I am so embarrassed about my funnel chest.
When I was young I didn't realize that I had it. I had always been going to swimming pool with friends, taking my shirt off without any embarrassment.
No one seemed to look at me in a weird way. I even flirted with many girls. Everything looked good. But one day I noticed that my chest wasn't as straight as other people (The hole is 1cm deep).
It looked weird... I browsed the internet to find out what is it. Then I realized that I have "pectus excavatum". The very news wasn't good. My confidence did slump dramatically.
When summer came I didn't go to swimming pool having some excuses. I've never been to swimming pool again. I thought about having surgery, but it would eliminate me from
starting in running (I'm really good at it even though my chest has less capacity than the others) for 2 years or even longer.
At school, during PE, I try to hide it, but not always I can do it. My friends used to laught at the beginning, but now they understand it and respect.
Since the start of being aware of my chest I've had many possibilities to have a girlfriend, but I always ended contact early.
I'd like to have a girlfriend, but when I look at my chest and think that she will be disappointed by my chest and will dump me.
At the moment I see that there are 3 girls which are into me, but I don't want to disappoint any of them... So I stay aside.
So the question is... Would you respect funnel-chest person, like me, as any other person? And, the most important question for girls, Would you date such person?