Shirtless Lifestyle

I would really appreciate some input or info regarding the matter below

I have always been shy, especially regarding going shirtless. Whenever at home, beach or pool, removing my shirt was never an option. I cannot explain why but I never had it in me although in my mind, I always wanted to.

I chatted to many kind and understanding people here who not only provided tips but lots of guidance on how to approach this and overcome it, although it is something I'm working on slowly.

Maybe it wasn't a very very common thing in my household but my dad on occasion did go shirtless when watching TV or sleeping. I always felt the urge to do so but never did.

I thought maybe it's my body type or age

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I came across these pics and it made me realize alot of things.

Age isn't an issue, size and skin colour don't matter and all these pics show that the lifestyle is so important

I'm jus curious to ask how many are in a similar position

Was permission required to be shirtless around the house
Was age an issue
Was it ok around parents without any issues
Did anyone's dad motivate this

Kind regards

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Ricky9584 · 26-30, M

Yea I’m kind of in a similar boat as you. Growing up with no brothers and living with my mom and my sister but my dad also never went shirtless, that wasn’t very customary in my house. I used to think that it was inappropriate to take my shirt off for situations other than swimming. But as I got older and started get more involved with all male environments I started noticing how sometimes guys would take their shirts off like at the park playing sports or at the theme park just walking around, or even just hanging out with friends.
I was also shy to change in front of other guys as well, until at a high school retreat I was staffing, one night I was doing my night rounds checking on all the guys rooms. I walked into a room and all the guys were either in just shorts or just their undies. At first I apologized but they were like “dude no it’s fine”. I thought I was walking in on them changing invading their privacy but it turns out that was just their night fit for the night lol
After that and a couple other situations I started to go shirtless with the boys also and in dorm settings will hangout shirtless or even in just my undies

SilentKiller · M

@Ricky9584
Wow
I appreciate your feed back

Glad to know I'm not the only one

SilentKiller · M

@Ricky9584 jus to add to that
I guess the environment plays a big part also. Cos regarding the first part of your message, my dad went shirtless very few times but it wasn't something that wouldn't have been done without a reason

Ricky9584 · 26-30, M

@SilentKiller Yea totally it surprised me how I would see other guys going shirtless without really an actual reason other than just to be comfy and fresh

SilentKiller · M

@Ricky9584 u so accurate about this.
Because I'm kind of chubby with a belly and I always thought my appearance would be part of the problem but as in the pics, little kids and fat old men and even fat boys were freely without shirts and it always made me wonder how