Today, I shaved my face after several months of growth. This would be OK if my 4-year-old daughter would still talk to me. Apparently she doesn't recognise me, and I'm scary. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's been a while since I tried the "shave-your-beard to see if your baby recognises you afterwards" trick. I wasn’t expecting her to start crying, real heartbreaking tears. The beard's now grown back but she still cries and screams whenever she sees me, and we don’t know what to do. I think traumatised my daughter. FML
Today, I arrived home, having just had my long hair cut and my beard shaved. My idiot daughter’s reaction when she saw me? “Who are you and how did you get in the house?” FML
Today, my 5-year-old daughter sobbed inconsolably on my return home from a several-month long deployment to the Middle East. I was touched by her reaction until she blurted out that she wasn't crying because she missed me, but because my shaved head looked scary ugly. FML
Today, I had to meet my mother. Being a college student, I decided I was too lazy to shave this morning. She noticed the stubble on my face, and started crying because I'm growing up. I'm 23 years-old. My dad yelled at me for making my mom cry. FML
Today, I asked my dad to please shave his awful beard, because I'm a laughing-stock at school for being picked up each day by a guy whose face looks like Bigfoot's ass. He agreed, and 10 minutes later was sporting a pedo-stache. It's going to be a long year. FML
Today, I got my long hair cut in a short pixie cut. When my five year old daughter saw me she laughed and proclaimed 'You look just like a man!'. That afternoon I got a concerned call from the school. My daughter has told everyone 'mummy has gone away, I now have two daddies!' FML
Today, I noticed that my facial hair had grown by an acceptable amount. I spoke to my Dad and decided to show him, thinking he would approve of my manliness. His exact words when I showed him were, "Nah, son. You just look like a lesbian." FML
Today, I went to pick up my daughter from my dad's house. He'd shaved her head bald. "For a laugh." FML
Today, my 4-year-old son cut half of my hair when I was asleep because he thought I would look better that way. FML
Today, a 4 year-old saw me and started crying and screaming like heck. I mean, I knew that I didn't look good, but this is too much. FML
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IvyOswin 17
At least now you know that she won't talk to strangers!
epicRawrz 16
That's why you got to do the whole 'shave with daddy' thing and let her watch you.
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Comments (83)
fresh247 10
stranger danger
YourVoiceofReasn 6
I know how she feels. I was five when my dad shaved his mustache. Took me until his stubble grew back for me to realize 'stacheless dad and dad were the same guy.
AnnaMariaMc 8
My dad did that when I was about the same age. It terrified me too. He grew it back out. And anytime he shaves it off I think of that first time. Oh the memories
merik225 14
Why'd you cut it off?A couple more years and you could be part of Duck Dynasty!
Lemurcat 12
Oh my gosh! When I was in second grade, my dad (who has had a beard for as long as I can remember) would pick me up from school everyday. One day my dad was late and on top of that, he shaved. I not only tried to run from this "stranger" but even after I came to terms that it was my dad, I cried for hours because his face scared me. I feel your daughter's pain, OP, but soon it'll be something you two can laugh about.
sunnyray812 42
I remember my dad did the same thing when I was five. I was terrified of him. Haha!
MikeT8705 10
NEVER SHAVE THE BEARD! Let it grow, if you have a job that allows that of course.
BlueEyes9812 5
I apparently had the same reaction to my dad when I was two and he shaved his off when he had had a beard for years... I wouldn't go near him... And if he tried to pick me up I would freak out... It's on video... Hilarious yet you can see my dad is hurt.
bojojojo 7
when I was a toddler my dad had a mullet and he shaved his head and when I saw him I screamed for hours and wouldn't let him hold me for like a month
kandy420 4
beards are so sexy, thats what you get for shaving your manhood off.