How many of you wear glasses/ contacts?

TheUsual · 09-06-2011 11:20PM

Glasses all the time. I even dream clearer with them.

I used to take them off for about 2 years when I was at the gym running and rowing. But a friend pointed out I was smiling at all the auld wans and ignoring all the foxes so I started to wear them again.

Esoteric_ · 09-06-2011 11:56PM

Glasses all the time since I was 14. Needed them since I was 10 but the mother thought I was over-exaggerating

Tried contacts but ended up bruising my eye or something trying to get the feckin' things in and out, and will never have laser surgery. Good thing I look better with glasses than without.

Cill Dara Abu · 10-06-2011 12:03AM

Absurdum wrote: »

blind as a bat, -6.0 in both eyes and astygmatism, wear contacts whenever I need to but the bastard things are expensive (~€70 for 30 pairs)

still thinking of the laser eye thing

:eek: Only wear glasses when i'm driving, was thinking of getting contacts for playing football. How long do a pair last for?

Aldebaran · 10-06-2011 12:05AM

Glasses since I was 10, need them all the time unless I want to view life as a blur of colour.

brummytom · 10-06-2011 12:05AM

Just for driving, the cinema, watching the tv, that sort of thing. I didn't realise how blind I was until I got them!

Seems to be getting more and more common. Half of my class wear glasses to see the board.

dpe · 10-06-2011 12:08AM

Lasered about six years ago. Best money I've ever spent.

Bobby42 · 10-06-2011 12:11AM

Started wearing glasses when I was 17. I've thought about laser eye surgery but I'm too afraid!

CrazyRabbit · 10-06-2011 12:21AM

Needed glasses since about age 5, but never wore them due to being too self conscious. Went all the way through school not being able to read the blackboard. Actually, anything further than 1 foot away was blurry.

Started wearing glasses full time from about age 20.

But got LASIK a few years ago and now have perfect vision. Best money I've ever spent on myself, and the only 'enjoyable' medical experience of my life.

Absurdum · 10-06-2011 12:23AM

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

:eek: Only wear glasses when i'm driving, was thinking of getting contacts for playing football. How long do a pair last for?

that's for daily disposable ones, Acuvue Moist for Astigmatism, normal ones can be a lot cheaper

I can wear them all day if I'm out and about but if I'm on a computer or watching tv they dry up quickly

CrazyRabbit · 10-06-2011 12:23AM

Bobby42 wrote: »

Started wearing glasses when I was 17. I've thought a out laser eye surgery but I'm too afraid!

2 minute procedure, no pain, no discomfort (well except cold eye drops). I'd recommend LASIK to anyone, and as per my post above, I found the procedure enjoyable (cool light show).

barbarians · 10-06-2011 12:26AM

Absurdum wrote: »

blind as a bat, -6.0 in both eyes and astygmatism, wear contacts whenever I need to but the bastard things are expensive (~€70 for 30 pairs)

still thinking of the laser eye thing

70€ for 30 pairs ? :eek::eek:

I get 30 pairs for 35€ and there's a special offer of 90 pairs for 90€ in the Specsavers I go to.

Are yours specially designed or perscribed because 70€ for 30 pairs seems crazy.

Mint Sauce · 10-06-2011 12:29AM

Glasses/contacts all the time. -3.75 and -4.0

10-06-2011 12:31AM

I've been wearing glasses for about the last 15 years. I'm very short sighted, can only see clearly up to about 10cm without my glasses, so I need them pretty much all the time. Have wanted to try contacts for a while, apparently I look like Harry Potter with my glasses on... :pac:

bnt · 10-06-2011 12:38AM

When I was about 10, I was a good boy at school, always sitting at the front of the class ... then the teacher sent me to the back so another naughty boy could go to the front. "Um ... Miss ..? I can't see the board ... "

snickerpuss · 10-06-2011 12:46AM

Glasses for me. Largely blind without them. Can't be arsed with contacts every day, only when I'm going out of a night.

I must say I get a different type of bloke hitting on me when I wear my glasses on a night out than I do when I wear my contacts. Maybe they counteract the impression given off by the blonde hair...

Absurdum · 10-06-2011 12:49AM

barbarians wrote: »

70€ for 30 pairs ? :eek::eek:

I get 30 pairs for 35€ and there's a special offer of 90 pairs for 90€ in the Specsavers I go to.

Are yours specially designed or perscribed because 70€ for 30 pairs seems crazy.

pretty much yeah, the astigmatism bit seems to double the price, I've tried cheaper ones but they are too uncomfortable to wear

raveni · 10-06-2011 01:40AM

I'm short-sighted but it's not too bad, can manage grand without glasses, tbh I just don't really like wearing them and I figure until I start bumping into things I'm grand without them. I do look at it this way, without glasses my sight is ok but with them it's HD...so it's better alright but ya can manage fine with normal quality.

Spread · 10-06-2011 01:41AM

Three pairs (not including spares). For reading, for driving and for shaving:o

Saila · 10-06-2011 02:06AM

alexlyons wrote: »

were them just for reading and for seeing things

you'll find most people do the same

Karona · 10-06-2011 02:12AM

Need glasses for reading, watching tv on the computer etc.

Didnt think my eyesight was so bad until i got my glasses, I also have astygmatism in my left eye.

Cill Dara Abu · 10-06-2011 02:15AM

Spread wrote: »

Three pairs (not including spares). For reading, for driving and for shaving

Explain please?

CrazyRabbit · 10-06-2011 02:16AM

snickerpuss wrote: »

Glasses for me. Largely blind without them. Can't be arsed with contacts every day, only when I'm going out of a night.

I must say I get a different type of bloke hitting on me when I wear my glasses on a night out than I do when I wear my contacts. Maybe they counteract the impression given off by the blonde hair...

Blonde eh? You don't have poor vision, you just need to turn the lights on.

Trishmc · 10-06-2011 02:20AM

I had -3.75 bad vision until last August when I had laser done at the Blackrock clinic.Best decision I ever made!

Trishmc · 10-06-2011 02:24AM

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Temptamperu · 10-06-2011 02:28AM

Princess Peach wrote: »

I have super perfect vision. Can see farther than most people and can read signs from a long way away

I don't have much else in my life to be proud of.

im the exact same :cool:

Killer Pigeon · 10-06-2011 02:40AM

I'm slightly short sighted (-1.5) so I only wear glasses when I want to look intelligent or when I need to focus on something that a couple of meters away from me.

strobe · 10-06-2011 02:43AM

Had the gogglers zapped a few years ago. Seeing (heh) what I use to spend on contacts and glasses I think it probably started paying for itself a year or two ago.

Plus you get to smell your own eyes burning (really), which was nice.

Kojak · 10-06-2011 02:49AM

I don't wear galsses or contacts. My eyesight is excellent. If only I could say the same thing about my hearing....

beks101 · 10-06-2011 03:07AM

Contacts full time, glasses occasionally. I'm a safety hazard without, walk into doors, out in front of cars, snub friends and family members.

Made lots of enemies as a teenager for 'shooting dirty looks' to everyone I passed, when in reality I was desperately squinting to make out faces and had an irrational hatred for my glasses.

Edit: ooooh......post 666!

cenvuza7fg9kx5 · 10-06-2011 03:54AM

My god why the fcuk would anyone start this thread. I was wrong yesterday this is the sh!tist thread ever. Yes I have glasses, no I have great vision, I wear contacts, I have reading glasses now... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

How many of you wear glasses/ contacts?

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