I've been growing my handlebar for about three years, it's still a work in progress. Before that, I wore the ever popular goatee and standard stache, growing a full beard each fall, then cutting it back each spring. Before when I grew a beard, it was kept cut short, but that last year of growing a beard, I let it grow full on Grizzly Adams. As I cut back come spring, I did so leaving my goatee long and full, similar to my avatar, but more narrow. Eventually I got tired of my "biker" goatee and people wanting to sell me used Harleys. But while I wore the long goatee, I let my mustache grow long and blended it into the goatee. When it came time to "slaughter the goat", I pretty much had an instant handlebar mustache. SWMBO really hated my Biker goatee and I initially intended to wear the handlebar as a temporary fashion, but when a female co-worker said "That's a hot mustache!" it was here to stay! A few years back I had some surgery that resulted in some minor facial paralysis, making my smile crooked, my h-bar hides that, another reason it's a keeper. I get a lot of compliments as well, so at least some people like it!
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