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TIFU by shaving off my beard

Last night I made an impulsive decision to shave off my beard. I have had the beard the majority of my adult life and last time I shaved was 6 years ago, this was before I'd lost 70kg so I thought, see what I look like now.

This morning I got up and walked out to see my kids, I called that I had a surprise for them..

My 3 year old looked at me for a second said "What you did daddy? " and then promptly whimpered and started hiding from me behind his mum. Took a good 20 minutes to coax him out to come and see me up close. My 5 year old wouldn't talk to me and kept hiding behind his arm when I got close....

They are both now talking to me at least, though I'm not sure they are terribly impressed.

I mean, it's nice to see I have somewhat of a jawline now, and it's passable and I don't look awful, compared to how much I hated not having the beard when I was at my biggest, but, I think I'll go back to the beard, it does suit my face better. I look a bit too like uncle fester or an English soccer hooligan for my liking.

TL;DR: shaved and my kids who have never seen me without a beard freaked out.

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