Welcome Triibeard.

One of your comments reminded me of my childhood, as my Dad sported a beard down to his collar bones for most of my childhood.
Around the age of 8 when he shaved it off in our backyard, i told him he was an imposter and not my father and refused to look at him for 2-3 weeks while he grew back some kind of short beard.
He is now 60, and other than that one episode, has sported a beard since my age (25).

Hope to see some pics of the longer beard!