Submitted by Altruistic-Storm11 t3_yw4j7d in tifu
TIFU by deciding to randomly shave my beard. Now its not like a duck dynasty beard, but I have had various lengths of a full beard for the better part of 3 years. Even before that is was rare when I would shave it all off (usually for work if i needed to wear a respirator). I've been exercising and eating betterfor the past several months and I have lost a healthy amount of weight. Today while I was bored and home alone I decided to shave my beard off for shits and giggles.
I was excited, thought I looked younger and took a silly progress photo when I only had a moustache for Movember. Sent photos of my newly shaven face to some friends and family for reactions. That was my second mistake. Mostly everyone just replied with "You look better with facial hair" and various "It looks nice, but..." . Although my partner decided to dig one step further and say "I forgot you had a butt chin" and "Your cheeks and jaw are like a chicken breast" as they playfully slapped my face.
I know my partner was being a bit silly and teasing which is fine, but man I didn't realize I was that alone on the idea I thought I looked decent without facial hair. Unanimous response kind of hurt my feelings a bit. Looks like I won't try that again for another 3 years.
TL;DR - Shaved my beard. Thought I looked good, friends and family universally disagreed. Disappointment ensues.