Bare breasted images:

[curiousk]

No one can say you don't need a bra!

Yes, for 6 years now.  I’ve had female friends who have said I could catfish with those😂

[moobs2]

I don't like bras in the heat and humidity.

[blad]

I don't like bras in the heat and humidity.

I find a bra helps with boob sweat. At least it is not as bothersome.

So I would have to disagree. 

[Benusa2]

I’ll post some cleavage. I like the tanks but they get hot under shirts.

[Dudewithboobs]

Ben looking good my friend! It seems you’re still growing and filling out even more. Hope it is going alright with the continued growth.

My C cups are getting tighter and am a bit nervous about a reality of being a D cup especially going in to the warmer season. Beginning to feel my days of shirtless at the pool are coming to a close possibly.

[Johndoe1]

My C cups are getting tighter and am a bit nervous about a reality of being a D cup especially going in to the warmer season. Beginning to feel my days of shirtless at the pool are coming to a close possibly.

If your photo is any indication, I would say you are past that now.

[Dudewithboobs]

Thanks John. I feel they have grown to a size where shirtless is difficult but we’ll see 

[Parity]

It looks to me that you are about there now if not already.  You look fine.   I feel only you can decide if and when shirtless is appropriate.  I feel society holds two standards, one for women and another for men.  For men its often looked at as being a bit over weight or flabby.  Out of shape if you will.  You will navigate this just fine.  We all do.  

  I always keep a shirt on, partly because my dermatologist wants me to (to much sun in my youth) and I feel more comfortable keeping my breast covered.   

[Dudewithboobs]

Thanks parity. I trust it will be fine. I’m not flabby or fat but the double standard is real and to my advantage. 

[moobs2]

I absolutely will not go shirtless in public.

[Justagirl💃]

Considering that some statistics say 50% of men over 50 will have some degree of gynecomastia, it would be widely accepted and not noticed.
And then again, perhaps the only one really paying attention is ourselves. 

Juvenile gynecomastia is always noticed because kids are mean. They look for reasons to ridicule.  As we get older that goes away. It's more of a personal self-confidence issue.

I was still in boy-mode for 45 years hiding behind baggy shirts and bib overalls.  Did I fool anyone,  doubtful.
Did most people even care, again doubtful.  No one that noticed thought any less of me as a person because of boobs and wide hips. I was the only one devastated by it, all in foolish vanity.

Accepting one's self is pivotal in personal growth.  No one can do it for you.

Today I proudly wear and dress the part of an intersex individual that has accepted herself against all odds in a not so friendly environment of the Texas Bible belt. I could care less what those around me think.

In actuality,  all the CNAs that help with showers acknowledge that I'm built different and can pretty much chose my preferred gender.  Strangers just automatically assume female. It's the upper management at the day-centre that are the only people that have a problem with me. They would love to see me back in bib overalls and baggy shirts.

Even my apartment complex's gossip Channel has spread the news of me being intersex, and I'm pretty much accepted by everyone now.

Boobs are no big deal. A complete gender change in the bible belt is actually difficult.  I wouldn't worry at all about simple widely accepted gynecomastia.  You see it all the time if you look for it.

Birdie

[Parity]

Well said Birdie.

I have to agree with Birdie that self acceptance is most important.  I have said in other post that I have learn that what is in you is what can come out.  To love others you have to first love yourself.  You can't have a inner battle going on with yourself and show love and compassion to others.  If your happy you show and give happiness.  

  If you have Self love, inner peace, a joy filled heart, not only will you have contentment but others will see it in you and feel your peace.  If its in you only then can you share that with others.   Be true to self, others will see it and find it harder to dislike you because they are then walking with that peace and love.

[blad]

To that point, knowing that I felt better wearing a bra I decided to just wear one full time many years ago. Never looked back.

[42CSurprise!]

We are fortunate that this site exists and we can have these conversations. These are matters most of the world would prefer to avoid.  That said, developing breasts is only one facet of our individual lives.  We are of different ages with very different life experiences.  Some of us are in relationships which means we must navigate our partners' response to what is happening to our bodies.  And as we've discussed before, developing breasts can have an impact of our libido which can affect intimate relationships.  Some of us carry these breasts into a work place or as happens with Birdie into a care setting with individuals, rules, attitudes.  I've mentioned the sexual abuse I experienced as a boy which had a pretty profound impact on both my gender experience and sexual experience.

Out of these experiences and circumstances in our lives we come to our relationship with breasts developing on our chests.  Absolutely, finding acceptance for how our bodies are changing will make the journey much easier, but we will still be attentive to our circumstances both at home and in the world.  I've concluded that while I appreciate my breasts and enjoy wearing a well-designed brassiere, I have no need to involve others in my life with my adventure.  That is the reason I generally don't wear a brassiere when I'm socializing.  I dress in a way that makes my breasts less visible.  I'm a bit round and certainly everyone sees that, but I don't imagine anyone is assessing whether I have breasts or not.  I did wear a brassiere while hiking yesterday and passed half a dozen hikers.  My breasts were with me but the over shirt I wore over a dark blue tee shirt concealed them well enough that I doubt any of those folks noted their presence as we exchanged greetings.  I certainly didn't need them to see my breasts though I was happy to be wearing a brassiere that I KNOW presents them quite beautifully.

I've shared the word before... autogynephilia which is defined as "...a male's propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female."  I'm certainly not suggesting that anyone else here relates to this term, but I do.  Granted my libido is much diminished so the arousal is more associated with fantasy than anything else.  No, I don't want to transition and I'm not much interested in wearing any woman's garment except a brassiere.  But I am rather thrilled by my breasts.  This is how it all exists for me.

We are each on our own journey and while we can share parts of it with each other, our journey is unique and our own.  I heard an interview with Dave Chappelle recently and he said something I had to write down... "Everyone is like a book I haven't read..."  That is true of all of us.  Enjoy the ride everyone.

[blad]

I've concluded that while I appreciate my breasts and enjoy wearing a well-designed brassiere, I have no need to involve others in my life with my adventure.  That is the reason I generally don't wear a brassiere when I'm socializing.  I dress in a way that makes my breasts less visible.  

Although I would prefer not to risk others discovering my bra in close social contact, such as the risk of hugs or pats on the back, I find not wearing a bra makes me constantly aware of my unsupported breasts in a negative way. I do not worry about a bra being visible with my clothing choices, just being obvious with tactile encounters. To that end I switch to a racer back design feeling these will have a less obvious give away of a bra.