Who Here Prefers To Wear Glasses Over Contacts?

[slinkerwink]

On Nov.3rd, I got out of bed and accidentally stepped on my glasses. They broke, so I'm wearing contacts that my mother Fedexed over from home. It feels so weird to be wearing contacts, and I miss wearing my glasses. The comforting weight of my glasses are no longer there. I'm going to get a new pair on Saturday, so wish me luck!

[BearFlagDemocrat]

1. Why

Why would you wear glasses on top of your contacts? :)

[glitch]

7. When you get older and farsighted as well as nearsighted

you wear your contacts and your cheaters for reading.

[flamingyouth]

2. I can't wear contacts

I've tried repeatedly so I just wear my glasses all the time. And that's okay with me. :)

[slinkerwink]

5. yeah, can't wait to get a new pair of glasses!

I'm glad my student insurance covers eyewear.

[AlienGirl]

3. No contacts for me!

I like the feeling that my eyes are protected by shatterproof plastic. Plus I look good in glasses.

Tucker

[slinkerwink]

8. yeah---I'm a nerd all the way through

I look way too much like a New York yuppie without my glasses.

[darkism]

4. I can't stand the thought

of sticking something in my eye.

It's glasses forever for me.

[djeseru]

19. Never thought I'd hear someone say the same.

This is also why I won't switch to contacts - glasses are just fine.

I'm also horrified by laser eye surgery...don't get me wrong, it's great for everyone else, but it's not something I could consider!

[AlienGirl]

22. Lasik--eek!!

[slinkerwink]

26. I'd never try Lasik!

[Riptide]

32. I had Lasik done four years ago and it is the best thing I've ever done..

I can see when I wake up. No more contact cleaning. No more fumbling with glasses.

I know it is not for everyone, but I can not tell you how thrilled I am with my results.

[Dukakis88]

6. I bought my first pair of glasses before I even needed them.

I had just seen the movie "Buckaroo Banzai" and bought red-rimmed glasses like he had in the movie.

Unfortunately they made me look more like Sally Jesse Raphael.

[slinkerwink]

10. awww....

:-)

[indigobusiness]

9. I prefer to take my contacts off before I put my glasses on.

That's my preference.

[slinkerwink]

13. heh, you know what I mean though

[indigobusiness]

25. My eyes can't handle contacts.

I'm much too sensitive.

[MichaelHarris]

11. I wore contacts for years but

switched back to glasses after I put my contacts in once offshore fishing with cutbait on my fingers. Let the flames begin, call me fisheye.

[slinkerwink]

18. ouch!

[eataTREE]

12. I just started to wear contacts last week.

I still can't quite get over the feeling of having something in my eye. But I like the way I look without glasses.

[redqueen]

14. Don't know about wearing

But glasses are sexy. :)

[pagerbear]

15. Another opportunity to post the new Pagerspecs!

And I do prefer glasses to contacts, but occasionally wear contacts.

[slinkerwink]

20. nice new pair! that rocks!

:-)

[Exultant Democracy]

16. I miss my glasses a little,

I am always pressing the bridge of my nose just to realize that my glasses don't need to be pushed up because they are not there.

[slinkerwink]

21. ha! I do the same thing when I wear contacts!

[MuseRider]

17. I can't wear contacts

at least when I tried them it was awful. With my astigmatism they had to be weighted on the bottom and would rotate when I blinked. It screwed me up when I read my music and annoyed the hell out of me when I read anything. Maybe they have changed but I like my glasses. I look good in glasses and have a really cool pair.

[slinkerwink]

24. Yeah! Here's to cool-looking nerds!

[bif]

23. I prefer to squint

[indigobusiness]

27. THREADKILLER

BWAHAHHAHAHHAH...you rock!!!!

[Kathleen04]

28. I prefer glasses

I bent mine yesterday too. They feel slightly off. x(

[slinkerwink]

31. awww, that sucks

[helnwhls]

29. much easier to stay up all night with glasses

if I go over 8 hours w/contacts I get a headache. I have the latest, super breathable lens, but 8 hours is still my limit with contacts.

[slinkerwink]

35. that's true

[NewJeffCT]

30. I don't need them yet, but I'm scared of wearing contacts

I don't think I could handle putting something on top of my eyeball like a contact. I'm almost 38 now and don't need any vision help yet, though I'm sure I will within 6-8 years based on my parent's experience.

I wish more women wore glasses - I've always loved women in glasses. I wish I could convince my wife to wear glasses instead of contacts.

[LSK]

33. i hate contacts

Gave up on them after high school. What a pain. This is who I am, I wear glasses.

[SarahB]

34. I like and dislike them equally.

I'm blind without one of them, so it's kind of moot. Some days I feel like wearing my glasses and others I feel like wearing my contacts.

In my next incarnation, my vision will be better.

[NewJeffCT]

36. I've always loved women in glasses

don't know why, but something about them...

[mac56]

47. Great song by Kenny Howes

I like girls with glasses
I really don't know why
Sometimes 'cause they talk to you
Sometimes 'cause they're shy
All the girls I ever loved
Had trouble trying to see
I like girls with glasses
Guess there's something wrong with me!

[NewJeffCT]

49. never heard that song, but it's good

and, all the girls I've ever loved had trouble trying to see as well... heck, my wife thinks I'm good looking, so I know she has trouble trying to see.

At least my first love wore glasses, though my wife and ex-wife hated wearing glases (and, no I don't like women in glasses because of my first love, I liked girls in glasses from when I first started liking girls...)

[Patiod]

37. Contacts make my eyes itch

Plus I'm getting older, and have trouble reading while I'm wearing them (I read best with no glasses or contacts)

I'm afraid to have Lasik because I use my exceptional close-vision for jewelry-making, and I've heard you can lose your close-vision.

[donheld]

38. I'd be glad to trade the weight of glasses for contacts

I've worn glasses for 37 years. Dr says i can't wear contacts.

[mac56]

39. Me.

I've worn glasses since I was five. Forty-three years ago.

Switched to contacts for a few years in the 70s, at the insistence of my girlfriend at the time. The contacts were a disaster, as the relationship became also.

Back to glasses for me, and have worn them ever since.

[WilliamPitt]

40. Glasses rule

[bicentennial_baby]

41. Me!

Contacts are just...weird.

[slinkerwink]

43. that they are!

It sucks spending ten minutes on each eye, trying to get the contact in.

[Bridget Burke]

42. Contacts were OK--but then my eyes changed.

My close vision without contacts is still perfect; with contacts (for near-sightedness), I need reading glasses for close work.

I might get some more contacts for special occasions, but my first priority is to get rid of that paper clip holding my glasses together.

A friend swears by Lasik but her vision was much worse than mine. I may eventually need cataract surgery, so I'll leave my eyes alone until then.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

44. Man, when I wear glasses over contacts its blurry as hell - I use one or

the other.

[the Princess]

45. Men do make passes at girls who wear glasses:)

[CO Liberal]

53. And I'm Glad I Did!!!!

:-)

[Maddy McCall]

46. Me! They are sexy!

Dorothy Parker was WRONG. :-)

[Aristus]

48. I love my contacts. I don't look so bad that glasses can't make it

worse. :-)

But you look wonderful with glasses, slink. But you know that. ;-)B-)

[slinkerwink]

50. awwww, thanks

I miss my glasses :-(

[Lydia Leftcoast]

51. I've worn glasses since the age of 10

and even when contacts became available, I was too squeamish about my eyes to wear them.

Now I'm plagued with both nearsightedness and farsightedness, and no-line bifocals are ideal.

[kayell]

52. Glasses definitely. I work out in the garden too much to wear contacts.

Dirt and trapped dust are not good for sensitive eyes.

[nickgutierrez]

54. I need to wear contacts

It's much easier to play basketball and soccer while wearing contacts, among other things. Last time I tried to play basketball in my glasses they got bent. :(

[Borgnine]

55. Yes!

I loved my contacts, but when you don't get much sleep, they kill your eyes.

Glasses are the only choice for insomniacs.