Do you wear glasses?

[dissention]

So do you? And what kind?

My eyesight is absolutely terrible and I'm a quarter inch from being legally blind. :laugh: Seriously, I've had to wear glasses since I was four and we all know what glasses were like back in the eighties. Thick as coke bottles. :nod:

I've been wearing Alain Mikli glasses for almost ten years and they are truly the best. I can throw these suckers down a flight of stairs and they won't have a single scratch.

These are the ones I wear, except mine have a thin red stripe in the middle of them (and I didn't pay no $420 for the damned things!):

http://www.eyeglasses.com/product/1061481563-1061481570

[DrummerDeanna]

I do wear glasses...I only wear them when I'm in class or reading though, and am supposed to wear them when I drive...but usually don't because I prefer sunglasses and am too cheap to buy perscription ones...

My eyesight isn't that bad at all...I can usually get by without glasses, I try to wear them when I read :)

I don't have a picture of just my glasses but I do have a pic of me wearing them:

http://www.krwgfm.org/about/staff/

I'm toward the bottom of the page :D

[dissention]

I love those glasses, but then again, I like anything with a thick frame. :D I like glasses that weigh my face down, not those wire glasses that could blow away in the wind. :laugh:

PS: Congrats on all those accomplishments, you should be proud! :wavey:

[Ali]

These are mine:

http://www.modo.com/pages/Frames/1-Plastic/0223.htm

Except mine are more tortoise shell.

I've had them since I was 4.

[tuigirl]

Ha!! yes, I do wear glasses...how did you know that? :laugh:

Only had them for the last couple of years (you know, eye sight getting worse as you get older kinda thing...)
It's cool to see better though :nod:
Mine are thin gold rimmed things, no name, but theyr'e cool and even suit me I think....

[wondergirl9847]

I've worn these dang things since 4th grade. Ya'll have seen my crazy self in my webshot London pics..but in case you missed me.

http://community.webshots.com/user/wondergirl9847

My fave pic is of me on that Saturday before I left (sigh...LOL) in the London #1 album, second row, first pic. In the pinkish/purple shirt with the #3 on it. I was very thin and lookin' good. LOL

[dissention]

Originally posted by tuigirl
Only had them for the last couple of years (you know, eye sight getting worse as you get older kinda thing...)

"Well, I've been 'fraid of black frames
'Cause I've gone my life without specs
But time makes you slower
My eyesight gets worser
I am bespectacled, too..."

:wavey:

[hayley]

I've worn glasses since 3rd grade, with a brief stint wearing contacts until I realized I look much better w/ glasses.

Mine are Anne Klein, similar to these-

http://www.framesdirect.com/framesfp/Anne_Klein-lcmfnc/r.html

Only they're blue-green.

[Lee]

but I do need my glasses to drive. I'm nearsighted. Also I wear them sometimes while watching TV especially watching a Nascar race. Hard to read the ticker at the top.

Lee :)

[tuigirl]

Originally posted by dissention
"Well, I've been 'fraid of black frames
'Cause I've gone my life without specs
But time makes you slower
My eyesight gets worser
I am bespectacled, too..."

:wavey:

Dissention ...thankyou, how sweet to know I've inspired you to do a song 'bout me..:D :laugh:

[golden braid]

I wear glasses sometimes like when I drive at night or when I'm teaching. I don't really like to wear them though. My glasses are the thin, wiry kind.

[darklinensuit]

I got glasses in 3rd grade & have had hard contacts since I was twelve. These days they're gas permeable, but I miss those glass lenses of old. I hear from my eye doctor that many folks do.

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by tuigirl
Dissention ...thankyou, how sweet to know I've inspired you to do a song 'bout me..:D :laugh:

You're welcome; everything is an inspiration for me, doll. :laugh:

And looking at all of your glasses, I've come to the conclusion that I have the gawdiest, most ridiculous looking pair. :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

In 2nd grade, I used to tell the teacher that I couldn't see the board. No one believed me, I guess. It wasn't until 5th grade that my doctor finally realized, hey! She really can't see! And so, I got my first pair of glasses. They were these pink, purple, powder blue wire frames...really horrendous but I suppose cute for that time. And then a year and a half later I got another pair...they were black and blue....equally horrendous.

In 6th grade, I refused to wear my glasses and my parents sent a note out to my teachers saying that I had glasses and if I didn't wear them, to yell at me. In 7th grade I couldn't take wearing glasses so I asked my parents for contacts. They agreed and I got them The first day, I cried because I couldn't get them in and when I finally did, I couldn't take them back out. However, I've been wearing contacts ever sense although I do sport what have been dubbed my "Ashleigh Banfield's" aka slutty secretary glasses (Guess frames) :laugh:

[dissention]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
In 6th grade, I refused to wear my glasses and my parents sent a note out to my teachers saying that I had glasses and if I didn't wear them, to yell at me. In 7th grade I couldn't take wearing glasses so I asked my parents for contacts. They agreed and I got them The first day, I cried because I couldn't get them in and when I finally did, I couldn't take them back out. However, I've been wearing contacts ever sense although I do sport what have been dubbed my "Ashleigh Banfield's" aka slutty secretary glasses (Guess frames) :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I still can't believe they fired her at MSNBC. :rolleyes:

I can't wear contacts because I have a phobia of eyes. They creep the **** outta me and I'd puke if I had to put anyhting in them.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I still can't believe they fired her at MSNBC. :rolleyes:

I can't wear contacts because I have a phobia of eyes. They creep the **** outta me and I'd puke if I had to put anyhting in them.

That's why I like hard contacts: they're smaller than soft lenses.
I cannot do eye drops, though.

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
That's why I like hard contacts: they're smaller than soft lenses.
I cannot do eye drops, though.

- Jake

I cry when I go to the eye doctors and they put drops in my eyes. :eek: :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
I cry when I go to the eye doctors and they put drops in my eyes. :eek: :laugh:

The doctors can't get the drops in my eyes. I'm told I have the strongest eyelids on earth. I work out, you know, blinking regularly.

- Jke

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
The doctors can't get the drops in my eyes. I'm told I have the strongest eyelids on earth. I work out, you know, blinking regularly.

- Jke

They should use those gadgets from "A Clockwork Orange" on you.

I saw "Sculpted Eyelids in 8 Minutes" at the video store, maybe you should try to find it. I hear muscled eyelids really attract chicks. ;)

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
They should use those gadgets from "A Clockwork Orange" on you.

I saw "Sculpted Eyelids in 8 Minutes" at the video store, maybe you should try to find it. I hear muscled eyelids really attract chicks. ;)

Never saw Clockwork Orange.

And should the "chicks" ask me to flex my eyes, I know I'm in trouble.

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Never saw Clockwork Orange.

And should the "chicks" ask me to flex my eyes, I know I'm in trouble.

- Jake

:eek:

You'll know you're in trouble because you'll be in the company of some freak-kay chicks. My advice would be to run. On the double. Cuz you'll be in trouble.

They put these things on Malcolm McDowall's eyes so that he couldn't shut them and they forced him to watch porno. :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
The doctors can't get the drops in my eyes. I'm told I have the strongest eyelids on earth. I work out, you know, blinking regularly.

- Jke


:laugh: :laugh:

I don't like when someone comes at me with them...i'd rather do it myself. I have really bad allergies so every spring, I end up having to do the whole patanol thing. For some reason, contacts are a lot easier to put in than the eyedrops.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
:laugh: :laugh:

I don't like when someone comes at me with them...

And...Do many people do this? :confused: :wavey:

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
And...Do many people do this? :confused: :wavey:

- Jake

Lord have mercy, I hope not.

Marissa, you sure do invite this ****. :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
They put these things on Malcolm McDowall's eyes so that he couldn't shut them and they forced him to watch porno. :laugh:

Yeah, I hate when that happens.
Sounds like Teacher In-service days.

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Yeah, I hate when that happens.
Sounds like Teacher In-service days.

- Jake

When I was little, in-service days were used for the teachers to go out bowling together. :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
When I was little, in-service days were used for the teachers to go out bowling together. :laugh:

I still remember that famous expose, "Why Dissention Can't Read".:wavey:

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
And...Do many people do this? :confused: :wavey:

- Jake

Oh for f*cks sake.

The doctor...with the bottle of eyedrops. :distress:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Yeah, I hate when that happens.
Sounds like Teacher In-service days.

- Jake

Really? Because I thought that was a part of your actual school day. Don't you have students to go and teach? :wavey:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Really? Because I thought that was a part of your actual school day. Don't you have students to go and teach? :wavey:

I'm on break.

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I still remember that famous expose, "Why Dissention Can't Read".:wavey:

- Jake

One day, I was sitting at my desk and my teacher asked me if I was dyslexic. I told her "On!"

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Oh for f*cks sake.

The doctor...with the bottle of eyedrops. :distress:

Thanks for explaining. One never knows what Dipstix customers are carrying around, you know.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I'm on break.

- Jake

I'm kidding.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
One day, I was sitting at my desk and my teacher asked me if I was dyslexic. I told her "On!"

I thought you were going to see Dyslexic was your name until you got married.:rolleyes:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I'm kidding.

Fine.
I'm still on break.

- Jake

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I thought you were going to see Dyslexic was your name until you got married.:rolleyes:

- Jake

:rolleyes: Close but no cigar. It's Cixelsyd. ;)

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Fine.
I'm still on break.

- Jake

Good.
Enjoy it before they return.
So what are you teaching the childrens today?

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Good.
Enjoy it before they return.
So what are you teaching the childrens today?

Try and get this, I'm on break. No childrens today.:laugh:

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Try and get this, I'm on break. No childrens today.:laugh:

- Jake

Soooooorrrry. :rolleyes:

I thought you meant you were in a prep period or something.

<---understands now.

[dissention]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
<---understands now.

"Marissa didn't want to cause Jake such pain. But everywhere he posts now, at home or on break, he hurts her self-esteem and pokes fun at those cheetah panties."

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sometimes I just kill myself.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
Soooooorrrry. :rolleyes:

I thought you meant you were in a prep period or something.

<---understands now.

Think of it as a 1 1/2 week prep period. Happy?:cool:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by dissention
"Marissa didn't want to cause Jake such pain.

Who are you kidding?

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
"Marissa didn't want to cause Jake such pain. But everywhere he posts now, at home or on break, he hurts her self-esteem and pokes fun at those cheetah panties."

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sometimes I just kill myself.

I'm going to have to go out and purchase a pair now. And wear them so they stick outside of my pants.

"Jake causes no pain. It's part of the charm. His jokes are worn out, it makes dissention pout."

:wavey:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Think of it as a 1 1/2 week prep period. Happy?:cool:

- Jake


Satisfied. :cool:

[dissention]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I'm going to have to go out and purchase a pair now. And wear them so they stick outside of my pants.

"Jake causes no pain. It's part of the charm. His jokes are worn out, it makes dissention pout."

:wavey:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

LMAO!!!!

I can't top that one and I won't even try. You get the award, doll. :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

LMAO!!!!

I can't top that one and I won't even try. You get the award, doll. :laugh:

;)

Thank you, dear :nod:

[dissention]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
;)

Thank you, dear :nod:

It's much deserved. :nod:

[WelshWitchPMD]

I have been nearsighted since I was 6 or at least I found out then. I wore glasses until I was 15 and got contacts. I still wear my glasses around the house and they are very old!

You know what I hate. When you go the eye doctor and they use that machine that puffs some air into your eye! It is a test for glaucoma. I always get nervous and blink my eye and then they tell me that I have a slighty abnormal reading. They sent me to a specialist a few years ago and there was nothing wrong with me.:rolleyes:

[wondergirl9847]

Originally posted by WelshWitchPMD
You know what I hate. When you go the eye doctor and they use that machine that puffs some air into your eye! It is a test for glaucoma. I always get nervous and blink my eye and then they tell me that I have a slighty abnormal reading.

I HATE that machine!! I cannot stop blinking and when I was a kid, I had my mom sign a paper saying I didn't have to do it. LOL I was mortified going to get my eyes checked because of that dang thing.

I'm almost friggin 28 years old and I SITLL hate that machine. :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by WelshWitchPMD
You know what I hate. When you go the eye doctor and they use that machine that puffs some air into your eye! It is a test for glaucoma. I always get nervous and blink my eye and then they tell me that I have a slighty abnormal reading. They sent me to a specialist a few years ago and there was nothing wrong with me.:rolleyes:

I know what you mean! I think it's karma, because my brother & I would blow in our shih tzu's face when we were little, & he hated it.:distress:

- Jake

[DeeGeMe]

I've worn glasses since I was 7 or 8, contacts since I was 13 (soft). I'm legally blind without my glasses or contacts. I can't even see the posts on my 4-poster bed without them. I know I should get Lasix but I'm afraid I'd end up worse than I am now and at least now I can see very well with the glasses or contacts. This time of year my allergies kick in though and I'm not able to wear my contacts--which I hate. And since I've been wearing contacts now for. . . 26 years, I have no trouble slapping them in and or taking them out.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by DeeGeMe
I know I should get Lasix but I'm afraid I'd end up worse than I am now and at least now I can see very well with the glasses or contacts. .

Me too, plus I dread the eye drops.

- Jake

[dissention]

My eye doctor told me that even with laser eye surgery, you have to continue wearing glasses. Don't know how true it is, but I would think it defeats the purpose of surgery, eh? :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

I've never had that puff of air thing done to me....it does not sound or look like fun though...

And contacts..the thought totally freaks me out!! I think I'd rather wear glasses for the rest of my life than put something in my eye...*shudder* I know people get used to it etc...but yeah...it really really freaks me out...big time...

[DeeGeMe]

I can see so much better with my contacts that I never had the phobia about putting something in my eye. I have very little peripheral vision so the contacts are like a godsend to me.

I initially started out with soft contact lens and have been able to wear them every since, so I never had to deal with the pain/discomfort of the hard ones.

I think also because I started wearing them when I was kid just made it easier all the way around. You don't really overthink things when you're a kid the way you do as an adult.

The best advice I ever got about my contacts was when they were teaching me how to put them in--the assistant told me that because I was so near-sighted, and likely bound to get much worse over time, that I should learn how to put them in without a mirror. You can't imagine how handy that's been over the years.

One of my cousin's has even worse eyesight than I do and she did the Lasix thing to great success, I might add. But I'm 39, and let's face it, I'll need reading glasses in a few years anyway. What's the point of having the Lasix done if I'm still going to need glasses anyway in another few years? I've heard enough horror stories to make me wary of the whole thing. Did anyone see the Simpsons episode last season that was set in the future? Everyone who'd had Lasix eventually had their eyeballs fall out!

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by DrummerDeanna
I've never had that puff of air thing done to me....it does not sound or look like fun though...

And contacts..the thought totally freaks me out!! I think I'd rather wear glasses for the rest of my life than put something in my eye...*shudder* I know people get used to it etc...but yeah...it really really freaks me out...big time...

At twelve, contacts were easy to accept given that I'd walked around for years in brown tortoise framed photo-greys.:rolleyes:
Went so nice with my velour V-necked shirts and Adidas shorts.
The early '80s sucked.

- Jake

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
My eye doctor told me that even with laser eye surgery, you have to continue wearing glasses. Don't know how true it is, but I would think it defeats the purpose of surgery, eh? :laugh:

I have a friend that had it done years ago. She has to wear glasses in low-light...when she's at the theater and when she goes to the movies, those hideous coke bottle glasses are on her face. Other than that, it's the only time she wears them.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
At twelve, contacts were easy to accept given that I'd walked around for years in brown tortoise framed photo-greys.:rolleyes:
Went so nice with my velour V-necked shirts and Adidas shorts.
The early '80s sucked.

- Jake


:laugh: :laugh: I'm sorry...lol...that's hysterical. At least you didn't have to have braces AND glasses. I always felt super bad for those kids. Glasses are bad enough when you're younger...adding the metal to your mouth? Yipes.

[wondergirl9847]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
:laugh: :laugh: I'm sorry...lol...that's hysterical. At least you didn't have to have braces AND glasses. I always felt super bad for those kids. Glasses are bad enough when you're younger...adding the metal to your mouth? Yipes.

I was one of those kids with braces and glasses! :mad:

:laugh:

Fourth grade was REALLY difficult for me. :(

[jadegypsy]

worn them since 11th grade. I actually can't wear contacts since I only wear glasses to see distance (driving and blackboards), if I have them on to read I get a headache. Most of the day I'm without them, although I have four pairs (2 reg, 2 sunglasses). My mom does store display at an eyeglass store so I get a huge discount:) Funny thing is my eye doctor says I will probably never need reading glasses b/c my one eye is so off.

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by dissention
"Marissa didn't want to cause Jake such pain. But everywhere he posts now, at home or on break, he hurts her self-esteem and pokes fun at those cheetah panties."

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sometimes I just kill myself.

May I just say those lyrics as well as Marissa's are a VAST improvement over "it hurts my everything" :cool:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
May I just say those lyrics as well as Marissa's are a VAST improvement over "it hurts my everything" :cool:

Keep encouraging those buffoons and your everything WILL be hurt.:rolleyes:

- Jake

[estranged4life]

I don't wear glasses, But I do need to have an eye exam since my eyes are becoming more sensitive to direct light.

[dissention]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
Keep encouraging those buffoons and your everything WILL be hurt.:rolleyes:

- Jake

Same ****, different day. :rolleyes:

[GardenStateGirlie]

Originally posted by dissention
Same ****, different day. :rolleyes:

I believe you meant to say...same ****head, different day ;) :wavey:

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by GardenStateGirlie
I believe you meant to say...same ****head, different day ;) :wavey:

So now you've been promoted to ****head?
Not to worry. I don't imagine that much **** can fit into a head the size of a pin.:wavey:

- Jake