Hey ddbck,

I'm at 5 months now with a stache trim at 3 months that I regret, but it has come back nicely now, so I'm ok. But at 3 or 4 months I also thought my beard gets wild and it's going to be more time consuming to take care of it. But now at 5 months I slowly notice a change in my beard and it seems that with more volume it's easier to maintain and it doesn't look as wild to me as it did a month or two ago.
Can't of course tell if this will be the same with your beard, but just want to show that there is hope. And if I were you, I'd just give your stache another month or two to decide if you trim it or not....

But the overall look is great, and hope you don't worry too much about the bare spaces next to your soulpatch...I do have the same, but never gave it a thought because that's just how my beard grows. Hope you have the same attitude about this area in your beard because that's really nothing to worry about.

All the best - Tom72

MY JOURNEY SO FAR   |   1st beard: 15th December 2014 - 19. August 2015 (8 months, 4 days - read my post #419, page 21 to know how and why I killed my first beard) 

2nd beard: 19. August 2015 - 21. October 2015 (2 months, 2 days)  |  currently just maintaining my usual short stubble beard and not growing out more for an unspecified period of time