

Most plastic surgeons don't have the integrity to insist upon a size smaller than what the woman says she wants. A perfect size is one that doesn't draw negative judgments or unhealthy envy. Few surgeons insist upon a letter from a woman's therapist with whom she has discussed all the considerations; fewer still insist upon a meeting with both the woman and her partner.  

Silicone breasts are the ultimate control communication, they virtually force another to look at the breasts first rather than at the whole woman, her face, her beingness. Women who spend money on breast implants also have a problem similar to those who buy expensive jewelry and tattoos, most are socially unconscious; they can't allow themselves to look a hungry or homeless person in the eyes except that they experience uncomfortableness, the inappropriateness of their priorities in life. Some find themselves hiding their diamond ring out of embarrassment in the presence of the needy, such is the guilt of ostentation. For "believers" the conversation at the Pearly gates might go something like, "H'm let's see, you had the choice between making sure everyone was fed or spending money on a faceted rock, a tattoo, and breast implants. Sorry, go back and try again." Expensive jewelry? Of course, once everyone is fed, has one home, and an education.

The value that comes from processing ones considerations about their body, through therapy/counseling, so that such things no longer run them, is by far the better, more relationship-healthy, investment.

A few more thoughts:

Men in a relationship with a woman with implants quite often find themselves lying, continually reassuring the woman that she looks sexy. It's one of those lies that are hard to fess up to no matter how hard the woman presses for the truth. The truth is she knows they don't look normal, yet she is absolutely driven to eventually ask, "What do you think?" which is a setup. If a man told the truth it would devastate the woman. I.e. "Here's the truth. I know that when you look in the mirror they look nice to you but from my perspective they simply are not proportionate with your body. They make you look unnatural, that, and they don't feel like real breasts. The bulge is off-putting. It's impossible to hug you without my mind being temporarily distracted by the hard lumps. If I could wave a magic wand I would restore you. I realize now that it's you I love." What's also true is the woman had been hiding a significant thought (of dissatisfaction) from her partner. When one withholds a significant thought from a partner it automatically causes the partner to withhold an equally significant thought; there are no exceptions to this entanglement phenomenon.

My advice to a woman intent on breast enlargement is to first complete The Clearing Process so as to schedule a free consultation with a communicologist, a communication skills coach. He/she will guide you through several processes so that you're aware of all the thoughts many people will hide from you—all the withholds you will cause others to have in their relationship with you. There's an excellent process for police referred to as Bull Baiting. The process disappears the charge of certain words and phrases, after which the police don't get upset/react when others insult, goad, or call them names. The phrase, "Fuck off Pig" produces the same reaction as "Have a nice day." You will have to learn how to create a safe space for others to share their withholds with you.

* Trying to hold on to a relationship is not having it. Having a relationship is effortless.

** Military men can get a sense of the difference in carriage, in posture, simply walking around with medals and badges. Medals or boob size are communications, they create a context, of how to interact with the approaching person; we automatically act differently in the presence of such adornments. Some men automatically, unconsciously, dismiss any personal relationship possibility depending on "boob" size.

Great letter, I'm so very glad you wrote. Many will get value from reading it. —Gabby

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Last edited 12/11/21