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Post by femalefan on Sept 25, 2020 21:52:27 GMT
No but I'm near sighted so I need them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 22:14:58 GMT
I wear reading glasses for the itsy bitsy type on most stuff nowadays and also computer work. Last time I got my driver's license I passed the test so I'm not restricted to glasses.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Sept 26, 2020 19:24:20 GMT
I have on a daily basis since I was 13-14 years old. The optometrist responsible for the first pair of glasses I ever received must have had an off day. A then 10 year old with nearsightedness should not have gotten bifocal lenses! Especially the type that existed in the late 1980's, that were visible. Thanks to struggling to comprehend Algebra I in eight grade, I was forced to wear them (and given a seat at the front). The blessing in disguise came when one day at the end of school, I raced to my school bus after being kept a minute or so after the last bell. I forgot my glasses in the slight confusion. I realized this as the bus left school property, frantically searching in my backpack to no avail. Somewhere between there and my bus stop, I was suddenly as another realization came upon me- if I couldn't find them, I didn't have to wear them.
Within a month, after wearing my older brother's old frames, I got two new pairs thanks to one of those "Two for One/Free Eye Exam" my mom paid for. When I could afford to, I got frames of my own myself. I flirted with getting contacts in my early 20's, but putting my finger to my eye is something I don't have patience for, in some weird way. And in recent years, I thought about Lasik surgery, but I was notified by an optometrist that I might need glasses in the future for reading if I went through with Lasik.
Twenty five years or so and counting as a four eyes.
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Post by enigma72 on Sept 26, 2020 19:37:14 GMT
I have on a daily basis since I was 13-14 years old. The optometrist responsible for the first pair of glasses I ever received must have had an off day. A then 10 year old with nearsightedness should not have gotten bifocal lenses! Especially the type that existed in the late 1980's, that were visible. Thanks to struggling to comprehend Algebra I in eight grade, I was forced to wear them (and given a seat at the front). The blessing in disguise came when one day at the end of school, I raced to my school bus after being kept a minute or so after the last bell. I forgot my glasses in the slight confusion. I realized this as the bus left school property, frantically searching in my backpack to no avail. Somewhere between there and my bus stop, I was suddenly as another realization came upon me- if I couldn't find them, I didn't have to wear them. Within a month, after wearing my older brother's old frames, I got two new pairs thanks to one of those "Two for One/Free Eye Exam" my mom paid for. When I could afford to, I got frames of my own myself. I flirted with getting contacts in my early 20's, but putting my finger to my eye is something I don't have patience for, in some weird way. And in recent years, I thought about Lasik surgery, but I was notified by an optometrist that I might need glasses in the future for reading if I went through with Lasik. Twenty five years or so and counting as a four eyes. I did wear contacts for 8 years. I liked it But when I got pregnant I could no longer wear them My eyes got too dry. I never went back.
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Post by autumn on Sept 26, 2020 19:50:58 GMT
I have contacts, but I don't like to wear them, especially with COVID. I can get by without them, but I may be on my last leg of getting by.
I do wear "cheaters" so that I can read books, the computer, and....since when did they make food labels so tiny and difficult to read? lol
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Post by ellynmacg on Sept 26, 2020 23:22:00 GMT
I wore glasses from the age of eight, IIRC, for severe nearsightedness. Tried contacts in my teens, but could never wear them comfortably (they were thicker and heavier then). Later, I got some lightweight lenses and wore them for one special occasion: my wedding day. After that, I went back to glasses. Then, as the years passed, my eyes got worse and eventually required progressive lenses. One slight advantage I noticed about getting into my fifties: my nearsightedness diminished--though never so much as it did for some people I've heard of, who threw away their distance glasses and only wore them for reading. But then I had a cataract removed from my right eye (and got an implant in its place), and for the first time since I'd got my license, I didn't need glasses to drive. It was also wonderful to wake up in the morning and be able to see across the room! However, because my left eye still requires help, distance-wise, I wear a single contact--the single-use sort--on that side...kinda like a tiny, invisible monocle. Once I put that lens on, I need glasses only for reading or computer work (I'm wearing one of several pairs right now). Eventually, if that cataract on my left eye gets "ripe" (yuck--I hate that term), I'll have that removed, a farsighted lens implanted, and presumably I will no longer need to wear the single contact. But for now, I'm just grateful for the advantages I described in the previous chapter.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 27, 2020 0:41:53 GMT
No.
Stick a pair of glasses on somebody you fancy, they get ten times hotter. That's the power of the fixed frame double lens.
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