@Dave, that's the plan! I liked the big stache but it was a pain in the behind. I have very fine/straight hair on my head, which is also what shows up in my stache. When I got length, it was too difficult to keep up and away from food, and looked a bit shaggy when it drooped. So we'll see what happens with this one. So far, the trims off of the lip have kept it trouble free.

@Rothenberger. I'm happy with how it is going. And the office comment is around the fact that I am home-office. My boss, colleagues, and folks that work for me are all plane trips away.  The travel gets a bit old, but it's worked for several years so I (and the family) are almost used to it.

@Geoff. "like" is definitely too strong.  Yesterday morning I would have commented back that it must be ok since I haven't been hearing anything about it. But last night my daughter said I was getting too fuzzy.... I look like a monkey... can you please shave here (pointing at my neard)? Hopefully an isolated event. In beard 1, I got the "we don't like it" comments.  I am hoping that with the trimmed stache and conservative length I can avoid those.  Fingers crossed!