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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/30/2007 1:43:45 PM

caitlyn

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Has anyone else noticed that they do lasiks in the mall now? That's creapy.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/30/2007 1:46:12 PM

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LOL, lovebuggy....

no amount of laser surgery is gonna fix spelling....creepy for college grads, please.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/30/2007 1:47:56 PM

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That rarely comes up in the class day.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/30/2007 4:02:33 PM

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LOL,

Do you know how many times I have been grilled about Columbus' whereabouts in 1492 in the course of a job interview? Who he was with, what they were driving and so on....

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/30/2007 4:22:50 PM

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Glasses can be very sexy, that look over the top of them, grrrr. Fell in lust in jr high with one of those looks and it still hits me hard.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/30/2007 10:16:56 PM

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I wear glasses as well ever since my vision changed at 15 years old. I have tried contacts but I just don't like to mess with dry eyes and constantly putting eye drops on them. I will be due for an exam and my biggest fear is the "B" word - bifocals!

Take someone who has a sense of style and you will do okay...I also think some guys with glasses look so sexy and I don't see you having any problems with your appearance even if you will wear glasses.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/31/2007 5:06:39 AM

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Glasses on men are sexy, in my opinion. There are a number of styles you can choose from so you can reflect your own style.

Be well,
Julie

(And on women).

Take a chic with you that you trust, to pick out your glasses. I spent probably 7 grand on glasses over 5 years before a woman I know showed me a look that much more flattered my appearance.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/31/2007 5:11:22 AM

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glasses definately add to my look...i have worn them for the past 5yrs.
fortunately my daughter is an Optician...which affords me the lastest eyewear!

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/31/2007 6:05:09 AM

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Having worn glasses since age 10, so thats nigh on 30 years....

- dont go cheap and get some that suit you. If you need powerful lenses then go for smaller frames and ultra thin lenses, so they wont look like coke bottles and wont break your nose under the weight.
- check out the new plastic memory frames; you can stomp them, bend them, do whatever you like to them short of steamrollering them, and they wont break.
- get a glasses repair kit with those tiny little screwdrivers - you will need them at some point
- you will want to wear sunglasses at some point, so check on getting a free or half price pair of prescription sunglasses with your main purchase. Ordinary sunglasses wont be any good for you anymore! It also handy to have a second pair, in case you put down the main pair and then cant see to find the buggers!
- when you take them off, make sure you make a mental note as to where they are
- glasses tend to steam up when you come from the cold into the warm. To solve this, smear a tiny drop of washing up liquid across the lenses and polish it in.
- you can swim in your glasses, but unless you get one of those straps to hold them on, you'll lose them at the bottom of the sea or pool
- you will need to clean them frequently; you would never believe how many eyebrow hairs and bits of skin will get trapped behind the lenses (its not a good look)

Laser surgery - worth checking out apparently, but several medical conditions are contra-indications (including arthritis in my case). You also need to test consistently on eye tests for some time before they will do it - ie your eyesight needs to be consistently bad and not likely to deteriorate further after the surgery, which would put you back where you were.

Contact lenses - an utter pain in the arse to everyone I know who has them!

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/31/2007 6:11:35 AM

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my $0.02
Go for the rimless glasses, with light (density) wire frames.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 1/31/2007 4:53:21 PM

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I've been wearing glasses since I was 8 yrs old, those disgusting cats eye frames. I still cringe when I look at my old pictures. I've been wearing the photosensitive lenses for the past 30 + yrs & still love them, although the new ones are much nicer than the old glass ones I used to wear. Unfortunately this past year I had to get bifocals, a very weird feeling for someone who used to have to put the book up to her nose to read, I now have to hold them far away.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/3/2007 11:30:54 AM

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/3/2007 12:45:00 PM

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Another tip: Ask for un-breakable (or even hard plastic) lenses. It's worth the extra money if they ever fall off your face, because they won't break then (although they might get scratched, you can always get them polished and thus fix that - but once they're shattered, you have to buy a new pair altogether).

Also, if you have really bad vision, and the glasses are thus going to be extra thick, you can have them "ground down" so they are as thin as anyone's - it just costs a bit extra (also worth the extra cost, IMO).

**Interesting Pricing tip: My dad went to an "Eye-Masters" eyeglasses franchise in a "ghetto" area of my hometown, on the theory (his middle name is "Mr. Experiment", and he had some times to kill anyway) that their prices would be lower than the "Eye-Masters" franchise in a nicer part of town - simply because the customers were less wealthy, and they were charging what the market would bear, so to speak.

And - he turned out to be right!! They charged him 40% less at the "ghetto' "Eye-Masters" store than the one in the nicer neighborhood was going to charge him - for the exact same pair of eye-glasses!!

So -it could be worth travelling to an unsavory part of town where you live - should this theory prove correct in general - it's worth a shot, anyway.

-Susan

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/4/2007 11:59:43 PM

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yeah I hate that, one time they fell in the trash and my dad wasn't home to help and I couldn't find them anywhere, and finally my neighbor came home an I called her over in a hizz fit cause by then I was like desperate.

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It also handy to have a second pair, in case you put down the main pair and then cant see to find the buggers!
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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/5/2007 12:23:57 AM

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Master had to get his presecription renewed recently and he opted for getting contacts...in my personal opinion they are a pain in the ass, he can't wear them all the time, his eyes get itchy from them..he doesnt wear them half the time because they are such a pain to get in and out...

I'm thinking of getting some glasses for him for valentines day actually...

I think glasses on men are sexy..dont worry about your vanity.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/5/2007 12:42:28 AM

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TreSwank you may have to search a bit, but they've places where you can try on a multitude of glasses then see all of them at once on CCC. Then you can really see what shape is best for you. I recommend scratch coating as well.
Sigh, I went to bifoculs last week. THEY MAKE ME DIZZY.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/5/2007 8:26:25 AM

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never lay eye glassses on a chair or bed. even for a minute,.

one day i had partied so hard- when i woke up [i passed out online] i was on teh floor my glasses across teh room. the buzz was so good it hit me like bricks. s0000000- if you know a kick azz buzz is coming set your glasses on a hard surface.

2x i rolled on them in bed. i went to a chain store at mall and asked them to adjust them for me. they did so with a smile at no charge. [ps- i did not buy them there]

S0 the poster that recommends unbreakables i agree, esp to anyone w health issues or parties it up.

keep a spare pair in your glove box of your car. chances are- you are near your car at all times.

also once the drivers license people learn this- they mark your license. and if you dont wear them to drive you can get a ticket.

i was mad at the state of PA. glasses are not like a shirt- where you change it every day. so it is worth sinking some cash into it. well- the state would not let me replace broken glasses with the exact same rx!!! yet- i could drive w broken glasses on!!!!

online i could be john doe- plug in the rx- and it would come to my door. no state regs. the new exam was $64. so i waited for a sale.

i emailed the governor over such a stupid rule. all i wanted was teh exact same rx!! but since it was over 2 yrs old- it was void.

ps- thank to the internet- and Hong Kong- and GATT- -ah shtt nevermind

BTW- the pic of me in red Nike shirt- im wearing my current glasses. barely noticeable.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/27/2007 6:10:18 PM

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I'm supposed to wear glasses but I haven't in years -- my vision's getting worse so I'm supposed to go to the eye-doc and get some soon as it's affecting my work -- one tip I will give you: drag a fashion concious girl with you when you go and have her pick out the frames...

Glasses can make you look cuter, but if chosen wrongly, they can make you look worse -- oh, and it's going to hurt your nose too. Glasses hurt my nose.

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RE: I Have to Start Wearing Glasses. (Sigh) - 2/27/2007 8:43:12 PM

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Hello TreSwank,

I would offer you the alternative, elderly shut in spinster point of view, in the hopes that it mollifies your ego. You are a young man and the addition of a smart pair of spectacles might very well add to your potential pool of candidates for "carnal relations', hehe.

The right glasses on the right man is absolutely lethal, especially for those pesky niche groups like brainiacs and compulsive crocheters!

Consider it a passport into unchartered territories!

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