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TIFU by shaving my beard

So i(27m) have had a beard for the past 6 years. Sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes moustache was stubble. But I’ve always had some kind of facial hair.

I saw some videos online of guys shaving and seeing their partners reactions, so I thought it’d be funny to give it a go.

My partner(29f) and I have been together for 3 years so she’s only known me with a beard. Last night I felt the urge to shave it off, I get that sometimes, either it’s itchy or the moustache is getting too long. Anyway, my razors broken so I used her razor to do a clean shave. And went downstairs, I told her to close her eyes and gave her a kiss.

I expected shock, maybe her covering her eyes in disbelief, but what I got was her almost disgusted. She refused to look at me, closed her eyes and spend 10 minutes asking why I did it. She said she was going to be sick and told me to grow it back. I said to kiss the man she loves and she pulls up a photo of me with a beard and kisses her phone, laughing.

I tried to laugh it off but I felt deeply hurt. I’ve always thought I was a handsome guy, but seeing her reaction made me feel like shit.

I said my feelings were hurt and wanted to head upstairs, she then started to cry and say she was so sorry and she didn’t mean it. So instead of a funny “OMG” moment, I feel like an abomination, and she’s crying and trying not to look at me

We’ve made up now, had a cuddle and talked about what happened, now I’ve got to wait a week for it to grow back

TL;DR: I shaved my beard to see my partners reaction, she couldn’t look at me and nearly threw up, and cried when I said I was hurt

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