This might seem strange, coming from a male, but I have had body confidence issues, myself. I remember, when I was thirteen, I was sitting down on the ground at school, and a superficial little, well, you know, later made snide remarks about me having a few pimples on my neck. (At my high school, we had uniforms and the first two years were of v-neck t-shirt that looked awful. Later, we had polo shirts). He then said, "Oh, your shirt was back a bit, so I saw them," and I thought, "That doesn't give you the right to make snide remarks!" Add to that, when I entered the growth spurt, I had stretch marks on my back that looked like I'd had the cat o' nine tails. I remember, after a course of Roaccutane, I still had some pimples and my father asked if I ever went outside without my shirt on. I said no, because I had had pimples on my back and the stretch marks were still noticeable. He told me not to argue with him.

Even today, I am not comfortable being shirtless, other than in the shower.

For Christmas, when I was 42, my brother bought me a slim fit shirt, that I have as a going out shirt. I wore it with an undershirt, and my mother said, "It looks wrong because it's a slim fit shirt, you need to wear a singlet with it." I finally bought some singlets to wear with slim fit shirts. I need loose fitting or stretch jeans, though.

I also had the issue where my father wanted me to lift weights, as a teenager, but most of the bullies at school were muscular and I didn't want to be like them. My physique today, is okay.