I'm 46 next month and I have finally had to admit that my eyesight for reading was fucked.
So £220 later I succumbed and got my first pair of varifocal glasses. It's a bloody revelation... No more pushing my distance glasses up to be able to read labels or my phone.
Thankfully the "hipster" style frames that are fashionable right now means I can get away with the bigger lenses needed.
The opticians gave me the worst case scenario, that I might get headaches or be unable to adjust to them, but within a couple of hours I was totally comfortable with them, I did fork out for the premium lenses with as little blurring from the lens blending as possible, so I guess that helped.
But damn you age, I still feel 21 in my head!
Damn you age.
Re: Damn you age.
They've been threatening me with varifocals for years, have resisted so far.
Mind you, if I have to push my specs any further down my nose so as to read, they'll end up on my chin. I wonder if a selfie stick would work?
Oh, and what Jim said too!!
Mind you, if I have to push my specs any further down my nose so as to read, they'll end up on my chin. I wonder if a selfie stick would work?
Oh, and what Jim said too!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Damn you age.
I never wore glasses, but when I got into my 40s my arms ceased to be long enough to let me read and so I bought reading glasses. I still don't need anything for distance, but I have to carry those damn glasses with me everywhere I go; I even have to use half frames at the opera so I can watch the stage and read the translation at my seat).
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I've worn glasses or contacts since I was in 8th grade or so. I was one of the last of my friends to have to need reading glasses, but when my lenses are in, they really help. If I'm wearing my glasses, I just take them off to read (I'm nearsighted).
The most difficult thing for me is the transition from close reading to distance -- like if I'm on a device, and then look up at the TV, its takes my eyes longer to make that shift in focus. Sigh.
The most difficult thing for me is the transition from close reading to distance -- like if I'm on a device, and then look up at the TV, its takes my eyes longer to make that shift in focus. Sigh.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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Me too. $7.00 for three pair at Walmar. (2.50 mag).Big RR wrote:I never wore glasses, but when I got into my 40s my arms ceased to be long enough to let me read and so I bought reading glasses. I still don't need anything for distance, but I have to carry those damn glasses with me everywhere I go;
I have a strap and let the glasses dangle around my neck for when I need them.
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Do you have a picture of yourself on your computer? If so, go here and have a highly efficient, technical and unbiased appraisal of how old you look.
I know it's efficient because it said I look like I'm 41 yrs old, which is actually true even though I'm just a couple of years older than that...
I know it's efficient because it said I look like I'm 41 yrs old, which is actually true even though I'm just a couple of years older than that...
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That works really well Joe, it says I look 39, which is quite right.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”