I walked out to the mailbox this afternoon.. shirtless.   I grab my letters and look down in the process.

hmmm; I don't think those count as "pecs" anymore.   
no one around... FLEEEEEEE

I think, when the breasts start budding, you might not want the public to view your chest. Perhaps it may be time to consider "female mode",  as girls at a young age are taught to cover that area all the time.

Quote from: Lady Sarah on August 19, 2016, 06:38:28 AM
I think, when the breasts start budding, you might not want the public to view your chest. Perhaps it may be time to consider "female mode",  as girls at a young age are taught to cover that area all the time.

Going by that, my days of topless are now officially over, as of right now!!!

Liz

Being about a B now I have some difficulty swimming but I have to get in that exercise so I will continue.

If I go for surgery, even though I won't be passing and will be using the men's lockers (I don't care to present my balding and rather hairy self in the women's) I look forward to wearing a tank suit.

I haven't otherwise want to go shirtless since I realized I'm trans, I felt I had breasts for a very long time and I guess I tend to modest anyhow --- well excepting orgies.

Breast budding and nipple enlargement

Thanks everyone for the perspective.    It wasn't really that I intended to go out without a shirt, but that its never been something to be mindful about; if I didn't have a shirt on when I stepped outside, it didn't even occur to me to go put one on.    But I admit to scolding my kid when she wanders the house shirtless (I scold gently, I'm not attempting to build neurotic, just a bit of modesty...)    I probably should apply the same standard to myself at this point, I shouldn't assert exceptions for my own convenience.

edit: with/without typo fix

Quote from: spx_1112 on August 19, 2016, 07:16:46 AM
Breast budding and nipple enlargement

agreed..

I love to sunbathe topless, I have nice private area where I can sunbathe, I hate tan lines.. but once I went to beach where topless sunbathing is allowed and I did sunbathe topless.

Pretty much as soon as I decided to transition.

Re: sunbathing topless...the freeways here in the western US are pretty empty, especially if one goes 70+ mph...driving into the sun topless makes for very nice warming!

No way on earth I could get away with being topless, it's not only the perky boobs but my bikini top tan lines really stand out. Here in California being topless is for the most part perfectly legal but it doesn't mean there is no consequences.
Personally I won't even wander around the house or swim in our very private pool topless, the shy side of me really came out when the boy side left.

I was never really fond of being topless. As a kid It felt wrong to be topless outside.

Jo

8 or 9.

Unless you're actually sunbathing at the time.

Heh... If you have to ask, it's time to cover up!

The initial hit from the first changes in the breast changes the appearance so much from the male norm that covering up early is a really good idea.

I'm not very far along, but I have to get a pre-op EKG done shortly and I expect to cause some befuddlement for the poor tech. 

So what is the easiest way to work out what your breast size is?

Cheers
Liz

Quote from: ElizabethK on August 19, 2016, 03:58:35 PM
So what is the easiest way to work out what your breast size is?

Cheers
Liz

Measure you chest under the girls. That's for the number.

I started with an A cup. When it got confining enough to cause discomfort, I moved to B, then C.

Top freedom for all i say. But yeah, i have caught myself a few times in similar situations. I was going to change at a parking lot of a (not clothing optional) beach and my wife is like....uh honey maybe you need to go to the restroom or do that in the car.

Quote from: Lady Sarah on August 19, 2016, 05:11:53 PM
Measure you chest under the girls. That's for the number.

I started with an A cup. When it got confining enough to cause discomfort, I moved to B, then C.

Hmmm not working out so well...best I can tell I am a B cup...that sounds a bit big, but under the girls is 102cm and around the girls was 116cm...20B???

Ha Ha must have made a mistake,

Liz

Try this chart

Quote from: Lady Sarah on August 19, 2016, 09:49:58 PM
Try this chart

Lady Sarah, I'm gonna need more charts, as my under number is 46

So funny the you bring this up today, as this thought just crossed my mind yesterday.  I went to take out the trash, just in my jeans, and I thought about whether I would ever want to do that again.  I haven't started HRT yet, but hopefully soon, and I don't know if I'll miss it or not.  I've only recently started laser on my chest, so baring it in company is liable to beg a conversation during this limboesque period anyway. 

L

There is a trans woman who did a series of pictures of herself topless starting right after she started hrt with the question "when dose my chest become illegal" she did it as part of the free the nipple thing.

Related to this i often get charged with my bedroom door opened, i never did that before i transisioned i guess i am just less bothered by my body now.

Serena

Quote from: SadieBlake on August 19, 2016, 07:13:31 AM
Being about a B now I have some difficulty swimming but I have to get in that exercise so I will continue.

If I go for surgery, even though I won't be passing and will be using the men's lockers (I don't care to present my balding and rather hairy self in the women's) I look forward to wearing a tank suit.

I haven't otherwise want to go shirtless since I realized I'm trans, I felt I had breasts for a very long time and I guess I tend to modest anyhow --- well excepting orgies.

Almost same as me, 'B' and Balding. Not so much on the hairy between age, nature, and 7 years of HRT.

Not too long after I decided to take on the trans-beast for real going shirtless really started to bother me. Part of it was dredging up a host of other body image issues on this former fatty and got to be so so again in my last days/months of over-active denial and fighting.

Being a former fatty and always having been a tad gynocomastic I never had 'pecks', just jiggling mounds of blubber. Under HRT in time my nips started swelling. That was 'odd' looking when topless. Except for being off in the distance on the riding mower my topless days were over. My wife and I haven't been able to do SCUBA or swimming in a while so no worry there. If we do again the big issue will be how well wig-tape works underwater. A wig and tucking will be easier to pull off then binding the girls. Swimming wearing a tee-shirt is certainly out. My wife makes too many comments now about the girls showing when dry.

The bottom line is, the time to stop going shirtless was shortly before you started to get the nagging feeling it's time to