Monovision

[MouseWife]

Ha, you tease out of affection.

I've worn glasses to see far since about the 6th grade. I have worn contacts, great for when I go to Disneyland and like to wear sunglasses but not so good when indoors and shopping {I don't need them at this time and they more mess up my vision}.

When I turned 40, right after maybe, I did start to have to hold the pennies farther.

I don't want to bother with contacts. I do like my glasses. They probably look like the ones you talk about, Kevy Baby. This is my second pair of 'geeky' glasses. My first pair was a little more thin, probably less geeky. That was about 4 years ago and right when they were coming out. I took a lot of grief {and a lot of compliments, too} about them but I do love them.

I used to love the cat eye glasses back in high school, too, but only for going dancing.

I really don't want to hear more about growing old. I am not in a very good mood for that today.

Besides, none of the people I met at the Lashbear meet were old, needed canes or seeing eye dogs, had to stop to breathe or had gamy looking skin.

None.

[lindyhop]

I love my contacts and I hate wearing glasses so I jumped at the suggestion of monovision as soon as my eye doctor mentioned it. It took me no time at all to get used to it but that had a lot to do with how much I hate wearing glasses. The last time I got new glasses I tried going for some cool narrow frames but the woman helping me took a look at my prescription and said no way. I'm too blind I guess.

As far as I'm concerned monovision is the only way to go.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

The first thing they tell you when you go in for LASIK (if that is the surgival route you mean) is that it will not help with your need for reading glasses and will not significantly delay that day if you don't yet need them.

She had a similar surgery called EpiLASIK. And true, they did tell her that. However, it would seem that the advantage in this case would be to make the eyes equal and limit the necessary vision correction to reading only.

Similar to GD, I have also been fortunate as the only one in my family who has not required correction (though in the last couple years I have started wearing a slight magnification while at the comuter at work), and I'm pushing 40.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I am one lucky son of a bitch. I think I'm the only person in my immediate, and even slightly extended family, that has made it into the late 20s without need for glasses (save for the pair of flat pieces of glass I was prescribed once because the optometrist knew I had insurance). Don't know how long my luck will hold out, but here's hoping.

[Betty]

I only wear my glasses at work because my eye began twitching. Although the doc said the glasses wouldn't help with that (stress?) my eye hasn't twitched since.

They are so swanky too - glad I got the pricey ones as they've lastes for a few years. They make me feel smart!