Alright, dialed it back.  Was at several inches and still had no clue "what my intentions were" so to speak.  My wife has always been beard friendly and flat out asked what I was doing; I had no answer.  She said that she loved me in a circle beard and the full beard was fine too but looked much better at a shorter length.  She mentioned some pictures she had been editing for some photo books and I agreed that somewhere around this length worked for me too.