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[kaberett]

So I have spent Several Years being utterly perplexed at the idea that it's impossible to put a corset on without help from a second person.

It has literally only just occurred to me that my complete bafflement on the topic might be because my shoulders are hypermobile.

Is-- is that it? Is that why there's this bizarre incomprehensible cultural meme that the only way you can possibly put a corset on solo is with the aid of a coathanger and a doorknob? ENLIGHTEN ME, INTERNET.

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[shehasathree]

Yes, but it's literally the only option i have for putting on my bra if my partner is not around. (I would love front-fastening ones, but they're rarer than hens teeth and cost at least twice as much.) I also tend to wear them quite tight, and have taken to standing in front of a fan while dressing so that my skin is completely dry, otherwise: badness.

Ironically(?) the reason that i am unable to do up my bra (or anything else) behind me, is...my hypermobility. My shoulders have been "stiff" for as long as i can remember - turns out that's the chronic muscle spasms and osteoarthritis, and the joints themselves actually have notable laxity. /o\
(I'm assuming my shoulders subluxed all the time when i was teeny-tiny until they just NOPEd out, but no-one noticed.)