Tom, I am sorry to see you are getting this from your mother. My mother is a big influence in my life, we drink lot of coffee and chat 3-4 times each week and we have very good relationship, I often show her my drawings to get advises because she is always honest and I benefit from that. Luckily she has newer said anything bad against my beard because being such a big mommys boy it would affect me immensely, so I understand you completely. It's harder to ignor negativity from our loved ones, so I must admit I am not sure how I would handle your situation, but obviously as a level headed guy you will handle this fine and keep on bearding, soon happy as before

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