Originally Posted by robow

"I suspect that some convince themselves that they are more comfortable after a break in period, which may in some cases, I suspect, have more to do with breaking in their bottoms than their saddles."

I wondered about this too, which gets broken in? your butt or your saddle?
Then I answered the question in my own mind one day when I purchased a Brooks B17 for my other bike. When I would ride the saddle that was broken in, I would forget about my butt for the duration of the ride, but then I would jump on the other bike with the new saddle and it was very uncomfortable and again took many miles before it also became very forgettable. So it was not my butt breaking in after all.