Some kids absolutely freak out about big visual changes in a parent, so it sounds like that’s the best reaction you could have hoped for!
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I haven't shaved off the beard since the pandemic, but I did trim it (and my hair) when the kid was young..er. The kid literally didn't even notice. Their mother even tried to direct their attention to my fact and the kid didn't notice a difference.
I've self diagnosed as face blind, so maybe they inherited that.
Nicer that way than the emotional scarring from when my dad surprised us by shaving one side of it off before coming down for breakfast.
My older brothers apparently screamed and cried when our dad shaved his mustache when they were little.
My dad had me help him cut of his beard, so it wouldn't be weird to me. I was around this age too. It was a bit weird, but also exciting to do and I never had any dysphoria (of that word applies here)
glad this isn't dull_shavers_club
Nobody there shaves because their razors are too dull to actually cut hair.
Haha, awesome.
My step kids have never known me without a beard. They saw a photo of me clean shaven from about a year before I met their mother, and my stepdaughter looked at me, then the photo and said "Ew.. Gross... Never shave your beard..."
Gotta love the honesty!!!
(I just choose to remember how much my stepdaughter LOVES my beard!! 🤪)
Your bright outlook on the situation is appreciated!
I'm not sure how big your beard was but in the past when I've shaved after having a larger one for a long time I get a little bit of body dysmorphia about my chin, it feels like it's missing
I've got the most patchy bs beard ever, but since letting it grow over covid I haven't been able to keep it shaved. I barely recognize myself anymore under the beard.
I was 17, when my dad entered the kitchen for breakfast. Shaven, the first time in my lifetime. It took a while for me to not gasp every time i saw him.
My dad is sadly gone as of a few years ago. I never once saw him clean shaven. It would be ... Weird.
The one time I shaved my beard, everyone said they preferred me with it. So that was a few months of shame.
My parents got together at age 18 and my mom died in her mid-fifties. She never saw my dad without a beard either.
My wife has seen me at every stage of facial hair, yet I've never seen her with a beard ... Curious.
My wife saw me without a beard for the first time in almost 20 years. After she kept staring at me for about a week, I let it grow back. The relief was visible. That was probably the longest I've been without a beard since I was 18.
I’ve done the same thing. Also been thinking about shaving it off.
See, I think you were just scared to join the Rasputin Club.
Russia's greatest love machine? I wouldn't dare.
Well, that makes sense.
I mean, the guy was a cross between a rabid badger, a priest and chad thundercock. Nobody wants to be in that club
I remember my Covid beard and Afro. Wild times. Thankfully I never had to turn on my camera for remote work.
I participated in a group interview during the pandemic. The interviewee had a really nice beard and one of the other interviewers said "that's an awesome beard, is it a pandemic beard or from beforehand?" I actually started growing mine about six months beforehand, but it probably wouldn't have become what it did without those circumstances.
I buzzed my own hair for the first time, then chickened out partway through and ended up with a buzz cut and bangs. I’m very glad nobody had to see me for long enough to grow it out
The clippers broke 3/4 the way thru a head shave once.
eh. Good riddance. Cooler and cleaner.
Sure, but my unimpressive jawline is also on display for the first time in years.
pawpaw has an innie kids, not an outie.
I did the opposite of you (to my hair).
During pandemic I bought a trimmer and used it for trimming my hair. I just let the hair grow so that I can use a comb.
you look like a completely different person. But I still know you're my daddy!"
finally take that shower, too. really confuse the kid.
My most recent haircut required a temperature check. "for the governor," the men at the barber shop joked of the procedure. I thought to myself, "Hey, I thought of a way to save $18 a month." I wear a pony tail now. Not my first.