Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?

[Tak]

I have an allergy to plastics, plus a condition that makes my eyes dry.... trying contacts wasn't a good idea. I've never had trouble touching my eyes. The allergy made it horrible. 
The rest of my family over the age of ten, literally all of them, wear glasses, but say that they wouldn't be able to put contacts in.

[Majesty]

I've been wearing glasses since I was around 5 when I started Kindergarten.  I've never tried contacts and I really don't have any interest in doing so.  I'm so accustomed to glasses.

[mlp4me]

Glasses have been in my life for a very long time. I was in preschool (age 4). I will never be able to wear contacts; I have a lazy eye and wear glasses for protection. I see OK out of the dominant eye. Plus as an adult I have allergies that settled into my eyes, even more reason to avoid touching my eyes at all costs.

[cuddlebuggy]

Had glasses from second grade till I was 28 or so when my husband convinced me to see about Lazik. I love swimming and took the kids to local pools and swimming holes, tubing etc.. but kept my glasses on because I needed to see if my kids were safe. Contacts wouldn't work for the either, so he finally told me that it was a quality of life issue and the cost wasn't prohibitive as they had 4 years no interest financing at the time.
It was scary but not painful, I did have dry eyes and rainbows during night driving for a few months but that's gone now and I have 20-15 vision now. It's amazing!

[hilamb]

I used to have glasses, then contact lenses, then I got surgery. 

[halicabi]

I've had glasses since the 7th Grade, so it's been more than 30 years!  I never wanted contacts, as the idea creeps me out. And surgery...no way!!!!

I may change my mind, as my current pair are bifocals!

halicabi

[BethMcBeth]

I have been fortunate enough to not have vision problems. Although I don't thin glasses would be that bad if I needed them.

[pinkkittywinks]

Glasses for me I tired contacts, but my eyes became very sore and dry so I stopped wearing them.

Love pkw xxx

[Shystar06]

I've had to wear glasses for long-range vision since I was a kid, but I narrowly passed my driver's exam and don't need the "corrective lenses" endorsement on my license. Which is very handy if i get pulled over and forgot to get my glasses that day!

My sister just got bit by this last week! Big fat fine! They take this seriously! I would get LASIK if I could afford it.

[rukkanen]

I got my glasses when I was 10. At 14 I tried contacts for about 6 months. It was okay, but kind of too much work in the mornings and once my left contact lense just went missing. It was horrible feeling not seeing with one eye. Worst thing was that the lense was on back of my eye somehow and it stayd there for several hours. That really creeped me out! 

I've had glasses for so long that they feel like part of me. It feels naked to be without them plus I really don't see much without, only very very close. I've been told that Lasik would not be long term effective on my eyes. I don't know if that is true but I rather wear my glasses than have to go trough some operation that wouldn't help. I'm happy with my glasses. 

[Sochy]

I use glasses since I had...  12 or 13, I think. From a day to other I just cant read the board in class. Sadly in all this time, nearly 10 years, my vision got worse every day  Years ago I only need glasses to see far away from me, now I cant read things 50cm ahead my face, sigh.

I tryed to use contacts but I just dont like them, I prefer common glasses 

[daisyd]

I've worn glasses since I was six years old - I am short sighted, and my eyes are getting steadily worse as time goes on  I've had four, maybe five, goes of laser surgery - not corrective, but preventative, as I have early stage glaucoma, and if I dont have repetitive goes of that lasering, I could end up with strained and/or burst blood vessels which would cause permanant black patches in my vision. This actually did happen to a former work manager who is now registered blind, so I make very sure that I go for regular eyecheck ups at the hospital.

To add to that joy, I have recently been diagnosed with cataract in my right eye.

I'm doing well 

[Bright_Glow]

Well my eyes are just enough good that I don't need glasses but if I need to wear that I'm sure I would wear a glass and I would try to chose a cool one I could afford to buy.

[PJSparkles]

My eyes are....hm. Well.

EVERYONE in my family, including extended family, has glasses. All of them. Everyone has bad eyesight in one way or another.  My mom, her father, and I are distinctly farsighted. I had reading glasses once as a child, but I barely wore them and they just sat in a drawer for years. I'm kind of fussy when it comes to having things on my face or head, and glasses are one of them.

Somewhat recently I noticed my vision getting noticeably worse with focusing on things, especially if it's small font (probably because I spend so much on time on computers/staring at small text at work). Turns out I have slight astigmatism and farsightedness, but it only really affects me when I'm looking at a screen or a book or something. Even still, I don't wear my glasses like I should--I've been glasses-less for so long that wearing them makes my head hurt, so I don't put them on. And now that my new job involves staring at a screen or flipping through giant tomes of text all day, I think it's getting worse.

Long story short, I don't, but I probably should.

[Harmonie]

As a child I was told I needed glasses/contacts, but could never get myself to actually wear them much. I was required to wear them to drive. But I would never drive in the end, so... Yeah.