Quote from: Ms. OBrien on October 24, 2012, 09:46:48 PM
I fought getting bifocals for a long time.  I had them once and I got a pain in my neck.  But my eye doctor said that was because I was using them incorrectly.

This last pair are bifocals, and it took me about a week to get use to them.  However now I am glad I have them.  No changing glasses to drive or read.  I just look through the part I need without moving my head.

For me it's I do so much close up work that it's just as easy for me to keep my driving glasses in the car. Most of the stuff in the house I can recognize the things their just a bit fuzzy around the edges,just don't ask me the time as I can't always make out the numbers.

I was in my forties when I got my first pair of prescription glasses and was so angry about the thought that my vision was no longer 20/20 that I put them in my dresser drawer under my underware and didn't get them back out for about eight years. It seems that my arms were getting shorter or something because I couldn't hold things I was trying to read out quite far enough to focus properly.  Pride leads to self defeat!

I used to be an avid reader but now it seems to be work, so I got my spouse an Amazon Paperwhite e-reader and we can sit up in bed at night while she reads to me. (there's method to my madness)

I'm not real picky on glasses since I only need them for reading. My favorite were thin rims, but I broked them so now I'm just using my back up pair until I get around to replacing the others someday.

Glasses can be a lot of fun.  I've been wearing glasses for most of my life.  I presently have 12 pairs of regular single vision glasses, all very different from each other, in a wide variety of shapes and colors.  I like to pick the glasses that match my mood.  I also have 5 pairs of very nice sunglasses, each very different from the others.  Most of the time I wear contact lenses though.  I change my eye color pretty much daily. 

I have blue contacts that I wear often.  My gray contacts I wear about as often as the blue.  I have some very bright green contacts that tend to draw a lot of attention... I don't wear those as often.  I have hazel green contacts which I don't wear too often since they just get lost in my complexion.  I'm thinking about trying honey colored contacts; I think they would be really nice.  I'm also considering bright violet contacts.  I've been mulling over a pair of contacts that are bright yellow with a ring of red around the yellow... for special occasions.  I'm undecided on those.

My eye doctor loves to see me walk in the door of his office.  Everytime I buy new glasses, I have a tendency to buy 4 pair at once... just because I love variety in eyewear. 

Have fun with it!  Eyewear can be a blast!

Hugs,
Miharu

Quote from: Shantel on October 26, 2012, 12:23:39 PM
Apple Seed, Take a big breath and relax, you are overworking yourself. Turn off the tape that's running in your head and give yourself a break dear!

Thanks. I'm going to fight a bit with my cable provider and play Halo, because If I don't relax soon... The less I sleep, the worse the eyelid gets. At this moment I look like big baby from Toy Story 3. I need to go back to papercrafting, it helped with being calm.


Actually, even with the big nose effect, I'm thinking that I always tend to put my glasses on important occasions, next to the suit pants, shirt and tie, just for looking cool. I think my current eyesight was something like 18/20, the last time they checked it five years ago. Less focusing distance, but at least I have stopped hitting lampposts when I need to leave them repairing (true story). My last accident was when the metallic rim of my last pre-lasic glases went up my eyebrow after hitting a half open door. 5 suture points. Ouch. Nowadays I'm extra careful and come to think about it... People get pissed of because I force them to wear security googles when doing some things.