Welcome to long beards Fliver! Excellent beard you have and I must say I love your glasses. I'm glad you've pressed on through the negative comments. It's very hard to here negativity from people you respect, I've dealt with it. I really don't think they mean anything by it, they just don't know how to respond to such a different look. At any rate, you should be confident, you have a great beard sir!

In 1567, Hans Steininger, the burgomaster of Braunau (then Bavaria, now Austria), died when he broke his neck by tripping over his own beard. The beard, which was 4.5 feet (1.4 m) long at the time, was usually kept rolled up in a leather pouch. --source (Beard Responsibly, my friends)