Glasses

[JillLars]

I just got glasses yesterday! I am very excited, I have always wanted glasses, and I used to buy fake ones or else pop the lenses out of real ones and wear them to school. Now I am losing my long distance vision, so I need them for real. I guess I shouldn't be happy about that, but I guess it happens to a lot of college students, they spend so much time reading close up that they become nearsighted, apparently that is what has happened to me. So, anyone else have glasses or contacts?

 

[Soulwings]

I have glasses, and have had them for 7 years. I'm going for contacts this fall...if possible I would toss my glasses in the trash...I hate them. Only problem is, I can't do without them, because I'm so nearsighted that even things ten feet away are quite blurry. Grrr.

 

[Wypadek]

I wear contacts. I got glasses a little more than 9 years ago, and contacts 5 yeras ago. I HATE the things. Mom said that once I become eligable, she willpay for me to get the lasic surgery (she has it and it worked really well). My vision is absolutly rotten! I have 20/800 vision in my left eye and 20/750 in my right (what other people see at 800/750 feet, I don't see till its 20 ft away). For me to see something with out my glasses/contacts, it has to be no more than 6 inches frommy face, it really stinks!

 

[Inspired]

Wasn't really that thrilled about wearing mine, i would rather wear my contacts, but because I need torics, there almost $80 a box, so I got glasses.

Then someone told me my glasses looked cute on me going to get a new a pair next week, lol

 

[PuppyforChrist]

I wear glasses. And I really do love them. I think I look a lot better in glasses then I do without.

When I was little, I used to want to wear glasses so much, I punched out the lenses in my sunglasses and wore them around the house.

 

[Freodin]

I wear glasses since I was 7 years old. That´s (calculate, calculate) 27 years!

I feel not completly dressed when I´m not wearing them (not to mention I don´t see a thing!)

 

[lucypevensie]

I love my glasses! I've had them since I was 10 years old. I've also had contacts off and on but they bug me to death.

GO GLASSES!

 

[Ensis]

I don't like my current glasses...something doesn't look quite right about them. I like my sunglasses though. I really like sunglasses.

 

[Sha]

I love my glasses; I've had them for ten years now. My new ones (which aren't that new anymore) are frameless and look very nice on me, at least, I think so. Contacts scare me - I don't like touching my eyes. I am nearsighted, also. Read too much. *cough* Love those books..

 

[Knight]

I got glasses when I was 16. (Yes, the driving test forced me into them.) I hated wearing them. Slowly, I came to accept this as a fact of life.


In my second year of college I was able to justify getting contacts because I was involved in fencing. (It's tough to get a mask on when you're wearing glasses.) I actually competed my first year without wearing my glasses. Did pretty well too.

Now I wear contacts mostly in the day and glasses at night. If I could afford the laser surgery right now I'd do it. I don't enjoy messing around with the contacts every day but it is a fact of life for me right now.

(Note to anyone who wears contacts: Get the "No-Rub" solution. It saves lots of time cleaning your lenses. It's available in generic brand now so it's cheeper.)

 

[JOYfulbeliever]

I'm blind as a bat and hate the fact that I can't see without serious help from glasses/contacts...HOWEVER, I LOVE the fact that I can see with my contacts. I wear them all the time, until they start bothering me. I even sleep in them. Okay, so truthfully, I'm bad. They are disposable extended wear lenses. I'm supposed to wear them for a week, take them out, clean them, wear them for another week, then throw them away. JoyfulBeliever's way? Wear them until they start bothering me (up to a few months at times!), take them out, SOAK them in solution, pop the bad boys in the next day and repeat. A bottle of 3-in-1 saline lasts me forever!

And my eye doctor cousin would love to ring my neck!

I'm afraid to do the lasik surgery...I'm scared for them to do that to my eyes...I mean, they aren't great as they are, but at least I can see with contacts or my coke bottle glasses. If something were to go wrong with the surgery, I only have 2 eyes!!!! I'm not sure I really want to take that chance! I know people that have had it done and talk so highly of it...it's just one of those things with me that I don't think I would have it done unless I really had no other option.

I hate wearing my glasses. Especially when you go from the cold, air conditioned house, to 95+ degree heat outside...the things fog up so bad, you can't see any better than you could if you weren't wearing them!

 

[Soulwings]

I know....when I come in in the winter, my glasses fog up...when I go out in the rain...my glasses get wet so I can't see through them...I WANT CONTACTS!

 

[Wypadek]

Joy, my mom got the surgery and it did wonders. Her vision was REALLY bad so it regressed and she had to get it fixed again, but it was free. There is a center in Atlanta, called TLC (The Lasic Center) that is REALLY good.

 

[bravesaz]

I was supposed to start wearing my glasses when I was 9. Only I hated them and my mom didn't make me wear them. I started wearing them full time when I flunked the eye exam to get my driver's license.

I'm so used to wearing my glasses that I feel naked without them. I tried contacts, but I'm allergic to every solution made to clean them. Believe me, we (the eye dr. & me) tried them all. I'd put those things in and 20 minutes later my eyes looked like I'd been on a 3 week drunk they were so bloodshot!

 

[Phoebe]

I have glasses and contacts. Contacts are tolerable. Glasses are horrible in the winter. If you're outside long anough, when you finally step inside where it's warm, they'll ice or frost over.

 

[KristiXP]

Contacts are great! I only wear my glasses at night or when my eyes are bothered by my contacts.

 

[IslandBreeze]

I wear hard contacts. I had soft contacts for a year, and I thought I'd go crazy! I love my hard contacts though! I can't wait until my eyes stop getting worse so I can look into LASIK surgery. I have a problem though; I tend to rub my eyes (and I mean really dig them) right before I fall asleep and right after I wake up in the morning. I'll have to break myself of that habit before I get the surgery, or I'll really screw my eyes up. In the meantime, thank goodness for contacts, because I look atrocious in glasses!

 

[lil_one]

well i have had glasses since i was 3... so that makes it 17 years i've been wearing glasses... FUN!!
Nah they're not too bad, i'm really used to them now, they don't even bother me.
Would like to try contacts but we'll see. I love glasses though, trying all the different ones on is loads of fun!!!

 

[Beckijhn]

I've been wearing glasses since I was 7 and contacts since I was 12. I really hate not being able to see and it panics me to take out my contacts and realize my glasses aren't on the shelf where I keep them. For those who wear contacts, I wear -6.75 and -7.5 contacts.

I am going to get lazer surgery at my earliest convenience!!!!

I hate glasses and contacts - I hate being blind! and I look like a dork when I wear glasses - but I can't wear them in the daylight, they give me a migraine so I only look like a dork in my own home and at night. LOL

 

[JillLars]

I forgot about the fogging up thing. I guess I will have to deal with that in a few months here. Luckily, my vision isn't bad enough that I need to wear my glasses all the time. I have been since I got them just because things are clearer. Here's a picture of me with my new glasses.