Little girl doesn't recognize 'strange man' after daddy shaves beard

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One of the most recognizable features of a man is his facial hair. Whether he’s sporting a full beard or something a little shorter and tidier, a man’s facial hair becomes as much of a part of him as the hair on his head.

That’s why, when a man gives himself a clean shave for the first time in years, his face becomes pretty much unrecognizable. The smooth, pale skin of his lower face hasn’t been seen for longer than most of his new mates have known him. In fact, he now looks younger than when he even met his mates.

So it’s no surprise that when one loving father decided to clean-shave his own face for the first time since having his baby daughter, Dot, she had no idea who the man holding onto her could be.

We don’t blame Dot one bit for being unable to identify the man in her house as her dad – the guy started out with a full beard. In the video, filmed by Dad’s partner, Dad (still bearded) can be seen playing with his little one while she giggles away happily.

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He asks, “Can you see my beard? Where’s my beard?” and Dot dutifully points at his impressive crop of chin hair.

Then Dad says that he has to go to the bathroom, and dashes off, closing the door behind him. Little Dot doesn’t know what to think about his swift departure. Of course, she crawls straight after him and knocks dutifully on the bathroom door.

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In just a second, the door opens – and who on earth is coming out of the bathroom? It takes even us a moment to realize that the man who came in is the same one who’s walking out. He’s just lost the most defining feature of his face: his beard.

The beardless man shouts a cheery hello and picks up his daughter. Dot, bless her, is entirely speechless. She stares at the stranger who’s holding her in his arms, then, nervously, says hi right back.

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Dad asks his daughter if she recognizes his face. And then it’s all too much for poor Dot. She looks at her mom and begins to cry.

The little girl is completely confused! Even when both parents assure her that it’s “still daddy”, she can only cry and cuddle up into her mom’s arms.

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Dad ends up taking drastic measures to get his daughter to love him again. He returns into the shot wearing the closest thing he can get to his real beard again – a thick, grey scarf, wrapped around his lower face.

It’s only when he slowly peels the scarf beard off his face that little Dot seems to understand his transformation! The video ends well, as Dot agrees to have a hug off her daddy again.

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It takes young children years to master the skill of recognizing faces, so it’s unsurprising that this adorable bub had such difficulty in understanding that the man without her beard was still her dad!

One thing’s for sure, we bet Dad didn’t fully shave his beard off again for a long time into the future. It was just too traumatising for the family.

You can watch this hilarious video, and it’s happy ending, by scrolling down and clicking “play”.

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Source: Shareably, asuperchicken, Psychologicalscience

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