My wife noticed the missing goatee

Not a particularly good picture, but here's how it looks today

At a wedding reception last night, I found out that my wife noticed that I had shaved my chin after I joked with other people that she had not noticed the change.  When some acquaintances made comments about my mustache, she mentioned to them that I had also shaved off the goatee.

Later she asked me when I had done this, and I told her Thursday morning.  She said that liked the goatee, preferred my old mustache, but that the hairs were not bothering her as much when kissing.  She made no ultimatums, just these comments.

When one of our mutual acquaintances made the comment how much she really liked my mustache, I told her that my wife did not.  She said that she would have to talk to her about that.

Shaved the Goatee - 5th Month

Today is what I consider to be the five month birthday of my mustache and I decided to make a change.

Here is my last picture with my goatee

Before the goatectomy

Shaving around the mustache

while shaving

Shaving around the mustache presents a challenge because I need to shave up and under the ends without mistakenly cutting any of it.  My method has been grabbing the ends, lifting them up to shave what's underneath, then moving it towards the center to shave the undergrowth area.

While doing so, I unconsciously ended up shoving the mustache into my mouth. I had my Eureka moment.  To keep my mustache out of the way during shaving, all I have to do is shove it in my mouth!

This mustache keeps teaching me things every day.

Perfect mustache day ... until I shaved

Me and another family member with whiskers

Lately I have been perfecting my styling technique where I use my index finger to push the top of the mustache down in the front, and then use my thumb to tuck the bottom hairs underneath it and slide them towards the ends.  It works very well and I will elaborate on it in a future post.

The night before last, I used this technique while laying in bed after taking a shower.  Well, I yesterday morning I awoke to a beautiful mustache with nice curls on both sides - no styling product or anything..  Oh, it was going to be a glorious mustache day.  Then I shaved and washed my face and all was lost.  While repeating the technique gave me a very nice center, the tips were wonky and no amount of wax or glue could completely fix them.

Today's picture shows no curls - just a gentle sweep, with the mustache behaving just drawn out to the sides with no product.  I am meeting a client shortly, and have not shaved.  Hmmm, do I dare get the mustache wet and face yesterday's debacle?  No,  The client will just have to live with me unshaved this morning - as he is bearded I don't think that this will be a problem.

Shaving to Grow a Thicker Mustache? How about a Cousin It Mustache?

Question: If I want to grow a thicker beard/mustache should I shave what I have and start from scratch?

The answer is no.