After letting my beard grow for a full year, I shaved it all off after the wife and kid went to sleep the other night. My 6 yr old daughter has been super lovey dovey since I did and tells me I’m more handsome without it. Wife don’t like it. I don’t regret shaving it. But I do miss it. I will be growing it back out.

I have found that I’ve been treated differently overall with it. Especially the longer it got. I look younger than my age. I found people took me more seriously and assumed I knew what I was talking about and thought I was older than advertised. Like the beard added not only age but wisdom. Pretty fun social experiment. I do like myself with the beard. Not to say I’ll grow it out for the wrong reasons. Besides, with it I looked pretty [BLEEP] and mean. I did find people veered away and gave me “right of way” while walking to the same place.

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