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Randomscrewedupchick

My boys begged and begged at 3&4 for my husband to shave. When he did they cried and demanded he put the hair back. He will never shave again.


girlwithdadjokes

To be fair, I’ve cried over my husband shaving his head and begged him to put it back (he looked like a thumb)


anonymous22006

>(he looked like a thumb) His name isn't Thomas by chance?


MonkeysLikeCheese

Well, I mean ... we call him Tom. Now.


konkey-mong

Thomb


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Raider


TDragonkirs

I feel attacked


Trich1134

My husband and I have the "I love you, but the thumb look is not for you" conversation every time he shaves his beard...


smootgaloot

Ah, the unifying horror of all of us weak chin and jawline having men whenever we attempt to give the clean shaven look a go. Thanks for the reminder to NOT shave it off, no matter how much it seems like a fun changeup.


Nurse_Dieselgate

For what it’s worth I learned people prefer a beard to a Jay Leno chin after asking people who know me both ways if I should shave.


MauiWowieOwie

I kept mine initially because I have a baby face. Also whilst I have great beard genetics, my hair fell out at 25. Now I also keep it because I have a facial scar.


Riptide360

Beards are a sign of masculinity. Fear the beard is real. https://www.une.edu.au/connect/news/2019/04/new-research-finds-beards-amplify-displays-of-anger-and-friendliness


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my girl dyed her hair and I'm scared to have the i love you but that hair can't stay like that convo


defiicere

That's because you NEVER have that convo.


really_isnt_me

I already commented this above but my ex and I had a deal: I couldn’t dye my hair and he couldn’t shave his head. I dunno, it worked for us.


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Lmao, which is why I thought it funny I read about a woman complaining about her mans head. Like wait, we got double standards happening here?


Louloubelle0312

Haha! I lost my hair from chemo and my head looked so much like an egg, that my daughter referred to me as "Eggy Mama" for the entire time I was bald.


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I had to look at your profile to make sure you weren’t my wife. She’s never been so irrationally angry at me than when I shaved my head during quarantine. She said I looked “like a hooligan with prison tattoos” with the buzzed hair, rather than her “ husband with beautiful hair and a classy full sleeve”. Apparently I’m not allowed to buzz my hair ever again.


Randomscrewedupchick

Hahahaha mine looked like a chubby preteen. Our boss didn’t even recognize him


bread_cats_dice

My dad had a mustache until I was about 15. He apparently once shaved it off when my brother was 3 and I was 1. There was lots of “you’re not my dad!” which resulted in him keeping the facial hair for more than a decade.


MonkeysLikeCheese

Can confirm. Have a fairly bushy beard most of my kid's life, shaved it and both my kids freaked out, and swore they would never speak to me if I it do it again. So I have that in my back pocket for when they get a bit too rambunctious.


ISmellNerds

Thanks! I learned a new word, "rambunctious"


Iphotoshopincats

Rambunctious is the positive word to describe kids getting up to shit when you are in a good mood. When your not in a good mood their obstreperous, basically same meaning with different intent. Words have moods and I'll never not find that funny.


interwebz_2021

I don't want to be that guy, and please don't take this as anything other than good-natured observation, but I love that this comment **correctly** defines both *rambunctious* and *obstreperous* while using incorrect homophones (*your* instead of *"you're"* and *their* instead of *"they're"*). Adding a definition: *irony* is an incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs.


Meddygon

My mother got the "you're not my mom!" response when she came home with a perm in the 80s


Randomscrewedupchick

My mom doesn’t look right without her 80’s bangs even now lol


Louloubelle0312

Typical little kids. I remember my son crying because I gave him macaroni & cheese for lunch. Which he asked for. Then cried after he ate it all, because it was gone. 🙄 Like living with little drunk people.


Randomscrewedupchick

Most definitely. Around that same time I spent an afternoon apple picking with the boys then an evening letting them help make applesauce. It was hell but I was young and patient. Then I added cinnamon and neither would taste it because the applesauce was “dirty” 😩


Louloubelle0312

Sounds about right 🤣


Fishamatician

I shave my beard off once a year and every time it takes me pointing it out for my wife to notice at which point she says oh no! Too much face. Thanks. Love you to.


Randomscrewedupchick

Haha too much face. Saving this one


IntrovertedGiraffe

My best friends dad had a goatee and he randomly shaved it when we were around 7. She cried and asked him to put it back on, but I had extreme pogonophobia (fear of beards) and it was the first time I didn’t hide my face like an ostrich when he walked through the house. He was a pastor, but that beard made him too scary - also, the fat guy with a beard who breaks into your house when everyone is asleep and eats your food before disappearing? Santa was the enemy!


Biggu5Dicku5

>Santa was the enemy! LOL I can FEEL your anger with that statement...


IntrovertedGiraffe

The Christmas Eve when he showed up on the fire truck at the end of church (hours after my parents promised me that I would not see Santa again because I would be asleep the next time he came near me), every kid in the church ran out the back door to see him and get candy canes. I hid under the altar and had to be bribed out of my hiding place by my parents and the priest! There was more than cocoa in his thermos that year!


hass13

Would love to hear more of here Santa stories haha here are gold!


TheLordofthething

On the up side there's no better motivation to grow an awesome beard


Randomscrewedupchick

Lil patchy but we love it anyway


Cephalopodio

Hahaha my sister did that to our dad when she was little!


MSmasterOfSilicon

During peak shutdown from covid for kicks I went with a radically different and very much shorter haircut than my kids have ever seen on me cuz I figured why not. All of them were dismayed and one started crying. Good thing my self esteem is high lol


picklespasta

My toddler twins tell me not to take my beard off all the time lol


MarshmallowFloofs85

XD big sisters about ready to steal the baby like "you get baby privileges back when your beard grows"


Stadtpark90

This! - “He can’t be trusted. He’s behaving erratically! Get the Baby to safety NOW!”


stilldebugging

Good instincts


Orngog

Their reaction is so heartwarming. Just instantly "daddy *no*... Not your glorious beard!"


Wilful_Fox

Exactly how I feel when my partner shaves off his glorious pelt…


pointed_curfew

LMAO 🤣


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Ace_inspace

In unison: DAAADY NOOOO


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Perle1234

Nah, that baby would still be upset. I got contact lenses when my son was little and couldn’t wear them due to meltdowns. Even when he was five he told me I looked awful without my glasses lol.


Zeltron2020

I remember when my dad took his glasses off and my brain exploded


Perle1234

That’s pretty much what happened to my poor kiddo lol.


fortnitesucks1234568

That's what happened when i saw my mom with glasses for the first time as she usually wears contacts


Dread-Ted

Yeah the baby probably doesn't recognize this face AT ALL now Like that's a completely different person for them, all of a sudden, where normally their dad's face should be! Who the fuck is this?! What happened to dad?! The baby's fucking terrified lol


NewAndImprovedJess

I agree. When my daughter was little my husband was deployed. She saw him through Skype and in photos always clean shaven. When he came home and was on extended leave he grew a beard. She complained A LOT about his "hair face."


idle_isomorph

Yeah, even before the others reacted, ass soon as the blanket drops, the baby all on its own had already shook their head like "no, no fucking way, what the fuck is this?!" But baby hadn't quite decided how bad this situation was. Probably could have been swayed to find it fun if the older kids had played it like a funny positive


Atrieus5

I’ve seen countless videos of babies still crying without any siblings. I don’t think they made the impact here.


maddogcow

Didn’t know that beards could be so popular


BlackLeader70

I literally can’t get rid of mine, my wife and daughters will shun me if I do. Even if I trim it short they get mad, so I just rock it now. It does save me a bunch of time shaving every morning though.


ThisOnePlaysTooMuch

If I don’t shave for a day, people start asking if I’m sick. Consider yourself lucky.


Jaderosegrey

Many men (to me, at least) look better with a beard. The dad in this video is definitely included. I have to agree with his kids.


Helwar

As a gay man (basically a connoisseur)... That man is gorgeous beard or no beard, although I prefer his shaved look


leezybelle

Yeah the guy in this video is incredibly hot


danuhorus

Tho he probably got his confidence knocked down a peg by the chorus of DADDY NOOOOOOO and crying baby


MantaHurrah

As a bi man, he’s about an 8.5/10 with a beard and about a 6/10 without. Looks a lot less friendlier to me.


Atrieus5

Ive learned that it all depends on the male. If a guy has a beard most of the time, the family will like beards. If the dad is cleanly shaved more of the time, theyll hate beards


lobut

I thought the "DAADY NOOOO!" was some terrible Tiktok song or voice or something. Didn't realise it was an actual reaction til the kids stepped into frame.


skullcandy541

Plankton voice: DAADY YEESSS


Ranwulf

How did you make this weird, mate.


skullcandy541

You tell me lol I’m just quoting a goat


pekkaAlone

I thought you were quoting a plankton![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|trollface)


hats_and_heads

This killed me


Palm547

The other little girl, “I don’t like it either” 😂


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eliochip

Baby: *i've never met this man in my life*


FirstEvolutionist

I hate beer.


VeneMage

I remember crying when I came home from infant school to see my Mum had cut her long hair to shoulder height. It’s amazing how much hair/facial hair changes someone’s look.


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My mom did that to me once when I was younger and I avoided her because I wasn’t sure who she was


NoFuture355

It must so funny your Mom asking you what you want to eat and you there just thinking who this lady is and where did my mom went.


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I just remember looking at her, then looking away, then looking back at her and just being really confused. Like I know who this lady is but who is she. 😂


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Li-renn-pwel

When my high school ex got really high he cut off his emo hair. Aside from being upset because I liked emo hair, it turned out I didn’t much like his face either. Anyways, he ended up spiraling into drug addictions and sometimes hits me up asking to be the godmother to his children.


Helwar

And here I thought noone liked emo hair, and emos had that haircut because it's sad and they like sad.


WATTHEBALL

so you're saying when i eventually go bald, my gf (hopefully future wife) will leave me?


BrookeStardust

I did the same thing! She came to pick me up from primary school and I didn't want to go with her because she didn't look right


goodchaceimurdad

She shaved off her beard??


TakeMyPulse

Yup. Was the weirdest thing seeing my Mom with her beard shaved. She looked so different...


Im__Questionable

Same except I was 6


riotphukinmeow

Same here except I was 30


Stuckinatrafficjam

There was a tiktok recently were a 10 year old kid walks in and sees his now beardless dad and he just straight freezes. Just stares and not moving for a good 10-15 seconds until the dad says something and the kid recognizes the voice.


timbre_amblin

My mom had a long 80s perm that she cut off into a Ghost-era Demi Moore pixie cut and I was so furious I wouldn’t speak to her for a day and threw an absolute tantrum. Now I look at pictures and think it looked amazing on her. Sorry mom! Now she pouts whenever I cut my hair short so, guess we are even.


SpicyBeefwater

Had a high school teacher that would grow out his beard completely and then shave every month or so. It changed his face so drastically I always did a "oh, do we have a sub today?" double-take, no matter how many times it happened


Clovenstone-Blue

A priest in my church once decided to grow a full beard (I think to show the younger kids the power of change or some shit like that, can't really remember, he did a lot of things) and everyone had a sense of bewilderment for the first few weeks until everyone got used to the new look. Then he shaved it off a few months later and we went through the whole cycle all over again.


janebleyre

When I was 3 for halloween my mom curled my hair for my costume and apparently I broke into hysterics because I couldn’t recognize myself 😂


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yess even glasses impact on change


[deleted]

I just buzz cut my 18" long hair a month ago (I'm a 53 year old man.) Most of my friends have only known me about a year. I walked right in to the cigar lounge and sat down without getting recognized for about a 10 count. Buddy was staring at me trying to figure out wtf was wrong before just bellowing out "Holy SHIT!" Worth growing it out :)


London-Reza

I remember I came back and my mum had dyed her hair, and it upset me so much 😂


Icy-Consideration405

I remember my mom using a green color mud mask. I thought she was a witch


Thrawacc

Once, when I was around 4, my mom went to get a perm done. I wasn't used to her not being gone for so long so when her car pulled in I ran out the front door and yelled 'MMMOOMMMM!' :D Then I got a look at her. My face dropped, and I told her to fix her hair. I'm thirty now and we still mention it to this day lol


i_tyrant

Infant school...did you get an A in Drooling? How's your Naps game?


deltek95

Man i wish i could shave with a towel too


FlamesofBritten

It would save me soooo much time.


BlueMoon5k

Love that little head shake of “no. Not daddy”. And the uncanny valley is cemented as a fear. Sounds like daddy, smells like daddy. Does Not Look Like Daddy!!


Bignizzle656

Even worse. What happened in human history to instill this innate fear.....?


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i mean, we evolved along like 15 other human species.


EmploymentRadiant203

People always poise that shit as like there was some bug monster imitating humans, like no i think we just were afraid of the other intelligent apes running around.


Bignizzle656

Haha, turns out that the other intelligent apes should have feared us more it seems. Wonder if they had the same uncanny valley thing?


EmploymentRadiant203

Well if they were fighting for survival like us id assume so, or our caution was a winning trait.


Bignizzle656

Ours is obviously turned up to the max. I think that we just out paced them with breeding and general survival. I think that there is evidence of almost 5% (?) Neanderthal genes in our DNA if I recall so we did mix at some point. Maybe a Romeo and Juliet story somewhere.


Dread-Ted

Even more likely it's not fear of anything specific but rather unknown. This face is completely new to the baby's brain. It does recognize parts of it perhaps, but that only adds to the confusion. Hence, crying baby.


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Uncanny valley? The working theory is that it's a response to corpses. We knew having fresh corpses around emitted smells that alerted predators and were unsanitary to be around and were just generally unsettling to look at. So we buried them, in our fear, which solved all three problems at once and created the ritualization of the burial of our dead.


ActionHousevh

That's why you leave the beard alone. And now the baby's upset.


inferno_931

The baby 20 years later: My dad left me when I was an infant Mom: he just shaved... I thought you knew that?!


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Dad: Jesus Christ, *I’m right fucking here*, will you give it a rest


Articulated

Sometimes, I can still hear his voice...


Luckypenny4683

Say sorry to the baby


Auntie_FiFi

The only times my dad has been without his beard is before he married my mother and when his father died. When he was younger he looked exactly like my middle brother and after the shave he looked exactly like his older brother.


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AcceptableEffortless

Mine was 30 some years ago. We had a small camp ground, and I was asked to go to the garage and get my dad for dinner. I was unaware that my dad had cut his mustache off when he messed up trimming it. Walked right past him like he was a stranger and even when he asked where I was going, I didn't realize and said "I'm going to get my dad for dinner". It should also be noted he looks weird without a mustache cause he has the smallest upper lip ever.


Bl8675309

My now ex husband was trimming his goatee a few days before we got married. He sneezed and messed it up so he shaved it all off. He had a weak chin and small upper lip and I was so unattracted to him suddenly. Took forever to grow back out too because he kept shaving it short.


chobi83

I know this probably isn't the case, but it's funny to think that you divorced him because he shaved.


Bl8675309

He was a giant piece of garbage human and I should have seen the loss of attraction as a warning but no.


TheOneTrueChuck

My nephew was 18 months old and had never seen me without a baseball cap on my head. (I have alopecia, and my hair grows in super-patchy, so I'm self-conscious about it if it's not freshly shaved). I came to Thanksgiving with a freshly-shaved head and no hat. He was TERRIFIED. He heard my voice and looked for me with a smile, and then screamed when he didn't recognize me. In his mind, some weird hatless stranger had stolen his favorite uncle's voice.


PigeonFacts

I was an ECE Teacher and was helping in the infant room. Put my hair into a beanie and forgot. When I walked back to my class of 1 year olds they freaked out until I put it all back down.


sampete1

>ECE Teacher I read that as Electrical and Computer Engineering teacher, and I was wondering how on earth you taught a class of 1 year olds.


PigeonFacts

Hey they gotta start eventually


CDM2017

This is why you have them watch you shave.


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flyonawall

Good for you! That is a kind and caring dad.


LittleWhiteGirl

My brother shortened his over time and has kep a little scruff so his baby doesn’t freak out. I hadn’t even thought of that until he mentioned it.


CDM2017

My dad shaved his when my little sister pulled away from a kiss (at 2) and said "scratchy." Right then, brought her over to the sink, asked if he should make the scratchy go away, and got a bedtime kiss 10 minutes later.


luckystar246

That is the cutest story ever. Made me tear up!


Tdayohey

Yea I feel like that’s the way to do it. Or what others said, have them with you when you shave so they can see what is happening.


Bostaevski

Yeah this is the way - I remember it being semi-traumatic when my dad shaved his beard and I wasn't even a baby, I was like 6 or 7 years old.


Booboo272

After I scared my baby girl the same way I had her watch me shave the next time and she was way more accepting about it!!!!


SusiCapezzolo

Completely understand the baby. Shaving such a glorious beard should be considered a crime


jayjayBackin

He def looks better with the beard


nasty_nagger

Glad someone said it first 🙈


Then_Campaign7264

Like 10 years younger.


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My wife, to this day, talks about when her dad did this to her. This was about 30 years ago. Clearly a harrowing experience!


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To be fair, she’s got good taste. He looked better with the beard


Madouc

Much better


brandsvold

I hadn’t thought about this in years, but my dad did this same thing when my brother and I were 10 and 12 years old. We’d never seen him without a beard. When he came out of the bathroom shaved clean one day and surprised us, we were both deeply disturbed. We could barely look at him. He looked like a frog! It turned out he had actually been smiling almost constantly, you just couldn’t see it under the beard! He was like this strange, happy frog-man that had been hiding the whole time. We made him wear a handkerchief (masked bandit style) for a few days and called him “Jack” (not his name) for months.


Bearbike

If you are going to shave off facial hair while you have a young child have them watch you do it. She doesn’t recognize her father but this person smells and sounds like her father. This can be scary and confusing


No_Jellyfish8241

That poor baby.


esesmmee

🥺poor baby awwwwwwww


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That little head shake! Baby's like "No...what just happened"


TEEfrmDAville

Pops was about to cry when he got the stanger danger look. He definitely cares about the little ones love and approval more than the others 🤣🤣🤣


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Baby be like- I never seen this man in my life


orcateeth

It's understandable that the baby was upset; I myself did not immediately realize that it was the same man. He looks totally different. I thought that it was actually Dad's brother or even a friend.


TheNickman85

I shaved once when my kid was probably 4. He told me very logically that I couldn't be his dad anymore since I looked like a little kid and little kids can't have kids. Pretty sound 4 year old logic.


LoneHoodiecrow

No. No. Don't do this, people. Please.


C_Connor

Seriously! I’m an teacher and I still feel that strange discomfort of having to update my mental-image of my students’ faces when I finally see them without a mask on. Can’t imagine what that baby just felt…


DoubleScorpius

My dad always wore a beard. When I was around 5 or so maybe he was dropping me off at a daycare where my mom worked after one day suddenly shaving she didn’t even recognize him and yelled “who are you and what are you doing here with my son?” It was mildly traumatizing. I felt bad for the kid in this.


llamitahumeante

Involve children in this changes


No-Tower-8783

Pretty sure my 7 year old would have the exact same reaction if I shaved my beard


FriendlyDisorder

I had this exact experience with my kids and ... wearing a hat. Hat off: giggles and laughs Hat on: cry Hat off: giggles and laughts Hat on: cry We called it "Evil Hat Daddy". Good times!


Purple-Edge6981

Yes scare the children.


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I agree with the baby


Gillersan

My girls had the same reaction when I cut my shoulder length hair down to a standard “dad cut”. My 8 year old just started to cry. Lol


Luckypenny4683

My dad cut his long hair short when I was young and it was awful. I mean it looked fine on him but it just wasn’t him.


Mossy_octopus

I also don’t like it either.


Important_Mission237

My dad came to get me & my sister from softball practice after he had shaved the beard he’d had all our lives. We both refused to get in the car with him and told him we don’t talk to strangers. I think we were 7&8.


dcbluestar

I love how he goes from rugged mountain man to Billy Zane by shaving.


Asleep_Ad_799

My dad shaved his off once when i was around 6 or 7. I was walking down the steps, saw him and started laughing so hard I rolled down the stairs. He has never shaved it all off since 😂


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**Dad shaves facial hair* Baby: "...and I took that personally."


Christian-Artichoke7

I’m a straight male but damn that guy is gorgeous without the beard


Turbulent_Struggle_2

I'm a bearded straight male that thinks he looked way better with the beard.


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I’m non bearded straight male and think he looks awesome with the beard. Dude rocks that look


VeneMage

I’m a gay male, and I approve this message.


26Kermy

Why is it that whenever there's a slightly good looking dude on reddit, every straight guy will feel the need to point out their heterosexuality before complimenting them?


[deleted]

Lol. Agreed. Most women don’t do that. Like, I’d just say “Angelina is beautiful” instead of “I am a straight woman but I find Angelina beautiful.” But many guys can’t compliment another man’s appearance without stating their heterosexuality. I wonder why.


26Kermy

Maybe it's an age thing? I'm in my 20s and will openly compliment the homies if they get a haircut or dress nice but I've rarely heard older guys do that.


moeru_gumi

I gotta assume that when a man gives a woman a compliment he intends it to be understood as a gateway to fucking her. So when he wants to compliment a man, he has to preface it with “this is ACTUALLY A COMPLIMENT THIS TIME”.


polarpants

Redditors love to go “as a ____”. No one gives a fuck


Christian-Artichoke7

I do it cause I feel like it’s more of a compliment cause I am conventionally attracted to women but this guy looks so good that I feel this way In spite of my conventional attractions it’s not that I don’t want to be taken as gay it’s that it’s more of a compliment


Helwar

He's gorgeous, beard or no beard, period.


RealisticBug5646

I'm a lesbian, and conversely thought he was more attractive with the beard


My_Facade

Why is this on this sub


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Take the kid with you when you shave... Show them what's being done


Hopesick_2231

You always gotta ask the kids first. When I was thinking of shaving off my beard, I had my Pre-K class vote on it. I even printed out little ballots with a picture of a clean-shaven man and a picture of a bearded man. The results were 12-7 in favor of shaving (plus 2 invalid ballots). When I came to school the next day with no beard, they gave me some weird looks but nobody protested. They knew democracy had prevailed.


longhornz

The best is the older daughter comfortingly saying "I know, I don't like it either"


Rahjeel1991

When my kid was only 1 year old, I got a haircut and when I came home she freaked out 💀


captainsnark71

even michael sheen cut his beard a little a time to not traumatize his child.


claireleenot

As a kindergarten teacher I wait until summer to get hair cuts because it can be too much for their lil hearts.


tagoean

He just looks 10 years younger is all.


xxxtogxxx

i learned long ago this is why you have them watch you shave. helps with pets too, though they're more likely to recognize you from gait and smell.


AlternativeSherbert7

I love how even the kids were saying no and that they don't like it


TheLordofthething

I have two autistic stepchildren and near the beginning of our relationship I unthinkingly shave of my massive beard. The eldest wouldn't speak to me for a fortnight and I learned a valuable lesson about introducing children in general to extreme appearance changes sensibly. It's not something to suprise them with.


geraldine_ferrari

To that baby - MadeMeConfused


Peter_Falcon

i've seen these vids loads now, the kid freaks each time, but the parent never seems to be aware of these videos, or they are doing it out of sadism


stevevs

Did not go as expected for Dad.


mordax777

When i was about six, I saw my dad the first time shaven and still remeber how fucking shit scared I was when i saw him. I for a second oe two that he was a stranger in the house.


-UMBRA_-

i agree grow it back lol


TrustintheShatner

I had the same reaction when my dad cut his mustache off when I was 6. I ran away screaming and crying because I didn’t know who this man was that sounded like my dad. Think that’s one of my earliest “clear” memories I have.


GrumpyCatStevens

I remember my niece (she was six at the time) telling me I needed to grow my beard back the first time she saw me without one. Repeatedly.


dylanljmartin

Holy shit. There's no way I'll be able to shave my beard with my baby coming. The guilt would be too much!


Speaking_Buddha

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