Do you need glasses and if so at what age did you start wearing them?

I was about 45 when I started needing them. At first it was just to sharpen up small print etc but now at 53 without them I can’t read a bastard thing! Every year my eye test reveals more degeneration in my sight and I have to wear bloody expensive varifocals.
 
Look on the bright side WW, if you do need them, all those people who you call a **** and they wear glasses, you can then legally call them ‘Speccy cunts’, as everyone knows, only a ‘Speccy’ can call another ‘Speccy’ and it be ok, it’s the law.
 
I think lockdown fucked my eyesight up (Working on laptop/watching midget porn) I have needed specs for reading since 48, now 50 and they are still getting worse. I’m thinking of getting surgery to sort them out but I’m told I need them to settle down and my eyesight to stabilise before I can have this….
 
Worn them for years, more of a distance thing (shit myself when I could see what was happening at the far goal from where I watch from).

As time has passed I now need varifocals which straight away pushes the price up especially when wanting them to be reactive in the sunshine.

Never buy from a shop, always use an online one. My last pair a month or so ago were £60 rather than £250+ from a shop....just make sure when being tested to get the isles (arms) lengths and bridge gaps measured along with the distance between pupils.
 
Worn them since my teens but thinking of laser surgery now. The idea of just having to think about sunglasses and nothing else is very appealing, my house is littered with different types of glasses for different things …

1. Varifocals:
Great for general use but I find watching TV quite hard unless sat in one position, you have to hold the head so the eyes look through the distance part of the lens otherwise things start to get blurry.

2. Standard distance:
So I can watch TV as above

3. Computer lenses:
Varifocals cause me eye strain on the VDU especially in Teams calls, so I need another pair specifically for that in-between distance when working. Basically just reading glasses.

4. Driving:
I need varifocals for this BUT they have to be tinted.

5. Extra dark sunglasses:
The tints on the driving glasses are just not dark enough so I need a 5th pair which are standard lenses with a darker tint.

Five bloody pairs (plus a few spares) to juggle around every day. And when buying a pair there’s always the chance that you’ll find them difficult to wear after a time. Some press on the head above my ears and I can only wear them for an hour at a time. I’m also limited in the style I can buy, anything with thick arms and rims are a non-starter, they irritate the hell out of me, so I am essentially stuck with just one or two styles. Sick of choosing now.
 
Worsleyweb said:
I am now 47 and just realised I can’t see a fucking thing. Optician for me weekend.
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16 for me, now got varifocals but don’t wear them much as they take a lot of getting used to especially driving and negotiating stairs. Wear glasses all the time for distance, best advice is normal ones and Sunnies, wear them all the time in weather like this.
 
Been wearing them since I was a kid. Got cataracts and astigmatism in both eyes.

Went for an eye test a year ago and got told I needed Varifocals. Presumed this was the optician trying to scam more money out of me, so went and got a second opinion...and the 2nd optician told me I needed varifocals too.

That was a sharp shock to the system, to remind me im not getting any younger. I got varifocals with reactalite lenses and they cost a fortune but I'm so glad I don't need to faff around switching between normal glasses and sunglasses anymore.

So, if you do need glasses, I would highly recommend getting reactalite lenses.
 
When The Levee Breaks said:
Been wearing them since I was a kid. Got cataracts and astigmatism in both eyes.

Went for an eye test a year ago and got told I needed Varifocals. Presumed this was the optician trying to scam more money out of me, so went and got a second opinion...and the 2nd optician told me I needed varifocals too.

That was a sharp shock to the system, to remind me im not getting any younger. I got varifocals with reactalite lenses and they cost a fortune but I'm so glad I don't need to faff around switching between normal glasses and sunglasses anymore.

So, if you do need glasses, I would highly recommend getting reactalite lenses.
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See my post a bit further up the thread...

Price up a pair with goggles4u about 3 weeks to arrive but excellent quality, having 'all bells' glasses are a crazy price on the high street.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
See my post a bit further up the thread...

Price up a pair with goggles4u about 3 weeks to arrive but excellent quality, having 'all bells' glasses are a crazy price on the high street.
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I priced mine up with Glasses Direct but my eyes are that bad, they couldn't meet my prescription!!

So, I had to pay a fortune with Specsavers :(

But yes, online glasses are the way to go, to save money. Providing you arent blind as a bat, like I am.
 
Late 20’s for distance never needed them for reading and still don’t. I’m 61 now:( Then started needing them for computer stuff but lately have found I see better without them when using the computer. My last eye test, the optician said sometimes your long sighted vision can ever so slightly improve as age it’s your short sighted vision that deteriorates but mine hasn’t. I can read small print perfectly without specs. The human body is amazing.
 
I started wearing them when I was 10...although until I was in my 20s I would avoid wearing them because of being called 'speccy 4 eyes' at school!!

Once tried contact lenses but lasted a month. Could not get used to them at all. I guess it didn't help that I really needed varifocal ones and they were difficult to adjust apparently. :-) C'est la vie.
 
Started wearing them on and off at school when I was 10. Started needing to wear them full-time at 12. Prescription has barely changed in the 17 years since.
 
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