Health Things you can do without your glasses

[Roobs321]

I’ve been wearing prescription glasses & sunnies since 2009. Im shortsighted/nearsighted.

The only times I don’t wear glasses:

- when relaxed in bed (e.g. sleep, reading book, phone, sex, chill, etc.)
- when swimming/bathing
- when jogging
- morning routine (getting dressed, bathroom, coffee, etc.)

Otherwise I am constantly reliant on glasses. A desktop computer is far enough away to make me strain uncomfortably. Driving is too dicey (like frost/fog/downpour/unlit night) as the middle distance blurs and unreadable road signs mean slower reaction. Never watch TV or ride a bike without glasses. Sensitive eyes so often wear sunnies out anyway. Never wanted to try contacts. I like detail and feel they suit me anyway.

Anyone better or worse off, longsighted, takes more risks, prefers contacts or just not wearing them for appearance sake?

 

[Hawk Dork]

I wear a $2 petrol station pair to read fine print on labels

 

[Kram]

I wear a $2 petrol station pair to read fine print on labels

Under a tenner, don't have to even vet the expenditure with the old lady!

 

[Hawk Dork]

Under a tenner, don't have to even vet the expenditure with the old lady!

She knew because I dont wear my real ones that cost more than 10

 

[Kram]

I've got glasses but they only make me see distance maybe 5-10% better so it's just not worth the effort of wearing them.

Might be useful at the footy perhaps.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I've got glasses but they only make me see distance maybe 5-10% better so it's just not worth the effort of wearing them.

Might be useful at the footy perhaps.

same
I can put them on to look at the whales or grab the binoculars
I always choose the later

 

[Bazzar]

I wear a $2 petrol station pair to read fine print on labels

Best ones are $15 magnified safety glasses from M10.

Tough as nails, look trendy (possitive David Teague wears them) and high quality lenses.

 

[Shell]

I've got glasses but they only make me see distance maybe 5-10% better so it's just not worth the effort of wearing them.

Might be useful at the footy perhaps.

Yeah i got glasses like that. I always forget to actually take them tho.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Best ones are $15 magnified safety glasses from M10.

Tough as nails, look trendy (possitive David Teague wears them) and high quality lenses.

my ones have magnets

 

[dumb]

Not much I can do without them. If I take them off, like going to bed, I need to remember where I put them as I can't always see where I've put them. Cue me crawling around the bedside table.

Wore them when I went to the gym, can't see the treadmill numbers or much else. Would need to hold a newspaper 3 or 4 inches from my face without my eyes.

Transition lenses. My short-sightedness is a constant source of amusement for my partner. Have had to ask her if she has seen them more than once.

 

[M Malice]

I'm short sighted and have been wearing glasses for 25 years, I always wore contact lenses for playing sport ie. Futsal and Squash. I can read fine without glasses.

 

[the_interloper]

If you've got a good wank bank you can have a pull without glasses on.

 

[Thistle]

Same as you OP and need to wear them 90% of awake hours. Will wear contacts for sport and some fancy nights out but can't last a whole with them as they get super irritating when dry.

I don't enjoy wearing glasses and I'm increasingly finding limitations with not having great normal vision. I've been looking at the laser path and it would be great to hear from posters who have done it and how it's going for them?

 

[M Malice]

Same as you OP and need to wear them 90% of awake hours. Will wear contacts for sport and some fancy nights out but can't last a whole with them as they get super irritating when dry.

I don't enjoy wearing glasses and I'm increasingly finding limitations with not having great normal vision. I've been looking at the laser path and it would be great to hear from posters who have done it and how it's going for them?

My son who is 35 years of age got laser surgery around 10 years ago for short sightedness which corrected it to better than 20/20 vision, his eye sight is still of that standard.

 

[The Dice Man]

Only when reading at night, and only since last year. Presbyopia.

 

[Spongebob]

I have had reading/computing glasses since I was 40. At that age, my arms were not long enough to hold the book out to focus.

Dangerous to have them on for driving, even for walking down stairs.

Long sighted, different strengths for each eye. Transition lenses, different focus for reading and computer screen.

Used to very annoying for photography. Eyepiece diopter was set for my right eye. Had to put glasses on to view image on back screen. Now have a mirrorless camera, so can still view through the eyepiece.

 

[Kram]

Yeah i got glasses like that. I always forget to actually take them tho.

I'd probably be better off not being able to read the scoreboard at Freo games tbh.

 

[Hawk Dork]

My son who is 35 years of age got laser surgery around 10 years ago for short sightedness which corrected it to better than 20/20 vision, his eye sight is still of that standard.

My dad had it done as part of his cataract op and didnt need glasses again at 90

They should do it for people in their 60s or earlier but optometrist got to optometrist

 

[Over The Post]

My eyesight got bad pretty early on - I'd go to the movies and yell "Focus! Focus!" and people would look at me and say it IS focused. I didn't know anything was really wrong until mid 20s when my gf didn't believe I couldn't read shop signs etc 100m away. Glasses were a revelation. I could see!

Checked out laser surgery about 20 years ago when I had the dough, but it was still a moderately risky operation back then and I chickened out. Now its a lot more affordable and less risky procedure, but I might be too old. May check it out again.

I used to wear glasses all the time but now only for driving or going out. Fun fact: my drivers licence requires glasses for car and motorcycle, but not heavy vehicles.

 

[Hawk Dork]

My eyesight got bad pretty early on - I'd go to the movies and yell "Focus! Focus!" and people would look at me and say it IS focused. I didn't know anything was really wrong until mid 20s when my gf didn't believe I couldn't read shop signs etc 100m away. Glasses were a revelation. I could see!

Checked out laser surgery about 20 years ago when I had the dough, but it was still a moderately risky operation back then and I chickened out. Now its a lot more affordable and less risky procedure, but I might be too old. May check it out again.

I used to wear glasses all the time but now only for driving or going out. Fun fact: my drivers licence requires glasses for car and motorcycle, but not heavy vehicles.

my dad was 90
If you get your cataracts done in a public hospital its a freebie on the side
I would think Malaysia might be a cheap place to get it done

 

[Over The Post]

I would think Malaysia might be a cheap place to get it done

You might be shocked, there's this thing called a pandemic that might get in the way

 

[Caesar]

I‘ll get a headache if I have to spend all day at my computer without my glasses, but otherwise I can get away without them if I need to.

I used to only wear them at work, but when my glasses broke a few weeks ago I started wearing my contacts all day. Has resulted in me feeling a lot less tired so maybe I need them more than I think.

 

[Hawk Dork]

You might be shocked, there's this thing called a pandemic that might get in the way

Wait a while

 

[raskolnikov]

I read without glasses. Most other things I need them for.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Have needed glasses since my teens (shortsighted), got my first pair in Year 10 iirc. I’ve tried contacts a few times but never found them comfortable. I now wear multifocals, plus I have computer and reading glasses. I can read ok without glasses and am often called on to read the fine print for long-sighted partner