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Anbody wear glasses here..?

I have to say the one thing I hate about glass over contacts is they dont move with your eyes and depending on how bad you vision depends on how worthless your looking to the sides up and down are with out you head. You can only veiw the world though the by moving you head.

I say the biggest annoyis is when I read a book because where like to hold my head about half of the page is below the edge of my glasses and the distance the book is from me is just past the distance I can see clearly (About 30 cm or so) it is so extremly annoying, If I could only see clearly about 2 more inchs or so I could read with out my glasses.
 
i have glasses and have had since second grade. Not only that, I love them. To get to your women's perception point, I get loads of compliments from girls saying my glasses are hot or make me look cute. When i go to get new frames the ladies helping me have said that i can really wear any frame and pull it off. Some people just have faces that look good accentuated with glasses.

Obviously not everyone is like this. However, part of the appeal of glasses to a mate is (i feel anyway) not only just actual looks but psychological. It's important to have a pair of great fitting glasses if you are wearing them; they should fit your face well and the frame shape is important to different features and sizes. But no matter what, even if they fit perfectly, your comfort in the glasses is just as important, if not more. Striking, bold glasses like thicker black and now colored plastics show that you are not afraid to wear your glasses, that you like how you look and don't care who sees or not, or that I'm creative and different.. And then say rimless glasses: "I'm ahead of the curve" ...etc it can go on and on.

I do also think that glasses set off certain judgmental things in people, partly created by the surroundings. We all know the stereotypical geek with taped thick glasses. People still definitely associate intelligence with glasses. There is also a definite shyness factor that some people exhibit with glasses, almost like you are hiding behind them. I don't fall victim to the whole "shes not hot she wears glasses" type of more, I'm actually attracted to girls sometimes just because of that cute, maybe nerdier, maybe spunkier artistic style even if they may not be (many happen to be oddly ;) ). We are physical creatures and will always be affected by outward appearances and glasses certainly contribute to that in more ways than one.

wooh, wow long post :p
 
I've had glasses since around 7, and I'm now 39 :)eek: ). I wore contacts for a few years during college, and tried again a few years ago, but don't actually like spending all the time to put them in and clean them.

I also prefer how I look with glasses, and am so used to them that it's hard to imagine LASIK or anything like that.

My 5 year old has worn glasses for a few months now and he actually loves his glasses and my fears of him being teased for being the only kid in his class with them haven't amounted to much. In fact one of his friends is super jealous of him.

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CubaTBird said:
Since I made my contact thread, it got me wondering if anyone here wears glasses and how they feel about them. When one wears glasses, do you think people see that person differently than if they didn't wear glasses? Like a preconceived notion? Or is that all in one's head. On the subject of women, do women these days really care if a guy wears them or not? Does a guy who wears them have to work harder for the "girl" than one who doesn't? Or again is that all societal pressures that have been made up and exist only in one's head?:eek:
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I wear reading glasses - but only for lectures in theatres and using the computer. I used to have full-time contacts but they got annoying because my eyes are dry.
With the preconceived notion thing, I think it only really makes a difference if you meet them for the first time with glasses on, and then next time you don't. It's like meeting two different people sometimes.
And the rest just exists in your head. :p
Glasses or not, you are the same person.
 
Been wearing glasses for about 20 years. Love getting new ones (and a new look) every few years. Just got these last week.
 

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I wear glasses most of the time - I only really wear contacts when I am going out or I want to wear sunglasses. I used to really hate wearing them, but I got a bad eye infection a few years ago and couldn't wear contacts for about a year. I ended up getting frames that I really liked (and ultra ultra thin lenses - otherwise they'd be like binoculars) and I feel much more comfortable wearing them now.

My girlfriend also wears glasses and I really like them - like clayj said, the right glasses can amplify someone's attractiveness.
 
Sometimes glasses can make a big difference, especially the wrong ones. Some people look horrific regardless of what glasses they wear and, for some strange reason, some people look horrific without them.

I wear glasses myself and some styles suit me quite well. However, I have daily disposable contact lenses that I wear almost every day. I personally feel that having something balanced on my face inhibits my personality and makes me more cautious in physical activities.

So, while I do wear glasses, you'll be hard pushed to see me in them.
 
baby duck monge said:
The wife likes the contacts; the girlfriend prefers the glasses.
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What about the other girlfriend, and Wife No. 2?? :confused:

I have very minor astigmatism and never wear my glasses. Actually, I saw this thread and put on my glasses for the first time in awhile. I don't think I look bad in them, but since I really don't need them, I don't wear them. Sometimes I wear them anyway, though. I think they help only if I'm sitting in the back of a lecture room, and the teacher is writing on a whiteboard or overhead projector. That's essentially the only time I have an issue with sight.
 
KingYaba said:
20/15 vision
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Enjoy it while you are young as it will change as you age. :eek:

BTW, been there done that so I know.

Also, you will start to feel blind at 20/25 to 20/30 because of everything that you can no longer see that you are used to seeing. The finite detail. The vivid colors. Yet compared to someone who really needs glasses, your vision will still be great.
 
Without my glasses, I'm pretty much legally blind. o.o'

I end up falling asleep in them all the time too.

That way I cant lose em since they're attached to my face. I lose things way too easily. x.x'

Every now and then I gotta get them straightened out, but its no problem because the eyeglasses place where I got them are really nice and they do it for freeeeee.
 
dmw007 said:
Also a nice pair of glasses. :)
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Thanks.

I do wear my contacts for sports, though, since I can't stand sweat on the lenses or under the pads of the glasses on the bridge of my nose.:eek:
 
I think I look better when I wear my glasses, I have never been completely satisfied with my looks without them. For me putting on glasses equals an instant confidence boost (better than drugs anyway).

As for women... more confidence = more attractive, or so they say.
 
balamw said:
My 5 year old has worn glasses for a few months now and he actually loves his glasses and my fears of him being teased for being the only kid in his class with them haven't amounted to much. In fact one of his friends is super jealous of him.
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You had a thread about this, right? Glad to know things have wroked out for the best. Your fear being allayed does wonders for my fears about having a kid - knowing things work out in the end make decisions much easier.

On topic, I wear glasses, have done so since I was 12. I tried contacts in college, but my eye don't take too kindly to the attempted poking. So, I make do with the glasses, and will do so until LASIK, which was supposed to be this year, but with the kid coming....we'll see (maybe I can justify it as reducing the need to buy glasses later from the kid breaking them).
 
Glasses are dope...if done correctly.

Find a pair of stylish frames that fit your face. If your eyes are bad, the stock lenses will be thick. But dont cheap out on the lenses! Coke bottles can kill a really cool pair of glasses. Pay a bit extra and get the thinner lenses, you will be glad you did. Besides, I dont know too many people that will find a nice pair of Prada or Armani specs "uncool".

my $0.02 USD to this discussion.
 
Abstract said:
What about the other girlfriend, and Wife No. 2?? :confused:
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Well the other girlfriend always has a bag on her head when I'm around, so she doesn't have an opinion. And I'm not stupid enough to take on a second wife. :eek: :cool: :p ;) (How many smilies does it take to show that I was making a horrible joke and I didn't mean it?).

The wife really does prefer the contacts. And my lady-friend that the wife calls my 'girlfriend' (in reality, just a close friend from undergrad) really does prefer the glasses. Probably because there were plenty of times I was in no condition to put my contacts in while an undergrad and she just got used to the glasses.

I think people like what they get comfortable with, and people that don't otherwise know you probably don't really care which you have.
 
"Anybody wear glasses here..?

Out of the 70,000+ members here, not one of them has problems with vision :p

Isn't that answer somewhat a given, even if the forum only had 7 members?
 
baby duck monge said:
And my lady-friend that the wife calls my 'girlfriend' (in reality, just a close friend from undergrad) really does prefer the glasses.
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I bet your wife either hates her, or secretly hates her or is jealous and a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing.
 
Abstract said:
I bet your wife either hates her, or secretly hates her or is jealous and a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing.
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Possible, but doubtful. When we're all in the same city we all go out together. And the wife calls her to chat of her own accord. It probably helps that the 'girlfriend' is a verified lesbian with a long-term girlfriend of her own. ;)
 
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