1 Always
2 Never
3 Sometimes
4 Only For Reading
5 Only For Close Up Work

me by the way only for reading:help:

Mainly wear them for driving (always), watching telly, and when I go to the pub.

I always have to wear glasses, if I took them off I would have problems seeing things.

Are you kidding? I'm -12 in both eyes. Not wearing them would be at best stupid, and at worst downright suicidal. The only break I get is when I'm asleep or when I can be bothered to put some contat lenses in.

Blind as a bat without mine :thumbsup:

I hear Lord Chaverly & Lord Snooty wear One Of THESE (http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/acc/monocle-goldthread-big.jpg) but there isn't an option for Upper Crust fashions

there should be a contact lense option for those of us who are ashamed of our glasses wearing, and keep it behind closed doors whenever possible.

The shame, the shame...

I just fixed mine with a kinfe and a tiny screw, i'm so very proud.

Wilf

I do for computer stuff but not normally and am short sighted so presentations etc as well.

Lets be frank, I'm ugly enough as it is (and scandanavian/german looking )without the glasses!:D

Ive got Keratuconus (sp?) and apparently im not supposed to wear glasses but have to wear contacts, but I refuse to wear contacts as I have to wear the hard ones and they hurt like hell. So ive decided not to wear any and just go blind instead :)

SUPPOSED to wear for computer.

But don't always.

:cool:

Originally posted by spyro2000
So ive decided not to wear any and just go blind instead :)
I can lend you some video's that will speedup the process mate :thumbsup: :heyhey: :hihi:

Started wearing glasses aged 16. Now 57, but as age has progressed, by eyesight has changed. Although I still wear glasses, I cannot wear them for close-up work.

Consequently..... I take off my glasses to read the days post, work on the pc, read the paper, prepare a meal, and similar. The trouble is, I can't then remember where I've put my glasses, and because I'm not wearing them, I can't see to find them!

{Yes doctor, coming now, just getting my coat....and trying to find my glasses :hihi:}

I wear contact lenses which you shoudl have pout for an option. I put the glasses on when i watch TV in bed.

Originally posted by Don_Kiddick
I can lend you some video's that will speedup the process mate :thumbsup: :heyhey: :hihi:

Its alright pal, I cant hold videos anymore, my palms are too hairy :)

i used to wear contacts - but had laser surgery in march of this year and now have 20/20 vision.

so i voted NEVER !!!

:clap: :clap: :clap:


(well - I'll probably have to wear glassess for reading when I'm older............:( )

tried contacts could not get on with em... deaf without me glasses!

Originally posted by robbie
Lets be frank, I'm ugly enough as it is (and scandanavian/german looking )without the glasses!:D

That's simply untrue Robbie... although admittedly my eyesight is shockingly bad, so I can rarely see well enough to tell whether someone is ugly or not!

I have worn glasses for probably 40 years, with a few years of contact lens wearing in between.

There is an advert on TV which says 'you can wear up to thirty pairs of glasses in a lifetime' does anyone else think that this is a rather low estimate?

I just replaced a lovely Alain Mikli pair with some Prada ones because I like the change in appearance that goes with a new pair. Can't imagine how many pairs I've got through, just remembered two pairs of prescription sunglasses and a pair of prescription swimming goggles too!

Originally posted by ratbagtowers
tried contacts could not get on with em... deaf without me glasses!

Know exactly what you mean :thumbsup: If the fone goes while I'm sleeping, I have to put my gigs on before I answer it. Now how loopy is that, we cannot hear without our glasses :confused: :loopy:

I'm supposed to wear them for reading.

I never got round to buying any though.

Cldn't wear glasses I'm afraid.

I wear glasses, but only for driving.

Only contact lenses - glasses feel funny and steam up :D

All the time, blind as a bat without. It just enhances the "ugly geek" chic, y'know, took years of practising to need lenses that were 'orrible & thick enough... :cool:

Yes I wear glasses and have done since I was 11. I have tried lenses but didn't get on with them and am too much of a coward to go for laser treatment.
When I used to go dancing in my teens, I ALWAYS took them off. Well,.... my mate and I proved that if I was wearing them we never got asked to dance. When I took them off, we never sat down. Only downside being that when a dance was finished I used to have to ask my partner if he could see my mate and angle a way to get back to where she was. Then I would have to ask her, "what was he like?".....Couldn't see a thing without them but too vain to accept it.
Still, I've learned to live with it. :hihi:
Joanl

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder..

I used to wear glasses up to April of this year when I switched to those contact lenses you wear for a month (including sleeping in them) and throw them away.

They're absolutely great, you can't feel them and I get headaches far less than I used to with specs.

I am very lucky to have 20/20 vision and never needed glasses. But whats so bad about them?? I think they look cool on some people and if you need to wear them, Then surley it become's a need over vanity?

Just about every Relationship i have been in the girl i have been with as wore glasses and they all looked very atractive in glasses but i guess i dont have to wear them day in day out so its back to my question whats so bad about them?

Originally posted by talktofrank
Just about every Relationship i have been in the girl i have been with as wore glasses and they all looked very atractive in glasses but i guess i dont have to wear them day in day out so its back to my question whats so bad about them?

I can't see it myself.

Stigma I suppose.

:D

I wear them all the time, except when I wear lenses for going out if i can be bothered.
Keep considering laser surgery, I know two people now that have had it done and both are very happy with it.

I only realy need glasses when I'm reading (books or screens) I'm ok otherwise.

I would like laser surgery but it's soooo expensive.

If you have laser surgery, then in years to come get cataracts, will the thickening of the tissue inside your eye mean less chance of future corrective surgery? Sorry, I'm hi-jacking the thread, but I would like to know! :o

I wear glasses for reading and close work. I also wear them when I get headache or migraine as it takes the strain off my eyes.

I'm off to specsavers tomorrow for my 2 yearly check up.

Originally posted by feargal
If you have laser surgery, then in years to come get cataracts, will the thickening of the tissue inside your eye mean less chance of future corrective surgery? Sorry, I'm hi-jacking the thread, but I would like to know! :o

I guess we will have to wait a few years to find out as laser eye surgery is not that old but I don't see why it should. Any eye surgeons on here?

Blind as a bat without mine

Me, too.

Plus, for some reason, I can't hear without my glasses on! Weird!

I used to have to wear glasses all the time. I didn't mind the way I looked - geek chic is always good but I objected to them steaming up everytime I came in from the cold and not being able to watch TV in bed lying on my side as glasses get pushed askew on the pillow. Plus headaches in the summer from squinting, inconvenience on holiday in swimming pools and the sea and putting contacts in to wear sunglasses or for a night out in a smoky club was like having razor blades stuck through my eyeballs by the end of the night.

So I went for the slice and dice option and best 1600 quid I ever spent - waking up every morning and being able to see as soon as I open my eyes is amazing. I never appreciated it when I was a kid before I had to wear glasses but I appreciate it all the time now.

It's a miracle! :cool: :thumbsup:

I used to wear glasses to correct a wobbly left eye when I was younger.

Not any more though.

Originally posted by LoopyLou
i used to wear contacts - but had laser surgery in march of this year and now have 20/20 vision.

(well - I'll probably have to wear glassess for reading when I'm older............:( )

Same goes for me!
Appollo can we have a 'Used to/Don't now/May do in the future' option please? :hihi:

A very long time ago I had to wear glasses for working on the computer - eye strain or something - but since they brought out those flat screens and I increased from 60 to 70+hz I have had no need for specs.

Wear them in the car to cut down glare from oncoming traffic. Everyone says "What you wearing sunglasses at night for?" and then I either explain they are tinted anti-glare lenses or just fob them off with any old rubbish.

Dragon

I have never wore glasses but at my current age I sometimes wonder if I may need them for reading.
Might take an eye test actually as I have not been tested for years.
Overall my sight seems good but I feel its not as good as it once was.

I should wear my glasses all the time but I dont, i find them uncomfortable and I look like a complete nerd in them. (although JoelC once said i look like a sexy teacher in them)

Originally posted by Kirsty_87
(although JoelC once said i look like a sexy teacher in them)

Was he drunk ;) :P

I don't wear them, altho I prob should...

Originally posted by D2J
Was he drunk ;) :P

I don't wear them, altho I prob should...

:o no he wasnt drunk, cheeky!

I have to wear glasses all the time, variofocals, and was wondering if you can wear contact lenses if you wear variofocals

I voted 'always' but that's because I wear them all the time unless I'm on a night out, then the contact lenses come out :)

Originally posted by HappyHoosier
Me, too.

Plus, for some reason, I can't hear without my glasses on! Weird!

I used to get that when I did Taekwondo, before I started wearing contacts again during training. I always put it down to me not being able to see the instructor's mouth moving so as well as not being able to hear him too well in an echoey hall, I also couldn't 'see' what he was saying. :)

I don't need glasses any more since I was lasered :clap: Absolutely the best money I've ever spent.

I haven't worn my glasses outside the house for over two years except once. I really don't like the way I look in them, and I get soooo much better vision with my contacts! :)

Originally posted by Kristian
I haven't worn my glasses outside the house for over two years except once. I really don't like the way I look in them, and I get soooo much better vision with my contacts! :)

I cant imagine you wearing glasses! you must bring them to the next meet ;) :)

Arent the last two options the same thing? i.e. wearing glasses for longsightedness?

What if youre like me and are short sighted, so you wear them for everything else, but take them off for reading and close work.

I had a two colleagues who were late forties and had laser eye surgery. They were short sighted. Their short sight was cured but they now have to wear reading glasses. They didnt before.
This is the reason I wont go for it. As I understand it, as you age you are more likely to need reading glasses, so if you are at a certain age, you will get your short sight cured but end up with reading glasses. I dont want that! I like to read in bed and dont want to bother with glasses.

I wear glasses all the time, can't see much without them.

Hugo Boss frames ftw

I've just sold my children into slavery and collected my new specs today.
I've worn them (just for seeing) since 11 years old but have recently had to take them off for close-up work/reading.

So I finally plunged for these new Varifocals and although I am still getting used to them, it looks like the future will be clearer!!

I have worn Varifocals for 10 years or more- no option, crap vision without them. Wish I didnt have to wear them but the optician tells me contacts would not be suitable.

I went to Specsavers in Hillsborough yesterday morning for my 2 yearly eye test. I needed some new specs and they said they'd call me in a few days whne they were ready.

I went to work, got back home and the phone rang at 1:30pm. It was Specsavers saying my new glasses were ready!! I was amazed!!

Now that's what I call top class service!!


Big up Specsavers!!!