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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI've started to use reading glasses.
I guess I'm to that age now. I thought I'd dislike the reminder that I'm getting older and succumbing to the frailties of aging.
Truth is: I love my reading glasses. They're great for gesturing with. I get to whip them off dramatically sometimes like a Hollywood actor. And if I'm irritated at someone, I can just lower my reading glasses and glare at them. Fun.
dchill
(38,484 posts)Diamond_Dog
(31,989 posts)Wearing glasses makes one look more intelligent and distinguished!
(Hey, I need all the help I can get)
Aristus
(66,328 posts)2naSalit
(86,580 posts)I would joke about being an old woman in training.
Now I get to joke about being an old woman in training.
2naSalit
(86,580 posts)Works as a great distraction while getting out of my pocket and onto my face!
KPN
(15,643 posts)Aristus
(66,328 posts)One, I keep in the drawer of my desk at work. The other pair is for home use.
In an emergency, I can always pop across the street to Safeway and pick up a new pair there.
KPN
(15,643 posts)One on my desk at home, one in the basket with my car keys, one in my pickup ... and can't find the other right now.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)Going off to the Spanish-American War with his twenty pairs of replacement spectacles.
padfun
(1,786 posts)They cost a buck. They work fine and since I sit on them or lose them, I end up buying 20 more within three years.
Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)I also buy different power magnifications, so I may use one pair for regular reading, and have a stronger pair available for fine print.
For a dollar a pair, you can't go wrong.
hunter
(38,311 posts)There are still days I can't find any of them...
Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Whoah, the difference is stunning from normal reading glasses.
Also don't need as much power correction with the Rx glasses.
The glasses only cost abou $20 with shipping.
They're not particularly stylish, my SO calls them my Clark Kent glasses.
lark
(23,097 posts)My near vision isn't great because of dry eyes, so I wear readers, and I do like them since they are so light and I can take them off and see great, just not tiny print.
Unwind Your Mind
(2,041 posts)Im now on my second set
Its also fun to give them away to your friends when they borrow them to read menus 😆
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)But, try not to look like this:
brewens
(13,582 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)TrogL
(32,822 posts)I perch them on the end of my nose glare over them at idiots.
Freddie
(9,265 posts)As long as I can have the book about 6 inches from my eyes. Ive had computer glasses (for 2 feet or so away) since my 40s so that doesnt make me feel old. But now I have driving glasses too which I keep in my car. I guess 2 different pairs of glasses means old.