Reading me.

OK guys, you have been an important part of my life for the past 5 years(!). So I have to tell you something VERY important. After years of thinking I was going to be 23 forever, I finally decided on my 40th birthday to visit my friendly neighborhood eye doctor.

Guess what. I needed glasses--reading glasses! I got them today, and I can't tell you how confused I am. Do I wear them all the time? Only when I'am reading? Where do I keep them? What's the best way to get used to them? Are people gonna think I'm REALLY old? Should I get those little reading glasses strings that go around your neck? I don't know guys! FRACK! Advise please, for a vain old-timer...

By the way, the computer screen looks incredibly crisp, clear and colorful...ugh! HELP!

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Great... so that's what age you wanna be when you're 40 years old. I'M NOT EVEN 23 ANYMORE! But I'm 24, so at least I'm close!

I can't believe you made a post about needing reading glasses, as if it's truly a symbol of being ancient. Lots of young people need glasses... why not get Lasik??

Come back when you either get a walker/cane, or a prescription for Viagra.

Lot's of young people need a prescription for viagra too, it happens to every man, or so I've been told.

Anyway, it depends what your prescription is. If you're longsighted (which is the usual case for age-related myopia) you'll only need to wear them for reading, computer work and any other close-ranged activity. If you're shortsighted you'll need them for driving and probably most other daily activities that involve looking more than four feet in front of you.

Anyway, you can get contacts or laser-eye if you don't like them. Personally I only wear my glasses when I'm in bed as I take my contacts out when I'm brushing my teeth.

Hey Tim! Great to hear from you.

I wouldn't fret on the reading glasses thing; my girlfriend needs glasses pretty much all the time, and I think she looks adorable in them. It'll probably take some getting used to, but I think you'll probably end up liking them before too long.

It is a little tricky to know when to wear them, though. Glasses don't make you look old, but I suppose whipping out a pair of glasses and putting them on whenever you need to read something might invoke those sorts of thoughts, fairly or otherwise.

I guess If I were you, I'd wait and see how often you needed them in day-to-day life. If you find yourself needing them often, then just wear them pretty much all the time.

I've worn glasses my whole life and I wear them all the time. I like them because I work a lot of construction so instead of having to wear safety glasses I just wear my regular ones. I've spoken to a few doctors about lasik as well and I don't like the idea of permanently losing certain aspects of your regular field of vision. But once you do the lasik thing you can't get it back.

Totally disagree with the above viagra post btw. We as a society really need to stop taking so many damn drugs.

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thanks for the support guys! Today, I'm at work and I'm wearing my new glasses: swear to god I feel like I'm in a fish bowl!
Can you say, "mid-life crisis?" HAHA!

You nut… glasses can be [insert best Scottish blur] verra, verra sexy… and on you, I'm positive they are just that…

Back in the day (before they figured out I had a mild form of dyslexia)... they put me in reading glasses and I pretty much was supposed to wear them for anything I did up close… so you probably just need them mainly to read and write… and no, they won't make you look old...

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i started wearing glasses when i was 13 and ive worn them so much ive actually made my eyesight worse as my eyes have relaxed and gotten lazy and relied on the lenses - so only wear them when you need to

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When I was 13 I was supposed to wear specs a hell of a lot more often than I actually did. Being a moody and narcissistic teenager I thought I didn't look 'cool' with them and the result was that I have one eye that's almost 20:20 and one that's pretty bad and blurs from 3 inches onwards - the years not wearing any glasses had turned one eye into a long-distance sniping machine which was useless for close work and one eye into a bookworm's best friend, crap at any kind of distance.

The upshot is that I have to wear specs a lot more than I should have had to if I'd put my ego to one side when I was a teenager.

So yeah, don't wear them more than you have to and certainly don't wear them less...

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Glasses are a pretty mild sign of aging. Actually I thought they were a (misleading) signifier of book-smarts more than one of age. Unless they keep you from continuing your favorite x-treme sports activities (like stunt ice-skating in low-visibility weather conditions, or back-alley self-eye-gouging tournaments). Anyway, I'm sure you look fine, but you should post some pictures anyway so we can all make fun of you in a jocular kind of way and call you four-eyes and poindexter and other MoFo-bonding activities.

And Tacitus, I think you know what time it is...
Iiiit's Monacle Time!!!
Yeah..

Heh, I had considered a monocle but soon realised that the amount of facial effort required to keep the thing in place gave the impression that I was constantly leering.

Not a good look while standing in a checkout queue, for instance...

stop this nonsense right now just wear them as directed by the optometrist

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