Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
1. Relevant commentary on your own dull life. Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. This is our most important rule. Direct questions, random thoughts, comment baiting, advice seeking, many uses of "discuss" rarely comply with this rule.
2. Original, Fresh, Meaningful Content.
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Use a search engine, a tradesperson, Reddit, friends, a specialist Facebook group, apps, Wikipedia, an AI chat, a reverse image search etc. to answer simple questions or identify objects. Also see rule 1, “comment baiting”.
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Some kids absolutely freak out about big visual changes in a parent, so it sounds like that’s the best reaction you could have hoped for!
My dad had me help him cut of his beard, so it wouldn't be weird to me. I was around this age too. It was a bit weird, but also exciting to do and I never had any dysphoria (of that word applies here)
I haven't shaved off the beard since the pandemic, but I did trim it (and my hair) when the kid was young..er. The kid literally didn't even notice. Their mother even tried to direct their attention to my fact and the kid didn't notice a difference.
I've self diagnosed as face blind, so maybe they inherited that.
Nicer that way than the emotional scarring from when my dad surprised us by shaving one side of it off before coming down for breakfast.
My older brothers apparently screamed and cried when our dad shaved his mustache when they were little.