Sightings

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Soundmanpt 31 Dec 2011, 14:52

Aubrac

Yes it is relatively new lens and from what my friends in optical stores tell me they really are quite good, however rather pricey as you might guess. Again though like other types of lenses they need good care. I think now they are available at most optical stores at least here in the US anyway.

Aubrac 31 Dec 2011, 14:06

Just back from a two week holiday in Calcutta, India.

Many GWG wearing semi-rimless, also guys, which seem to be the most fashionable. Advert hoardings for opticians show, unlike SpecSavers, nice ladies with about -4.00 scrips.

Many back street opticians with rusty trial frames, but some great optical stores on the main streets.

Much advertising on the TV in India about 'Crizal' lenses made by Essilor. Have not heard of them before with their claims about smudges, rain, fogging, glare, etc, properties, but back in the UK I looked at their website and they sound pretty good - any comments on the them?

Best wishes to everyone on the site for the New Year and especially to Wurm for the great job he has done.

Salut!!

Astra 27 Dec 2011, 22:37

Re: kel 27 Dec 2011, 20:15

why she have to worry about lenses ?

kel 27 Dec 2011, 20:15

women early 30s medium dark hair at cafe wearing semi rimless glasses dark purple posable -6.00 range. amazing she didnt worry about the lenses

Millhouse 27 Dec 2011, 11:39

Out today for a post christmas stroll in my home town..

A young lady, about 20 yo. Petit, size 8, 4'6" or so, long curly shoulder length hair, blue jeans. She had about-3 or so semi rimless "eyebrow" black style. As i walked by i tried to get a glance back but she and her apparent bf had ducked into a tea shop. A very nice sighting which makes me in awe.

gwgs 22 Dec 2011, 03:22

Beth, aren't gym sightings fantastic!

aviator - nice sighting, might have to follow your suggestion up on that, as my sighting I posted about was in the same Royal Borough!

Carrie - was certainly a memorable sighting! But there are SO many of them now compared with several years ago, I guess this is a by product of lots of women having 'come out' of the closet and aren't afraid to wear glasses anymore.

beth 21 Dec 2011, 17:57

women in her early 30s with medium dark curly hair olive skin wearing black oval plastic frame maybe -8.00 in the gym. maybe cant wear contacts

chrisB 21 Dec 2011, 17:55

this is a potential sighting not an actual sighting. it might be more of a recruiting.

A 20 something pretty colleague in my office was promoted to her first management job a couple of months ago. Working with her on various projects i noticed that her left eye crept in when she was facing me and she was clearly squinting. She admitted she was having problems seeing at a distance.

I suggested she should go to the optician but she said it wasnt a problem.

Her sight was clearly getting worse and today she went to the optician. She emailed me tonight telling me i was right and she did need glasses and they were on order. Bit creepy tho to ask her RX right now so, I just said I was sure she;d look lovely in them. She's nice, but perhaps a bit plain. A 58 year olds opinion of 20 something girls is fairly meaningless anyway.

In a couple of months I;m hoping to recruit another gwg, 2 out of 2. A girl at another office who commissions work from my team is just going off on maternity leave. She acknowledges her eyesight is poor and she can't read roadsigns but is resolute about not getting glasses. I've bet her that when she comes back from maternity leave in a few months she will have given up the struggle and got the glasses.

Here's the hook: Both of these (true) stories will be continued on the new site.

chrisB

aviator -oo- 21 Dec 2011, 15:37

If there are any keen gwg watchers in West London, go to the Starbucks next to Holland Park tube station on the central line. There is a a lovely Asian girl working there with large black plastic frames (Wayfairer style) and a script of approx -5. She is very friendly, although I didn't push my luck by asking about her glasses. Of course she is bound to work a shift system, but on Tuesday she was working in the evening.

Carrie 21 Dec 2011, 14:57

gwgs Lucky you! You'd better keep the name and location a secret or they'll be full of Eyescene readers wanting to get a look at the waitress!

gwgs 21 Dec 2011, 08:31

What a stunning sighting I had yesterday in a restaurant at our Xmas lunch.

A young, mid 20, French brunette with a slight figure, and very nice derriere(!!) had a pair of Black RayBan Wayfarer glasses which looked amazing on her. I had quite a few chances to admire her from both afar, and close up, viewing her world through her lenses several times when she was either leaning over to clear my area of the table or carrying our other activities in front of me, as she was serving us and was certainly the highlight of my otherwise rather dull festive lunch! A prescription probably of around -5 would seem to have what her doctor ordered, and it certainly made me think of visiting that restaurant more often!

 20 Dec 2011, 18:49

James you are OBSESSED!

James 20 Dec 2011, 12:13

The 20 something woman was in my girlfriends pub with her mates on Friday as usual. As she does every Friday she was wearing her glasses. This time it was a little different. She had attached some wire or something to the side of her glasses, just near the hinge, so it was sticking up. On the end of the wire was some mistletoe. She went round the pub giving all the men a Christmas kiss under the mistletoe! I didn't resist when she came over to me. Lovely soft lips and a very close up view of her glasses! I think her and her mates were a little drunk as they were louder than usual but not disruptive. The men in the pub (myself included!) certainly didn't mind! My girlfriend called me over and she had quite a serious look on her face - I thought I was in trouble for kissing another woman. She said to me quite sternly "I saw you kissing that woman! Who is she?". Before I could say anything she burst out laughing. She was just winding me up. She had seen the woman kissing the other men. I don't know why I was worried, I knew it was a totally innocent kiss and yet somehow my girlfriend cleverly maneged to make me feel as guilty as a man caught in bed with another woman by his wife! My girlfriend gave me a big kiss and a free drink to make up for it. I said "I need a bit more than a kiss and a drink for that". She said "You'll have to wait until we're back home in bed and I'll make it up to you then." I was happy with that and then started wishing that time could speed up a bit so we could get home sooner.

The woman with the glasses was in the pub again yesterday (Monday) and was wearing her glasses rather than having them on top of her head like she often does. (No mistletoe this time, sadly). I thought she might take her glasses off but she didn't. She took them off briefly to blow a hair or some dust off one of the lenses and put them back on again.

Now I wonder if I can persuade my girlfriend to attach some mistletoe to her glasses and wear a nice skimpy sexy lady Sanat outfit - just at home not at the pub!

Soundmanpt 20 Dec 2011, 11:18

Scott

Okay I gotcha, you didn't really get the chance. I totally understand.

Scott 20 Dec 2011, 02:01

There were lots of people going up and saying "do you need any help" and they replied "no, we know our way around london"

Carrie 19 Dec 2011, 13:44

Lucas - I have considered ordering glasses online. Might get some additional glasses next year but at the moment I love wearing my large plastic frames with the rimless ones as an alternative.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs - Cheeky question! ;-) The answer would be no even if I knew you personally. Just me and my lady only!

Soundmanpt 19 Dec 2011, 12:17

Scott

That was a perfect time to have came to her aid and told her what the board said. If she was laughing about it with her friend it didn't sound like she was embarrised about not being able to see it. Besides it would have been a nice thing to do.

Scott 19 Dec 2011, 10:55

Interesting double sighting in London today: two girls late teens/early twenties at a bus stop.

1st girl: an electric wheelchair user who had some of the strongest lenticular lsnses that I've ever seen; was finding it impossible to move hear head to a position where she could read the bus map.

2nd girl: who was busy laughing at her friend; she also could not read the bus notice board blaming the rain and lost contacts; and leaving her glasses at home.

Looking at how close the second girl was getting to read the timetable; she must have needed well over -10.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 19 Dec 2011, 01:21

Carrie I had to chuckle at you having to hunt for your glasses My GF (-15.00/-16.25) in times of great passion just takes hers off and leaves them on the bed I have to make sure they are safe Glad you had a good time Quite jealous of you but I am a mere male and would not fit in or would I?

guest 18 Dec 2011, 15:00

Millhouse: It is really necessary to be hyper-vigilant?

I think Lucas's response/question seemed appropriate and with the flow.

Millhouse 18 Dec 2011, 12:43

-lucas.

Its easy to do, i have myself in the past. Topics and themes can "wander" for example this post is really off topic too so i wont debate but if you have more sightings then im 'all eyes' (or ears as they say) 0^0 :-)

Lucas 18 Dec 2011, 12:04

I wasn't aware that we had to follow a specific topic without asking about anything else

Millhouse 18 Dec 2011, 11:42

-lucas.

Forgive me but you are off topic.

- carrie,

are you seeking attention via more provocative posts as suggested by your last comments. May i suggest another thread? No disrespect intended. ImHo.

Lucas 18 Dec 2011, 09:10

Hey Carrie, Have you considered ordering online to have multiple pairs depending on your outfits and mood?

You can find great deals, some companies will even only ask you to pay shipping and taxes on the first pair your order from them

Carrie 18 Dec 2011, 06:38

minus 5 who luvs gwgs - We had a great evening, thanks! We've only just got up as we didn't get much sleep, if you know what I mean! Good thing I've got a double bed! We had to search for our glasses when we got up as we had just chucked them over the side of the bed at some point.

Soundmanpt - I love it when people comment on my glasses. They do it more now that I'm wearing the large frames. My girlfriend doesn't mind the occasional comment about her glasses but she isn't outgoing like me and gets a bit embarrassed by the attention (she is a little bit shy sometimes but I seem to bring her confidence out. She says she's always fancied confident outgoing women - lucky me!). Her prescription is different to mine as she is short sighted and I am long sighted. The reason she got rimless glasses was that they are not very noticeable as well as being pretty. She is around -2.50 in both eyes and always wears her glasses now. She can get around without them but can't read a shop sign from across the street without glasses. She's happy wearing glasses now (she admits that she would have been better off wearing her glasses all the time as soon as she got her current prescription last year) and says she might even get some bolder frames if she needs a new prescription next year. She thinks she might need a stronger prescription as distances that used to be crystal clear are not so clear now.

Soundmanpt 17 Dec 2011, 19:15

Carrie

From your account I would assume that they are this girls first glasses? If they looked even weaker than your first glasses and as you well know your first glasses were quite weak. So my guess is she barely needs them even for reading, but as is happening more and more young women are getting glasses and wearing them quite often even if they only slightly need them much like you did with your first glasses. It's a trend that I hope continues. There was a time when many women wanted colored contacts which I really considered a waste of money. I asked several of the ones that got the colored lens if many people even noticed? The answer was as I expected, no not many. Now it seems more young ladies like getting glasses because now they get the attention they want from others.

I'm sure you remember all the attention you got got from everyone when you started wearing your glasses all the time. So not only did you always want glasses but you got the bonus of people talking about you wearing glasses as well. When you convinced your gf to wear her glasses full time did she notice many asking about her glasses or other comments? By the way her rx is still a little stronger than yours, now that she is wearing glasses full time does she find it much harder to be without them now? I would think she would be a t least a little dependent on them now which should make you happy?

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 17 Dec 2011, 14:09

Carrie have a great evening

Carrie 17 Dec 2011, 10:59

While out shopping today with my girlfriend I saw a girl wearing large plastic framed glasses like mine. What made it better was she was very good looking! Her lenses were very weak plus lenses. They looked weaker than my first prescription. She probably didn't need to wear them all the time but I wasn't complaining! My girlfriend caught me looking at the girl and told me off! She wasn't angry with me and agreed that the girl was very nice. My girlfriend said "I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on you if you keep checking out every hottie that walks past!". We saw the 'hottie' again when we went to a coffee shop. A man, who seemed to be her boyfriend, soon joined her. "I didn't recognise you at first with the glasses! They look great." he said. She laughed and was obviously pleased he liked them. She told him that she might sometimes wear her glasses all day and not just for reading as she was really pleased how she looked in them. She was going to wear them for the rest of the day to get used to them. My girlfriend saw me looking again and gave me a sharp poke in the ribs! I said "No point in getting jealous, she's straight and I only want you. She's just eye candy.". We finished our coffee and came back to my house. My parents are going out this evening and won't be back until tomorrow so we'll have the house to ourselves. We're looking to get a flat together soon, but until then we're both living with our parents which is a bit awkward when you want to get intimate with your girlfriend. We're not letting this opportunity go to waste!

Astra 12 Dec 2011, 11:01

Re: Iam 11 Dec 2011, 00:48

she is beauty.

Iam 11 Dec 2011, 00:48

A girl in my school just got new glasses. Her new glasses kinda look like this girl's black glasses except with less visible power ring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjslXwly2m8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Her old glasses: http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215176_10150158644463958_784243957_6544176_3235591_n.jpg

Iam 11 Dec 2011, 00:44

A girl in my school just got new glasses. Her new glasses kinda look like this girl's black glasses except with less visible power ring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjslXwly2m8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Her old glasses: http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215176_10150158644463958_784243957_6544176_3235591_n.jpg

Anime Fan 08 Dec 2011, 19:53

Many thanks, she'll be thrilled

Soundmanpt 08 Dec 2011, 18:00

Anime Fan

I have been in here many times telling people how good I think Zenni glasses are. I now have a many, many people in the optical profession even going there now for themselves and their family. Over the past 9 years or so our non-profit vision group has used Zenni hundreds of times for people that can't afford glasses and I have passed it around to many many others that are not as restricted with money but still like saving money on their glasses. One young lady that was a full time contact lens wearer now has gotten over 20 pairs in the last 2 years. And she hasn't wore contacts since.

If she needs help in determining how to get a proper fitting pair have here come in here or over in "eyechat" and i can guide her with that.

Crystal Veil 08 Dec 2011, 17:41

Anime Fan,

I can give Zenni Optical a high recommendation. The majority of 34 models who so far posed for me in glasses were payed with one or two pairs of new Zenni glasses in their own prescription. Most of the ladies had fairly straightforward low to moderate minus prescriptions but two had prescriptions that called for a lot of precision. One of them had a major astigmatism (3 to 4 diopters) and she was quite satisfied with her glasses. The other is my life partner - the whole project started with her - and she has a prescription well above minus 10. I ordered several pairs of new Zenni glasses for her, including a pair for night driving and a pair for computer work. She says the glasses are perfect and of much help. The only down side of Zenni is that they don't supply bifocal or varifocal lenses above minus 10. If your co-worker needs a reading add, the cheapest solution that I know of is ciliaryblue. Mind you, even with the best prescription, a pair of -12 glasses will only give 80% to 90% visus because of the minification of the image seen through the lenses. But my life partner is well able to drive her car, even at night. So Zenni is definitely worth a try. They supply glasses with 1.67 lenses (single vision) for only $40 or so.

Anime Fan 08 Dec 2011, 12:12

Sighting and a question.

a co-worker has said a few times that she's blind without her glasses, which yesterday she came in wearing what seemed to be at least a -10 set of lenses. Her vision isn't 100% in them though. I asked about it during lunch, since she squints a bit with them on, she mentioned that they were her sister's old glasses (who got lazered) and she's looking for a pair with a current script that is cheap, since she is having issues seeing through the current frames and the dry weather is making wearing contacts impossible.

Has anyone here tried Zenni Optical? It would seem to be the best place to suggest to her.

Millhouse 03 Dec 2011, 05:19

Out this morning xmas shopping at my local mall, lots of GWG's about; #1, a lovely couple, she, long dark hair, 30 yo, slim, pretty with at least a -7 in semi rimless bold arms style, him also about 30, stocky, brown leather coat with about -3 or so. (glasses attract glasses i thought?) #2 a young lady, 18-20, long blonde hair, slim , had round metal frames about-7, looked amazing, #3 another young blonde with -3 or -4 but with very flat fronts on lenses in oval metal style frames. What a morning! Must be all those dry eyed contact lens wearers caught on a day off (the start off the office party/late night season maybe?) cant wait to get out this eve for a beer and see what else is on the social tundra and plains.

Brett 25 Nov 2011, 23:42

Went out shopping lastnight/overnight for Black Friday sales with the wife. Had never done that before, and rarely do any of our shopping. But we both had the day off and are on overnight shift time so we sleep during the day for the most part and decided to go out.

It was hectic, and way to crowded for my taste. I also have a low tolerance for waiting in check-out lines, but a lot of the shoppers were wearing glasses. I would guess many were normally contact wearers but being up that late or getting up so early, decided to go in glasses. A lot of folks were wearing pajamas out too. Younger children sleeping in carts with blankets. We kind of got a kick out of the whole thing.

A couple highlights: one young lady about our age, 25-30; blonde, average height/weight, stylish clothes and was wearing the big wide temples that are also kind of rimless so the side of the lenses are shown. Probably about -8 range. She was in front of us while we waited in line for a store to open and we chatted briefly. Nice cut-in and she seemed quite confident/used to wearing. She had her mom with and she too was wearing glasses but not near as strong.

The other highlight was a younger lady probably 18-23ish, wearing pajamas pants but a "Hooters" shirt like what the employees actually wear and she looked like she could be an employee. Was darker brown hair, brown eyes, wearing older glasses like the cat-eye plastic black frames that were popular about 10 years ago and had about a -4 range Rx but was squinting quite a bit to see the price signs above stuff. Her and the wife were kind of vying to have a look/ and then potentially claim the last of a cookware set so we were pretty close to her. Neither opted to take it and commented to each other that it was too cheap looking.

Astra 25 Nov 2011, 12:45

Just to note down some of my sightings today.

On the train from airport I saw 1 young woman, with black plastic frame. minus lenses around 3-5 diopters.

In a L'Occitane retail store, I notice the young cashier lady does not wear glasses. She spoke to me in Putonghua . I would suppose most customers to that store are not Cantonese speakers. Nowadays Putonghua speakers are often more affluent than Cantonese speakers, and live in upscale neighborhoods.

On the bus to the Peak, I notice 1 woman, age 30-50, minus lenses.

On Lugard Road I saw a group of Chinese tourists, wish to take images of the building of Peak Tram. I notice 1 young woman wearing minus lenses. The road has dim lighting. I saw her looked like squinting, then adjust her frame which was too low on her nose, and notice some cut-in. Then, She use camera herself to take images.

On the bus back from the Peak, I saw 1 woman with minus lenses which was undecided about which seat to take, walked around. adjusted lenses once at the aisle.

None of above minus lenses look severe (above -8 diopters)

Revolver 25 Nov 2011, 12:17

One more from the same business trip mentioned in my Nov.23d post, same upscale establishment. They've had a food server there for several years who can only be described as cute. Late 20's, petite with long blonde hair always in a pony tail, very pert and bouncy, always wearing somewhere around -7 or -8, plano base curve and thick edged lenses. But her frame was terribly outmoded, a small gold oval of the type that was prevalent in the early & mid 90's, and I concluded that she was a contact wearer and never bothered to upgrade her glasses.

But, she always wore them, at least up until my trip a month ago when she was obviously wearing contacts. I resisted the urge to tell her I liked her better in glasses, and both days she was in contacts. Then, this trip, she was back to her glasses for both days, needless to say I tacitly approved.

specs4ever 25 Nov 2011, 08:39

Hi Blake. With -8 and -7.50 contacts your girlfriend is probably about -9.50 and -9 for her glasses. So they would be flat fronted.

You are mostly correct Puffin, but there is a table for the front curve that I read somewhere once, and I think the highest front curve is about a +3 with a prescription up to -3(this would give you your rear curve of -6), then it drops to a +2 up to about-6 and then it gradually drops to a +0.50 for a -8 and then by -9 it goes completely flat. Back in the days of CR39 plastic once it got to -13 then the front curve became a minus, and was as much as a -3. By -18 the front curve increased to about -6, and the highest front curve I have seen in even a double myodisc is a -9.

Of course, with high index lenses this is no longer valid, because I have one pair that are around -25D in 1.9 glass with a flat front, and another pair in the same material that are -30 with a flat front.

Blake 24 Nov 2011, 21:42

Thanks for the quick replies, the reason I ask is my girlfriends glasses are flat fronted, I'm not sure of her glasses rx but her contacts are re -8, le -7.5. She has her lenses thinned out but they are still about 10mm thick at the edges.

Puffin 24 Nov 2011, 17:26

I seem to remember that the best vision comes with a -6 back curve on the lens. Obviously if you are under -6 then a bit is added at the front to balance up, but if too much then it looks a bit funny, so the back curve is reduced a bit too.

Once you go over -6 you're into plano fronts anyway to help with edge thickness (which helps vision more than what you lose by not having a -6 back curve).

Anyway, it's a long time since I watched the TV program about this, so I could be misremembering.

specs4ever 24 Nov 2011, 16:21

Blake, when the prescription is low, such as -2D or so, they use a front curve of +2D and then cut a rear curve of -4D to give you a -2D prescription. But as the amount of rear curve gets higher that means that the outer edges of the lens would be thicker. In the past flat fronts started showing up around -9D in CR39 plastic, but now with hi index lenses instead of them holding off for a while I see flat fronts on even lower power prescriptions.

There is an optical reason for having a plus power on the front curve as your eye can see better though a lens that is doen as the first example I gave, but as the prescription becomes higher vanity kicks in and people do not want their lenses to stick out past the frame if at all possible.

Blake 24 Nov 2011, 16:00

I'm sure this has been asked before on this site but I could not find a reference, but why are some myopic glasses flat fronted? Is it to correct an eye problem or purely due to the strength of the prescription?

Like lenses 24 Nov 2011, 01:17

Aubrac

Perhaps you are correct.

As I mentioned in the post,my corrected vision with -9.00 glasses is not very good ( 20/30 ).And she was sitting in a booth facing mine,at about eight feet away.

Her lenses looked really thick,and had flat front surfaces.

Aubrac 23 Nov 2011, 18:32

Like Lenses

My wife wears +1.75 with 4 degrees base out prism. From certain angles the lenses can look like -5.00 at the outer edge which is quite deceptive.

Her eyes often cross especially when reading without glasses and so the person you saw may well have a similar prescription.

Revolver 23 Nov 2011, 12:43

Was on an overnight business trip to a nearby city I visit often, and always frequent a decidedly upscale eating and drinking establishment. A month ago, same trip, there was a new cocktail server who was a GWG and and extremely attractive one at that. 30-something, well dressed with her brunette hair up in a french twist, a very classy lady. She was wearing dark shiny charcoal mid-size rectangular plastic frames with medium wide temples in what appeared to be a very low minus and/or cylinder rx. Complimented her on them, she was very eager to talk about them, said she'd only had them a few weeks and got them because she was having trouble focusing on everything. She readily took them off and showed them to me, and at most they were -.25 sphere and -.25 cyl in each eye, but also had a very low prism, not more than one diopter and probably about 1/2. She said how much she liked wearing them and really did look great in them.

This trip, same scenario, she wasn't wearing them and she said somehow she lost them but ordered another pair that should be ready in a few days, got a different frame so that if perchance she found her originals she'd have two different pairs. The next day before I left stopped in and she was wearing a very dressy pair of small gold semi-rimless ones that looked excellent, although gave her a sophisticated business look but skewed a little bit older than the plastic ones. Again complimented her, and she said how relieved she was they came in early, as now her headaches and eyestrain were relieved so she had no difficulty focusing. In just a few months she went from none to full time and loving it.

Like lenses 23 Nov 2011, 01:25

I was sitting in a restaurant

this evening,and it was pouring rain outside.

A couple came in and both were wearing minus glasses.After sitting down,they both took off their glasses,for what I thought was to wipe the rain off.

I couldn't tell from the brief glance how strong the mans were,but the woman sat facing me and she was well into the double digits. Neither of them put glasses on to read the menu,or throughout their entire meal.

Although my vision with glasses is not real good,I noticed that when she took hers off,both of her eyes crossed toward her nose.Depending on if she was looking at her food,or looking at her husband during conversation ,her eyes would cross,more,or less.

Her eyes looked very unfocused,and I don't think she could even see me watching her.

I wonder if her prescription had prism,or if without looking through those deep dished centers her eyes would loose reference.

Julian 22 Nov 2011, 14:29

Anime fan: I just love that word 'bespeckled'!

James 22 Nov 2011, 11:46

The 20 something woman with the reading glasses I see in the pub where my girlfriend works now keeps her glasses on when she comes in on Fridays. She comes in wearing them and they stay on the whole time she's there. Last Friday one of her gang asked why she was still wearing her reading glasses when she wasn't reading she told them that her eyes were tired as it was the end of the week and her glasses stopped her eyes from feeling so tired.

The rest of the week she has them on top of her head as usual.

Saturday was very interesting as she was wearing her glasses again. Shortly after her and her friends came in another woman of similar age came in and she must have been another friend that none of them had seen for a while as there was lots chattering and hugs. A short time later she was talking the the woman with the glasses. She asked when she got them and what she needed them for. She tried them on, but I couldn't see her face as they were sitting with their backs to me. She said something like "These make me feel dizzy! How strong are they?" and handed the glasses back. The owner of the glasses replied "A few people have asked me that, so this morning I checked the card they gave me at the opticians and it says R +2.50 and L +2.50. So that means both eyes are the same."

That makes her prescription glasses +0.50 stronger than the ready-made ones she got at first.

Anime Fan 22 Nov 2011, 11:18

I was in the grocery store Sunday and was in the check out lane of one of the regular cashiers. She has red hair but she had red frames to match today and a pinkish eye. Left lens was at least a -12 and the right was a bit weaker.

A bit of a surprise because I've never seen her wear glasses before. She told me she thinks that she has an eye infection, so she had to wear glasses for a few days. It's always weird finding out that someone you know is bespeckled

Astra 16 Nov 2011, 18:07

While less than one percent of world transport by volume is by airline, it amounts to forty percent of the value.

...

This can result in a different demographics.

Average users in airports could be slightly different than say, an inner city where air transport is rare.

Could influence the distribution of contact lens users, etc.

Astra 16 Nov 2011, 17:58

Remember, most people won't take an airplane for the entire span of their life.

Astra 16 Nov 2011, 17:57

I suspect in airports the demographics can be a bit different.

There could be more contact lens users ?

RL 16 Nov 2011, 14:30

A dream sighting. Tall girl, early thirties, about six feet, blond hair in a pony tail, wearing a sleeveless polo shirt revealing tanned muscular arms, and the most amazing glasses. Black plastic frame, high minus lenses: the left one stronger than the right. I'd guess -9 and -6. And slightly biconcave on top of everything. Almost too good to be true.

Astra 16 Nov 2011, 09:52

varifocals,

doubtful. either Singapore or Hong Kong are humid in summer.

varifocals 16 Nov 2011, 05:01

When I was in Singapore I recently on the way back fromAustralia I saw several people, male & feemales putting drops into their eyes.

i assume the climate there is difficult for contact wearers, or maybe that is the reason why glasses are more prevelant in Hong Kong

Clare 15 Nov 2011, 14:52

I agree that a/c makes offices uncomfortable for contacts wearers. I'm not the only one who's complained that ours makes our eyes dry and itchy, with that and staring at a PC screen many hours of the day its pretty gruelling on the eyes.

Soundmanpt 14 Nov 2011, 21:34

Tommy27

I would bet that the one lady that doesn't have glasses yet will soon be needing them. I think the reason so many wear glasses as opposed to contacts is that offices tend to be air conditioned which is too dry for comfortable wear and also many that work at computers don't blink enough to keep their eyes moist enough. Glasses is a much better answer. And then their are the ones that self prescribe when their eyes bother them they just go buy some OTC readers. Not the right answer as they may well need minus glasses or even some astigmatism correction.

Brett 14 Nov 2011, 19:47

Tommy, sounds like a similar setup to my wife's work. They work 24-7 so rotating shifts and spend 8 hours at the computer. Everytime I go there or we hang out outside of work they all have glasses. A mix of + and - lenses, seems not many can stand contacts on the shift work, computers, etc. Her co-workers range in age 25-60, mainly women.

Her best office friend is about a -6.00/-7.00 now and has definitely had several large increases in the 3 years I've known her. When I met her I'd have guessed about -4.00. Lots of late 20s/early 30s that have OTC readers.

I hadn't really noticed til about a year ago when the discussion on here got into it; I work mainly nights too, but based out of the car with as much if not more distance focusing. Even so, I've noticed during the day when I've had to go in our support/office staff is about the same. Readers on people way younger than 40.

Tommy27 14 Nov 2011, 14:36

After having problems with prolonged reading/using computer with my glasses (-4D), I started to pay more attention to my coworkers - out of 4 recently hired juniors (all women 23-28 yo), three wear glasses. Two of them only for reading with tiny sphere correction and astigmatism. The third one (very attractive tall blonde with big blue eyes) is really interesting: -6D (my estimate), angular rimless glasses with wide tortoiseshell temples, she is always putting down her glasses for reading, obviously can't see very well so she has to bend really close to her display. Maybe I am not the only one with early onset presbyopia around... :-)

Brett 08 Nov 2011, 19:19

James, that is interesting to overhear. It makes me wonder how many people comment on my wife's glasses when I'm not around. I for one, rarely, if ever, comment on strangers or even acquaintances glasses. I suppose nice comments might spark up some interesting conversations.

James 08 Nov 2011, 14:20

I was talking to my girlfriend yesterday when she was at work (Monday evenings are quiet). A customer came up to the bar and ordered their drinks. As my girlfriend was serving her the customer (who wasn't wearing glasses herself) remarked how nice my girlfriends glasses where and how well they go with her features. The customer asked if she was long or short sighted. My girlfriend (who was very flattered by the nice comments) replied something like "I'm slightly short sighted in both eyes and have astigmatism in both eyes so I wear my glasses all the time as they make everything clear near as well as far and everything in between. If I don't wear them everything is fuzzy and I'll probably end up getting a headache. I don't know why I didn't wear them all the time from when I first got glasses in April, they make so much difference!". The customer said "It's good that attractive younger women, like yourself, are quite happy to be seen wearing glasses, whether they need them or not. There are so many great frame styles available to choose that I sometime wonder why more people don't wear glasses!" The customer then paid for the drinks and went over to sit with 3 other people she must have come in with.

My girlfriend was so happy that she got those compliments from a complete stranger.

I wonder if the customer is someone who'd like this website or might even already know of it! Odd conversation for 2 strangers to have but my girlfriend wasn't fussed, she loved the attention!

Interesting to hear what my girlfriend said about her eyesight. Sounds like she's sort of dependant on them. I expect she's just got so used to having corrected vision all the time now her brain and eyes sort of kick up a fuss if the image is blurry!

Anime Fan 08 Nov 2011, 09:00

A rather funny sighting. I went to lunch yesterday with three friends from the office. We wanted to try the new Thai place down the street. When we got the menus, one of them had mentioned that she had left her glasses (reading) back at the office and was having problems reading the menu because of the small font the restaurant had used. The woman sitting next to me offered her glasses to her, since she was wearing bifocals with a slightly medium minus. The look on the my friend's face when she started to put the glasses on and then jerked back a little, not realizing the strength of the main part of the lens. She held the bifocal part a inch or two away from her eyes between her and the menu and handed them back commenting how strong they were. I'm pretty sure my friend and I are pretty close to the same script, just around -5

Tom 08 Nov 2011, 08:47

A nice sighting I'm having almost daily since weeks. A colleague in her late 40s, who has always wore thin glasses in a rimless

round frame mainly for astigmatism (judging from the vision you can have looking through the lenses from behind...). Well, recently

she has started wearing reading glasses on top of the old glasses while reading or looking at the screen!

More intriguing is that she does on a daily basis, so she seems to be ok with that solution, while I initially thought was just temprary,

waiting for progressive or something. My idea is that she has discovered presbyopia, but doesn't want to spend for plus + cylinder

glasses, so she is using her old glasses that are still ok for distant vision (astigmatism) plus off the shelf reading glasses when

needed. Useless to say it is very intriguing to spot her at her desk doing like that...

Soundmanpt 07 Nov 2011, 18:39

Puffin

When she wore them the other day, did you make any nice comments to her about them? It's never a bad idea to make a very casual comment, but of course not dwell on it. You still maybe should maybe say something like "hey where's the glasses, they looked quite nice on you?"

Puffin 07 Nov 2011, 18:26

aoww, the new GWG at work did not appear with glasses. perhaps she was just trying them out.

Steven 07 Nov 2011, 15:53

Had a meeting outside town yesterday and a coworker joined me for the ride. One moment I asked if she could find any sweets in her door compartment and, while looking for the sweets, she saw an older pair of glasses that my girlfriend always leaves in my car.

She asked whether they were mine, I said they were my girlfriend's, and she asked how strong the prescription is. I answered they weren't very strong, about -1.50 since my girlfriend has had new and stronger glasses for about 2 yrs now.

Can I try them on she asked? Of course I said yes :) She was amazed at how much sharper everything was when looking through the glasses. For te next 10 minutes she tested how well she could see objects alongside the road, or license plates, with and without the glasses, left and right eye, and I told her she might definitely need glasses for driving. Her right eye seemed pretty weak. She left the specs in the car during our meeting, but put them back on for the whole 2hrs drive back. I couldn't believe how sexy she looked in my gf's glasses!

kisal 06 Nov 2011, 08:13

Eating out the other night with my family. We were seated in view of the door and I saw a young couple come in: she with glasses, he without. I was happy that they were seated near us and at a location where I could look over without being obvious. Her frames were a simple, but stylish metal rim pair. At one point a little while later I looked at their table and saw, sadly, her specs folded up on the table. Oh, well, another sighting gone. But then as I was watching, she picked up her glasses and casually put them on. I couldn't read lips, but it didn't appear there was any conversation about it, and she wore them throughout the meal.

 04 Nov 2011, 22:24

OO

Don't be so lazy, if you want to know all you need do is go back in several threads, including this one and you will find she has stated it more than once. She has also stated that it hasn't changed in years so it is current.

OO 04 Nov 2011, 21:54

Melyssa,

Can you please list your current prescription.

Melyssa 04 Nov 2011, 07:04

Yesterday I accompanied my husband to his dental appointment, visiting the place for the first time. Besides us, of course, there were at least half a dozen other people wearing glasses -- old men, old women, young women. One of the dental assistants wore clear goggles every time I saw her come out to the reception area. I couldn't tell if there was any prescription to them. My husband's hygienist was happy to meet me, as he has told her so much about me, and she complimented me on my brown drop-temples with the silver metal connectors, which I wore at that time yesterday.

Puffin 03 Nov 2011, 18:47

All the sudden there's a new GWG at work, one who did not wear them before. As usual the reasons are either new prescription (it's quite weak, possibly prescribed for astigmatism as much as anything else) or previous contact lens wearer. mmm, work gets interesting again!

CurX 01 Nov 2011, 18:20

@James I appreciate your response, but I think you are still missing the point. You seem "obsessed" with this particular eye candy, you've made multiple postings about her, and even seek her out. We're not talking about falling in love with the woman and becoming her lifemate, just talking about a little fun off the side, that's all. And since you aren't married, you are even more entitled. I'm only suggesting you fulfill that desire. Something inside you is pulling you to that woman.

ps... I always love when someone says "okay let's stop talking about this such and such topic" and then proceeds to talk about it.

James 01 Nov 2011, 12:44

I think we should end the off topic discussion about girlfriends/boyfriends and if you should dump them etc before the website owner has to come and delete lots of posts. I'm sure he's got better things to do. To end it all I would just like to say I have no intention of leaving my wonderful girlfriend for someone I don't even know. The woman in the pub is a very attractive woman (with glasses) but she will remain, and I hate to say it, eye-candy - much like attractive celebrities you like to look at but would never date.

CurX 31 Oct 2011, 09:34

@ antonio-0-0. I wouldn't stick my head into an ostrich hole and keep telling myself over and over that there are only a few people out there having external relationships and how much of a minority that population might be. I think if you get out more often you'll be surprised how many people are doing this sort of thing and enjoying their lives more fully.

Whether or not you accept that morally is a completely different story... yet you should consider that you also come to this board to fulfill fetish desires that you don't get elsewhere. Isn't that seeking gratification outside of a relationship, assuming you are in one? All I am doing is taking it a few steps further to complete the process.

Soundmanpt 30 Oct 2011, 11:16

Carrie

Understandable if your boyfriend had feelings for you that he may have been hurt, but you were for more honest with him and others than many people would have been. Even though i'm sure you had feelings for him it seems clear he wasn't the one you wanted to spend your life with. The young lady your with, is that the same young lady you met at the party and shared that kiss with? As I recall she was someone you knew from school but had lost contact with. She seemed attracted to you because you were wearing your glasses that night. In looking back you said you were a bit undecided as to wearing your glasses or not as you easily could have gone without them. Do you ever wonder if things would have worked out the same if you had left your glasses in your bag? She wore glasses as well but was not wearing them when you met, but after trying your glasses she took hers out and you tried hers, but your glasses are for close and hers for distance so neither of you could see much with each others glasses. She put her glasses on and then put your glasses on you just before the kiss. Do you find her more interesting and attractive wearing glasses or do you think you would have the same feelings for her if she didn't wear glasses at all?

antonio-o 30 Oct 2011, 02:24

well, I´m sure not so many will adopt or share Curt´s optinio, but I guess that´s not what he wants, either.

I guess such external relations put at risk your marriage or at least one could get up to 4 to 6 very hard years with your spouse if she ever finds out, but nevertheless remains with you, because it would hurt her that much.

but ok, we aren´t all the same, best regards,

antonio-o

ehpc 29 Oct 2011, 13:05

Carrie - so you are with the GWG:) I was wondering:) COOL! Pete

nickwewymouth 29 Oct 2011, 13:05

very well put curx defo food for thought

CurX 29 Oct 2011, 12:44

@Soundmanmpt I am not interested in sharing any of this fetish with my wife, she has no need to be aware of my personal business like that. Surprisingly enough, I am an adult and can secretly manage my own relationships just fine. She'll never, ever find out.

We should be adult about this. We come here to this board to talk about the things we are unable to talk about with others in person. We share experiences here that no one else would understand. Sharing such a fetish can lead to embarassment, harassment, and even more emotional distress.

We hide this board from our spouses with seemingly no chagrin. Are you obligated to tell your spouse what you read/write about here? No. So why should I be obligated to tell her how I indulge my fetish desires?

It does not mean I don't love her to read this board.

It does not mean I don't love her to get a thrill out of someone else wearing glasses.

It does not mean I don't love her if I have external relationships, even sexual, that are solely for the pursuit and pleasure of enjoying this fetish deeper.

All the folks here gather pictures from all over the net. They talk about sighting this woman here and this woman there. Do you really think none of you don't have the desire to follow through given you had the opportunity to do so? We are only here for one life. Make it count. Get out of it what YOU want. Not what she wants. In the end you die alone, not with her. So make those experiences all count.

Soundmanpt 29 Oct 2011, 12:30

OurX

I think there is world of difference in looking and maybe even fantasizing about someone as opposed to actually having an affair. You must know if for any reason your wife ever finds out it will no doubt be extremely hurtful and embarrising to her? But I am not here to judge you. Have you ever tried to maybe tell your wife how you are attracted to how women look wearing glasses? Maybe if she knows how important this is to you she may well consider wearing glasses. Maybe she would be willing to try GOC? I know of several young ladies with perfect vision that really enjoy doing that.

Cheating is never a good thing.

CurX 29 Oct 2011, 11:25

@Jessica: Why would you wish such evilness on someone? You should not shoot from the hip too quickly and become so harshly judgmental to me just because I have seen the light and decided to enhance my life rather than pretend we live our lives like a Norman Rockwell painting.

There is nothing wrong with external relationships. It can be managed well where none of the parties are aware of what is going on, and that is the best appropriate way for me to fulfill my needs and desires.

Jessica 29 Oct 2011, 11:03

post deleted - personal attack

CurX 29 Oct 2011, 10:27

To each his own really. Time for honesty. I have had several great secret affairs away from my spouse over fifteen years because she does not wear glasses, nor need them. I have a particular sexual desire that can only be fulfilled through glasses on a woman, and that has lead me astray.

Most of my external relationships have been quick, some just for sex, but others have lasted for a few months. I cut them off before they go too deep as I can't stretch my feelings between two people.

I have to keep up alot of stories with my spouse to keep these relationships going, and that is the most taxing part. Some of the affairs knew I had a spouse, and it didn't bother them either which might surprise you.

But in the end, I am living the dream of getting what I want from affairs which is raw sexual fetish satisfaction and getting the love and tenderness that I want in a relationship from my spouse. She doesn't have a need to know what I do when she isn't around.

Carrie 29 Oct 2011, 05:56

No harm in looking. Just don't upset anyone. I broke up with my boyfriend to be with another woman. It all happened rather quickly and I really hurt his feelings. Things are a bit better between us now and he has a lovely new girlfriend. I wanted to stay friends but I lost his trust, so it might be sometime before we just politely say hello to each other if we happen to meet.

I am still with the same girlfriend who I am madly in love with. I do check out other men and women (I still fancy both) but I would never be unfaithful. My girlfriend is a beautiful girl with glasses. We have a great relationship and a great sex life. Why would I want to change that?

I regret hurting my boyfriend and I should have ended our relationship in a much better way.

James, please don't be unfaithful to your girlfriend. She sounds lovely and you should feel lucky to have her.

Soundmanpt 28 Oct 2011, 19:39

As men we must at least look. So long as you don't touch it's okay> In my book anyway.

CurX 28 Oct 2011, 17:24

Not as good looking as your girlfriend, eh? Then why are you clearly obsessed with looking at the girl each week and not your girlfriend? Think about that.

What I've learned in life is to stop telling yourself what you are supposed to like and just go ahead and express your likeness for the things you really do like.

James 28 Oct 2011, 12:07

The 20something woman with the new reading glasses was in the pub Friday and Saturday last week and was wearing her glasses the whole time she was there. I think she has got used to them now as she didn't seem to have any trouble seeing into the distance. She was always looking through them rather than over them.

I thought she might have decided to wear them all the time but sadly when I saw her in the pub on Wednesday she had her glasses on the top of her head like a hair band. She put them on briefly to read a text on her phone but then put the phone away and the glasses went back on top of her head.

As much as I would like to look at her more and properly, I don't want to be caught looking by her, her friends or my girlfriend. The woman with the glasses is very good looking but not as good looking as my girlfriend who I love very much.

I will probably go to the pub later this evening and/or tomorrow. It's just after 6pm here, so I'll see how I feel in a couple of hours (bit tired today.

Aubra 28 Oct 2011, 03:45

Went to a song recital yesterday in a small function room yesterday. One lady about mid-forties came in with her partner, took a seat in the front row and said 'this is good, I won't have to wear my glasses'.

After it finished she started looking at some posters on the opposite wall, dipped into her bag and put on a pair of very nice brown/gold semi-rimless with about +3 prescription. She seemed a little nervous wearing them and kept taking them off, but had to wear them to see detail at distance.

Probably a latent hyperope with her first pair of glasses, they looked very new and so maybe she was in her first few weeks of wearing them.

Anime Fan 24 Oct 2011, 10:36

She really didn't know that she was over corrected until she went to get her eyes checked again. I don't know if she went to a different eye doctor, but it was the doctor that had mentioned this to her.

I'm guessing it was a slight drop in the script. She never mentioned any issues with the script besides wearing a pair of readers.

Soundmanpt 24 Oct 2011, 09:52

Anime Fan

Rather interesting, brings to mind several questions. One is I am curious how she knows she is over corrected for her contacts? And if she feels like she is, most people would have gone back right away and complained that they needed a weaker rx. But if it turns out that her contacts are the right rx the fact that she needs readers to read books now would mean she may well be prescribed bifocals at her next eye test.

You had the right idea by asking her if she could read without contacts, but as she said due to astigmatism correction she probably couldn't.

Anime Fan 24 Oct 2011, 08:45

A classmate in college started wearing readers, which I was a little amazed by it since she was in her mid-twenties. At the end of the semester, she had her eyes re-tested. It wasn't that she was due for readers but that her contact prescription was a little too strong, over correcting her nearsightedness. I had asked her when she mentioned if she'd noticed this when she took the contacts out. She mentioned that with her astigmatism, reading uncorrected was a bit impossible.

lentifan 22 Oct 2011, 15:54

Those who don readers in libraries may not all be hyperopes. They may be myopic contact lens wearers (or even Lasik corrected) who need a reading add.

I've noticed quite a few myopes taking off their specs, or slipping them down their nose so they can read over the top of the lenses, when looking at their mobile phones. A sign they need bi-focals, I'd say, but they probably still think they're for old folks!

Astra 22 Oct 2011, 10:42

Before 1950s-1970s, glasses are not readily available for most people, except those in developed world.

Astra 22 Oct 2011, 10:34

Put it simply,

normal human eyes are mostly adapted to distance focusing.

Soundmanpt 22 Oct 2011, 09:55

Adding to this discussion, some years ago I took a class involving color printing and I found it interesting that women see colors better than men do but at the same time their eyes tend to be weaker. Unfortunatly it didn't go into any detail as to why their eye would be weaker. This was a while before all the modern devices.

Lucas 21 Oct 2011, 22:24

I am currently at university, and I have to say that it is amazing the amount of people, who at the library, take out glasses as soon as they start doing readings. It is more often women as well. The same thing happens during exams, with plus lenses being aplenty. I wonder if people just naturally need help after long hours of close studies, or that we are becoming more farsighted.

Any concluding studies on this?

Brett 21 Oct 2011, 22:18

Interesting discussion, I know I've read extensive comments on here about the increased in near activities also causing nearsightedness in children. We have definitely become a society of "near" activities---just about everyone I know has a cell phone, even if just for work. And even your most basic professions now require you to spend time on computers. Even if its not causing the increased in plus glasses, its without a doubt making people aware of their vision problems and they're getting glasses. 20 years ago someone might not realize they get headaches and eyestrain or computer vision syndrome. It definitely makes for better "sightings" today.

Soundmanpt 21 Oct 2011, 13:28

It has crossed my mind that they have been at odds now for some time as to weather or not cell phones may cause cancer because they are held at or near the ear. Wouldn't you think some of the same researchers would conduct a study as to how much damage all these I-Phones and such is doing to people's vision? Maybe someday someone may realize that there has been a big increase in the number of young people now needing plus glasses.

But as I recall it took years before anyone did any research on computer monitors as to how much eye strain they caused. If anyone is as old as I am the first computers had some God awful background color that really did hurt your eye to look at for very long.

Varifocals. 21 Oct 2011, 12:14

Here in Bedford there is a large increase in plus glasses wear.

The phones may have something to do with it.

Still plus is attractive

Soundmanpt 21 Oct 2011, 10:59

Aubrac

What you are noticing is becoming more common each day it seems. Also the doctors I have talked with are finding the same as well. Ever increasing use of small hand held devices for games and texting its having effect on vision. Add to that that now you can buy OTC readers at most stores and the fact they these readers are now much more fashionable than they used to be make them desirable Younger people quickly find that +1.00 glasses makes seeing there text messages much easier to read. Add to that that because they are young their eyes seem to have less trouble accommodating the glasses even for distance with very little trouble. And of course others are being prescribed a weak plus by their doctors as well.

Aubrac 21 Oct 2011, 06:03

I know I do go on a bit about more and younger plus wearers but yesterday two girls about 13/14 were sitting on a bench in the town centre with glasses perched on their head.

One got out her phone, squinted at the the screen and put her glasses down to do some texting, next thing her friend did the same thing. I saw them later walking around the town still with their glasses on.

From the way they both tried to read their text messages at first by angling the screen, holding it closer and further away, showed they really did have trouble reading it, and their glasses were necessary.

Something 10 or 20 years ago you would never have seen - probably because there weren't any text messages!!!

Stefan 20 Oct 2011, 07:39

Nooo, you're a lucky lad, but should you be posting they're pics on here?

James 19 Oct 2011, 13:01

I was in my girlfriend's pub on Monday evening hoping to see the group of 20 something women regulars but I wasn't sure if they came in on Mondays. Thankfully they did come in this Monday! The one who needed reading glasses came in last. She was wearing her "proper" glasses. They were largeish dark plastic frames a bit like these http://www.ray-ban.com/uk/products/optical/RB5244?var=2034 I couldn't tell if they were Ray-Bans or not but they were that style. They looked much better on her than the ready-made ones she was wearing the other day. She had only just got them that day. One of her friends asked her why she was still wearing them if they were for reading. She said they were mainly for reading and close work but might find them useful for distances and if her eyes felt tired. She was told it might take a few days to get used to them and to be able to see distances and the more she wore them the sooner she'd get used to them. "I can't see across the room clearly with them at the moment but I will keep them on and find out if I do get used to them."

She didn't mention her prescription to anyone but the glasses looked to be a similar, if not slightly stronger, power than the ready-made ones.

Brett 17 Oct 2011, 18:12

to Soundmanpt:

Thanks for the response, and believe me, I think any lady that wants to wear full-time should! Makes the sighting thread and seen on the web more interesting! And the discussion was not as much about her wearing hers too much, it was more those two trying to get the middle sis "hold out" to go to full-time. I suppose with her lack of astigmatism its not as much of an issue.

Puffin 17 Oct 2011, 17:28

I think I'd say yes to that!

nooooo 17 Oct 2011, 17:06

There are two girls with thick glasses in my homeroom.

First girl(look at the cut-in): http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215176_10150158644463958_784243957_6544176_3235591_n.jpg

http://s-hphotos-iad1.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/243878_10150206311118958_784243957_6965669_7469662_o.jpg

Second girl: http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/26290_1328396045494_1098734584_30924590_7872119_n.jpg

Soundmanpt 17 Oct 2011, 14:25

Brett

Even though her rx is likely pretty mild for in her add she is actually doing the proper thing by wearing them full time. As she told everyone if she doesn't wear them she gets headaches and that is caused by the astigmatisms she has. And i'm quite sure that she can still see quite well without them, certainly her distance mostly is the astigmatism and she probably can see fine. So long as she is comfortable wearing them, and it would seem she is, that is all that matters. Some doctors may have just prescribed her with single vision reading glasses with astigmatism as well and he would have been struggling to make her eyes adjust to them for distance Progressives were the best option for her even if they seem very weak to others.

Brett 17 Oct 2011, 13:36

@Soundmanpt:

Ref: Youngest sister: Her glasses look very very weak, like I said the other two both mentioned not even really being able to tell there was an Rx. She wears progressives never mentioned anything about lined bifocals. I'm not sure that she was told to wear full-time but she definitely does. They both asked her why she wore them all the time, and said she just does so much close work at school, phone, etc, that when she didn't she got headaches quick and that she sees relatively fine.

The middle sister doesn't work in a job that would require a lot of reading/close activity and I'm not exactly sure at what point Plus users need them for distance too--I would guess though her days our numbered. Her sphere is definitely more than Mrs. Brett's. It definitely shows that eyesight runs in families: 3 of 3 with + lenses, and 2 of the 3 in multifocals at very early ages. I'm sure its not a coincidence its the two that have very demanding computer/close work lifestyles.

@Hooked:

It was by far the highlight conversation of the whole weekend. LoL.

Soundmanpt 17 Oct 2011, 13:09

Brett

The youngest sister's glasses are interesting. I would guess the idea of prescribing bifocals and more to do with the astigmatism she has. The doctor must feel she needs to wear her glasses full time due to that. The +.25 for distance should make little difference to her distance vision. Any idea what her add might be? Did she get progressives or lined bifocals. Being in college with much close work they may have recommended the line bifocal. Did she make any comments during this session of glasses swapping about how her vision is now since she went full time? Interesting how one sister is much more reluctant to wearing glasses even though she must have a much stronger rx that even your wife.

hooked 17 Oct 2011, 12:50

@Brett

That is a really nice story. That is often the mometn I start listening to women gossip when it comes to glasses.

Brett 16 Oct 2011, 19:18

Had a home sighting this weekend. Both my wifes sisters were over. Her youngest sister is a frequent house guest as she lives right in town on campus housing--we are quite often her laundry.

She is 21 just starting wearing glasses this spring after wearing reading glasses for about 6 months. She has like +.25 in one eye, some minor astigmatism in both and then a weak add in progressives. However, she wears all the time in totally rimless frames. They were all trying each others on at the dinner table last night and both my wife and the other sister said they couldn't even really tell there was correction in the lenses.

The middle sister came into town from about an hour way--their hometown. She got glasses many years ago on the same day my wife did. But she has never really worn them and is now nearing a point where she should be full-time wear. According to her she has no astigmatism and never had an add but her lenses must be +3 to +5 I'm not good with guessing. They make her eyes very large. She wears them long enough to read something or send a text and then takes them off or sometimes she struggles holding material far away. When she tried on my wife's glasses (her trifocals), she said she could see good out the bottom.

They spent several times encouraging her to just leave her glasses on and I can't even describe how cool it was listening to that conversation at the table and watching them all trying to see out of each others glasses. And I'm sure not anyone's surprise here, the youngest sister started her first serious and now somewhat long-term (nearing a year) relationship after she started wearing glasses.

DS 16 Oct 2011, 19:03

The plus glasses would only magnify material that remains between the far and near points. Beyond the new far point (now no longer at infinity for "20/20" uncorrected), there will indeed be blur.

Rule of Thumb 16 Oct 2011, 17:14

Plus lenses dramatically increase the blurry vision of a nearsighted person, while the same plus glasses simply magnify the image for a person with normal 20/20 vision.

Carrie 15 Oct 2011, 06:58

That woman that James saw in his pub must have pretty good accommodation if she's managed without glasses until now. I wonder how long she's actually needed them? If her prescription is +2 like her ready-made reading glasses is that quite strong for a first prescription?

Cactus Jack 14 Oct 2011, 12:49

Aubrac,

It is not possible to "accommodate" to correct too much Plus. Once your crystalline lenses are fully relaxed, that is it and all the excessive plus does is simulate being myopic. A person with good accommodation can correct an amazing amount of hyperopia. I know of at least two people in their early 20s who could effectively wear -16 over correction and still read with their glasses. If you compensate for vertex distance and figure +2.50 for reading, that is approximately +14.50 of accommodation.

I often have trouble remembering that glasses or contacts are intended to neutralize the refractive error. A myope has too much plus in their lens system for the distance to their retina and a hyperope does not have enough plus for their distance. The crystalline lens can add internal plus if needed, but it cannot subtract excessive plus beyond fully relaxed.

C.

Soundmanpt 14 Oct 2011, 12:46

James

It will be interesting to see if the new "proper" glasses stay on after she gets them. It could be that she may be given bifocals if they find she has any need at all for help with seeing distance or if they feel she needs to keep them on all the time she may no rx in the top and an add in the bottom allowing her to wear them full time.

I'll be watching for your report next week.

James 14 Oct 2011, 12:24

Regarding Tracy Emin, I suppose her glasses would be a distraction from her not very attractive face. (Just my personal opinion.)

The regular group of women were in the pub again last night. The one that needs reading glasses actually came in to the pub wearing the ready-made reading glasses she wore to look at her phone last week. I don't think she could see clearly very far with them as she kept looking over them to look around. She said to one of her gang that she'd lost the case and didn't want to put them in her bag without a case as they might get damaged and if she took them off she might forget them. This friend asked when she was going to get her "proper glasses". "Hopefully early next week. I never realised my eyes were so bad until I got these Granny Glasses as you lot call them!"

I am now looking forward to next week to see her wearing her "proper glasses"! I felt like thanking her friends for nagging her to get her eyes tested.

Aubrac 14 Oct 2011, 01:17

Philip

Didn't see the prgramme but in a book about Tracey Emin there are pictures of her wearing glasses when a lot younger.

Alex

I would have thought that at 19 with very good powers of accommodation wearing +6 glasses would have over corrected her resulting in blurred distance vision.

Did she ever wear her glasses full time with you?

Anime Fan 13 Oct 2011, 08:15

@Slit - She`s 40ish, but she`s worn glasses for years, she said. She does wear reading glasses when she`s in contacts if she`s reading small print. She did mention the glasses`s were a little too weak. She said when she gets her contacts back, she`s going to update her script.

Philip 13 Oct 2011, 02:24

I'm sure that I recall seeing Amanda Knox in specs at her original trial. She looked great.

Did anyone see Tracy Emin on BBC1's "Who do you think you are" last night? At several point she wore a very fetching pair of semi-rimless readers with heavy black rims and arms and they really transformed her.

Sam 12 Oct 2011, 18:20

Saw an interesting sighting today and was wondering what the future holds for this child. He was a caucaisin child with blond hair and blue eyes. I talked to his mother and found out he was 2.5 yrs old with about -6.00 glasses held in place with cable temples. He seemed to do fine with them but would close his right eye every once in a while to see up close.

Slit 12 Oct 2011, 11:32

Anime Fan

Actually I have seen few + glass wearers who go for contacts. Was she a hyperope (under 40) or just presbyopia (over 40)?

Anime Fan 12 Oct 2011, 10:43

Had a surprise at work yesterday. One of my co-workers came in wearing 7+ (at least) glasses. She said a contact had torn and she'd be stuck in them for a few days. Guessing they were a little weak. She had a magnifying glass to read the smaller print on a form in the morning meeting.

Alex 11 Oct 2011, 14:44

2Aubrac:

my former gf has over +6 and at 19 she could even read w/o any problems if it was enough light. She had some problems in the evenings only. That time she didn't wear glasses at all and used it sometimes when read smth and when I asked her:)).

James 11 Oct 2011, 12:08

The same group of women were in the pub on Thursday last week, again they sat at a table near me. The one who was having difficulty focussing on her phone last time got her phone out and was fiddling with it and chatting at the same time (how do women do that?!). She started squinting at it like she did last time. She then put her hand in her bag and produced a pair of glasses which she put on and carried on fiddling with her phone without any problems seeing it clearly it seemed. One of the group said to her "You got yourself some glasses then." She replied with a quet "yeah". Another one of the group said "They're not proper glasses they're granny glasses! She bought them from the shop up the road." The one with the glasses pointed out that she could see very well with the glasses and they were less than a tenner.

They weren't actually too bad considering those ready-made reading glasses are aimed at people in their 50s and 60s and above. Dark metal oval frames. But just did not look quite right for someone her age.

When she was asked what power they were she said "2". I presume that means +2? She was then reminded that she promised to get her eyes tested properly. They made her make another promise - this one was to choose some better frames. The woman who offered to go with her to the opticians said that she was going to phone around in the morning to get her an appointment Friday or Saturday. The one with the glasses obviously realised she couldn't really back out so she agreed.

Hopefully she'll get herself some decent glasses soon and wear them for fiddling with her phone in the pub. If the ready-made glasses were +2 her real prescription must be around that. It's amazing how much she struggled before getting the ready-made glasses. I'm sure she'll be able to read her phone etc better with proper prescription glasses than the ready-made ones.

Gibo 09 Oct 2011, 15:54

Cucible, high heels and strong glasses are a perfect match, I'd say 1+1=3.

I had a very myopic (minus 6) girlfirend once who couldn't walk in heels without glasses, she told me it was a matter of equilibrium requiring her to see clearly. In house she often wore a pair of sexy black velvet high heel slides, and couldn't please me more than when wearing nothing but her bathrobe, slides and sleek deep purple Prada plastic frames with those shiny lenses in them :)

Aubrac 09 Oct 2011, 06:18

Standing next to me in the checkout yesterday was a late teenage girl chatting to her boyfriend. She was wearing about +4/+5 lenses and had a small face with her glasses sliding down her nose.

Consequently she looked around quite a lot over the top of her glasses, and I was wondering just how different her vision is from through the lens to over the lens.

Maybe at about nineteen she has a lot of accommodation but at that level of plus I would still have thought it hard to get really clear distance sight.

Anyone out there about the same age and prescription who can tell me how they see things?

Cucible 07 Oct 2011, 17:45

The cute girl at work with high heels and mini skirt keeps on wearing her -10 flat front glasses. They give lots of reflection and power rings. She is so cute when she kicks off her heels at her desk and takes off her thick glasses to clean them holding them 5cm from her nose with myopic eyes.

She then pushes them close to her face as they slide her cute nose and keeps her face very close to her screen or piece of paper. She must need stronger glasses. She also bends very close to anyone showing her anything, in order to see, with the side effect of showing her cleavage and butt and sexy legs,

Talking very close to people and self consciously looking down, she needs to be kissed and her glasses removed.

Soundmanpt 04 Oct 2011, 13:31

James

It's great that she has found that she actually enjoys wearing her glasses and now doesn't want to be without them. As you and I both know her eyes are still quite good.but now that she is very used to seeing everything clear and sharp she is not happy when she takes them off and its not clear and sharp. Very normal.

I don't know how you may want to approach this or even if you want to to, but by my count she now has 3 pairs of glasses now, her orginal pair her new Transitions and her rx sunglasses. And she is now talking about getting yet another pair. The thing is she will probably be going back again next spring for an eye examine and it is very likely that she will need a slight increase. Even a very slight change she will find her currrent glasses too weak then and they will be kept in drawer forever.My guess is after a couple of changes her eyes won't change anymore and then if she wants to purchase 4 or 5 pairs a year she should. Now if she is only talking about something on-line it won't be that bad then, but not a good idea to spend a lot as she will need new ones in about 6 months or so.

James 04 Oct 2011, 11:15

Soundmanpt

My girlfriend really doesn't like going without her glasses at all now. She hasn't had any headaches since she has been wearing her glasses all the time which (probably) proves that it was eyestrain causing the headaches. She's very happy both with the way she looks in her glasses and how well she can see with them. She's even thinking about getting another pair in a different colour and style if she can find ones she likes. This could take some time judging how long she took last time when she was choosing frames for the Transition lenses.

No news on the woman in the pub as I haven't been in there this week. I'll probably go in tomorrow after work.

I did have an interesting glasses sighting yesterday, although it didn't do anything for me. We were watching University Challenge on BBC2 last night (it makes us feel very clever if we get a question right the students don't!) and saw that a male student from one of the teams was wearing extremely thick glasses which made his eyes look tiny. They even got a set of questions about lenses and eyesight!

Soundmanpt 03 Oct 2011, 16:40

James

I think the chances are good that the next time you see this young lady she will have glasses nearby at least if not wearing them. That will depend what the doctor finds she needs. But ;little doubt she will be getting glasses when she goes. I'm surprised that with 5 young ladies that someone in the group didn't have glasses to have her try. But chances are if any did they would be for distance and it seems she needs glasses for close up. Good that one them noticed her squinting.

I was wondering how your girlfriend was doing with her decision to wear her glasses full time. Honestly she made the right decision and not just because we, including you, love seeing young attractive women wearing glasses. But i'm very sure she has less headaches now and seeing everything in perfect focus is always nice. Even though her prescription is very mild it's still enough that now when she takes them off things are much more blurry than it used to be for her. It never hurts when she finds glasses that she likes to wear. And you said she really likes her new glasses that change.

James 03 Oct 2011, 13:03

More of a Hearing than a Sighting.

A few days ago I was sitting in the pub where my girlfriend works when a group of 5 women regulars, all in their early 20s I'd guess, came and sat a table quite near me. They were chatting away with each other and I don't usually pay too much attention to them (even though they are all attractive - with my girlfriend behind the bar I have to be careful not to be seen looking!). One of them started texting on her phone and I noticed she was frowning and occasionally squinting. One of her friends noticed this and commented to her that she always does this when texting. She replied "Oh, I can see it better if I do that when my eyes are tired." The friend replied "You probably need reading glasses!". The texting women said "I'd never really thought of that. My eyes feel really tired after work each day, too. Is that a sign I might need glasses?". The friend said "Probably! Get yourself booked in for an eye test. I'll come with you if you're nervous and to make sure you go!". The texting woman reluctantly agreed to her friends suggestion and the chatting carried on between all of them on other subjects.

As they are regulars they are likely to be back and hopefully the texting woman's eyesight will be mentioned at some stage! I don't go every night and I don't think they do either as they aren't always there when I am.

One last thing. My girlfriend is still happily wearing her glasses. She really noticed the benefit of her Reactions style lenses during the amazing warm and sunny weather we've been having in England over the last few days. It's felt like summer during the day but as it's Autumn the sun goes down very quickly in the evenings and it gets dark at around 7pm now.

Soundmanpt 01 Oct 2011, 13:56

Aubrac

This past Wednesday I was visiting with a young lady at an optical store nearby and she is somewhat new, she plans on becoming an optometrist and will be starting school next year for that. She thought she had perfect vision until during training she kept coming up being off by the same amount when she was checking glasses in. They found she actually needs a small plus in both eyes by the amount she was off each time. Now when she is checking glasses she must change the machine to account for her own +.50 rx and everything then comes out correct. She will need to do this for another month until she has been there long enough to get glasses for herself at no cost.

You didn't say which way is your daughter, minus or plus? If at all.

Anime Fan 01 Oct 2011, 08:29

@Soundman PT - The implanted lens sounds more like my friend would of had done. I know her astigmatism was getting worst as time went on. It is one of the fun thing to do the anime cons. Lots of glasses wearers and a few with costume contacts below the glasses since they sell non prescription costume contacts there each year.

Aubrac 01 Oct 2011, 06:39

Soundmanpt

Must be something in that. I was waiting for a friend on the concourse of Victoria Station the other day and there were just too many GWG's around, but nearly half especially in the under 30 age range were plussies.

There was one beautiful lady maybe from Somalia in a bright green dress wearing nice purple frames with about +4, then I saw two Korean girls unusually both wearing plus, one quite low and other at least +6. Final one among many was early twenties girl wearing large roundish black frames, I thought plano at first but then knew they were plus at about +2.

Plus ca change!

Slit 29 Sep 2011, 21:46

Hi Crystal Veil,

I understand that you are currently on blogspot, but just in case you move to wordpress here are some options:

http://www.dynamicwp.net/articles-and-tutorials/20-beautiful-wordpress-slideshow-plugins/

Crystal Veil 29 Sep 2011, 04:59

varifocals @

this question arises here from time to time. Right now, my priority is with the photo shoots. I hope to transfer the content of my weblogs (or a selection of it - there are over 7000 pictures) into a slide show format on a website in the future. But I can't combine this with photo shoots, that would require too much of my time.

Varifocals 29 Sep 2011, 04:25

Crystal Veil.

I have been wondering if the excellent pictures of the models could be put together in the slide show format which would make them easier to view.

Thankyou.

Crystal Veil 29 Sep 2011, 00:46

Yes, she was on my first weblog (see Petra 001) and she was about -11 with another -4 astygmatism.

Slit 28 Sep 2011, 22:50

Crystal Veil,

Interesting to hear about the IOL implant of the model.

Did it correct astigmatism also?

Have we seen that model so far?

Soundmanpt 28 Sep 2011, 20:40

Crystal Veil

As long as her eyes were stable and she has not had any increases in the past couple of years she should be fine. If her eyes were still changing somewhat she likely will need a mild rx in the near future.

Crystal Veil 28 Sep 2011, 17:08

One of my models had an operation (intraocular implants) like that. She had -11 and -4 astygmatism. Her photo shoot for me was her adieu to contact lenses and glasses.

Soundmanpt 28 Sep 2011, 13:33

Anime Fan

Lasik can only correct vision for someone up to around -10.00 to 20/20. But for some people that are say -12.00 they are happy to be corrected down to where they can wear glasses that are only -2.00. There are other options available now but the cost is even more than lasik. They can implant a permanent contact lens for people with higher rxs.

In the case you mentioned i'm quite sure that if she was in double digits that is what she opted for.

Anime Fan 28 Sep 2011, 12:47

I bumped into an old office friend yesterday. We got to talking and she brought up my glasses and I asked about her's. She was in the double digit range with an extreme amount of astigmatism. She wore contacts mostly because she would hold up a pencil when she wore glasses and say "It looks curved through these glasses". Every 2 months or so she'd spend a week in glasses because one tore or got lost along the way.

2 weeks before I left, the glasses broke while she was cleaning them at home, and she wore an eyepatch over the uncorrected eye, which she said threw her off, but not as much as having one uncorrected eye and a good one.

It had been 6 years and she said she had had Lasik surgery mostly because the contacts would no longer fully correct the astigmatism and the high cost of the contacts and glasses. She is still in contacts, but only with a slight script now. I guess the procedure didn't fully correct it.

Soundmanpt 17 Sep 2011, 11:30

Aubrac & Varifocals

This is something I started to notice about 2 or 3 years ago. Before that everyone I talked with that needed glasses and they were in the in their teens or 20's it was always for distance. It's still mostly for distance but I am surprised by how many need plus glasses. from what I have discussed with several doctors they believe it is due to so many I-Phones etc. And I wonder if the fact that glasses have become a real fashion must have how many may be buying over the counter readers for looks may have something to do with it as well?

varifocals 17 Sep 2011, 05:56

That is true here in Bedford where there is quite an increase in plussies.

Aubrac 17 Sep 2011, 03:50

Went to enrol my daughter at a local college on Thursday morning and of course quite a few student GWGs although not as many as I would have expected, maybe more put them on at start of class and then leave them on.

However the point is that there were more plussies than minus wearers, surely a change on the situation only a few years ago.

Sven 15 Sep 2011, 15:45

Ran into a college friend at a conference today. We hadn't seen each other for about 7 years, but she hadn't changed much except for her glasses. I guess she's about 31yrs old now. Back in our last year of college I remember her sometimes waering glasses when arriving by car in the morning, or during some courses. However, today she wore full-time a nice pair of black plastic Gucci frames showing pretty strong cut-in.

I lied to her saying I couldn't remember the glasses and thought she was maybe in contacts during our college time. But she said no, indeed, and complained how badly her eyesight deteriorated over the past 6-7 years. She told me she went from -1.0 to -5.5 and blamed this on computer work (!?). She took off her specs and asked whether that was better, but I told her she really looked great also in glasses, for which she thanked me and put tmem back on, delicately adjusting them with one finger each hand in very feminine way :)

Obsessed 15 Sep 2011, 12:38

I was at a restaurant a couple of days ago. There was a 40-something guy sitting at the bar and trying to watch the TV screen hanging above the bar. He had very strong glasses. Definitely double digits, probably -15 or even more. For a while, he clearly couldn't bring his vision into focus. He kept sliding the glasses slighly up and down his nose and changing the angle by moving the ear pieces up and down. He kept squinting at the screen and changing the position of his lenses. After a white, he took the glasses off and glanced around the room with a completely unfocused look in his eyes. He then took a little piece of cloth and very carefully polished the lenses (OMG, what would have happened if he accidentally broke the frame??!!). After doing that, he put the glasses back on, very slowly adjusted the distance between the lenses and his eyes and the angle of the lenses, after which he was finally content and able to watch the program on the TV. It was quite a sighting. I was beyond excited!!

Slit 12 Sep 2011, 11:49

Thanks Cactus Jack!

Tom: secretary, mid 30s, and +3.75 - sounds like a very spicy combination!

Cactus Jack 12 Sep 2011, 07:26

Tom, Slit, & Hooked

None of this is unusual. The ability to compensate for hyperopia depends on how flexible the crystalline lenses are and the conditioning of the ciliary muscles. Almost everyone is born with hyperopia, but the crystalline lenses are very flexible and the ciliary muscles can easily squeeze the lens to increase its plus power to focus amazingly close. One study I read, determined that a young eye could go from distance to focusing at 7 cm (2.75 inches) in 350 milliseconds. Which is about +12 diopters of accommodation in 1/3 second. Ever seen a 4 year old on the floor, happily coloring, with the book maybe 15 cm (6 inches) from their face?

Presbyopia is caused by the crystalline lens gradually becoming stiffer with age to the point where the ciliary muscles can no longer squeeze the lens enough and increase its + power to read at normal distances without external help. Everyone is different and some people need help at 20 and others don't need help until their late 50s or older. The average is around 40. As the crystalline lens gets stiffer, it not only is harder to squeeze, it takes longer to focus close and longer to relax again for distance. Bifocals and trifocals compensate for the inability to focus close and the speed of focusing.

When a hyperope finally needs reading help because of presbyopia, things will happen very fast (months) as the crystalline lens gets stiffer and the ciliary muscles become de-conditioned and a stronger add is required.

C.

Tom 12 Sep 2011, 02:50

Slit, Hooked

as I wrote in another thread I've also a friend in her mid 30 who is +3.75 and never wears glasses but at work (she is a secretary). It's amazing how she can read bareeyed almost normally (not so close, but neither that far) e.g. a menu or a SMS on her phone. Due to their age and the fact that anyway their glasses also works for far vision, these two girls have hyperopia and not presbyopia.

Slit 10 Sep 2011, 02:13

Hooked:

How is the girl with + glasses at work doing? Did you have any discussion with her about the glasses?

How does she react when reading something without those glasses?

Something i Have noticed is, even though rx is about +2.5, many people are able to read a short while before they get a headache or things getting blurry...

Galileo 09 Sep 2011, 08:23

I'm in the UK for a few days and wandering round a supermarket encountered two Chinese students, both fairly attractive. One was wearing small rectangular frames with polished silver arms and a prescription of around -8. the other was wearing a large bold plastic frame..... just the frame. Not even plano lenses, just an empty frame. That really was a fashion statement!

Brett 05 Sep 2011, 22:45

Had two "reverse" type sighting incidents as in my wife was kind of "sighted" when we met at the mall the other day. She had worked a half day and I was off and we met for lunch. She was wearing her trifocals, a skirt, had her hair pulled back and I immediately noticed she'd left her hearing aid in. My wife is definitely what most guys would consider hot and at 26 she does stand out with trifocals and wearing a hearing aid.

Her aid is required as a conidition of her employment and she usually only wears it at work and puts her head phones over it right away then takes it out after work. Very rarely does she wear it anywhere else-she has only a mild loss in her left ear and says the aid does work well with speech but distorts music and other noises too much.

Anyhow, she usually takes it out, though it wasn't overly uncommon for her to have left it in but never with her hair up. We sit down to eat and its a place where the menus are laminated into the table. The waitress comes over, about 20ish, wearing really thick glasses about -10 and I noticed a flat top bifocal. My wife points to what she wants and the waitress adjusts her glasses up to look the bottom and bends down closer.

She comments how she's used to her contacts and these glasses make everything so much smaller. Wife says no problem, I've got trifocals myself I know about getting it just right to see. They kind of laugh it off no big deal.

Not 5 minutes later a mother about 40 (no glasses) and her daughter in her late teens come up to our table. The mother says, sorry to interupt I just wanted to point out to my daughter that an attractive young lady like you can wear her glasses and hearing aids with pride, and still find a nice man --"Annie" here has both and I can't get her to wear them ever.

Immediately, I knew this made the wife uncomfortable but she was polite and they soon left. Then I got scolded for not telling her she had left her hearing aid in. LoL.

lentifan 05 Sep 2011, 16:20

I just saw a GWG this evening wearing myodiscs! And she was under 40! Only about 30, I'd guess, and not unattractive, if a little podgy (she may actually have been pregnant). I was waiting for my better half to emerge from the toilet of a supermarket when she walked in. Her glasses were a nice oval in a gold metal frame and the lenses had plus carriers. Definitely over -20d.

I hoped she would proceed into the store proper so that I could get a good look but sadly she seemed to have come in only to use the toilet and went straight out again. C'est la vie! She didn't seem to have any obvious vision problems.

Soundmanpt 03 Sep 2011, 19:18

unknown

If it was a slow dance and she was in the company of a gentleman he could have easily lead her to the dance floor by holding her arm and while dancing in his arms her vision would not have been a problem. Even if it was an up tempo dance so long as her partner was somewhat close she likely could not see her partner clearly, more like a blurred imag,but she could have gotten by okay. Remember she is nearsighted, not blind.

 03 Sep 2011, 09:14

girl about 25 medium dark hair wearing semi frames like -5 -6 and she took hem off to go for a dance. how is that possable

hooked 30 Aug 2011, 14:20

A new colleague is working now with me.

She is around 30. While working she wears glasses at least with an RX of +3 if not more. Unfortunately the other times she goes without glasses. Today she came to me with glasses on so they are not only made for close work.

Millhouse 30 Aug 2011, 10:39

Saw a couple out this last weekend doing shopping in my hometown.

He 25-30, brown hair with about a -2 or -3 in metal rectangular frames. She also 25-30 in semi-rimless metal/ plastic frames but higher rx, -5 or more.

Both looked like they choosen styles well and looked really good on them.

It also made me think- are couples drawn to each other by a kind of unsaid affinity and understanding about the nature of what it means to be a full timer wearer?

I do recall seeing couples before who I'm sure, on some level at least,had that kindred spirit thing going on.

I know I did with one of my ex's from way back.

varifocals 30 Aug 2011, 10:34

I agree as this town of Bedford has several colleges ^ there are lots of plussies many very young & with strong lens,

Aubrac 30 Aug 2011, 07:58

Sitting outside the coffee shop this morning I was amazed at how many about 15 to 20 year old girls were wearing glasses - seemed like every other one was sporting a nice pair of frames.

The majority had plus lenses but also some low minus and quite a few with what looked like cylinder correction only.

The thought occurred to me that in the UK it is return to school time next week, and I just wondered if a lot of the girls had got glasses for the first time to be ready for the new school term.

Unless of course there was a sudden outbreak of hyperopia!

Aubrac 30 Aug 2011, 03:56

Slit

It was quite a pronounced frown as tried to read her text message followed by bringing the phone close to her face, and then putting her glasses on.

Soundmanpt 29 Aug 2011, 11:56

Tom

The reaction Clare had to trying on her colleagues glasses over her contacts is very understandable and common. She didn't say she could see perfect with them but only that they didn't seem too strong over her contacts. I'm sure if the glasses didn't have the -1.25 CYl correction in them she could have easily wore them all day without a problem. No different than those that enjoy wearing over correction on a regular basis or those that are trying to induce myopia.

I, Glasses 29 Aug 2011, 11:50

Of course, it's good if "it's" (not its')is spelled correctly, too.

I, Glasses 29 Aug 2011, 11:47

'Voila' is a word that is currently in vogue, but is also a word that is often mispronounced. It is of French derivation, and it indicates success or satisfaction. It should be pronounced as though it began with a diphthong, 'vw,' not just 'v.' When a child says 'vroom, vroom,' to indicate the sound of a car motor, he pronounces the diphthong 'vr,' which makes the word sound like 'vuh-room.' The same concept is true with 'voila,' except the diphthong is not written, it's implied -- 'vw' -- and the initial sound is thus pronounced 'vuh-wallah,' although the 'v' and 'w' sounds are run together to make one sound, not two. It's a great word, as long as its definition is understood and its' pronounced correctly.

Cactus Jack 29 Aug 2011, 11:37

Tom,

It is highly likely that because she is significantly hyperopic, she also has problems with hew eyes trying to converge or cross. that tendency is caused by the interconnection in the brain between the focus mechanism and the eye muscle control system. I suspect when she tries to focus on something to read, her eyes try to over converge. The solution is to use a bifocal add to reduce the over convergence tendency.

It is fairly common in young hyperopes and she may outgrow the tendency to over converge.

C.

Tom 29 Aug 2011, 09:53

Clare (in reponse to your post of August 14th): do you know what does it mean when you put one someone else's glasses and discover you don't see that bad through them... do you need an increase in your CL prescription? ;-)

Tom 29 Aug 2011, 09:46

I had a very interesting sight few weeks ago. A lovely baby girl around 9 years wearing bifocals! It's te first time I see such a young person with bifocals. I spent several hours close to her and they stayed on for all the time, whether she had to look close or far things. Obviously when things were close but at her eyes height (happened now and then) she had to tilt her head up but seemed to be bery accustomed to do so.

P.S. They were plus lenses, definitely thicker in the bottom part. I'd say between -2 and -3. Why she has been prescribed such lenses? Could she be presbyope at such a low age? They were not strong enough as cataracta glasses... I think some plus overcorrection for close vision is ok to prevent the onset of myopia in young people, but not for a person that is already farsighted...

Any other explanation?

KC 28 Aug 2011, 01:39

Voila vs Wallah!:

Given that poster was speaking about women working, I seriously doubt he is located in an Arab country. Bzzzzzt!

I have personally seen people confuse voila and write walla, wallah, wala, etc, because they write how they think it is pronounced, not how it is succinctly pronounced. I'm willing to bet this is what happened.

Slit 27 Aug 2011, 12:03

Guess you have not come across "Wallah"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallah_(Arabic)

PS: I am not arab, i am not muslim and i believe the ethnicity is not a concern on this board, as long as that country has good looking gwgs :)

SxSW 27 Aug 2011, 09:42

what the heck is wallah? i thought it was voila.

Melyssa 27 Aug 2011, 09:37

Soundmanpt,

I'm glad I'm not the only "trend setter" with glasses, though we are few and far between. Your friend's current frames certainly seem from your description to be very bold and pretty.

If she wants oversized plastic aviators, she should ask Rashida Jones for her prop glasses, as she wore them in the new movie "Our Idiot Brother," whose commercial I saw the other night for the first time.

Slit 27 Aug 2011, 06:46

Lovely!

Aubrac,

what was her facial expression wen she could not read the phone? Squint, frown or pushed the phone away to see better?

2 days back, i was going inside the local super market, and noticed a sales assistant girl writing down something on a paper, noticing her specs, i did my scanning to see the RX... wallah! bifocals...best of all, it was the round top classic version!!!

later i noted how she was checking some stock, probably checking the expire dates and sorting a shelf..it was a lovely head movement she does to read from the correct portion of the lens...

being around mid 30s, i am sure its her 1st RX, and must be trying to get used to them...

Aubrac 27 Aug 2011, 05:40

Went to the ballet the other week and as you'd expect many many GWG's - some FT some PT just for the performance.

Sitting next to me were two mid-twenties girls, one had on about +3 glasses with some cylinder and was reading the programme, she took her glasses off so I thought maybe readers but when the performance started she put them on straight away.

Glasses were off during the interval but she looked at texts on her phone and needed her glasses to read them. Glasses on again for the next part of the performance although at the end she took her glasses off and put them in her bag.

No quite FT yet but will be soon.

Soundmanpt 26 Aug 2011, 11:16

Melyssa

Well you are a trend setter after all.

I know someone much like you, see doesn't want to follow she wants to lead. She told me the other day that she wants my help in finding her either some big plastic aviator style glasses or Harry Potter shape glasses on plastic. She wants black or brown color. By the way she has redish pink hair. Her current glasses are a light green transparent plastic frame in cat eye shape. She has contacts but happy to say she never wears them and she said she likes wearing her glasses more. She is full time but her rx is around -2.00.

Melyssa 26 Aug 2011, 11:00

While my husband and I were out and about this morning running errands before Irene probably inconveniences us this weekend, I noticed a lot of bespectacled individuals. Most of the men (just about all seniors) wore metal frames, while at least 3/4 of the women (mostly middle age or less) wore small, black or brown plastic frames in a few different shapes. Naturally, no one else had on powder-blue drop-temples.

pete again 26 Aug 2011, 10:17

What a week for plastic frames with thick lenses. . .

Attending our art opening last night were 2 memorable gwgs.

The older (early/mid 30's) slender bobbed blonde in fitted blouse and trousers wore rather large brown toned rectangular glasses. She was talking (a lot) with a group standing close to where I was conversing (and comfortably observing). She was very demonstrative in her gestures and showed great hands-on affection toward her friends. For me it meant a veritable feast of flurried head movements - the gallery lighting made her glasses sparkle like crystals. No art work there (with the exception of a few outstanding pieces) could match this show of light.

Second sighting-different gallery wing. Younger woman with bespectacled date. He wore wire rims with very strong high index lenses. I don't think her's were over -10 but really thick like the previous sighting (whose rx was low teens) as well as the one I observed at the market the night before. The lenses (in all 3 sightings) protruded out the fronts as well. In this day of high index, these sightings are flashes of the past. New old school trend?- let's hope.

As good as these sightings have been, I regret not meeting the blonde.

pete 25 Aug 2011, 10:11

While at the market last night I passed a young women viewing a food item alongside her shopping cart. Medium size squarish dark plastic frames with rather bulging lenses - not a very high index (I guess) but in the teens for sure. I didn't linger (being on mission to check out the reduced produce/food bin). Within a few minutes I was joined by a mother and her late teen/early twenty yr old daughter. From the shelf, the mom thrusts a pre-packaged pollo asado burrito in her daughter's face. "Here honey, this is just what you like . . ." Soon, the bespectacled young women with the shopping cart arrives; grabs the same burrito off the shelf and she too motions it the same way toward her sister. The conversation between the 3 is quick and chatty. At one point I add my 2 cents as they reach around me for other items on the discount shelves. I'm mesmerized at all angles by the glasses on the sister. . . her eyes float within the lenses . . . everything thru them is acutely minimized . . . a lot of power rings and protruding edges. It then occurs to me that the mother and (I suspect) the older daughter both bare eyed are either wearing contacts or have had lasik surgery. It's probably just a matter of time before the younger sibling joins the ranks. But what a moment! What a delight!

Neil 18 Aug 2011, 04:08

No worries.

With a few clicks and we learn that she moved up to progressives (wore glasses in the first place) just this year at age 37. Nearsighted or farsighted? (I cannot tell.)

 17 Aug 2011, 16:54

sorry all. wrong thread =(

 17 Aug 2011, 16:52

progressive bifocals

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trishabrinkdesign/5852128638/

in photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trishabrinkdesign/sets/72157623094952485/

Cactus Jack 17 Aug 2011, 16:13

Gino,

Many smart and experienced contact wearers switch to glasses for flying.

Jets fly very high and are pressurized. Air at very high altitudes has very low humidity and low moisture content. The pressurized cabin air is a bit warmer than the minus many degree outside air, but pressurizing does nothing to raise the humidity. Theoretically, the pressurization system could add humidity, but that would increase risk of air vents freezing up and increase the weight the airplane has to carry, which would increase its fuel burn.

Most experienced travelers drink plenty of water instead of alcoholic beverages in flight because the alcohol tends to de-hydrate and the low humidity makes tear films evaporate quickly. All of which makes contacts uncomfortable. Artificial tears help some, but he best solution is to change to glasses and drink lots of water for the duration of the flight.

C.

Aubrac 17 Aug 2011, 13:48

Was in the local Waitrose (UK supermarket)the other day and girl behind the meat counter was wearing a nice pair of semi-rimless about -2.00.

While browsing a lady came up and said to her they look like new glasses, yes the girl replied, I started driving lessons and they made me have an eyetest because I couldn't read the number plates, I only got them the other week and everything is so clear I don't want to take them off!.

Obviously an immediate FT convert enjoying clear vision and what she has been missing

Gino 16 Aug 2011, 16:14

Anonymous

I spend quite some time in airplanes on longhaul flights. Am lucky to fly business class, and am always surprised at how many young & fashionable business women switch from contacts to really "old fashioned" frames or undercorrected glasses. Money should not be an issue as they fly business... Still, nothing sexier than beautiful girls wearing older frames or squinting to see even with their glasses on :)

Clare 14 Aug 2011, 14:52

Not sure if this one for sightings or not but was something that happened in the office last week. I was in a meeting with colleagues and happened to comment that when you're blond its hard to be considered 'serious'. My boss suggested I try one of my colleagues' glasses which I did. I think they thought I looked okay (but they didn't say I looked serious!), although they're not frames I'd have chosen. My colleague looks good in them, she's around 30 and very stylish - they're beige plastic with the odd decoration. I've seen her contacts, they're something like -1 with -1.25 of cyl, but they didn't seem strong to me even though I had them on over my contacts. I think she guesses I wear contacts as we've had a few conversations and she's asked a couple of times if I have a cleaner for glasses.

 13 Aug 2011, 11:16

in flight women in her mid thirties, dark hair wearing gold wire frames must be in -6.00. glasses looked out of fashion lenses stuck out, must of been a contact lense wearer normaly. cant beieve people dont update there glasses rx now days

Dahl 11 Aug 2011, 17:05

Today, in the subway, i saw a beautiful 30-something lady who was holding a blackberry 10 cm from her face, really close, and she read and wrote on it holding it that close.

I couldn´t understand very much, coz she seemed to see fine when she didn´t look at her blackberry, she didn´t have that unfocused eyesight that myopics always have...

Galileo 11 Aug 2011, 12:11

This conversation reminds me of a sighting a long time ago. A woman who I would now say was maybe -10 or more in one eye and an extreme hyperope in the other. It was hard not to stare at her as she looked at me with one tiny eye and one enormous eye. I think I know more people who have a variation in their Rx between eyes than I do people who have the same Rx in both eyes, similar perhaps to the norm that most people do not have feet which are exactly the same size or, indeed, other more personal parts of the anatomy which are exactly the same size!

pete 11 Aug 2011, 09:33

Speaking of supermarket sightings (and not too far off the subject at hand), sometime ago I spotted a mother and daughter of 8 to 10 at our local market. The mom would venture off and return with items to the shopping cart. Meanwhile the girl hung on to the cart and as her mom pushed the cart she would look down towards the floor never letting go. Curious, I looked more closely to notice that she was wearing extreme glasses for distance. I recall feeling sad because she didn't seem to connect with anyone or anything beyond the safety of the cart.

specs4ever 11 Aug 2011, 08:45

I have seen this from tiem to tiem Crissi. No one I ahve asked is sure why one eye becomes very myopic while the other eye is quite normal in small children, The explaination that I have most often been given is that children are myopic at birth, then they become farsighted for a while, and then they revert to 20/20. Sometimes one eye stays myopic because one eye grows to the normal length, and the other doesn't. Another thought is that when they are very young both eyes are normal, but one eye becomes slightly myopic, so the child uses the other eye exclusively for distance, and the weaker eye becomes weaker and weaker.

I have read a number of postings on this on the MedHelp archives, and like I said above, no one really knows the reason. But if the child is not helped at an early age, there is a very good chance that the child will become seriously ambylopic, and might loose the ability to be corrected in the one eye completely.

This is a fairly rare occurrance, and I think I have only seen about a dozen children in my life who have significantly different prescriptions in both eyes. A couple of years ago I spotted a young lady being pushed aroundin a grocery cart at the grocery store where I do most of my shopping, so I managed to grab a peek through the one lens of her glasses. I could tell that it was almost plano - actually I wondered if there was any prescription in it at all, so I was having trouble figuring out why she was wearing glasses until I managed to get a look at her from the other side, and I could see that there was a pretty high minus prescription in the other lens. I wanted to speak to the father who was doing the shopping, but I figured I might see her around town again some time,and I would rahther have a conversation with the mother. Unfortunately this has not yet happened.

Slit 11 Aug 2011, 04:14

thanks daffy!!!

Chrissi 10 Aug 2011, 22:10

This sighting happened a couple months ago when I was a camp counselor. Meant to post, but never got around to it. Anyway, one of the campers wore glasses that had one very thick lens and one lens with almost no prescription (or possibly plano). He was, at most, eight years old. The thick lens looked stronger than the lenses in my own glasses (-13). Maybe in -16 to -20 range. The little boy was not in my camp, though, so I only saw him a few times during the two weeks. Once I saw him without them. Anyone know what would cause for a little boy to be extremely myopic in one eye but not the other?

daffy 07 Aug 2011, 08:16

ODMA http://www.odma.com.au/

Slit 07 Aug 2011, 04:30

@Daffy:

Sounds fantastic!

May be i should also think about looking for part time work in industry which will be an exciting experience.

Do you mind sharing the official website of the event?

Thanks!

Crystal Veil 07 Aug 2011, 04:25

daffy @ it must have been a wonderful experience. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the event! A pity that Holland and the Antipodes are not exactly around the corner.

daffy 06 Aug 2011, 09:15

wow...I was in glasses heaven...I signed up for a optical trade show that happens once every 2 years here in Sydney. It's only for people in the industry but managed to 'work' my way around the application (i was desperate to get the pass). I got it and it was heaven. Models everywhere wearing real rx glasses in almost every stand. Everywhere from +3 to around -7 and everything in between. Every single ine was so confident and were waering the latest styles from all around the world. The show had everything from frames manufaturers, lenses manufacturers, distributors, optical equipment, suppliers of eyeglass parts - i mean everything. I got LOTS of freebies too.

I can say that big glasses are coming in. Not the 80's style, big but very today. We are gonna love it i can tell you.

Back to the women - like wow. I went to each stand and spoke to almost every one of them, getting more and more info. Thanks to eyescene I new a lot. I even answered other optometrists answers when they were asking the suppliers. The girls were amazing and very confident in wearing the latest styles. I have 'never' seen so many glasses wearers in one place. I was too overwhelemed to even think of taking pics. I can't wait for the next one already.

I did get leads and contacts of buying lenses - even a lens grinder.

Dan 02 Aug 2011, 22:27

Daffy,

There definitely seems to be more 20 year olds wearing plus glasses (especially women). Great sighting!

There is a lady at work who is probably about 25 who wears plus glasses of +2 I'd estimate for when she is working on the computer.

Puffin 02 Aug 2011, 18:42

It could be the girl is in the middle of some expected big increases in RX, so no point spending money on thin glasses that will be superseded quickly.

sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses 02 Aug 2011, 17:55

me and a friend of my mother went tot the mall and have tried on some clothes until we thought that this cloth is worth buying for its price a few minutes later mz mothers friend asked an assistant a blondie age 19 or early 20s very small but damn cute i must admit about the prices of various clothes and shoes and whether shed get a discount and the young lady then replied that only clothes shoes which are indicated in red gets a 20 percent discount believe it or not the glasses she was wearing looked very good on her it seems like she didnt care about thickness cause for a prescription of approximatley -5 or slightly more the lenses looked fairly thick,they tremendously minified her eyes it amazed me sumhow never would have thought that its even possible that young girls like her wears normal index lenses instead of getting high index thinner lenses the socalled almost invisible lenses.maybe i will see her again.i would have asked her real prescription if i wasnt accompanied from my mothers friend^^

daffy 02 Aug 2011, 08:54

An interesting sighting today...I walked into a news agent to look for my regular magazine...there standing next to the readers glasses stand were two blond girls. They were trying on glasses. I was curious so i stood close by observing their behaviour. One picked up a pair and put them on and burst out laughing saying "I can't see a thing with these ones" and passed it onto the other girl to try. She put them on and didn't say a thing...she looked at her hands, then picked up a magazine and said "I can" and went red faced. She held the magazine back and the other while trying others on said "they look good on you". She looked around and said that she could see further away too. The first said "no way - let me try them on again". She said "you must be blind then because I can't see anything". She asked what the number was and she said 1.75. She took them back and put them on again looking amazed that she can see and the other can't.

They then realized I was observing, burst out laughing and took off. I stayed a little longer, going through some magazines. After about 5 minutes, the second girl came back on her own and got those same glasses, put them on, took them off and went to buy them. I'm guessing that she discovered that she might need them.

Astra 14 Jul 2011, 10:32

NJ,

high rx + glasses that slips would be more cute.

imagine the distortion.

NJ 14 Jul 2011, 09:48

Astra: no nose pads, so yes, they are much more likely to slip. really cute tho!

Astra 13 Jul 2011, 13:27

2011.07.13 ,

This day, I had to visit financial consultant office, was fairly normal. Took a bus afterwards, take a nap in bus , my glasses around -5 removed (in order to take a nap comfortably). Then got into a library to return a book. Then picked a book to read, didn't borrow that book as I am not much interested about the topics in that book.

I put on my glasses some time after I left the library. Then I went to a department stores to shop for shampoo, cooking oil and glass-bottled water. um... much easier to see price tags with my glasses on.

Also noticed 2 middle-aged woman squinting, and they wear no glasses, but I didn't observe them further. A young woman was trying to see price tags very closely, also no glasses. This one I observe for some short time, I think likely she needs some minus correction.

Yes, I think most people with suitable correction can see price tags reasonably well, not needing to see very closely.

And find it a bit amusing to see that close. It's almost like me going without my glasses.

Then I saw a group of teen age girls in the store... fairly nice it seems, some are glasses wearing, with considerably minus rx. some are not wearing glasses. Funny is that, these girls are almost blocking 1-2 short aisles, chatting each other, maybe about those cosmetic products, I don't know exactly. Amused to see they are slow-responding to my movement towards them. I have great deal of time, didn't feel a bit bad about their leisure. Then I noticed a few of them are wearing considerably minus lenses... looks nice. some are wearing school uniform. Strange as it's now 07.13, this is normally the time of summer holiday for schools. whatever, I like their relaxed chat each other, also their glasses are nice complement to their look, and the correction lenses that allows them to interact each other normally, instead of isolating oneself like I did at that age.

Astra 13 Jul 2011, 12:42

NJ,

just curious, does that frame has nose pads ? I

If there's no nose pads , it may come loose easier.

N 12 Jul 2011, 09:27

Hey soundmanpt, I love to see constant adjusts, and this girl was going at it! It's been a while since I have seen such poorly adjusted frames.

glenn 11 Jul 2011, 19:42

My girlfriends glasses slip constantly. I think it is because of her very thick lenses and frame style...I love it.She even likes it when i push them up for her

Soundmanpt 11 Jul 2011, 13:36

NJ

I don't know about you but it drives me crazy to see someone needing to push there glasses up very often. Really i'm not sure how she could stand having them slip that much. If they appeared weak it is likely that she used to only wear them on and off a lot and removing glasses with one hand will often stretch the frame and make it loose. If not that reason then they did a poor job fitting them when she got them. She could stop at any optical shop and they would be happy to refit them for her.

NJ 11 Jul 2011, 12:39

Saw a lovely flight attendant on the plane yesterday, 30-something, blonde, with low minus black rectangular frames. The best part is they kept slipping down to the end of her nose, and she had to push them up every 10 seconds or so. really made the flight enjoyable. Of course, a good plus script would have had be really singing, but still, she was cute! Must be annoying as a flight attendant to have one's glasses constantly slipping down ;-)

NJ 07 Jul 2011, 11:40

eyescene, perhaps she was wearing lenticular plus lenses, the kind that post cataract patients used to wear. these have a bubble appearance and require the wearer to look through the exact center of the lens. Outside the center, the lenses are close to plano. I know this type of lens because I wear +20D lentics!

Some great sightings on the way back from Europe a few days ago. Waiting on line at security in Brussels, there was a lovely german myope, 20-something, probably high teens in Rx, in a ractangular semi-rimless frame with thick temples, blonde, curvaceous, and a really sweet face. a bit later, another blonde with rather large rectangular frames and lenses well into the teens, sat next to me in a restaurant. On the plane was a pretty Asian woman, early 20's, in plastic cateye frames with an Rx about -20D or so. All in all, a very nice commute back from Europe!!

eyescene 07 Jul 2011, 07:46

Nice sighting in my local supermarket yesterday. Immediately saw a classy lady, in her early 4Oies I'd say, dressed in a black skirt and sexy high heel slides. MAking it really perfect of course her glasses, thin black plastic frames with quite special lenses in them.

I tried to stay close to her doing my shopping through the aisles as to get a better sight of her and her specs from behind and sideways. The strong distortion through the lenses were nothing I'd ever seen before, but the lenses were pretty thin, and neither minus or plus judging from looking at her face-to-face. When looking through her lenses from behind, what I saw was as if I were looking through a soap-bubble: when she turned her head from right-to-left and left-to-right, objects passing through focus were pretty much okay at the left and right side of the lenses, but became much bigger when passing through the center.

Also obvious that she only saw really well right in front of her, as she made many more small adjusting sideways and up-and-down head movements when looking for products in the racks. Also she held product labels at eye level each time she wanted to read something, about 1ft from her eyes.

I think what I saw is a very strong cilinder prescription?

MisterMild 27 Jun 2011, 01:30

The most striking of many sightings during a recent stay in Rome: a woman in early 30s who worked as cashier and server at a small, busy bistro in a residential district... medium build, long dark hair pulled back severely and tied up in a knot, jet black plastic frames enlivened only by a small, polished metal detail and a very high minus script somewhere north of -13 and made up in rather low-index (CR39?).

Whenever she bent over her cash register or - be still my beating heart - to serve at our table, I marvelled at the extreme cut-in and power rings.

Another time in a university town, caught a passing glimpse of a younger woman with long hair who wore semi-rectangular pink plastic frames fitted with a medium high minus, pronounced power rings and flashing plano fronts. May have even been concave lenses, regrettably I caught only a glimpse.

Puffin 26 Jun 2011, 17:09

And then again, it could be any ordinary double vision, the blurring is there so that when the eyes look at something, the worst image is ignored by the brain, eliminating the double vision, yet there's still some requirement for some peripheral vision, where sharp vision isn't vital or possible? Guessing here really.

Aubrac 26 Jun 2011, 15:15

This is what I couldn't understand, the lens was not sufficiently fogged to occlude vision, but about 50% fogged.

The eye was perfectly visible and as I said had about a -6.00 lens.

Maybe if I see her again I'll have to engage in conversation about it.

Puffin 26 Jun 2011, 08:16

She could well have some sort of double vision problem not amenable to surgery, I believe an overactive thyroid is one cause.

Or else she has a more regular problem and simply can't be bothered with surgery, or is waiting for it.

Cactus Jack 26 Jun 2011, 08:02

Aubrac,

I'm not sure about that one. Temporary fogging, blanking, or patching is used for children with amblyopia, but amblyopia does not occur in adults.

The only thing I can suggest is that she has no vision in that eye and for some reason, the appearance of the eye may cause discomfort to others. In that case, the fogged lens is for cosmetic purposes. Other than that, I have no idea.

C.

Aubrac 26 Jun 2011, 04:45

May a question for CJ here.

The other day I saw a lady early sixties wearing about -6.00 glasses. Unusual thing was the left lens was slightly frosted. I was able to have quite a long close look as we were in the same queue, and it wasn't just smeary but an even light frosting on the lens.

Any ideas what this would be for?

Millhouse 21 Jun 2011, 08:10

Out shopping at my fav supermarket..

A lady, 30 yo aprox, curvy(ish) med build longhair wearing narrow depth metal frames , silver colour. About -7 or -8 with a tint ( she had only just walked in so may have been photochromic ). I could clearly see a lot of edge thickness to the lenses. I was a bit caught out though as I held my gaze for a bit to long before I noticed that she had in fact been briefly looking at me Opps..! I just cant help that sometimes... But she did look really great. Hope she didnt think I was being rude or whatever.

Sometimes its just instinctive with me,

Alex 16 Jun 2011, 18:38

I have never seen before biconcave lenses wearer, but it happened tonight:)

It was quite stylish looking woman with dark long hair. Not so tall but with good body shape. It was down the street and she took my attention cause of unordinary reflections of her dark plastic framed glasses in the dark place. It's too hard to judge for me her script, but definitely more than 20 dptr, of course. Amasing view! That moment I understood how many people stair on her cause of this strange play of light on her glasses.

Smudger 16 Jun 2011, 03:13

A sighting on TV last night (not really a news personality or an actress) was Helen on the UK TV show The Apprentice. She appeared wearing glasses for the first time and they were quite strong minus in a high index lens - I would say about -7.00.

If you're in the UK you can catch it on BBC iPlayer.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 15 Jun 2011, 23:25

Meeting her was sheer chance the fact we get on very well and she is a high myope is just simply luck

Millhouse 15 Jun 2011, 03:10

- Minus 5 who luvs gwgs,

Your so lucky..... I hope it goes well for you.

Apart from hanging around outside Specsaver's (not perhaps the best Idea) etc I'd have no clue where I'd get to meet a nice GWG. Apart from the usual social venues of course

Let us know how you get on!

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 14 Jun 2011, 14:58

SX6 s post somewhat mirrors my new gf We have now had 3 dates she still has not been able to find her prescription She must be in the minus 12 to 15 range her glasses are small metal frames again the lenses are getting on for 1cm thick but are obviously hi index again lovely power rings and plano fronts Without them she cannot even read she is not an OO but never wears contacts Luckily she has big eyes so the minification does not affect her appearance again we have a lot in common and we are getting on very well in all respects She has only one pair of current glasses so the opportunity may come for an OO present so then we will know her RX

This is the first proper relationship I have had with a high myope have had a couple of dates with one many years ago and one date with another who turned up in contacts

mickey 14 Jun 2011, 13:33

good for you SZ6, good luck with your next date!

lazysiow 14 Jun 2011, 11:39

Very jealous of SZ6, I have dated a few myopic ladies in the 10 years that I've been around, but nothing like that he described. The best I got is a slight squint looking at a coffee shop menu and her saying "I think my contacts aren't strong enough anymore".

Actually the other day I was wondering how awesome it would be to date another 'one of us'. In general I think there are a lot more guys who like gwg's than the other way around. Plentyoffish confirms that too, I hear guys saying "chicks in glasses are hot" and see guys compliment girls way more than other way around these days. Either that or the ladies are too shy to admit :)

Millhouse 14 Jun 2011, 10:47

At my local Tesco Store today,

A young ladyon the checkout, 18-19 yo.bob haircut

Thick plastic purple frames, kinda rectangular but not quite, with small square silver deco on the arms, funny though I could not see any cut- in at all, nothing, planos maybe? either that or about the lowest rx I have ever seen.

Maybe she just liked the look- I know I did.

Guest 14 Jun 2011, 09:52

Puffin,

I'm assuming the pair she pulled out of her purse weren't progressives. The mother looked in her early forties so I'm assuming she might have just started wearing progressives. Without her glasses on her close up vision was probably fine as I never saw her put her glasses on again after reading the menu.

SZ6 14 Jun 2011, 09:25

The date was, in a word, awesome.

We'd discussed glasses and vision a little bit in our email exchanges prior to meeting; she actually brought up the subject in her initial message to me. I jokingly suggested that given the context of our conversation thus far, glasses should be part of the dress code - to which she agreed. So she showed up in her -12.75/-3.50, and I in my -10.50/-1.

We met outside a little eatery with the intention of getting our dinner and taking it to a park to eat and chat. She came around the corner to meet me, and HOLY S*** she was attractive. Tall, pretty, Chinese-American. Greeted me with a big smile and said "Hi, SZ6, I really like your glasses!" I returned the smile and said that I liked hers a lot, too. They were great - modern, fashionable, medium-sized metal burgundy colored frames with wide sides hiding lenses a bit under 1cm thick. Lots and lots of power rings, glistening lens edges... things were off to a great start.

After getting our dinner to go, we walked down to the park, sat on some bleachers next to a baseball diamond, ate, and talked. It turned out we have a lot of common interests and hobbies, so the conversation just kept going and going. I would have found her quite appealing were she 20/20 - this was truly an instance of glasses being icing on the cake. But what icing!!!

Glasses and eyesight came up a couple more times as we chatted. She revealed a bit shyly that she received her first pair in kindergarten and was the only kid in the class who wore them. She tried to go without them as much as possible when she was young, but eventually her vision got to the point where she couldn't manage without correction. In 9th grade she got contacts and has primarily worn them ever since. Though she'll sometimes leave the house in glasses, she said she feels a little odd wearing them - like she's more used to herself in contacts - a feeling I understand completely. Growing up in New York City, she never needed to learn to drive, and revealed that her eye doctors had told her that her corrected vision might not quite be good enough for driving. I guess it might have something to do with her high astigmatism.

I asked if I could try her glasses on, and she happily agreed, warning me that her astigmatism might give me a headache. While my head didn't hurt as I looked through her specs, I was definitely not able to see well - I'd never looked through glasses with a high astigmatic correction before... things looked odd and slightly warped. She tried mine on and said with some surprise that she was able to see fairly well through them. We spent a few minutes looking around through each others' glasses, describing what we could and couldn't see. It was fun and felt somewhat intimate.

We flirted during our conversation, moving closer and closer... and when it felt right, we kissed with our glasses on. It was the first of quite a few kisses as we moved from the bleachers to the grass. Our glasses came off shortly thereafter. This was the first time I'd ever "made out" with an extremely myopic woman with both of us uncorrected. It was sweet, hot, and intimate. In the little pauses between kisses, our faces were just inches apart, naturally getting as close as we needed to see each other clearly in the blur.

As the hour approached midnight, we decided it was time to call it an evening. There was a bit of a Velmaesque moment when we realized we'd rolled several feet away from our glasses on the grass, and both of us were feeling around trying to find our specs. She found hers first and quickly found mine, handing them back to me with a kiss.

I drove her home and we said our goodnights. We're planning to see each other again this weekend. Most likely we'll both be in contacts this time... but I'm sure it will be a great time regardless :).

Puffin 14 Jun 2011, 07:28

Maybe she had a magic bag that can detect any persons's RX and then produce fashionable glasses instantly.

Guest 14 Jun 2011, 07:26

Had a great sighting. Was in a McDonalds where an mother with her two very attractive daughters that were in there early twenties was squinting at the menu with glasses on her forehead. She then took the glasses off and put them on for about 30 seconds to read the menu. They looked no stronger than -1.5. She then propped them back on her foreahead and her daughter asked if she could try on her glasses. The mother asked why while she handed over the specs. They daughter put them on and gazed around the restaurant. She then looked at the menu and tilted her head up and down. While looking through the lenses. She told her mom that they made things really clear out if she looked through the top part but the bottom everything was blurry (progressives). Her mom then pulled a pair of gorgeous black Chanel frames with wide sides on them out of her bag and said here "wear these" . The daughter put them on and asked her sister "what do you think?". I almost lost it. I couldn't hear what her sister's response was but the the three of them ordered thier food sat down and ate at the table next to me and then left. The gorgeous young blonde never took the glasses off and left wearing them. Without a doubt my best sighting ever.

mickey 13 Jun 2011, 23:08

SZ6,

How did your date go last weekend?

SZ6 08 Jun 2011, 18:57

This is more of a "pre-sighting" - I have a first date this weekend with a cute girl who has a serious prescription, -12.75 with -3.50 astigmatism in her worse eye. She's agreed to wear her glasses for the occasion. Needless to say, I'm excited.

I'll report back afterwards...

Lucia 08 Jun 2011, 05:08

Bart

Yes I am, lets go to talk on GOC :)

Bart 08 Jun 2011, 02:43

Lucia

just posted a message for you in Glasses Over Contacts thread ;)

Lucia 07 Jun 2011, 16:53

Hi, my bf have a glasses fetish. I wear glasses with rx -3.5. But, year ago he ask me to wear for him glasses -10. And I did it because of him, first in a house, but after 2 months he ask me to wear them all the time. I was suprised, because i cant see anything with -10, but then he told me about GOC. I did it for him. I was wear -10 all the time for him, in a house of course, and for a weekend when we went somewhere out from the city. But after 6 months, he bought me 3 new pairs of glasses, -14, -17 and -20. And today, I wear for him -27. I dont have a good vision with GOC and -27, but I am happy because of him.

He ask me to go on a vacation with my -27 and I sad YES.

I think that I have glasses fetish also. But, I want to be a real extremly myopic. Not -27, but -15 is good.

I think, that I wil do GOC all the time, but because od friends and family, I have to go slowly.

I am 29 years old, and I am 2,5 years in a relationship.

antonio 07 Jun 2011, 15:56

hi Astra,

and if I may ask: what prescription did you estimate this girl in red glasses wore ?

best regards, cu, antonio

Astra 07 Jun 2011, 05:44

On Lens chat I have an interact with Ray some days ago, but it was brief.

With time passing I would likely to forget about the sighting, if I don't record it down somewhere.

so more details as follows,

It was 2011.05.??

I had finished some exam, some more going on.

Go to city, when I arrived, always have an alien feeling , cause my life is mostly, away of the city.

anyway, before I arrived,

of course I can't drive so I take a bus, good place for "sightings" .

Bus arrived at terminus , I arrived at bus.

I had to select a seat.

I saw a girl was wearing a pair of small red plastic frames . I thought, ok, I can have a back view on her by select the seat behind her.

I thought she appears stylish upon my first glance, so I would like to see what would be going on.

After all, I am pretty much deformed in my mind, being partly a exam machine.

Astra 04 Jun 2011, 08:50

gwgs,

Aha. Didn't know about the brightness of sun in Europe.

Here in Hong Kong (at 22.2-22.3 N), or as Gino mentioned, in Qatar , or in Hawaii (at 20-22 N)

June is a month of heat, with sun going full-blast. Wonderful scenery, less rainfall, and lots of UV radiation .

European days are longer, but less intense.

Adalle 04 Jun 2011, 04:07

I've noticed that too mainly in the subway but elsewhere too. When they get in darker places or the sun sets, you see many people taking of their (prescription obviously) sunglasses and putting on their glasses. It's a nice surprise seeing a beautiful woman, whose eyes you could only guess what color they were, suddenly putting on a equally beautiful pair of glasses.

gwgs 03 Jun 2011, 03:00

The sun's been out for days now, and I'm still delightfully suprised at amount of gwgs who don't have prescription sunglasses!

The weekend was a wonderful example of this where I would see several girls walking along the street, all of them wearing sunglasses apart from one who was wearing her glasses. There have been several examples of this. Suffice to say I've noticed a lot of squinting and it's not because they're prescription's too low, more to do with the brightness of the sun, and them not having prescription sunglasses!

Scott 28 May 2011, 14:00

Two interesting (or amazing) sightings within 5 minutes today in Stratford, East London (you've probably never heard of Stratford but it will host the 2012 Olympics/Paralympics Games.

1st: late 30s man, 6 foot tall, slightly overweight, short brown hair wearing a dark-metal framed pair of myodiscs, but the ones shaped like the shape of the frame. Huge cut it - God knows how many minuses but must have been loads.

2nd: teenage asian girl; 4 foot 6, strong plus lenses, was holding money amazingly close to her eyes to focus - but the lenses had the executive style bifocals.

Millhouse 24 May 2011, 03:20

While at a local hotel watching a rock cover band Sunday evening............

A lovely dark haired woman, about 25yo, curvy,about 5'5 tall, lovely dark eyes. She had on the now common semi-rimless frames with wide side arms in a black colour. Rx about -8 or -9.

At one point she took them off and put them on top of her head (sun glasses style like) and looked around a bit while she chatted to her BF and friends, I had a good chance to observe her and it was obvious she just couldnt see much at all and had squited as she looked around quite a bit,After a while she put them on again. This went on 3 or more times that I could tell through the evening. My thoughts were that maybe she wasnt happy wearing them but she did look amazing sideways on with a very clear cut-in- quite lovely.

I'd say her BF is one hell of a lucky guy!

One of my more memorable nights out too.

If I see her again or get a chance to even talk to her (like, "what do you think of the band? " or something I will post here.

okay 21 May 2011, 15:49

I wouldn't call this a sighting, more of a over-hearing.

I was having lunch with some of my friends today, when my one friend asked my other friend (who I have known for years and used to have a crush on) if he wears glasses... he looked a bit embarrassed and said yes, he does (I'm quite sure I had some sort of physical reaction at this point)... she said she saw (I think she imagined it, because I didn't see it) some indents on his nose from glasses-wearing and he said it's because his glasses are so heavy. At this point I was thinking to myself: "WHAAAAAAAAT??!!!!" They said some other stuff which I struggled to hear because they were sitting on the other side of the table. I have known him for years and never knew anything of it... I have been into his house and his room and have never seen any proof - he is a bit of a neat freak and doesn't leave things lying around, probably why I have never seen glasses or contact lens cases lying around. Next time I go to his house I'll see if there are any old photo albums lying around and check them out. I'm also going on a hike with him and some friends next weekend and I'll see what evidence I can gather...

lentifan 16 May 2011, 17:49

Recently was visiting a museum in our capital. I was having great difficulty tearing my eyes away from an almost flawless oriental girl (not quite sure of her genetic origins - maybe Taiwan) with a very attractive figure despite casual tourist-style attire. Her brown rectangular wire frames held mild to moderate high-index minus lenses and looked fairly up-to-date. Despite that I did catch her squinting to see an exhibit once or twice.

Enter a major distraction in the form of the largest Japanese girl I have ever seen - certainly in terms of girth. She was robust rather than obese, but did have a bit of a corporation beneath her very generously proportioned bosom. Her beautiful smiling face was adorned by a pair of tortoiseshell-coloured roughly rectangular (wider at the bottom than the top)plastic frames with pretty strong minus lenses - high teens, I think, if not -20. The lenses, appeared to be the thickness of the lens blank at the edges, giving a sort of myodisc effect, and had lots of cut-in. Eyes minified but gorgeous. A pair of stocky legs.

She was with an elderly couple who looked too old to be her parents - grandparents?, guardians? Unfortunately I was in a group and couldn't readily tear my self away to get a longer or closer look. Since then I've scarcely been able to get her out of my mind. She made a big impression on me.

Neil 16 May 2011, 16:00

Observation: I am struck at the frequency of bespectacled people seen everywhere, not just the young and the old, but people of all ages, despite surgical and obviously contact lens options.

If there are any optometrists/ECPs on this forum, perhaps you could give some insight into this--are lots of people rejecting the surgical options in particular? (In other words, not just people inclined to post here?)

Are there substantial numbers of patients, who, when prompted toward surgery, say, "No thanks, I'm happy with glasses/contacts?" Do some ECPs find this odd?

An anecdote: We recently went to a get-together hosted by a husband-and-wife team of ophthalmologists--he a retina specialist, she a cornea specialist. Both wore moderate minus glasses. Though the wife took hers off for a group photo.

Gino 16 May 2011, 15:13

At a restaurant in Qatar tonight, right next to me a table with 3 Asian businessmen and a businesswoman. Likely to be in her late thirties, very well dressed, did not participate much in the conversations, but -- drawing my attention of course -- was wearing a lovely pair of oval black plastic frames with thin metal temples. Strong cut-in, my guess about -6. She really made my evening as she very often took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, put them on again, adjusting them,... I had finished my meal before they did, but ordered extra coffee to further enjoy her.

Soundmanpt 11 May 2011, 10:41

minus 5 who likes gwgs

That's great so it's not just the glasses you like. You like the girl behind the glasses as well.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 11 May 2011, 10:31

well lets be honest we had a fantastic date as good as I could have hoped for and we will see one another again the glasses attracted me as well as her profile the power was just the icing on the cake

SZ6 10 May 2011, 23:19

Also from the "Glasses Aren't Everything" department, I've been emailing tonight with a cute woman from a dating site who's -18.50. Looks great in her glasses. And from her profile, I can tell she is absolutely NOT right for me... so, unfortunately, this will not go anywhere. BUMMER!

Soundmanpt 10 May 2011, 23:09

But the question is, did you like the lady wearing the strong glasses or not? That is even more important than her glasses for a good relationship.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 10 May 2011, 22:48

well finally had the date with the new lady met on the net her picture showed glasses with lovely cut in but because of the angle of the shot no power rings imagine my delight when seeing her to find they are thick although very small frames about 1cm thick flat fronts and loads of power rings she is not an oo and does not know her prescription I cannot focus through them at all I guess she is in the minus 12 to 15 range possibly a shade more

optix 10 May 2011, 05:32

Great sighting last saturday in a Pizzeria.

A Lady, maybe in her 50ies useing a lorgnnette from time to time. She was eating her Pizza and everytime someone came trough the door she checked the new arrivals with by holding the lorgnette in front of her eyes.

She wore it on a chain around her neck...

My guess, the lenses about -6, but difficult to guess because I didnot have a chance to get a front view with the lenses in between.

Chrissi 30 Apr 2011, 14:35

Hi again, everyone! Not sure which post I last mentioned a good guy friend who thought he might need glasses (I'm not sure if anyone remembers my mentioning this), but a couple weeks ago I was looking through pictures on his iPhone and saw a picture of his eye, so of course I had to ask him what that was all about. He said that day he went to the eye doctor for the first time, and our friend thought it was funny that he had dilated pupils, so she took a picture of his eye (no flash, of course!). So I tried to casually ask him how the results were, and he said that the doctor said he can get glasses if he wants to, but he has a low prescription...maybe below -1? Well, since his mome is myopic, there will come a time when he will eventually need to get glasses too, I guess...

gwgs 28 Apr 2011, 05:53

Here's the link;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sexygirlswithglasses/5664231728/in/photostream

gwgs 28 Apr 2011, 03:42

A Loreal advert on TV last night featured a very cute girl wearing modern cat eye type glasses. A couple of screen caps of this will be posted on my Flickr site soon

Rayray 21 Apr 2011, 07:22

Very similar to JCs sighting I saw a blonde woman in her 40s at Birmingham station yesterday who had a pair of -6 ish glasses rested on her head every time she wanted to read anything like her phone or book or the train information she had on paper. As soon as she shifted to even middle distance she had to put her glasses down to see. When looking at the information board and then down at the paper information her glasses went up and down perhaps 5 times in a minute. I couldn't help thinking some bifocals would make her life far easier.

Another blonde, much younger (25ish) was standing right under the board and squinting at it very hard for a long time. She appeared to give up a go and ask at the information desk after quite a time. Some mild minus glasses are in her future I would think.

JC 19 Apr 2011, 22:24

I had puzzling sighting at the airport today. A woman, about 40 years old, was reading a magazine holding it in front of her face about 2 inches (5 cm) from her eyes. I was in a location I could observe unobtrusively so I watched for a bit. As she read down the page she would lift the magazine so as to keep the part she was reading right in front of her eye and she even shifted it left and right in order to be able to see the end of a line. With each page turn the magazine was moved away from her face so she could turn the page and then it was brought right back to the same close distance before she even tried reading again. Two theories came to mind... either she has beginning presbyopia and reading with her distance glasses is not comfortable, or she is a contact lens wearer and had removed them for her upcoming flight.

When she finished the magazine went in her bag and she started digging around for what I was sure was her glasses. Then she got up, with no glasses, and walked away. I saw her go to a departure board and although she might have gotten closer then normal she seemed to read what she needed from 5 feet (1.5 meters) away. It's possible she was unable to read the board but if she was as myopic as I had suspected I doubt she would have even attempted to read from that distance. So the question is... if she was not highly nearsighted then why all the antics reading, which looked very uncomfortable if not necessary.

JP 19 Apr 2011, 13:10

I often watch the London Marathon. Would have been great to have seen you both there.

gwgs 19 Apr 2011, 06:42

Well done to both of you for completing the gruelling marathon, I would've loved to see have seen the 0-0 Andrew is talking about.

I have also noticed how quite a few girls in their 20s are wearing larger frames. I always have to double check that they're not planos, and I'm pleased to confirm that every pair I've seen have been prescription :)

varifocals 19 Apr 2011, 05:07

There is a lovely cashier in our local Iceland store who wears very strong plus lens with black frames & looks lovely too.Huge magnification & she has a bare eyed boy friend. Then on Saturday she was on duty with her name badge on but no glasses. So I assume she must have contacts. She looked totally different & appeared to be struggling a bit to read too.Bring back the lovely glasses.

Smudgeur 19 Apr 2011, 04:10

Hi Andrew

I ran the London Marathon on Sunday too and did exactly the same as you re: looking at spectator's specs!

If only we'd known we were both running, we could have spotted together (and done a critique of Southend's 2010/11 season!)

Puffin 19 Apr 2011, 03:14

I'm a non-glasses wearer (still) don't need them, but don't like sunglasses. What I do (usually in sunny foreign places) is wear a baseball cap. Back at home in not-so-sunny Britain, I usually don't bother. It works fine for me, but I reckon being tall helps because you don't need to look up so much. Perhaps those glasses wearers who don't have sunglasses or whatever could try it instead of squinting.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 18 Apr 2011, 17:42

Whilst browsing an internet dating site found a picture much to my surprise of a very high minus girl at least minus 20 much too young for me sadly but further perusal came up with a lady of a similar age to me with glasses the photo is forward so no power rings visible but very considerable cut in I guess and hope minus 10 or so Iknow she first had glasses at 7 years old we hope to meet soon will let you all know

Andrew 18 Apr 2011, 14:17

Time for a spot of self congratulation...

While running yesterday's London marathon (and spending rather longer doing it than I had hoped), I took the time to peruse a number of GWGs standing by the roadside. It struck me that the next fashion ssems to be somewhere between 1970s style NHS frames, and 1980s style big lenses. Best sighting of the lot was the girl with the hefty Rx in this type of frame, which made a strong pair of glasses look even stronger (in spite of the fact she must have been wearing high index lenses).

Soundmanpt 18 Apr 2011, 11:52

gwgs

Sadly this is something I have found why many women wear contacts. Because that way they can wear non-prescription sunglasses when they choose to. And just like those ladies were saying it is too expensive to afford both regular glasses and prescription ones too. This is why buying glasses on line makes sense. Most all of them offer sunglasses for about the same price as regular glasses. Many of the people I talk with about getting glasses from me really light up when I tell them they can get rx sunglasses as well. One young lady got 2 pairs of regular glasses, different styles, and 2 pairs of sunglasses, same frame. She got one pair of sunglasses made in her rx and the other as plano (non-rx) so she could use them with her contacts. The total price for the 4 pairs was less than $60.00.

Melyssa 18 Apr 2011, 06:38

GWGS,

I do just that -- wear those special-style sunglasses that fit over (most of) my regular glasses. I am fortunate in that I need shades only when driving, or for a lot of many hours following my annual eye exam.

gwgs 18 Apr 2011, 06:06

Lots of gwgs out in the sun yesterday, but interestingly not wearing sunglasses.

It brought to mind a comment a work colleague made a few days when everyone else was wearing their shades at lunch, the two glasses wearers weren't and the higher myope out of the two remarked that she has enough trouble trying to keep up with the expense of her glasses being reglazed / buying new frames etc, which she says happens about 3-4 times a year, let alone having prescription sunglasses. I asked then how she copes when it's very sunny and she said she just squints!!! I told her half jokingly that she could get those big sunglasses that go over glasses, but they're not really the image a 23 year old girl wants to give!!

I wonder if a lot of gwgs do this?

Thomas 17 Apr 2011, 21:13

There was a guy with about -10 lenses at the bus station today who had just come from the hospital, assumingly getting eye drops prescribed there as well. He took off his glasses, and moved the package of eye drops about 10cms in front of his eyes to open it, then looked at the lid and the description, still with the bottle about 5-10cms away from his face. While he was doing that, his glasses slipped onto the bench he was sitting on. He panicked a bit, and fumbled around with his hands to find them, clearly not seeing where they were, and tucked them into his shirt collar after inspecting them (at about 5cm distance again) if they were still OK. He then put in the eye drops in each eye. Someone was walking past him at the time, he looked up but clearly couldn't see that person.

After he had put eye drops in both his eyes, he wiped down his cheeks a few times to dry them off, and put his glasses back on.

JackCast2005 10 Apr 2011, 05:13

An interesting sighting at a heritage railway in Wales the other day.

Was sitting in the carraige looking out of the window at a station and a young, diminutive and very attractive Japanese lady walked slowly past a couple of times.

Wearing a black mini-dress with white top, a jaw line "bob" hairstyle impecabbly styled and black flat shoes.

She wore small, but quite thick black plastic oval framed glasses.

She was a very high myope, you just just couldn't miss the power rings or where they myodiscs? Hard to tell with the small frames and intensity of the rings.

Slung around her neck was a large Nikon SLR camera. Saw her again later in the day with her partner - he was quite tall, wore rimless glasses - but only appeared to be mildly myopic, but as with his spose sported the same type of large Nikon SLR camera!

hooked 31 Mar 2011, 12:40

Yesterday in the bus I watched a young woman, slim, brunette around 20 years with medium strong plus glasses.

I estimate they have been around +4.

I would rate her 98 of 100.

The two missing points are the two missing diopters to +6.

She lives in the nearby village.

Like lenses 13 Mar 2011, 01:41

Hansel

She better be careful,lest the global warming melts those coke bottle glasses.

Slit 12 Mar 2011, 11:19

Sorry others for being off topic.

Hi Ajay,

Please do not be desperate like this. If you want to make a good move, get educated on how young men can pick up their balls to make a move. As a good person from your neighborhood I will give a good tip. Find the material by David De Angelo or Richard La Ruina, then work on improving your skills. http://www.puatraining.com/

Following advice of above two people helps you a lot to build confidence to talk to women and get them on your way. They helped me practically quite a lot. (I was in New Delhi for about 1 year and dude it worked!)

Good luck!

Aubrac 12 Mar 2011, 07:25

Hansel

Thanks for the pic, they are the same glasses she was wearing yesterday.

 12 Mar 2011, 00:00

hello friends. I m new here.my name is ajay.

i just cmpltd my engineering stdies on july 2010 and in december i placd in multinational software cmpany.th cmpany has a lot of offices in all metros of India. The office where i had to join was one of the big one.a lot of new freshers are startng here.abt 6000 wrk in ths campus.so aftr i passd th training period,b4 starting prjct we have free pool period ,tht means we dnt have to sit inside office,we can roam around in th big campus.

while enjoying with my batch mates ,i noticd a girl who is one among one of the other freepool batch.

she was in a group of 3 grls and 4 boys.she was wearing a glass i assume between minus 15 and minus 20.aftr tht few days i didnt see her.once in cafeteria i again saw her.she was nt wearing glass.bt frm the brightness of her contact lens,she was very beautiful also.aftr few more days i saw her wearing a almost plain glass,may be over cls,bt dnt knw why.i really want to make her my lover.bt dnt knw tht any one of tht boys is her boyfriend or nt. Also i dnt knw ,atleast just to start a friendship talk to her,because she is among tht group always.i m 21 by the way.she also i thnk 23 or 24

kisal 11 Mar 2011, 10:50

We get some advertising email from JC Penney (a US department store and online retailer). Usually I just delete them, but opened today's to see a beautifully bespectacled face and thought, 'okay, they're advertising their optical department', but when I scrolled down I saw that the model was dressed (above the waist at least) only in glasses and a bra. Unfortunately the links included no GWG, so nothing to post here, but I was quite amazed that a sexy ad for personal garments featured a girl in glasses. Must be an O-O at work!

Hansel 11 Mar 2011, 10:19

Linky to a pic found of Laura Sandys.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjefferies/5088583007/

Aubrac 11 Mar 2011, 07:44

Was at a meeting at which the Kent MP Laura Sandys was speaking. I have seen her several times before also on TV but this was the first time wearing glasses. An attractive rimless pair with about a -4 prescription - must have been converted from a lens wearer

Tom 09 Mar 2011, 16:39

Waiting for my plane in a Dubai airport lounge last week, many people waiting for their nightflight to depart to Hong-Kong. I found a seat opposite of a classy Asian lady, in her mid forties I'd say, reading a book and wearing moderate minus glasses (about -4.00 judging the cut-in), stylish black plastic cateyes. On the table between us a black velvet glasses case, the kind that's open at the top and opens up when gently squeezing it. From the bulge I could tell there were glasses in it.

After 10 minutes she stood up and walked to the bathrooms, leaving her bag etcetera with me. As the lounge was really crowded and busy, and nobody was really paying attention, I reached for the velvet case and carefully pulled out the specs. The frames were shiny deep purple slender plastic Bulgari and looked really expensive, the lenses thin but much stronger than the ones in the black glasses the lady wore when reading. I carefully unfolded the glasses but couldn't try them on really well because too narrow for my face. I had enough time to put them back in their case and wait for the lady to come back. When boarding for her flight was announced, she swapped glasses, politely said goodbye and off she was...

lazysiow 08 Mar 2011, 07:46

You should definitely get her on here

gwgs 08 Mar 2011, 03:26

Sounds like another 0-0 obsessive!

iStrain 07 Mar 2011, 12:47

So I went back to the same restaurant with the sexy black chic and yes, she was there again, but wearing a different pair of glasses. These were obviously minus lenses, and she apparently recognized me from before and says to me "Got a new pair of glasses, do you like these? Their my sister's glasses and stronger than my brother's glasses. But I like the way they look on me. Do you?" I told her yes, but asked her how blurry her vision was in these glasses. Surprisingly she says "You know it's kind of funny because I don't need glasses, but I can actually see like 3D out of these glasses. Everything just pops out." Speaking of popping out, ahem. But anyway, the glasses were probably about -3.

In an almost repeat of the same scenario from last time, the blonde waitress appears and says "You are going to make yourself sick and blind wearing all these glasses." So the black chic says she hopes so, and wearing their glasses to make her eyes worse so she needs glasses. I said "Really?" and she responded not to worry because but she just wears them at work.

Table ready call. DANG. Just when the conversation was getting so steamy and hot for me! I couldn't think about anything else during my meal. I would keep an eye on her and sometimes she would take the glasses off, hold them out far, put them back on. Excessively cleaning them too.

What a meal.

gwgs 07 Mar 2011, 03:22

Aubrac, I've also found that art galleries, or more likely, exhibitions/sales attract a huge number of gwgs! Years ago I posted on here how I went to an art sale close to where I used to live which was a major exhibition venue and 1 in every 2 people must have been a girl wearing glasses!! I seriously found it hard to concentrate on the art!!

Aubrac 07 Mar 2011, 03:09

Should have added one interesting moment when in the Gallery - there was an exhibition of pictures by the abstract artist Bridgit Riley who paints many sinuous wave like geometric patterns of shape and colour. Standing in front of one picture was a group of girls one wearing low plus glasses with what looked like a lot of cylinder, all the other girls in the group took turns trying her glasses on and moving their heads to see the visual effects this created.

Unfortunately didn't have the courage to ask if I could borrow her glasses to have a look!!

Aubrac 07 Mar 2011, 02:46

Spent Saturday in the National Gallery in London - just too many GWG to even mention any, except for one very tall, attractive mid-twenties girl who was not wearing glasses! She squinted so hard at every painting it looked almost painful as her face folded in half - I was left wondering if tucked away in her bag there was a pair of -3 glasses just waiting to come out!!

lentifan 04 Mar 2011, 11:45

On the train journey home today I sat opposite and across the aisle but several rows away from a interesting GWG - far enough awau for me to be able to watch unnoticed (I hope) but of course this meant I could not be sure of her Rx nor get a view of the lens thickness. She was c20-ish, dark haired.

The frames were bold black platic rectangular with the fashionable thick side pieces which had a white pattern. The mius lenses must have been well into double figures, perhaps in the upper teens. She spent much of the trip peering at her mobile phone from a distance of 8-10 inches as she poked it. It was very clear that she was looking at it only through her right eye. I wondered whether this was because she would have found it difficult to converge at this distance. Although this is much too close for me, I think I'd have no problem with this

Melyssa 04 Mar 2011, 06:42

I would rather see a pilot with strong glasses than with a parachute or a bottle of alcohol. LOL

Myopeinher 04 Mar 2011, 05:19

Well,there's not a lot of flying these days what with autopilot,autoland etc,just sit and monitor instruments,earn the money when there's a crisis.

So a -14 pilot wouldn't bother me.

varifocals 04 Mar 2011, 05:02

Thanks Andy for the story about the short sighted pilot. I enjoyed reading it.

I was in the navy & we had an elderly short sighted seaman who did look out duties just the same!!

Rayray 04 Mar 2011, 04:14

I was only comparing the rules for uncorrected acuity - its fairly obvious everyone engaged in moving large lumps of metal around at speed should have good corrected acuity but I find interesting the different limits they set for uncorrected acuity - the reason truck drivers supposedly cannot have vision worse than 3/60 uncorrected is in case their glasses fall off, but this seems much more likely to happen in the air and someone with -8 glasses in general cannot see as well WITHOUT their glasses as 3/60. The rules for truck drivers seem silly to me as you are only likely to lose your glasses when behind the wheel after you have already crashed!

Astra 04 Mar 2011, 03:43

Rayakins,

probably you have misinterpreted the guideline.

when uncorrected , the guideline allows -8 .

but there should be some restriction on corrected acuity on that guideline...

Rayray 04 Mar 2011, 03:10

It's fairly shocking that in the uk at least you apparently need better eyesight to drive a truck or bus (3/60 without correction) than to fly a plane - assuming someone with -8 glasses cant see 3/60 (effectively 20/400 by my maths) without them - I can't lol.

Like lenses 03 Mar 2011, 23:32

Astra

I have seen myopic pilots before,but none with glasses like this girls.

I dated a minus 14 girl, and this pilots glasses looked even stronger than -14.

Her squinting is what got me. I wonder if she was wearing a weaker prescription to read, or if after reading,she had trouble refocusing to distance.Even with my -5.0 glasses refocusing is sluggish,and my old -14 girlfriend had problems with this also.

Astra 03 Mar 2011, 20:55

but I have not heard of myopic people to fly a plane.

Astra 03 Mar 2011, 20:42

Like lenses,

then it must be a captain pilot.

but as we all know.

either flying or driving cause many accidents.

Like lenses 03 Mar 2011, 20:27

Myopeinhere

She was wearing a captains hat with the scrambled eggs,and had four stripes on her coat sleeves,

AL 03 Mar 2011, 18:58

Interesting to see JAR requirements for pilots as FAA requirements are quite different.

For class 3 (private pilot) best corrected vision corrected to 20/40 or better, no uncorrected prescription limit.

I don't have binocular vision (or depth perception) so I would have not met JAR requirements yet I do meet FAA requirements.

Since I couldn't pass that test where images merge into one, a call to the FAA was made. FAA stance was since I don't see double and I drive that I am safe to fly.

specs4ever 03 Mar 2011, 09:28

So it looks as if a pilot could be as high as -8D with a further -3D of astigmatism. And there was nothing said about prism, so there could be prism correction as well. I'd like to see a female pilot with this prescription, but I am not sure I would want to be flying with one.

Puffin 03 Mar 2011, 06:05

JAR eyesight requirements for UK

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/49/JARClass2VisStdsSep09.pdf

I did read elsewhere that they're not supposed to wear contact lenses, but not sure that's right.

Andy 03 Mar 2011, 02:26

This was a great sighting. I wish I were with you seeing her. I had a similar sighting. too many years ago. This sighting inspired me to a story that S4E brought into readable English. If you missed the story it is on Bobby's site under http://bobbygoc.sweb.cz/s4e/thenearsightedpilot.htm

Myopeinhere 03 Mar 2011, 01:42

May not have been a pilot,perhaps she was a flight engineer?

Like lenses 02 Mar 2011, 23:55

Two other things that I noticed.

Her lenses were very thick,and had many power rings,and protruded outside of the frame at the front,and rear.I believe she had CR 39"s.

At one point she took her glasses off to rub her eyes,and she had that incredible dead eyed myopic unfocused look.When she put them back on her eyes brightened up as though they were thankful to be corrected again.

The frames seemed to fit unusually tight,so perhaps she had some astigmatism.

Like lenses 02 Mar 2011, 23:08

In an airport yesterday saw a late thirtyish female airline captain.

Now I have seen pilots with glasses before,but this pair took the cake. Large dark brown plastic frames with flat front minus lenses that were well into the double digits.

She was reading a magazine,which she held about six inches from her eyes.When she looked up from the magazine,and off into the distance ,she squinted rather profoundly.

I am not so sure that I would want her flying the plane that I was on.

I know that pilots have to be correctable to 20/20,but as a myope of minus 5.00 myself,I wonder about other things that affect corrected myopes,such as poor night vision,minification,restricted peripheral vision,sluggish refocusing from near to far,and vice versa. Then when you reach high myopia such as hers there is a chance of sudden retina detachment.Regarding the peripheral,even with my moderate power lenses,I have a being in a fishbowl sensation,so can only imagine how hers would be in a cockpit full of instruments.

We myopes can be corrected to 20/20 acuity,but the glasses we are required to wear do cause the other problems that people without glasses do not have.

lazysiow 28 Feb 2011, 16:38

That last sighting just took my breath away. If only you could have gotten pictures!

iStrain 28 Feb 2011, 07:08

Went to a restaurant yesterday, and the young sexy black waitress with very pretty eyes was suddenly wearing glasses. When I asked her when she got glasses, she said they weren't hers, but belong to her brother. She said things were a little blurry in them, and the prescription isn't that high, but she likes to wear them. Another waitress joined in and said she was going to ruin her eyes, but that didn't seem to bother the black waitress. The new waitress reminded her that she had some clear glasses lenses in frames that she sometimes wears, but the black waitress said she didn't like those that much, but loves these because of the prescription. She waived the other waitress along and smiled at me through her brother's prescription glasses.

This woman is seriously hot, and I couldn't BELIEVE the conversation. I am so attracted to women wearing other people's glasses like this. From what I could tell, the prescription was about +2, so the blur should have been substantial for her.

Aubrac 26 Feb 2011, 06:58

Was at a briefing session the other day and the regional manager introduced herself. She was a very attractive lady early forties with semi rimless black plastic frames studded with a rectangle of about 12 rhinestones near the hinge and about a +4 prescription and maybe some prism - really beautiful. I saw a photo in the company magazine and ID badge wearing glasses and so obviously FT.

On the train home a late teenager/early twenties got some text and exercise books out to work, then put on some about +2 glasses. I thought they were readers but she seemed happy looking about with them on. She took them off at one station stop to look around but left the train after packing her books away still wearing them.

Rayray 25 Feb 2011, 14:53

Laura its true contacts are great for getting a hair cut but i hardly wear them anymore as I overdid it for too long and the dry out very quickly. Its less of an issue as a bloke with short hair as the haircut is a lot harder to make a mess of. I just found it funny that she thought my glasses would help her as reading glasses.

BillyE 25 Feb 2011, 13:19

Interesting comments about glasses and hair cuts. I remember going to get my hair cut the day after I'd (reluctantly) started wearing glasses. After cutting my hair, the barber said something like "You can put your glasses back on now and have a look in the mirror". Made me realise that however much I disliked the idea of being a 'glasses wearer', people were seeing me as one.

Laura 25 Feb 2011, 08:59

Rayray,

Sorry that should read RE -10.00 -1.00 120 LE -9.25 -0.75 100

Laura 25 Feb 2011, 08:58

Rayray.

I know the problem. It's a pain having my hair cut when the hairdreasser takes my glasses off. I'm on -1.oo and -9.25 now! I just can't see a thing now withour specs or contacts. Contacts are the answer when I'm at the hairdressers. At least I can see how much she is taking off. Choosing glasses frames is a pain as well, if idon't stick my contacts in first.

Rayray 25 Feb 2011, 08:39

Similar story to demon from the hairdresser/barber. I wear -8.50 glasses. The woman cutting my hair was in her late 40s and was suffering the onset of presbyopia and could not see the numbers on the shaver combs to find the correct length. She asked me to help holding the combs about a foot a away from me - I said sorry I cant see that without my glasses which is entirely true. She then picked up my glasses from the shelf by the mirror and put them on herself! She of course then exclaimed that they made everything much worse. She said that she couldn't understand how they helped me to read and i explained to her that i was so short sighted i couldnt read at normal distances. She was shocked at how 'blind' I was and put my glasses on me to read the comb size. After that she asked lots of questions about my vision and kept expressing sympathy for my poor eyesight and surprise that my glasses weren't thicker. She took my glasses off my face to carry on cutting my hair and when i needed them to check in the mirror at the end put them on for me again. Most people have no clue what rx someone is from looking at their glasses.

Demon 25 Feb 2011, 00:27

This isn't as much a 'sighting' as it is an 'inter-acting'. I like to pretend I need reading glasses (and wish I did rather than my myopia). Anyway, I often wear contacts and can act like I don't have my reading glasses when I need them. I've done this successfully at the bank a few times, one clerk actually filled out my deposit slip for me and wrote my balance on the reciept in big writing so I could 'see' it. Today I was shopping for drawing pencils and asked the employee for help seeing what I was buying. She was 40ish with about +4 glasses on. After helping me, she actually (and without invitation) handed me her glasses to look through at what I bought and see if I was happy with the selection. Quite enjoyable. It also proves that most people really have no knowledge of vision etc. and don't see the oddity/rareness of a 20-something needed near correction so badly.

Demon 25 Feb 2011, 00:19

At Border's (good sales since they're closing up shop), saw a girl (approx 30-35) running the register. She was wearing oval metal frames, kind of a purple color about 1/3 of the way down her nose. They were plus; about +2.0 or +2.5 I would say. Wore them the whole time even when not doing close work. She rung me out which was nice, but there were a lot of people around and I didn't get to interact much. Very nice though.

Trent 24 Feb 2011, 21:33

Girl on the bus wearing new glasses. Obviously had a bump up in lens power. Nice brown frames with lenses visible on sides. Decent cut-in Rx maybe -9.0.

steveb 24 Feb 2011, 13:48

Last week a new secretary started to work in my office. Yesterday she came in with some seriously strong glasses, later i over heard a conversation she was having with a colleague and she said her contact prescription was -11.

gwgs 24 Feb 2011, 08:44

Great myodisc sighting, only my 2nd ever sighting since I became into 0-0's god knows how ever many years ago! It was a shame I couldn't get a prolonged look as I was driving.

I went to indicate right to turn into a street just off where my final destination was and I saw a young oriental girl - probably late teens who looked rather studenty, with a backpack, tweed jacket, frilly half length dress and white tights. She had hexi black metal framed myodiscs which looked remarkably similar - at my quick glance - to those worn by Maha Azzam's, they appeared to be very clear all around the bowl, and it was only after I had turned into this road and past her that I realised what I'd just seen!

I thought these type of girls only existed in Meganekko world and was incredibly suprised to see someone so relatively young with such a super prescription!!

gwgs 21 Feb 2011, 03:20

Wow spexfan, what a sighting, I can imagine that you didn't get much rest! I certainly wouldn't if I had a girl with such splendid glasses that close to me!

spexfan 20 Feb 2011, 10:16

Hi.

Extraordinary encounter on the plane today. Was sat next to a cute 30-something brunette. She was unusually chatty and slightly flirty (and married as it turns out). A few hours into the flight I noticed a hint of a contact lens in her eye and dutifully started a conversation about eyewear: she had been admiring my own frames.

Anyway, she admitted she had lousy eyesight. When inquiring about her rx, expecting say, -4 or so, she confided with a resigned grin that she was infact -15!!

And this was only 3 hours into a 14 hour flight! Needless to say her -15 "goggles" as she called them eventually came out after some gentle prodding, and she proceeded to rid the contacts at nap time. Suffice it to say I think she slept a lot better than I did. And I was a little shocked at how hard it is to make eyecontact when talking to someone behind deep lenses when intimately close: the distortions of the lenses did camouflage her tiny beautiful black eyes. So it was a bit of relief for all of us (and for all sorts of reasons) when the contacts went back in before landing.

Anyway, this was an alltime best sighting...of a very cool chick and I certainly wish her well.

Another Damn Lurker 20 Feb 2011, 09:30

I had an amazing encounter yesterday - at an engine shop, of all places. I was having a used engine-head resurfaced for my car, and I had a few questions that their office imbecile couldn't answer, so he called out the machinist who did the work for me to talk to.

She was a stunning redhead with lots of freckles, and wore rather old-fashioned glasses - vaguely cat-eye shaped, but with very wide temples. Black plastic, with white etchings in a strange design... it might have been done by hand. The lenses were nothing special - maybe -2 or-3.

But her eyes themselves were very weird. She had this oddball strabismus PLUS heterochromia. Her eyes diverged damn-near 60 degrees, and were also offset vertically by about 45 degrees. Left green up, right blue down. Her glasses didn't seem to have any prism, either. There's no way she could have binocular vision with strabismus like that.

As we spoke, at first she was looking at me with her left green eye, while her right blue eye aimed at the baseboard somewhere, and I figured that eye was probably blind. But after a few minutes, she started looking at me with her right blue eye, while her left green eye aimed at the ceiling.

Very, very weird. And I think I'm going to have a lot of machining work, and a lot of questions about it in the future.

Slit 19 Feb 2011, 05:00

In a local neighbourhood, spotted a twenty something girl with about +3 Add +2 glasses, not very fancy ones.

Her moths was accompanying her, and both of them seemed to have a slight cataract like whitening of the iris, and unevenly become smaller just like burnt out.

what can be this illness? seems something heredetory because both mother and daughter has same condition. however only the daughter wore serious Rx.

do you guys know what is it?

Soundmanpt 14 Feb 2011, 10:58

Aubrac

What she is doing is very common. Contact lens wearers must go in every year for an exam to be able to order new contacts. Since their rx may increase by -.25 or -.50 they get the new proper contacts but seldom order new glasses with the increase because they only wear them around the house at night to rest their eyes, if then. After a few years of this soon the glasses are considerably weaker then the contacts, but because they are only using them most often in the house they can still see well enough to get by. They may notice that the small script going across the bottom of the TV is blurry, but they can get by. They may only realize how far off the glasses are if they wear them to drive or some other distant thing. Very fewe can afford to upgrade glasses and contacts yearly.

gwgs 14 Feb 2011, 10:52

I always thought glasses are made stronger than contacts as contacts are so much closer to your pupil you don't need them as strong as your glasses prescription, if she's -6.5 contacts, I would guess her glasses are about -7.75 - you experts out there, am I correct??!!

Aubrac 14 Feb 2011, 03:36

We have a Japanese student with us now. She left her lenses and stuff in the bathroom and I see she has -6.50 contacts she wears all the time.

I tried her glasses, which are really smeary and don't look as if they have been cleaned in months, and must say I find them perfect for my prescription.

I would reckon they are around -5.00 and probably a few years old, certainly not a -6.50. I suppose she does not bother cleaning them because they are hardly ever worn but maybe we will see her with them at some stage.

Rudy 13 Feb 2011, 14:15

Interesting sighting last evening. My fiancee and I were out for dinner. A family of 6 came in. All wore + glasses and all but the mom wore bifocals (maybe she had progressives?). The dad & mom appeared as +10 and +8. All of the kids glasses were stronger and all were franklin style bifocals. The oldest, a boy about 16-17 had some of the strongest I have ever seen. I think he had very low vision or was legally blind as he held his sisters arm and used a white cane coming in and used a hand held magnifier on the menu which he held very close.

Also all of the males wore hearing aids, don't know about the females.

Clare 11 Feb 2011, 14:17

Soundmanpt - yes I'm sure that'll happen. Of five of us in the team, one guy has an Rx around -5, my GWG neighbour I imagine at around -2.50 to -3, and a younger team member with a low minus Rx. There are enough glasses wearers that it wouldn't be strange. One person, must be a contacts wearer, left the office around 6 tonight wearing a very nice pair of glasses. I'm sure few people would take much notice apart from my immediate colleagues.

Soundmanpt 11 Feb 2011, 01:01

Clare

Maybe next week when your neighbor returns would be a good chance to at least come out and make people aware that you indeed do wear contacts all the time. For you that would be a big step for now. That way if they know you need correction it won't be nearly as hard to show up someday actually wearing your glasses.

Clare 10 Feb 2011, 15:48

Day 4 in my new job and not so many GWGs to report - a couple in the office, 1 substantially nearsighted who was wearing contacts today, and another older with a + prescription. A couple of guys with quite strong minus prescriptions too. And my GWG neighbour will be back next week so maybe a glasses conversation or two will ensue, of course no-one yet knows I wear contacts.

gwgs 08 Feb 2011, 04:14

Saw an attractive 30ish oriental woman clothes shopping at the weekend. I passed by her several times as a keen 0-0 spotter I loved how her glasses looked on her.

She was wearing a cross between round and square rimless frames which were quite large and had decent edge thickness, at least -5.5.

It got me thinking that I rarely see rimless glasses on women and how attractive, but underused they are.

Dan 08 Feb 2011, 00:06

Was ordering food tonight at a little shop in town and some girl (~20) was in line in front of me. Saw her squint a bit as she was trying to read the menu. She seemed to be able to read it with some effort and the squinting wasn't too bad but I wondered if we'll have a new GWG soon or maybe she had weak minus glasses already and just wasn't wearing them.

pete 07 Feb 2011, 12:22

A slender 30 something brunette a few people ahead of me is paying for her groceries. She appears very plain jane but that's not really the case. Her features and physique are quite pleasing. Maybe it's because the double digit glasses she's wearing. She's overtly modest (if that makes sense) as if she's doing her best to not be seen. Shortly thereafter I glance around for her among the sea of parked cars. She's long gone.

Soundmanpt 07 Feb 2011, 10:44

Aubrac

She probably wears contacts most all the time and the glasses are only a backup for around the house. It is very common for those people to update the contacts yearly but often times the glasses are 3 or 4 rxs old due to the cost and the fact that they are seldom worn.

Aubrac 07 Feb 2011, 03:38

We have a young student staying with us for a few weeks and she wears contacts. She leaves her glasses and contacts in the bathroom and I saw the contacts are R -4.00 -1.75 180, L -3.75 -0.75 180.

I tried her glasses and although I'm -5.00 could see really well with them but could be a little stronger in the left.

The unusual thing is her glasses only seem to have a very small cylinder correction in the right lens and none in the left. She always wears contacts and maybe her glasses are an older prescription but I would have thought the sphere correction would have increased as the glasses certainly seem around a minus -4.00 otherwise I wouldn't be able to see so clearly with them.

Chrissi 06 Feb 2011, 20:24

Hey everyone! Sorry, it's been a while since I last posted in this thread. I've been swamped with schoolwork and have just been able to relax a bit for the first time this month or so.

Anyway. Some of this is from December; I'll try to recall as best as possible.

I mentioned my dance partner breakng his glasses. He did get new ones, and I like his new frames quite a lot. They're black plastic with a lighter brown acccent on the inside. The lenses look stronger! He must get hi index, because though there are lts of power rings and cut in, his lenses are not as thick as they might be with a lower index.

As for my lab partner, I am now aware that he probably wears fairly strong contacts as well. In orchestra, some friends and I swapped yearbooks from elementary school and I happened to find his picture from sixth grade. I'm not sure if I've mentioned before, but I'm not the best at guessing prescriptions; however, i'd say without a doubt that in that picture, he wore glasses that were at least -4 or -5. I don't want to push my luck...but I think they couldve even been -6. My friend who brought that yearbook has known him since they were in kindergarten. She said that he's always worn glasses. Too bad I didn't know him back then! I don't get any sightings due to his religious contact wearing (like me). I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before...but he even wears his contacts under his goggles when swimming.

My most recent comments about guys at my school are about my ex boyfriend, whom I've mentioned needs glasses but doesn't wear them, and another one of my guy friends who might get glasses. The latter story is posted in the guys in glasses thread. Anyway, we got a new seating chart in chemistry. Unfortunately, I'm in the back, and will have trouble reading subscripts and superscripts In chemical equations on the board. On the bright side, the teacher, being spontaneous, told us that we'll get a new seating arrangement again tomorrow. So hopefully I get a seat towards the front. My ex was also in the back and complained to the teacher that he couldn't see from the back, and she then gave him a lecture about how he needs to get glasses in front of the whole class. Poor guy!

Well, that is all for now. If I remember anything, I will be sure to post again.

I hope I wasn't too wordy or boring in this post!

baker 03 Feb 2011, 21:24

I just found out that my friend wears one contact. When she was younger, she had an eye infection in one eye and had to wear an eyepatch. When she finally was allowed to go without it, there was a big disparity between her eyes.

Anyway, I thought it was interesting and worth sharing

Galileo 03 Feb 2011, 04:03

My treat for today: Standing in a shop waiting for service when a short and voluptuous African woman walked in. she obviously knew the staff and was walking around all the time offering plenty of opportunities to inspect her Bi-concave lenses. She had metal frames with oval lens holders, the lenses stuck out front and back with an overall thickness of more than 1cm. Her prescription must have been over -20. she wandered round the shop talking to people of about five minutes. Great views.

Dan 30 Jan 2011, 23:20

Soundmanpt,

Yep, definitely seems like a trend. I know a lot of people who take their weak minus glasses off the read (I fall into the category as well)--as long as I am not wearing contacts. I also invested in bifocals a while ago although I really don't wear them.

baker 30 Jan 2011, 22:09

At Disneyland today I saw a disporportionate number of plus glasses. The Asian tourists supplied quite a loadful of minuses but it seemed everyone else was hyperiopic. I almost always am just around myopic people.

Weird.

Soundmanpt 30 Jan 2011, 10:11

Dan

It is becoming more common as of late. It is normal for a young person to need distance correction, but now because of so many hand held I-Phones etc. they are finding it harder to see close with there minus glasses. Doctors have told me they are prescribing bifocals more and more to late teens and early 20's.

Tim 29 Jan 2011, 23:26

Bizarre sighting in Spinney's supermarket yesterday. An attractive, well-dressed woman of about 40 wearing two pairs of stylish glasses one in front of the other. Hard to tell the RXs, but they both appeared to be in the +3 range. I don't think it was just because she had mislaid or broken her progressives, as she was walking round the store looking through both lenses rather than using the second pair just for reading. I would guess she had lost or broken her own glasses, and could only borrow a couple of weaker pairs from a friend!

Dan 28 Jan 2011, 16:21

Saw a ~20 year old girl the other day wearing bifocals. Weak minus in the top portion; probably -1 or -1.5 and a weak plus in the bottom. I'd guess +.5. Unusual to see such a young person in bifocals that have a minus top and plus bottom...must be earlier presbyopia or accomodative insufficiency.

Soundmanpt 26 Jan 2011, 22:04

baker

Interesting! I would think that they would have failed you and made you get proper correction to pass the vision test? I have never heard that just having and wearing correction would allow you to pass if your correction was not accurate enough to allow you to pass the test. Maybe someone else has had an experence like yours? My guess is someone was new and didn't know how handle the situation and just passed you.

Kinda scary to think others could be out there that much under corrected driving around.

baker 26 Jan 2011, 18:36

oops

type-o

@Derrick

baker 26 Jan 2011, 18:35

@Dendrik

When I first got my liscence, my rx was -1.5 too weak in my left eye and -1 too weak in my right (of course I didn't know and of course she only tested my left eye). Anyhoos, I failed the eye test and the lady asked me if I wore contacts or glasses. I said yes and she told me to put them on. My face turned bright red as I told her I was wearing contacts. For some reason she decided that meant I was okay. Does saying you're wearing contacts make you exempt from the vision test? Isn't that a bit dangerous?

Tim 23 Jan 2011, 23:56

I have been offline for the last 6 weeks due to various computer problems. May I please ask that the "Tim" who posted on 5th/6th January distinguish himself in some way, perhaps Tim 2 or Tim X? I mean no offence, but it can be confusing if two or more people are using the same moniker.

Aubrac 19 Jan 2011, 03:40

In the local bank yesterday and a really beautiful lady mid-thirties at the counter, was struggling to see some papers and put on a pair of about +3 glasses, kept them on when leaving.

There was a new counter assistant, a very lovely girl with immaculately coiffured blond hair piled up. She was wearing some really nice chunky maroon frames studded with rhinestones. Unfortunately she didn't serve me but would guess about a low minus with some cylinder.

Going home it was school lunch break and a gaggle of four teenage girls went past all wearing from +1 to +3 glasses, maybe there is a sort of peer group pressure now to wear glasses. Recent YouTube Seen on the Web also has more younger people wearing plus glasses.

My wife has at last succumbed to wearing her glasses to watch TV, she was always reluctant to do this but haven't seen her watch anything without them for nearly two months now.

Cactus Jack 08 Jan 2011, 19:21

A similar conversation is underway on the Going Without Glasses thread. Please check my post of a few minutes ago there.

C.

lentifan 08 Jan 2011, 18:22

In that case, Tim, I can't explain it. If she was young and had a high minus prescription, just like you I'd have expected her to see the price label better with her glasses on.

Tim 06 Jan 2011, 18:10

Lentifan, she didn't hold the label that close to her eyes. Maybe 20 inches, but not closer.

lentifan 05 Jan 2011, 19:04

If her prescription was really high, it may be that the minification effect requires her to hold the print(especially if she is reading small print) too close for her eyes to focus. If she takes off her glasses she can probably focus on print an inch or two from her eye, without the minification, of course.

I was had a work colleague who wore myodiscs and that was his standard method of reading - glasses held in one hand, holding the paper an inch or so from his eye with the other hand. In his case there was an element of presbyopia involved as well.

Cactus Jack, for one, will be able to explain the technicalities better than me.

Tim 05 Jan 2011, 18:11

Today I wnet shopping and the cashier in one shop was a young lady, in her late twenties I guess, auburn hair, pony tail, nice tortoise shell glasses, plano fronts, a very strong minus prescription given the cut-in, power rings and thickness of the lenses.

One of my articles she couldn't scan, so she had to look at the label, find the barcode numbers and type them into the cash register. She squinted real heard first, but then as a matter of fact took off her glasses to read the small print numbers on the label, glasses on again when looking at her cash register, off again for the next numbers on the label, ans so on...

I was surprised, can anybody tell me why someone with such strong glasses cannot read the labels with their glasses on? I'd expect such glasses would do the job for any distance, especially given her age?

chrisb 03 Jan 2011, 16:11

Today, Shakespeare's Globe theatre, a waitress serving coffee in the interval wore wonderful large red frames with a moderate RX. In recent visits to London I'd seen a number of examples of the trend for large frames but these were all of the heavy black frame variety.

This girls frames were red translucent plastic and quite light. They were slightly bigger than I recall their 1980s equivalents.

Once she'd handed me change of a tenner, I said. "thanks, and fantastic glasses by the way"

As usual I got a lovely smile back and also later when we passed in a corridor.

Hopefully, one more 20 something who won't ever consider lasik.

chris

antonio 28 Dec 2010, 15:02

Carrie,

stretched objects could be caused by

astigmatism correction,

these are cylindrical lenses

that stretch only in one direction, if this

is not done horizontally or vertically

you might think objects are twisted perhaps ?

best regards, antonio

Carrie 28 Dec 2010, 08:26

I was standing in the queue in on of my local shops yesterday and I noticed the woman in front of me was wearing quite bold green/semi transparent glasses - sort of rectangular (as in wider than they were high). At first I thought they were fake as there didn't seem to any prescription in her right lens but when she turned her head to the left I look at the left lens. This distorted the image quite a bit - objects seemed very twisted and stretched. She was obviously as bored as I was waiting in the queue and she started to look around her from where she was standing. She turned in my direction at one point, which is when I saw her face and the front of her glasses. She was very pretty and about my age. Her glasses really suited her. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what sort of prescription gives that sort of effect.

Aubrac 28 Dec 2010, 03:52

Out shopping yesterday I saw a women early twenties with what I thought were lined bi-focals. A little unusual I thought for someone young and also I thought the lenses were too small to gave adequate field of vision for near or distance vision.

When I looked again I think she had base up or down prism correction with about +3 sphere. I have noticed the illusion of power rings with my wife's base out 4 degree prism, and so am guessing an up/down prism would have a similar effect but at the lower part of the lens.

Derrick 25 Dec 2010, 14:53

This happened to me at the DMV yesterday.

So i had to renew my licenses because it had expired, and I WANTED the restriction to show on my licenses. so i wore one contact on my right eye. (Just in case they wanted to see that i actually had contacts on. Keep in mind the contact wasn't my prescription. BUt as I had my number and sat dad, I looked at the eye chart to make sure i could see wit the contact on in my eye, and it was perfect ( although things looked a bit small. The contact was-2.00 .

Then I closed my right eye to check my left eye, and the chart became a complete blur! I was happy and mad at the same time. Happy because i couldn't see (I want to be dependent on glasses) but mad because i really couldn't see and I didn't want to fail the exam and not be able to renew my licenses. So i thought to myself maybe its because im a bit far from the standing position. Then my number was called.

She told me to read the numbers with both eyes and I was able to. Then she told me to cover one eye, so i covered my bad eye first, then vice versa, I STILL couldn't read anything. I was so embarrassed, she told me to read it and gave me a look like "are you serious"? I thought she was going to say something like you need to make an appointment with a dr. and come back.

Then I did some fast thinking and told her "im only wearing one contact, and not able to see out my left eye" and then she told me "Oh you wear contacts" and i said "Yeah". My licenses doesn't say that i have a restriction. I saw her then write something on a paper and then she told me "well its okay". So overall i was happy my vision has gone bad, and I still managed to get my licenses!

Sebastien 20 Dec 2010, 16:18

Last weekend a schoolfriend of my wife, who now lives in the UK, was struck here on a business trip because of the airport closings in London due to heavy snowfall. My wife offered her to stay at our place. She is a classy woman, the same age as my wife (41).

Nothing special to mention until when came the evening. She went to her room and then came back wearing tight fitting trainings and the most sexy glasses: slender wireframes the temples of which had a light purple shine. My wife complimented her on her choice of frames, upon which she was invited to try them on. My wife is -6.00 and said the lenses were just too strong for her to keep them on comfortably for a longer period of time. Unluckily her friend didn't try on my wife's specs, which I always like to watch when somebody else does! I noticed during the evening that she often squinted when focusing on objects like the tv, which gave her an even more sexy look :)

antonio 20 Dec 2010, 15:35

Chrissi,

I just wear -6,25 and -6,5 with some astig of -0,25 or -0,5 and only glasses, no contacts for me.

I am fine in my glasses, especially as - you can imagine - I´m really pretty blind without them on !

best regards, antonio

Chrissi 20 Dec 2010, 01:26

Hello, I very much enjoyed reading the responses to the incident with vincent, my dance partner. Haha, Like Lenses! That is true about the power rings!

Crystal veil, I suppose you are right, but I prefer to not have my glasses come too loose when I am dancing quickly! ;)

Antonio, no problem! May I ask your prescription?

Aubrac 19 Dec 2010, 07:40

I was in France last week and spent a little time watching French TV. There was a programme on about the lives of two families. The parents in one family both wore plus glasses, his about +2 and with a most unusual frame that had a secondary arm attached at the hinge with a frame at 45degrees that just rested on his cheek.

Rather weird as at first I thought it was a chain. His partner wore about +4 glasses with what what looked like some prism, their yougest daughter also wore about +3 glasses.

There was a glasses ad that featured some very nice and unusual frames, also a special offer for a 2nd and 3rd of extra glasses for only 1 euro more.

On some other programmes a number of people wore plus glasses - seems the plus need is increasing in France as well as the UK.

I think it was CJ who said increasing use of blackberry's and iphones was probably the reason, also that frames are so nice now and people really do look good in them, despite what the silly reporter said in my other post about Kate Silverton!

Astra 19 Dec 2010, 00:50

Flaine,

you are in Singapore this week?

for the reason, i have no idea.

I did not have observe that before.

There, some males do wear contacts or ortho-k.

Just like anywhere else.

Flaine 18 Dec 2010, 06:45

Hi guys, a recent trip to Singapore occured to me that more teenage girls are wearing glasses as compared to the males, is there any reason behind it? Seems like living in singapore is the ideal place for people on the lookout for gwg...its too many to even count even thought ortho-k is pretty common.

Like lenses 18 Dec 2010, 02:57

Chrissi

Oh, but if you wore the glasses for dancing,you would be as wonderful as a disco ball,out on the floor spinning with the reflections from your power rings.

antonio 17 Dec 2010, 18:19

I see Chrissi, thanks a lot

best regards, antonio

Crystal Veil 17 Dec 2010, 17:57

Hi Chrissi,

salsa dancing in glasses above -10 can be done without much effort. My partner Nel has Rx -11 / -12 varifocals and she never encountered any problems dancing a lively salsa in glasses. A video clip of Nel dancing the salsa in Formlenti myodiscs will soon be posted on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lentilux

But of course it's all a matter of preference!

Chrissi 17 Dec 2010, 16:06

Hi, Antonio. I wear contacts throughout the day, so that includes when I'm dancing. I think it would be difficult to dance the salsa in my glasses! My prescription is -13.50 right and -12.00 left for glasses with some astigmatism correction.

antonio 17 Dec 2010, 11:13

Hi Chrissi,

interesting incident,

how strong are the glasses you wear yourself ?

I guess you are wearing some even dancing ?

thanks in advance, best regards, antonio

Aubrac 17 Dec 2010, 09:59

Nice lady about 30 in the chemists today with glasses perched on her head. She started looking at some things about 12/15 feet away and put on her glasses to see them.

They were dark green D&G with about +3 lenses. She kept them on looking at things while walking around so obviously not an early presbyope. Then put them back on her head when she left the shop.

My wife used to do this when she first had glasses so maybe this lady is a glasses newcomer.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 17 Dec 2010, 07:11

On a recent trip to Hong Kong an interesting sighting a woman in her early 60s not attractive but one eye was about minus 3 the other about minus 12 interestingly the stronger eye was weeping and half closed seemed to be giving her trouble so the minus 12 eye was acting as the dominant eye

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 17 Dec 2010, 07:08

Cubicles post reminded me of the sexiest gwg I have ever seen in her 20s at the time in the late 1980s very short skirt heels and delicious large plastic frames with a prescription of about minus 12 to 15 no hi index lenses of course power rings to die for and wonderful edge thickness Yes I was in love and still fantasise about taking her out for a date which of course never happened

Chrissi 16 Dec 2010, 22:03

Hello all!

I have interesting news to tell.

First, we got a seating change in chemistry so I'm not able to see if my lab partner squints anymore..:( we're still lab partners, it's just that the seating is different. I guess I could try to keep an eye out on it, but he's on the other side of the room! :( sad stuff!

Also, today I had salsa practice after school. It's part of a big dance club. I guess it never really occurred to me to post about my dancing partner (I know, lol, I have a dance partner and a lab partner..), but today his glasses broke during practice, so I felt that I should post about it. The screw in one of the arms came loose. I'm not exactly sure how strong his prescription is, but I think it's at least -7 or -8. Possibly more.

I wouldn't say that he necessarily had trouble dancing, since we already know most of the dance and are getting along quite well. Right after he put his glasses away, he walked back over and said, "Wow, I'm so blind." I didn't comment since the rest of the group was starting the routine.

During the break, he left to go get a drink of water. When he came back, he said that he couldn't recognize anyone and that he could only see me once he got about two feet away!

Wow! &his eyes definitely had that blank look in them...

cubicle 16 Dec 2010, 17:49

Hi all,

A new girl at my job wh'os absolutely cute and well proportionned wears a skirt and high heels every day.

Plus a pair of sexy very thick high myopic glasses !!!

Never wears contacts, her glasses are thick plastic framed with -10 to -15 high index lenses, I can't really judge as they get darker with sunlight.

When her high heels dangle on her toes when she removes them at her desk, or when she walks in her heels and shorts as I can see her legs, I just get crazy thinking of her, with or without her glasses.

I wish she'd remove her thick glasses, however she stays a work relation.

Nice daily sight anyway

Melyssa 16 Dec 2010, 11:05

Gentlemen, you should have been at the car dealer this morning. There were 5 women wearing glasses, all plastic frames, and 3 of the women worked there while 2 of us were customers. Naturally, I had the prettiest frames on, red drop-temples. :) Two others wore black frames, while the other two seemed to have on purple and brown combinations in different styles.

ehpc 15 Dec 2010, 07:10

Glasses and evening dress is just SO HOT Hollie :) Pete

Quinten 13 Dec 2010, 17:31

Nicky, I really enjoyed reading your post about your train sighting. A colleague of mine, she is now 38 years old, first wore glasses to work about 3 months ago. Although regular Prada plastic frames, I quickly saw those were reading glasses as she only used them for reading smaller print documents, and from the look of the lenses of course.

We were travelling together last week, and on the plane she reached in her handbag and put on nice red plastic framed half reading glasses I'de never seen before. As to steer the discussion to the specs subject, I also slipped on my own glasses, which are for a mild astigmatism correction only. She said she didn't know I wore glasses, and told me she had been suffering eye strain and was prescribed glasses for reading already 2 yrs ago. She never wore them at home only, and never to work until 3 months ago, when her prescription increased to +2.0 and she couldn't do without anymore.

I complimented her on the red half reading frames. She blushed and told me she forgot to "pack" her Prada frames, and as a consequence was now forced to use the half rimmed ones, which she never wears to work because she thinks they give her an older look. However, she conceded the half frames are much more convenient for reading than her "regular" Prada frame.

Clare 13 Dec 2010, 13:30

Hollie & And - yes, I'm currently putting up with it, some days it seems worse than others. None of my contacts wearing colleagues seem to suffer that much, one only complaining that she likes to get out at lunchtime to get some fresh air as the air con can be very drying. Perhaps I should try that - we live a subterranean life in Canary Wharf, underground leads directly to the office and its easy to shop without going outside. Not good!

As for being a trendsetter, hmm. Not confident in the frames I currently have so I don't think I'd be a great advert for the GWG population!

Hollie 13 Dec 2010, 00:54

Clare

Have none of your contacts wearing colleagues switched to glasses? Why not be a trend setter!?x

Hollie 13 Dec 2010, 00:53

Clare

Have none of your contacts wearing colleagues switched to glasses? Why not be a trend setter!?x

And 12 Dec 2010, 16:02

Clare, are you just putting up with the discomfort ?

Clare 12 Dec 2010, 14:27

Hollie - yes, at least we think its the air con. Although it coincided on Friday with the after-effects of the Christmas party for a particularly uncomfortable experience! As I'm not the only one to suffer, I think its right to blame it on the a/c.

And 12 Dec 2010, 12:25

Hollie, my gf has very nice dark red Chanel frames. Never worn in public but she is more relaxed now at putting them on first thing in the morning so I at least get a 'sighting' of them !

Hollie 12 Dec 2010, 03:47

ehpc - still like my contacts for weekends/socialising. Can't do glasses + evening dress!

Clare - I got some chanel thick brown plastic frames. I actually really like them and have had quite a few positive comments when I first got them. Now at work I forget they are on sometimes! I met a client the other day at a work function who didn't recognise me with my natural hair colour and glasses. I said ooh, maybe its because I dyed my hair. He said 'have you just got glasses too?' and I told him I must have been wearing contacts last time I saw him. It hadn't even occurred to me I had my specs on.

Is it the air con Clare? We have moved to a new floor where the air seems to dry my eyes out very quickly. I went for a contact lense check when we first moved there and she commented on my dry eyes. They just felt so sore at the end of each day that I wore my glasses the next day and then every other day after that!

Clare 11 Dec 2010, 23:38

Hollie - good move, I suspect. A number of us have been having the same issues recently, even those who aren't contacts wearers. Did you get new frames or are you still wearing the Tommy Hilfiger pair, like me?

Clare 11 Dec 2010, 23:37

Like Lenses - I think it was the surprise of seeing someone they didn't know wore glasses wearing them rather than the strength that was the shocker. I can understand that, it can be a surprise no matter who it is.

ehpc 11 Dec 2010, 19:52

Cool Hollie :) Now you have to make the jump to full-time EVERYWHERE :) Pete

Hollie 11 Dec 2010, 03:14

Clare

I have recently switched to glasses full time at work. There have been no comments as all my colleagues had seen them.before. My eyes feel so much nicer at the end of the day than when I wore contacts!

Like lenses 11 Dec 2010, 02:43

Clare

Oh come on now,it is not as though you wear "Coke bottles".

However I remember wearing my first pair,and feeling like they were Coke bottles,which they are now with -5.00 C39 lenses.

Clare 10 Dec 2010, 23:40

gwgs - the invisibility of contacts is great in that, as you say, people don't need to know that someone wears contacts. Where that's a disadvantage is that if someone then can't wear them it's a total shock to their colleagues to see them wear glasses. I had the same a few years ago so now I'm a lot more open about the fact I wear contacts.

Mark 10 Dec 2010, 16:42

That's really lucky when you think how many people are in the world.

I went to school with a girl who at around 12 yo had at least -10. I can only guess how strong they are now, only wish I could run into her.

Alana 10 Dec 2010, 14:17

I just bumped into my best friend from high school, she was wearing very nice and strong glasses, she told me she's -14 up from around -6.

gwgs 10 Dec 2010, 03:27

Great sighting last night - was in a pub with a few mates and a young brunette - mid 20s - walks towards the blackboard with her friend, and stands only a few metres away from it and pushes her glasses as far as up as they will go and then heavily squints at the menu that's written in large text on the blackboard. She then keeps her index finger on the bridge of her glasses with them firmly pressed against her eyebrows!

Her friend had clearly made her decision on what she was going to eat as she walked away, leaving this under prescribed gwg squinting heavily still struggling to read what was on there! I so wanted to be an optician at this point as I would have loved to have got up from my seat and tell she clearly needed her eyes re-examining and a new prescription, but alas I sat, their deluded by this wonderful sight, and distracted from the conversation I was involved in moments earlier!

gwgs 08 Dec 2010, 10:50

Dan - I have to agree with you!

I visited an apartment earlier of a work colleague who is in 19 years old and was suprised to see two packs of contact lenses with two different prescriptions - I presume her prescription has just changed - in her bathroom, with a +2.75 prescription - quite high for someone so young I thought. I had no idea she was a CL wearer, but I guess that's why people like them!

Cactus Jack 07 Dec 2010, 17:29

I suspect that Blackberry's etc have done more to expose latent hyperopia and incipient presbyopia than any other development in the history of man. Laptops and computers did their part, but they can hold a candle to tiny text on tiny screens for overcoming vanity. What is it they say about necessity and invention. OOs should rejoice and if you want your significant other to wear glasses, you might consider getting them a very special gift for christmas. Caution, iPads and Kindles, etc. may have screens and text that is too large for immediate results

C.

Dan 07 Dec 2010, 16:44

Nicky,

It really is amazing how many more people seem to need reading correction nowadays. I also think it is more common in women than men--I seem to see a lot more hyperopic girls around campus than men. Although maybe men are just too vain to get their eyes checked.

Nicky 07 Dec 2010, 15:11

I was travelling by train and at the first stop two attractive businesswomen in their late 20s, in suits, tights and heels got on. That sat at a table opposite me and got out some work papers to review. The taller of the two, with a nice blond bob haircut, reached in her handbag and slipped on a pair of blue plastic framed half reading glasses. The dark haired girl exclaimed that she didn’t know her companion wore glasses. The blond girl peered over the top of her frames which she was wearing towards the base of her nose in the manner of a person much older. She explained that she had been suffering a lot of eye strain and had had her eyes tested a couple of weeks ago and been prescribed glasses for reading. She said they were +1.5s and the other girl asked if she could try them on. The other girl tried on the glasses and said wow they make a huge difference, the print is much larger and bolder. After a couple of minutes she was still wearing them, and the blond girl said she needed them back because she was having difficulty reading. The blond said how quickly she was becoming dependent on them and the other girl said she was going to get her eye tested this weekend.

Dan 03 Dec 2010, 15:48

Saw an Asian today with glasses up on her head. I assumed they must have been weak minus that she didn't want to wear while just walking around but upon closer inspection they ended up being weak plus glasses. So despite the prevalence of myopia in many Asian countries, there are some plussies out there.

Clare 03 Dec 2010, 14:56

Surfing around Facebook this evening I've noticed that a couple of people whom I've never seen with glasses have uploaded profile photos of themselves wearing glasses and a friend who is a regular glasses wearer (in the -2s and only removes glasses for reading) has no photos at all with glasses. Another friend who always wears contacts except on rare occasions has 4 photos of herself with glasses which will probably be a surprise to most who see them.

Conclusion - Facebook is a great place to launch a new look or announce that you've just got glasses. And, no, there are no photos of me on Facebook with glasses, perhaps there should be as it seems so en vogue!

antonio 03 Dec 2010, 12:03

Great sighting, Jennifer,

how strong are the glasses you wear yourself nowadays to see clearly ?

best regards, antonio

Admirer 03 Dec 2010, 03:49

Fantastic sighting Jennifer!

How old would this work colleague of yours be? What is her name?

gwgs 03 Dec 2010, 03:38

Stunning Jennifer, I'm very jealous!

ehpc 02 Dec 2010, 19:54

They just sound the BEST GLASSES THERE COULD EVER BE........................:) Pete

Jennifer 02 Dec 2010, 18:34

Great sighting for you guys! I've seen this girl off and on working here. First time I saw her in glasses it was a shock, because she obviously always wore contacts. This was a few years ago and she wore rectangular, wide sides glasses. The lenses were very strong, hi index, with lots of power rings. They looked much stronger than my own, so I would estimate closer to -10. Today in the lunch room, I saw her for the first time in a long time. She was wearing glasses, but they were incredible! They were black and shaped like something from the 80's. They were huge! The frame had wider sides. What impressed me the most was the lenses! They were soooo thick! The lenses stuck out so much outside the frames. She sat down to eat her lunch and had to constantly adjust them on her face because they were so big and heavy. She's a pretty girl, and seemed very comfortable wearing her glasses. No optician talked her out of getting bigger frames! The lenses were thick, and I even wondered if they were hi index. They were awesome glasses!!!!

Aubrac 02 Dec 2010, 05:48

I was in our local bank several weeks ago and the young cashier said to the cashier in the next seat 'Is that Mr so and so over there', 'Of course it is' she replied, 'you really should get your eyes checked'

Well, in the same bank yesterday and the young cashier was wearing an attractive pair of blue semi-rimless glasses with about -2/-2.5 lenses.

Saw her out shopping later in the day wearing her glasses and so think she must have gone FT, although not really suprising with a -2.50 prescription.

OnLooker 02 Dec 2010, 02:03

At my daughter's school, one of my child's school mates' mom i had the plasure to meet and talk to wore one of the most amazing RX sunglasses...somewhere around -9 or -10, an incredible cut-in and lots of power rings. I am looking forward to seeing her in her normal RX glasses, the experience should be much more exciting then... I do envy her husband but i don't know if he appreciates that like we do as glasses lovers...

Jennifer 01 Dec 2010, 17:28

OK, Chrissi, he's a guy, he's older than you so that's interesting. I would have loved to have a lab partner at 15 years old, who was squinting because he couldn't see right. Enjoy!!!

Chrissi 01 Dec 2010, 17:16

Jennifer, sure! haha although I wouldn't exactly call him a man...since he is 16 and I am 15. :)

Uber One 01 Dec 2010, 16:50

post deleted - personal attack

Astra 01 Dec 2010, 03:33

hooked,

let's not humiliate him anyway.

hooked 01 Dec 2010, 01:35

@noname poster

WOW. It is so cool to criticize without even having a nick name . WOW.

 30 Nov 2010, 17:22

@Astra "why should I help?"

WOW. You just summarized what's so wrong with society today. People so CONSUMED with themselves they are just look the other way. WOW.

Jennifer 30 Nov 2010, 11:55

Chrissi, keep us posted on your lab partner. Can you ask him about his contacts? Cool, I love men who squint wearing glasses or contacts. ;)

Chrissi 29 Nov 2010, 18:47

Hey guys!

Today my lab partner was squinting to see the board in chemistry. I wonder how much more minus he needs because I know I can only see about 20/30 or maybe 20/40, but I could read the words perfectly. He sits next to me, which is about the middle of the room. He wears contacts. Personally...I found his squinting quite attractive..

Also, my ex boyfriend squints a lot as well. He has glasses but he never wears them. I suppose he has a fairly mild script. to be honest, I've never seen him in glasses before!

Astra 28 Nov 2010, 11:58

Re anonymous,

one thing, why should I help? People have their friends, and they prefer to approach them.

The girl ended up approaching her friend on the opposite seat for help.

That friend got a spare pair of glasses for her. rx should be about -4 or -5. can be up to -6.

Obviously that friend can't function well without glasses.

whereas the lens that slide off seems to be about -3 .

Carrie 27 Nov 2010, 16:41

I thought some of you might like the contestant called Gemma on Friday's "Weakest Link" on BBC1. She's quite pretty. Watch it on the BBC iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/qtqzx/

I think it's a repeat.

Lv2c4i 27 Nov 2010, 06:53

Yesterday in the USA was "Black Friday" with many stores having highly reduced prices for "early birds"--stores were opening at 3 and 4 ad 5 a.m.

For the OO, this is a goldmine of shoppers who didn't take time in the early morning to put in their contact lenses, but simply slipped their glasses on.

It seems that somewhat dark rimmed eyewear (black, brown, horn-rim) with various fancy temples are the current fashion trend. Not many of the bigger "geek-glasses"-styles were being worn out and about.

Scott 26 Nov 2010, 11:14

Perhaps there should be an "I travel on the Jubliee Line" forum and leave this page just for the sightings!

Or perhaps that should be "I travel on the Jubilee Line and I can't see anything because it is like a tube of sardines!"

Aubrac 26 Nov 2010, 02:46

Scott

It doesn't take a huge amount of either plus or prism to create this effect. My wife is +1.75 with base out 4 degrees prism in each eye.

I have taken pictures of her (sorry I can't post them) from an angle which gives the impression of about -8 power rings but this only happens at certain angles.

Clare 25 Nov 2010, 14:04

Phil - I'm unpredictable!

Phil 25 Nov 2010, 12:40

Clare, You should have given advance notice: I might have taken a tube journey to spot you in glasses! When's your next test? Any chance of first-time varifocals?

Cactus jack 25 Nov 2010, 11:54

scott,

Yes, likely. Prism in particular. 10 diopters of Base Out prism in each eye can cause the appearance of significant cut in. It is very hard to detect visually because each eye is turned inward only about 6 degrees.

C.

scott 25 Nov 2010, 11:28

interesting sighting today that posed me a question.

Is it possible for someone with strong + glasses to have a significant amount of cut-in? The amount that I think would be for -10 lenses?

I came up with two possibilities: (1st) huge amount of cylinders or (2nd) huge amounts of prisms.

Does either idea sound possible? She was early twenties, black straight hair; lenses that had a thick middle like + lenses.

Clare 24 Nov 2010, 15:20

Like Lenses - I suppose we could, at least for a short period of time. I don't know if it made it more interesting for any of the guests though!

 24 Nov 2010, 12:49

Gee Astra, would it have been that awful for you to help out someone struggling like that?

Like lenses 23 Nov 2010, 22:32

Clare

Could we sort of say that you came out of the glasses closet?

Clare 23 Nov 2010, 13:34

Like Lenses - actually yesterday I did reciprocate, both on the Jubilee Line and for part of a business function at a smart London venue. The reason was because I was wearing a torn contact lens (didn't realise, surprisingly, till lunchtime) and tried for a while with just one but it drove me crazy so I took them both out in the office. With darkness and not knowing where I was going I really had no option, although I didn't keep them on through dinner but should have to see down the table of course ;)

Astra 23 Nov 2010, 13:14

On a bus yesterday. A high school girl was sitting next to me. At first I think she has some low rx. haven't notice too much cut-in on her lenses.

After a while she clean her glasses. This got my attention, try to see how she look like without her glasses. She actually didn't look at the lenses much, simply use the cloth to clean the lenses, then see if the lenses are clean. It was not very clean, so she decided to clean a bit more with the cloth. and she comfortably put the glasses back.

Alas! Then she start to feel discomfort with her glasses, because one of the lenses came loose from her frame when cleaning, and it was left on the cloth. She can't tolerate, and she has a tiny screwdriver ready together with a spare screw, want to assemble the loose lens back to the frame.

However this is futile. That was a bus, there is no spaces for her to place her frame close enough to assemble her lenses. I can see she tried squinting so hard, but apparently in vain, taking her frame to and fro her face, but unable to set the screw in because she is apparently quite nearsighted. I estimate her eyes should need more than in her rx. I notice her face has very significant mark on her nose, I start to suspect she has a habit of pushing her glasses onto her nose, because the lenses are start getting too weak for her.

Aubrac 22 Nov 2010, 10:34

Went for Sunday lunch yesterday to a friends who I heven't seen for years.

His partner came into the room to offer drinks etc, and was wearing a very nice pair of about +4 glasses. She is a slim, stylish lady, and the semi-rimless glasses which had side arms with the top half transparent and the lower half light brown, were really nice. The lenses also had a slight brown tint which looked very good on her.

She sat next to me at the dinner table, and with my wife opposite, also wearing her plus lens glasses, made for a most enjoyable meal!

Like lenses 18 Nov 2010, 17:20

Clare,

If you wore your glasses ,it would make the trip for others more interesting. We must reciprocate, you know!

M 18 Nov 2010, 17:02

Clare, I used to do that journey from Bermondsey through Canary wharf, there were always plenty of nice sightings

Clare 18 Nov 2010, 14:02

I take the Jubilee Line out to Canary Wharf each day. With so many people, and in such close proximity, and an 8 minute journey, there's lots of time for glasses watching. It's rare to see anything that's truly amazing but it's good to look!

Scott 16 Nov 2010, 15:09

Interesting sighting on a London Bus.

Female Student early 20s, but with her glasses just about perched on the end of her nose. In the same manner that my first head-teacher used to wear his reading glasses.

Only unusal fact was they had a significant number of power-rings indicating a reasonable amount of myopia.

Must be a fashion thing!

Aubrac 13 Nov 2010, 09:11

Carrie

It's often the case that a small amount of needed correction gives rise to more headaches than a hefty prescription. Ususally because people with with blurred uncorrected vision have to just accept it while with a small correction people strain the muscles, squint, etc, to correct the deficiency.

On another note I saw a lady about mid-forties with bi-focals, unusual thing was the bottom section looked about -2.00 while the top half was either very low or plano, seems the wrong way around to me.

yup 09 Nov 2010, 22:15

please delete my former 2 comments. unnecessary and stupid, apologies.

yup 09 Nov 2010, 16:07

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yup 09 Nov 2010, 16:06

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Brooklyn_Boy 09 Nov 2010, 07:26

I love taking the subway in new york, yesterday on my way home, (I normally take the F train home) I saw I man, probably on his 40, with rectangular eyeglasses looking at his Ipad, then I notice how strong his eyeglasses were. I think that they were probably about -12 or so. It was very interesting to see all those power rings. The edges of of the lenses were pretty thick as well. Maybe one of these days I will try to make a conversation.

Soundmanpt 08 Nov 2010, 15:44

All very true Puffin.

Puffin 08 Nov 2010, 15:42

How people deal with refractive errors ("fuzzy vision") varies quite a lot too. Obviously there are situations where they cannot see things, and thus either correction or moving the object is required if possible.

If you walk in the optician's door and complain of constant headaches, it is worth wearing any corrective lenses prescribed full time for a bit just to see if they help. Who knows if this is the case, also who knows, maybe she misinterpreted the advice she was given.

Soundmanpt 08 Nov 2010, 15:29

Carrie - I wonder if that girl maybe had some astigmatism correction. Most often that is the cause for headaches. But that being said remember everyone can choose how much they feel they need to wear their glasses even with the weakest of rxs. Like I have told you, when she starts showing up wearing glasses I doubt that anyone will be able to tell what her rx is and why she needs to wear them. Often times a doctor will prescribe full time wear for a mild astigmatism correction.

Glad to hear your enjoying wearing your glasses full time without any problems. Much better now that the distance blur has gone away. You've only been wearing them a short time but you already feel like you don't want to be without them anymore. I told you that you soon would be able to see distance better with youf than without them. Your rx is pretty mild so the difference isn't going to be a lot. You should see better wearing them for driving? Did you get the AR coating (anti-reflective) on them?

Carrie 08 Nov 2010, 13:56

I saw a girl on YouTube recently who has just got glasses which she said she's going to wear all the time. In the comments she said her prescription is +0.75 in one eye and +0.25 in the other. Her glasses are weaker than mine but she says she's been getting headaches (before she got glasses). I was wondering how common it was for people with weak prescriptions to wear them all the time. Is it more common if there is a difference between their eyes (like my friend and the girl in the video)?

I was going to post the link but I closed the page without saving the address and I can't be bothered going through my browsing history to find it.

SimonC 08 Nov 2010, 11:06

Hi

I didnt make my original post too clear. I usually post from work so am in a rush most of the time.

The Girl who lets the other girl borrow her glasses passed her a pair from her bag which I presume are either a spare pair or an old pair.

The girl who borrows the glasses was not on the bus the whole of last week and not today either although the other girl has been on the bus and today sat a few seats in front of me.

I will keep you posted if the other girl does indeed come on the bus again and if she does the same and borrows some glasses.

Interested to See 07 Nov 2010, 12:53

SimonC can i ask you some questions? what did the other girl do after she gave up her glasses? did she just sit there in a blur squinting the whole bus ride? are they distance glasses or for close up? i am curious if they seem to know each other or was this a random encounter that has seemed to turn into a friendship over glasses.

if the other girl's glasses are -4 or stronger, it explains why the girl is taking the bus rather than driving because her eyesight is far too bad to drive.

ehpc 07 Nov 2010, 11:36

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Melyssa 07 Nov 2010, 09:49

And a week ago on Match Game, first shown in April 1975, there was a black woman contestant wearing small brown hexagon frames (same shape as my large red-to-pink ones), her eyes look magnified behind the lenses, and the her lenses were tinted olive green.

Melyssa 07 Nov 2010, 09:47

The other night at the bowling alley -- excuse me, the bowling "center" -- they are SOOOOO touchy -- there was a tall teenager, Hispanic looking, and he was wearing big white frames. I couldn't tell from my distance away if they were prescription, and from the direction I couldn't see if the lenses were tinted, but it was definitely a frame more likely to be worn by women.

 07 Nov 2010, 02:53

nice lady in her forties not wearing wearing glasses but had pair on side. started reading without the glasses. put them on only to watch tv said "tv glasses" must have been a -2.50

Aubrac 01 Nov 2010, 14:32

My wife usually wears black/red frame glasses and is about 90% FT with these. For some reason these seemed to disappear for the last week and she started wearing a pair of semi-rimless gold frame glasses that had been in a drawer for some time.

I couldn’t work out what had happened to her red/black glasses when this evening my 14 y.o. step daughter came down wearing them. She seemed a little embarrassed and took them off and after getting some food went back to her room without them.

Seems that like her mum she is also a hyperope and finds glasses useful for study.

SimonC 01 Nov 2010, 07:52

I have considered talking to them but apart from the first day I have not had the opportunity to sit near them.

This morning the girl with green glasses was on the bus but had blue ones today and had a friend next to her. The girl who borrows glasses was sadly not on today.

Will keep you posted.

Soundmanpt 31 Oct 2010, 22:15

Simon C

Have you considered striking up a conversation with these young ladies? It would be very easy. Check into the newspaper and find some discount ads from some optical stores running sales and clip them. Next time they are on the bus, hand the girl that keeps borrowing the glasses the coupons and make a comment that you couldn't help but overhear and that you thought the coupons might help.

SimonC 31 Oct 2010, 17:08

Interesting sightings last week and looking forward to see if they continue.

Have just been having to use the bus for a few weeks and on Monday got on and sat behind a young lady (19/20 at an estimate) with some nice light green glasses with approx. -4 lenses.

Another girl got on a few stops later and within a minute of sitting next to this girl she was passed a pair of glasses which she put on. Comments were made of 'I can see so well with these, I need these, I love seeing properly and so forth'. The girl with the green glasses said 'you really need to get some and other comments of a similar nature'.

They got off the bus before me and the girl with the borrowed glasses walk down the stairs, off the bus and along the road with no problems.

The 2nd girl was not on the bus on Tuesday or Thursday but the other 3 days she did the same and borrowed the glasses when she got on the bus. I was not able to sit close enough on the other days to hear their conversation but she kept the borrowed glasses on each day.

Am looking forward to tomorrow.

Tim 31 Oct 2010, 01:14

At the pool yesterday - a gorgeous curvaceous 30-something blonde, reading her book at about 8" distance with glasses (which really turns me on!) Couldn't estimate the Rx as she was too far away, her sunlounger on the opposite side of the pool from mine. Then she switched to sunglasses to get in the water and play ball with her husband and children; smallish black plastic rectangular frames with wide arms, lenses plano-fronted with some edge thickness visible despite the wide arms. Managed to get one or two glimpses through the lenses when I took to the water, must have been at least -12. They were by (or in) the pool all day (as were we). Bliss - what a day!

Bart 28 Oct 2010, 17:28

I got very impressed by LikeLenses' description on 1th October..:

"the poor girl just sat there like a frozen rabbit"

gwgs 28 Oct 2010, 07:56

Well said Aubrac, she wasn't the most attractive of females, but as my missus said "she's wear the glasses you love". Large black frames with chunky sides, I would've thought -2 is a slight underestimate, she could be anything up to double that.

Anyhow, here's a link to a vidcap of her,

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3199635/Apprentice-Slasher-bad-un-Cohen.html

I'm sure if you google her name many more caps will come up, or watch previous episodes on the BBC iPlayer

Aubrac 28 Oct 2010, 06:40

The only GWG on the UK TV programme 'The Apprentice' , Melissa, got booted off last night. She was wearing black frames with about -2.00 I'd say.

She appeared on BBC Breakfast News this morning with completely different hair style, colour, and sans glasses.

Must say that if ever there was someone who looks better wearing glasses it is her. Hopefully she'll go back to wearing them.

gwgs 27 Oct 2010, 10:11

Millhouse - I do count myself lucky, we seem to have had an influx of gwgs here, one high myope gwg left, one gwg with very low script (but young and potential to grow) joined. Another girl (mid 30's) left on maternity leave and came back 15 months later wearing bifocals even though she never wore glasses or contacts a year before!!

We also have another gwg who has several different frames she alternates between, and have had two French girls who both liked the thick arm Prada style glasses, one was -5.5, the other a rather low myope - but NEVER saw her without her glasses. All of these girls are under 30 which makes life slightly easier on the eyes.

Millhouse 27 Oct 2010, 05:38

- GWGS,

very interesting post, be great to hear if she looks good in the new frames. She sounds lovely too- you so lucky to have a GWG like that working in your office at times, here, apart from me, they all wear contacts, sigh......

gwgs 27 Oct 2010, 03:36

We were supposed to have a girl who used to work for us come into our office on Friday, and then on Monday but it never happened.

A week before she had left she had been to the opticians and got a new prescription which was L: -10, cyl: -2.75 R: -8.75, cyl: -2.75. The reason I know this exact prescription is I asked how her eye test had gone and she said she had an increase and had ordered new rimless glasses. I was disappointed at this as I said I had always been an admirer of her previous glasses (which were semi rimless Tommy Hilfiger frames with nice chunky 1.5 index lenses). She tried to show me the ones she had ordered online but they didn't have them available to view. I asked how much they cost and she said were approx £1000!!!

I nearly jumped out of my seat when I heard this, I told her she was obviously visiting the wrong opticians but she said she thought it was a good deal. I proceeeded to show her various websites where she could get her previous frames reglazed for a matter of a few pounds - she wasn't aware this even existed and asked me to show her the said websites, and how they worked. I asked her prescription and she put it into the website and would have placed an order to reglaze one of her frames there and then but she couldn't remember her pd. She said now she knew this she would probably get a couple of pairs of her old glasses updated with her new prescription instead of them sitting idly in a chest of drawers with no use.

The frames she ordered were oval rimless frames, with 1.74 index lenses and she was having Swarovski crystals embedded in the side of the lenses! This part of them sounded amazing (I tried persuading her against hi index lenses but she had already placed the order)and sounded like the sort of glasses Stephan/Sandra would get made and having never seen this before I am intrigued as to what they look like.

Anyway, just thought you keen 0-0 observers would be interested in this tale and I will update you on any sightings I have of these much thought about glasses!

Soundmanpt 26 Oct 2010, 11:43

Puffin

May I ask what country your in? I have heard talk here in the states that they are going to start selling minus glasses over the counter, but so far I have not seen any out. You said that they had rxs up to -2.50 but what was the weakest rx?

Puffin 26 Oct 2010, 11:12

funny you mention that, I was in a small shop a few weeks ago and found that a "OTC Reader Stand" had minus glasses on too, up to -2.5! Never seen this.

Aubrac 26 Oct 2010, 08:02

Just got from doing some shopping and was amazed at the number of young girls wear low plus glasses. It's half term and so most of them would be under nineteen but also a lot of young mums with low plus.

I was in the chemist browsing the multi-vitamins when a mid 20's girl started looking at the stand with OTC readers. She tried on several different styles and strengths, peering at the little card with letters on, and then decided on a nice slim purple frame with +1.25.

Another GWG 'off the shelf'!!

Soundmanpt 05 Oct 2010, 09:30

Leandro

Her rx is not really that bad even for a first time glasses wearer. Most likely she has needed glasses for a while and just ignored it until her night driving became an issue for her. It is interesting that she is getting glasses for distance at a rather late age. But as we have seen sometimes it happens. Clare was in her late twenties when she got her first glasses and others as well. Is she wearing them full time now or only for certain things? You will likely see her wearing them more and more as her eyes adjust. She will almost certainly be given an increase in the next year.

Leandro 04 Oct 2010, 15:48

LikeLenses, that' s a strong first prescription for that girl you met. But indeed, if she said that after she read, or works at a computer, that when she looks into the distance everything is blurred beyond about two feet away, she should have had her eyes tested earlier :)

My girlfriend got her first glasses aged 33 after experiencing difficulties driving at night. Her specs are R -1.00 with no cyl and L -1.50 with -0.50 cyl. Which the optometrist found a strong first prescription already.

g 03 Oct 2010, 03:17

a women in her 30s comes in a bar wearing glasses sits down with her friend and takes puts her glasses on the table. even goes to the bar not wearing them. why do some people take glasses off? rest eyes?

Tim 03 Oct 2010, 00:31

For the benefit of those unfamiliar with the Far East, perhaps I should have mentioned that although Singapore is an island city state adjacent to Malaysia, its population is about 80% ethnic Chinese.

Tim 03 Oct 2010, 00:24

Flaine - I lived in Kuala Lumpur for 3 years a few years ago and can corroborate your findings. Among the ethnic Chinese population (who make up more than 50% in KL), the vast majority were in the range of -3 to -8, and in those 3 years I only once sighted myodiscs. Strangely enough, among the ethnic Malay and Indian populations, the proportion of myopes was much lower, more in line with the West.

When I lived in Malaysia (Malaya as it was then) many years ago as a boy, fewer people wore glasses (maybe they couldn't afford them or didn't have access to an optician) but those that did were nearly always Chinese, and the few Malays and Indians that did were more often hyperopes.

So it seems that there is a measure of genetic predisposition to myopia among the Chinese peoples, although I have always thought that the intricacy and complexity of their writing system must help this along, and the more intensive education system of recent times no doubt accounts for at least part of the increased prevalence of myopia.

Like lenses 01 Oct 2010, 23:06

Had an interesting sighting,and conversation at the optometrist office while getting an exam.

There seated next to me was a mother about40 years old with about minus 8.00 bifocals. She had two daughters with high myopia.

She said that the older daughter was 17,and was there for her third increase this year.She said that in Jan. her Rx went from Rt. eye - 19,to -20.5,and Lt. - 20.0, to - 21. Then in Jun, she was having trouble seeing the board in school, so they saw the doctor again, and then it went up to, Rt.eye - 21,and Lt. - 22.5.Now she was having trouble in school again.

When the assistant took her glasses from her to verify the Rx, the poor girl just sat there like a frozen rabbit. Her mother was trying to talk to her, but the girl just said please wait until I get my glasses back.

Her mother said that at the last exam the doctor had said,that most likely the next increase would require her to get bifocals,and this is what she was nervous about.

Her younger sister was 12 and was teasing her about the possible bifocals,to which the mother replied ,you will be needing them too, as your Rx is not far behind hers. The mom then told me that the younger sister was already - 16 in each eye. She said that actually the younger girl has progressed faster, as both got their first glasses at five years old.

There was also a pretty girl about 21 sitting there waiting for the eye drops to dialate her pupils,and she got into the conversation. She was getting her first glasses,because she had failed the drivers eye test. She of course was wondering how thick her glasses will be,after seeing the mom,and daughters glasses, and mine which are - 4.50. The doctor had already told her that she should wear them all day long as she was nearsighted,with astigmatism.She said that after she read,or works at a computer,that when she looks into the distance everything is blurred beyond about two feet away.

She was finished with her appointment before me,and when she came out to pick out frames,she showed me her Rx, and asked me if it was strong. It was Rt. 1.75 with - 1.00 cyl., and Lt.-2.00 with -1.00 cyl. She was really squinting when trying on frames.

P.S. My Rx went up to - 5.00 both eyes.

Flaine 01 Oct 2010, 08:05

I suppose that by visiting any of the asian counties like hong kog or singapore whr i have relatives, the incidence of myopia among teens and even adults is really high, according to my cousin in singapore due to fathers occupation, he says that almost 80% of the teens thr are myopic before 18, regardless if they wore any forms of correction. Ironically, not many wear myodisks or have extreme myopia. Most common range is from -3 to -10..dont know if any asian friends here agree to this..

Traveler 01 Oct 2010, 07:24

In DC recently and saw two sets of evidence of eye heredity in families.

The first was the severely myopic family - Dad slight minus with progressives, Mom serious myope with very small heavy plastic frames with thick lenses and a concave front. She must have been in the twenties. Daughter about 20, pretty blonde with very light small oval gold metal frames with thick lenses. They stuck out a long way both sides of the frame and had ground sides. The thickness developed very close to the edge, aspheric? Must have been close to -20. Viewed from in front she had massive cut-in and minute eyes. Brother about 16, fairly (low teens) myopic in a heavy plastic frame.

The second was the hyperopic family on the Metro - Grandma, very strong plus, sticking out over 1/2" in small lens in heavy plastic frame with all the tricks to appear less strong. Face on, her eyes filled the lens and appeared massive.

Mom, totally different physical shape to her mother, but wearing very strong plus lenses with no attempt at tricks. Not as strong, but sticking out at least 1/2", less magnification. Two teenage daughters - one with contacts and one with low plus / hi cylinder heavy plastic frames. Grandpa at one stage came close to Grandma who was in the seat beside me and said "I can't get used to your new small glasses - you know your old pair of coke bottles made my toes curl". Son in law from behind made a very crude comment about the affect on other parts of the male anatomy, so obviously two OOs.

nickweymouth 26 Sep 2010, 05:42

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Soundmanpt 26 Sep 2010, 00:15

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 25 Sep 2010, 16:14

Careful, now. Don't feed the trolls.

Don 25 Sep 2010, 16:06

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Dee J 25 Sep 2010, 13:30

post deleted - troll, multiple usernames

Clare 25 Sep 2010, 00:49

My office is less gwg than one where I was working a year ago - there are couple who wear plus prescriptions and a small number that are myopic. Two of my nearsighted colleagues have prescriptions I'd estimate to be around minus 2 but strangely they seem not to wear them to come into the office but wear them all day once they get there. It seems odd to me not to wear them when they are more likely to need them to navigate the Jubilee Line than at the PC! Anyone come across this sort of wearing pattern before?

Crystal Veil 20 Sep 2010, 17:02

Talking about sisters - I remember seeing a black family in the East Ham area of Londen several times during the 1980's. One son and two daughters, all in - or near - myodiscs, all early twenties. Their mother had the same high Rx. I did not see the father in their company. They were a cheerful family in a not too cheerful environment. I found this remarkable as most really high myopes seemed quite shy. But this was a whole family so they were just relaxed in their family group. Wonder what has become of them....

lentifan 19 Sep 2010, 14:27

Indeed, Puffin. And I suspect that the average public perception would be that someone wearing obvious myodiscs (not that the average member of the public will actually know what they are)will have poor vision even with their glasses. Whether true or not, I don't think this would be good for business.

I did wonder if he had any sisters!

Puffin 19 Sep 2010, 08:42

I've heard of people having 20/40 acuity or better with low-mid twenties myopia, and thus able to drive. Being young helps considerably.

It's just that, if you are say minus 4, another 2 dioptres usually makes little difference to corrected acuity, if you are at minus 25, the extra correction and minification - not to forget changes to the eye - can tip you over the edge.

Taxi driver is possibly not a good long-term career option.

lentifan 19 Sep 2010, 08:20

Unusually for these days I saw two people wearing myodiscs last week.

The first was an elderly woman in a wheelchair. She had the furrowed brow I associate with high myopes. Her lenses had quite small bowls and were surprisingly thick, being set in what looked like rimless frames (but I guess probably weren't) with red plastic sides. No attempt had been made to blend the myodisc bowls. I estimate the Rx must have been at least in the -30s if not higher. I would like to have seen her in her younger days.

The second was a quite presentable-looking young man, in his 20s I would guess, of South Asian descent. His were in heavy black plastic rectangular frames and looked new. Although the bowls here were larger, the diameter was still wholly within the frame and again the lenses were very thick, so I estimate they were well into the -20s. Again no blending of the bowls. He was talking to a taxi driver, buthe couldn't be a driver himself, could he, with that sort of Rx?

nickweymouth 18 Sep 2010, 17:49

thank you my freind its amazing the fun we can get up to on the train lol

aviator -oo- 18 Sep 2010, 16:03

nickweymouth

Just a quick note to say that I too am a gricer (but not a collector of numbers) and live not so far away from you in the New Forest. I didn't have time to go to the Dorset Steam Fair this year, but have been in the past. I travel on the Bournemouth line to London quite often and enjoy spotting the gwgs on the train; especially ladies who seem to wear contacts at work and then revert to glasses towards the end of the day as they travel home.

nickweymouth 18 Sep 2010, 15:17

dear cactus thank you very much i will

Cactus Jack 18 Sep 2010, 13:15

nickweymouth,

I also have a dilated exams for the same reason. It doesn't have to STING. Tell them it stings and ask them to do something about it. It is not necessary that it STING.

C.

nickweymouth 18 Sep 2010, 10:16

dear Pete yes i am a trainspotter or as we prefer a gricer and the dorset steam fair is the bigest one in the uk

sorry old chap but ill defend my hoe county to the death

ehpc 15 Sep 2010, 21:14

He sounds like a real 'trainspotter' :)

nickweymouth 15 Sep 2010, 19:57

was it the dorset on eby any chance mon ami

danny 12 Sep 2010, 13:41

At an English Steam Rally (wrong place to explain steam engines etc here) I saw a man, mid 30s, very bleached white hair perfectly matching the very white power rings of his very strong and very small minus lenses.

They appeared to have slight concave front lenses and must have been about 8-10mm thick.

I didnt have the opportunity to see him front on - so I cannot think how much "cut-in" his lenses demonstrated. But my guess was mid teens to low 20s.

nickweymouth 09 Sep 2010, 16:32

i agrea i have to have a dibetic exam every year and boy do thye STING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yoyo 09 Sep 2010, 16:07

Dahl,

Maybe the daughter had recently had eyes dilated in an eye exam? I know I can have trouble focusing after that is done.

gg 09 Sep 2010, 14:18

rap,

yes more ladies wearing glasses now. they are fashion and more people are getting there eyes tested these days. i would think 6 out of 10 ten would wear glasses/contacts. all would need reading glasses at 40

 09 Sep 2010, 14:13

saw a lady in her late forties, very attractive, short blond her. she was holding a pair of pink plastic glasses i thought were readers. she put them on and drove off in her car.

Dahl 08 Sep 2010, 21:16

Today I was in the train and a girl (about 16 or 17) aproached to the exit with her mother, and the girl was saying "I´m so tired, my feet ache, beside I can´t see a thing". She wasn´t wearing glasses, and didn´t seem to squint, and when they were next to me her mother gave her a little piece of paper and told her "try to read this". She took the paper and streched her arm (like a presbiopic woman) and then put it close to her face, but she finally said "I cant see what this says"

I didn´t understand very much what happened to her.

I guess someone here will know what happen when the eye doctor makes a "fundus" (sorry I translate this word with google), but i think that you cant see properly for a while..

i look forward to someone to clear my doubt.

rap 08 Sep 2010, 16:29

i see lots more young ladies wearing glasses now more prob wear contacts too. how many out of 100 ladies age 18-30 would need some sort of correction?

Traveller 08 Sep 2010, 16:13

If you go to a shop called 'Tiger' in Denmark you can buy over the counter minus specs for 20kr - that is about £2.50 in sterling. The choice of styles is limited to an ovalish metal frame and a brown tortoiseshell plastic. powers range from -0.50 to -2.50.

The only other country in Europe where I have seen minus OTC specs is the Czech Republic

eox 08 Sep 2010, 16:01

These last few days as I was walking down the corridor (leaving work at the end of the afternoon) and looking through the open doors I saw another man in his 50s (see my previous post) reading something of his computer with his glasses off. Yet another low-minus guy. He often keeps the glasses on at his desk, though. Today he was sort of slouching in his chair, with his back curved to keep the head close enough to his computer screen, his head tilted slightly as to - as I do when I'm not wearing my glasses - be one or two centimeters closer to the screen, and sort of frowning (not really squinting, but still helping a bit). This is probably one of my favorite sightings about people wearing glasses... when they're not wearing them :)

Too bad I couldn't spot where he had put them while he was reading though :(

ehpc 07 Sep 2010, 12:22

Socialist taxation in Denmark :) However, an absolutely WONDERFUL country :) Actually, I wouldn't have thought 30 Euros was too bad at all. After tax and normal business expenses, I very much doubt if the retailer will be making much on that - if anything.

linuxer 07 Sep 2010, 09:00

@smudgeur

yups...

lot of place (usually mall or shopping centre) in Indonesia sell OTC minus glasses (up to -4) for only 25000 IDR (about 3 USD)

smudgeur 07 Sep 2010, 08:51

travelling through Copenhagen airport, I found a shop called plaza that doesn't just sell off the shelf readers but also off the shelf distance glasses in powers from -1.00 up to -3.00.

I was tempted to buy a pair, but like everything else in Denmark they are quite expensive (about 30 Euros). You can't buy these in the UK - are they available elsewhere in the world?

raf 06 Sep 2010, 13:55

i see lots more young ladies wearing glasses now more prob wear contacts too. how many out of 100 ladies age 18-30 would need some sort of correction?

ehpc 03 Sep 2010, 17:25

Always good to hear from a woman who appreciates MIGs in their 50s :)

eox 03 Sep 2010, 16:20

A few days ago there was a meeting at work. Out of 14 people in the room, 10 wore glasses (I love my work - so many glasses wearers around there :)).

I was sitting next to a slightly nearsighted 50-something who takes his glasses off when he needs to read, write or use his computer (and puts them back on to read the presentation or the white-board, or leave his desk, and off again at lunch). That amounts to quite a lot of taking the glasses off, putting them on, looking for them on the desk or the top of the head.

The other guy sitting close to me was a bit younger and had a low plus prescription that he wore during the whole meeting.

There was also a guy in his 40s, nearsighted, not sure how much. Almost round frames. The edges are not very thick but the powerrings and cut-in look nice, and the lenses are not very wide. Maybe -4.

With more than half the staff around me wearing glasses, I think I'm up for a lot of staring. :-)

Aubrac 31 Aug 2010, 03:31

Alex/Crystal Veil

I live in a coastal town in Kent. We just spent the last two days in Bruges. Many nice eyewear shop there but the only plussies I saw were either German or English tourists.

Soundmanpt 31 Aug 2010, 00:12

About a year and a half ago i met a young lady at a Fredrick's of Hollywood store. Very pretty girl about 21 or so after chatting she told me she was working there part time and her full time job was a flight attendent for a large airline, but flights were down so a second job was needed. She ordered glasses from me that had only a slight rx of -.50 and only wanted them for fashion sake. One night while visiting her in the store a very cute blonde girl came in wearing out dated semi-rimless glasses and the 2 of them acted like school kids, hugging and jumpimg up and down. My friend introduced me to her. As I said she was really very cute, about 5'2" tall,and wearing very skimpy jean shorts. My friend said they both fly together in the same crew. I asked her if she also was a flight attendent, she smiled, but my friend quickly jumped in and said that in fact was the co-pilot, I was stunned. She barely looked old enough to drive a car none the less a big jet. She flies the 737 jets. Anyway my friend told her that I was the one that had got her glasses. The blonde quickly said that she should get a new pair herself. In talking she said she had gotten her pilots license when she was only 16, not for jets of course, she had gone only a few weeks earlier to get her drivers license and passed the vision test without question. She was shocked when she failed the vision test for a flying. She said she had no idea she even needed glasses until then. Sadly, that was almost the last time I ever saw my friend, a few days later I learned she quit because she was getting enough flights that the second job was too much to try and work in. I must say I would love to see them both again.

Alex 30 Aug 2010, 17:27

2Aubrac:

sounds grait!

I'd like to be there:))

where are you from?:D

Crystal Veil 30 Aug 2010, 03:32

@ Aubrac,

statistics about eyesight - my impression is that in the UK and Ireland "plus" glasses are far more common than they are in Holland. Finding myopic models for my photo shoots presented no problem at all, but younger "plussies" are rare over here. I am still looking for a model with Rx around +3. I have lots of great glasses from the UK and Ireland around +3 but no model yet....

Aubrac 28 Aug 2010, 11:10

Sorry to be a bore but I cannot believe just how many plussies, especially young people, I have seen.

Maybe it is a statement thing to wear glasses but they all seem very confident in doing so, and rather than hiding the 'glasses look' seem more to flaunt it.

It is like it is cool to wear glasses, and they like it.

On a more serious note, is there actually a growing need for plus wear due to computer/iphone/etc use or is just a fashion thing. Are there any statistics about eyesight?

Aubrac 28 Aug 2010, 10:45

Was trawling through the beach rock pools this morning and found in on of them a pair of glasses.

Smallish frame and so a womens as style was not a childs.

Lenses quite thick at about 9mm at outer edge and would would guess at -6 with a lot of cylinder.

Wonder how she came to lose them and what happened as I'm sure she couldn't see much without them

JC 28 Aug 2010, 10:33

I don't know about requirements for flight attendants, but for pilots (at least as far as the US goes) the requirement is vision corrected to 20/20 without regard to uncorrected vision or prescription strength. I would be surprised if the rules for flight attendants are more strict.

fred 28 Aug 2010, 00:59

@ minus 5 who luvs gwgs:

I was once on a KLM flight were one of the flight attendants lost a contact and did not have any backup... The highest prescription I saw so far was at a Martinair flight where the flight attendant in a conversation with a passenger sais she had a prescription of -6. I always had the idea that professionals up in the air were supposed to have perfect eye sight...

ehpc 27 Aug 2010, 16:09

Minus 7 feminine plastic large rectangular frames :) COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL :)

Mark 27 Aug 2010, 08:54

Just went to the supermarket to pick up a few things to do some cleaning (been a bit lax lately and my wife wasnt too happy).

n the supermarket was an african mum and son, mum wearing minus, probably nothing over -3 or 4, but the son, no older than about 7 was wearing myodiscs. They'd made the bowls as large as possible in the frame, but still between 25 and 30mm, also had a slight negative front curve, along with a lot of power rings inside the bowls leads me to believe they were upwards of -20, probably closer to -25, which for a boy of that ages is remarkably rare.

SZ6 27 Aug 2010, 08:50

Earlier this month, I saw a drop-dead gorgeous flight attendant on Porter Airlines (Canadian regional puddle jumper serving the Toronto area) with approximately -7 in some sizable feminine-looking plastic rectangular frames.

Maybe the vision requirements for being a flight attendant are more lax than we thought.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 27 Aug 2010, 01:40

Someyears ago saw a flight attendant on KLM with perhaps minus 8 with nice plano fronts and she was lovely

Puffin 26 Aug 2010, 19:23

Yes, I'm getting some "big glasses" sightings increasingly reminiscient of times long gone. I never dreamt such a thing was possible, thought small glasses were here forever. Then again in the 80's I never imagined they would get so small. Funny thing, fashion.

Melyssa 26 Aug 2010, 15:18

I just returned from the bowling alley -- excuse me, "bowling center" (LOL) -- and there was a group of girls around Bat Mitzvah age there, a dozen lanes away from me. One was wearing those "Joe Holly Buddy Jonas Gene Rayban" glasses like Hilary Duff's, and another girl was actually wearing a very large frame, top-temples, peach colored. Well, considering the odds on seeing large frames on someone under 30 are about as even as my bowling a perfect game, maybe this will be the year. :)

Jennifer 26 Aug 2010, 10:54

Yesterday, observed a girl (around 12 years old) wearing plus glasses. Frames were rectangular, wide sides. Interesting that she kept the glasses low on her nose and tended to look over them most of the time. She occassionally tilted her head up to look through them. She was sitting with her mom. The glasses looked new. At one point, she took them off and licked both lenses with her tongue and used her T-shirt to wipe them clean. That was her way of keeping the lenses clean. Her mother didn't even seem to notice what she had done or care about it.

Puffin 26 Aug 2010, 10:02

Yes, I thought the limit for flight attendants was no more than -3, possibly less. Never seen one wearing myodisks, and I doubt I ever will.

Traveller 26 Aug 2010, 08:51

Have been on a business trip to FL this week with some interesting sightings.

At airport outbound - a Chinese girl wearing double digit minus lenses in a small frame size. Obviously not used to them so probably abandonded Cls for flight. Kept taking on/off and squinting at bridge and temple tips from a couple of inches then puttinhg them back.

Two flight attendants wearing minus Rx. One must have been at least -6 from cut-in both sides. I thought the limit was lower. Both in 20s and seriously pretty.

Two servers in restaurants. Again both well myopic and looking really well. The second must have been close to double digits as she held her pad well close to write and had a tendency to squit hard when looking around. Tall, blond with a lovely figure.

Katy 24 Aug 2010, 12:38

Interesting sightings today........woman with gold rimmed myodiscs, must have been -25, her eyes were tiny through those lenses!!! Then a guy, about 30 with plano fronted glasses, I'd guess -10, lot of power rings, think black frames and THEN another sighting of myodiscs on a middle aged guy, wire frames, maybe -20. Very interesting day!!

gwgs 24 Aug 2010, 07:19

What a lovely sighting guest.

Guest 23 Aug 2010, 18:24

Excellent mother-daughter sighting today at the local Fred Meyer. I was checking out and right across from me was a woman, maybe late 30s or early 40s, with extremely high-minus lenses. Black rectangular wire frame and power rings galore--I'd estimate at least -18, probably into the -20s. The fronts were either plano or only very mildly biconcave (they had very good AR, so it was hard to tell). Unfortunately, she was plain looking and quite heavyset, with the large bulging eyes typical of the very high myope (she was bent down somewhat toward the computer screen in order to read it, and her eyes were visible over the top of the frames; through the lenses, they of course appeared quite tiny and obscured by rings.) Both her pair and her daughter's had a notably smaller eye size than is fashionable these days, no doubt to minimize thickness. Still, mom's lenses looked to be a good 12 mm at the outer edge.)

Her daughter was blond, low to mid-teens, fairly attractive. From the power rings, extent of the edge roll, and cut in she looked to be a solid -12, perhaps a little more. The plano fronts gave off frequent reflections. Her frames were brown plastic, mostly rectangular but with rounded edges.

OnLooker 10 Aug 2010, 04:57

A couple of sightings:

First on board a plane, a lady, 50ish, took her seat on board and first move took out a lense case out of her bag and started removing her cls. She removed the firts one ptu it in the case and broght it up closer to her eyes +/- 10cm to check if it's really there. Same move for the second lense. She then took a pair of metakl framed glasses which seemed to be around -5 or so.

Second sighting was at a shoe store, a wondefully built young lady, 30s, wearing dark tinted glasses estmated at -4 or so. They kept sliding down her nose and she kept adjusting them, she sometimes looked on top of the lenses...that was so hot...Even hotter when she was looking at price tags on the shoes and had to nribg them close to her eyes to see clearly the small print...

Wurm 09 Aug 2010, 18:41

Humorous typo aside, it's a pretty interesting sighting. I wonder if she was sufficiently nearsighted that her depth perception was not quite right without her glasses. Or maybe uncorrected astigmatism was throwing her balance off?

In any case, I always like those enigmatic overheard comments.

nickweymouth 09 Aug 2010, 14:28

ROFLMAO filthy mc

Filthy McNasty 09 Aug 2010, 12:52

Wow. That's one OLD woman.

Gino 09 Aug 2010, 12:45

Great sighting at our local shopping mall today. I went together with my girlfriend to a shoe store, and while she tried on several pairs I noticed another lady (about 350yrs of age I guess) trying on high heel slides and then obviously struggling to walk in them. She then said to the shopgirl who helped her choose the shoes "that will be easier with my glasses on". She stepped out of her slides, reached into her handbag and took out a nice pair of glasses, dark-brown plastic frames. She put them on, stepped into the shoes again and, indeed, she walked much easier in them! The same story when trying on the next pair of slides, with high heels again: no glasses first, struggling, shoes out, glasses on, shoes on, and no issue!

She eventually bought the first pair, and walked out of the shop without glasses (but in flat sandals). Funny!

Martyn 09 Aug 2010, 04:38

To Love coke bottle glasses, your glasses should have no bearing on you as a decent honest caring human being, i felt a little sad you address yourself with this title. I will tell you factually behind your glasses you will have beautiful eyes which is a nice surprise when you take your glasses off if your facing and chatting to friends boy or girl friend. Your welcome to write to me at, Hamishjed@hotmail .com, take good care M

NJ 01 Aug 2010, 11:25

Another sighting I keep forgetting to mention: a blond girl trying out for my daughter's soccer team ('trying out' is a whole season affair) who wears fairly high minus bifocals, I'd guess about -8 or so. Both parents in glasses, her mom around -12 or so but no bifocals yet. At practice the other day, both her mom and her kid sister who's about 8 years old, also in bifocals though with a much lower script. The little one was studying and really using her reading add. Big sister doing OK on the pitch but not great. Mom is watching, but occasionally needing to look at her phone, and every time lifting her glasses and holding it quite close to see the screen. It's just odd that both the young girls are in bifocals, but mom isn't though clearly needs to be!

lovecokebottles 31 Jul 2010, 10:36

i am new to this site .unless i used internet and found this site,i would have considered as the only person with this gifted or sick fascination for worse sight and using coke bottle glasses.

Anyhow, if any one overhere wearing glasses above -15 or -20 plese post a reply to this, so that i will have the golden chance of communicate with such "strong spexy" people through this threads or if possible via emails.

NJ 31 Jul 2010, 10:07

A most amazing sighting last night at my son's jazz camp: two asian sisters, probably 13-15 or so and very pretty, both in high minus glasses. The younger had an Rx in the low teens, but the older girl must have been well into the -20 range. Her eyes were invisible from the front, due to the power rings and minification. She had dark plastic frames in a flattened diamond shape, and though they were obviously high index, there was still a good bit of edge. I can only imagine where her Rx will be in another decade. Stunning!!

Curiously, both parents were in glasses, but with single digit scripts.

Guest 30 Jul 2010, 10:04

I ran into an asian gwg with surprisingly large dark plastic frames, with significant thickness at the edges. Although the ear pieces were almost at a right angle, her glasses kept slipping to the tip of her nose, so she either had to push them up or do tilt back her head in order to see.

I was surprised how she would choose such an impractical frame for someone with a flat nose and heavy lenses.

Could it be that large frames are coming back?

Like lenses 28 Jul 2010, 16:54

My glasses are -5.50 and unless I am very close I can not see them. I always place them in the same place on the nightstand, otherwise I would have to feel around for them.

lentifan 28 Jul 2010, 12:52

What a lucky boy you are, Glenn! A -20 girl-friend; we are deeply envious.

Glenn 28 Jul 2010, 12:45

In response to not being able to see you glasses if they are off. My girlfriend is -20 and cannot find her glasses if they fall off or she misplaced them

Galileo 28 Jul 2010, 10:31

I had a girlfriend who was -8 and another who was -9. Neither of them could find their glasses without glasses if they were even arms length away. They both wore small metal frames which did not help. I also have friend who is older and +5 and she can't see her glasses when she takes them off

 26 Jul 2010, 22:28

hello friends.

I have heard that those who wear glasses with or above min/plus 17 wont actually 'see' their glasses if they havent wore another pair and they have to touch/feel blindly for it.is it true?

Or is it just an exageration.

Disappointed in you 26 Jul 2010, 15:30

dude, you missed an excellent opportunity for her glasses to become "lost" in your pocket. you should have taken her glasses and extended the pleasure through the entire trip as she struggled and squinted to see everywhere you went. After the trip you would have had an excellent souvenir to remember her by... her glasses.

Hell, I would have gotten some sex out of it too. Nothing like a business trip with a little business off the side, I say.

Dan 26 Jul 2010, 15:14

Went on a business trip with a female colleague last week. I was pleasantly surprised when she turned up in glasses at the airport, didn’t know she wore contacts before. We took our seats in the aircraft and when the personal television screens came to life after take-off I also took out my glasses. I have a very slight minus correction but the cylinder correction makes reading and driving at dark easier. If travelling on my own I wouldn’t have used my specs, but I did so now to start a conversation with my colleague on this specific topic.

She was first to comment me on my glasses (never had seen me in them), so I explained her why and how they eased my vision, even though not a real necessity. Then it was my turn to ask the obvious question about the aircraft’s dry air, not a friend of those in contact lenses. Three hours into the flight she moved her seat into the sleeping position and took off her glasses, leaving them unfolded on the large armrests in between our seats. From her breathing I could quickly tell when she had fallen asleep, which is when I took off my specs and tried hers! Best guess for her script is approximately -4.00, with strong cylinder in the right eye (obvious when holding the glasses 20 inches from my face and turning them clockwise and anti-clock wise). The width of her frames fit me pretty well and I kept them on for about 15min (nobody else noticed as all lights were turned off by that time), but started feeling dizzy after a while and put them back where I had taken them!

eox 25 Jul 2010, 14:14

Yesterday I had lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in quite a while. I knew he wore contacts and had seen him once or twice with his glasses on. Myopic, that much I knew, but I wasn't really into glasses and vision at the time, so I had no idea about prescriptions and so on.

Anyway, he shows up wearing half-rimmed rectangular frames, with lenses around -4, I'd say. Even nicer lunch than I expected ;-)

Aubrac 21 Jul 2010, 05:20

At the theatre on Saturday a lady, early forties, put on nice green framed glasses with about +2.50/+3.00 lenses as soon as the performance started. During two intervals she immediately removed them and seemed to have no trouble in reading the programme but obviously needed them more for distance.

In the supermarket car park a forties lady rummaged in her bag and put on a pair of about +5.00 glasses before driving off. I saw her later in the shopping precinct an hour or so later and she was still wearing them.

gwgs 19 Jul 2010, 01:43

A work colleague has told me this morning that she has her eye test on Wednesday.

This is the same colleague who told me about a year and a half ago that she is -9.50, and gave birth four and half months ago. I've been wondering whether her myopia will have increased due to her being pregnant as this does seem to have affected some myopes.

What do you guys think? I think double digits will easily be on the way.

Like lenses 18 Jul 2010, 23:17

My actual prescription is -4.50, but I usually wear - 5.50.

Like lenses 18 Jul 2010, 23:14

Interesting sighting this past evening.

Went to a resturant,and sitting in the booth in front of me,was a woman of about thirty five years old. She was wearing glasses that looked new,not only in frame style,but in their crisp clean look. I estimated the lenses to be minus 12 to 14. They were flat front,and showed considerable power.

She was sitting facing sideways,which gave me a view of her eyes from her left side.She had very prominent eyes typical of a high myope.She seemed to look off into the distance quite often,and when she did this she tilted her head back slightly so as to be looking through the optical center of her lenses. Whenever she did this her eyes were blinking more than normal. It was as though she needed to blink to see clearly in the distance.

I think that perhaps these were new glasses,perhaps with a slight over correction,and this was the only way she could focus on distant objects that were most likely very small due to the minification produced by the strong lenses.

I have had that blinking feeling while having an eye exam,as the optometrist increases the lense power,and have had it when getting used to my new prescription.I usually wear an over correction of minus one

gwgs 15 Jul 2010, 09:02

Anyone in the UK here should tune into Big Brother on Channel 4 which varies in the time it is on, sometimes it's on at 8pm, other days its 9 or 10pm, however, the reason for tuning in is that Josie, a rather attractive blonde girl in her early 20s has been wearing a rather bold pair of black glasses, not too dis-similar to the "NHS glasses" of yesteryear.

I originally thought they were just a prop as she didn't wear them for the first couple of weeks but now she is wearing them for the whole day, every day and if they ever come off (she has had the occassional cry or nap) then they go back on straight away and the longer she is wearing them the more I am convinced there may be a slight plus prescription in them - the cameras haven't stayed on her for long enough, or the right angle to detect any prescription but at some angles there does seem to be some magnification.

 14 Jul 2010, 06:23

charles i think u are th highest myope here

what is your exact prescription?

Pls tell us more about your vision glasser and 'losing glass/going without glasses' experiences.

Charles 13 Jul 2010, 22:52

My reply to the questioner who wondered whether or not I like 'my reduced vision' is an emphatic NO.

Cactus Jack 13 Jul 2010, 16:02

lentifan,

Probably cataract surgery at 70. IOLs and easily correct most myopia by using the appropriate power IOL. The typical crystaline lens is about +15. Recall that myopia is caused by too much plus power of the lens system for the length of the eyeball so installing a lower power IOL than the original crystaline lens means that some or all of the myopia can be corrected. I do not know the full range of powers available in IOLs. Mine are L +13, R +16.5. The +13 corrected my approximate -4.50 to near 20/20 and the +16.5 corrected my approximate -2.75 to -1.50 for monovision that allows me to function without my glasses if I want to.

I suspect that the gentleman might have been so myopic that even with the least powerful IOLs he still had some myopia.

C.

lentifan 13 Jul 2010, 15:49

I sighted the first female myodisc wearer for quite some time today. An elegant lady of around sixty, I'd say, petite and well dressed. They were in a rectangular gold frame and had that fresh shiny look I associate with new glasses. The carrier appeard to be plano and they were quite thick at the edges, with flat fronts. Prescription hard to say - perhaps low 20s.

She seemed to be quite comfortable with them and it quite made my day.

I used occasionally to see an older gent with semi-rimless myodiscs. I'd put him at a sprightly 70 or so. Now he's wearing merely what looks like a medium minus - maybe -8 or so. Is this cataract removal or GOC or implants, I wonder?

oxotest 13 Jul 2010, 15:38

Sightings are one thing, but when I see a nice gwg, what I would really like to do is put the whole world, except me, on 'freeze frame' so I could go right up to the wearer, have a really good look at her, take her glasses off, try them on, and then return them to the face I found them on before walking back to where I was and pressing 'un-freeze'. In the case of idenitified CL wearers, the same exercise might involve looking in her bag to see if she carries a pair of glasses. Does anyone else think like me?

Aubrac 13 Jul 2010, 08:00

Was in the pub the other night (just for a change!) and an attractive late forties lady was sitting opposite with her husband.

She had largish rectangular chrome frames with at least a +5 lens. I was quite fascinated because although they did not magnify her eyes tremendously, any slight movement of her head to one side and her eyes disappeared completely, only the cut-out being visible.

Also she did a fair bit of texting and each time slid her glasses right down to the tip of her nose which presumeably gave a slight size increase and enabled her to read the screen.

 13 Jul 2010, 01:29

charles do u have an attraction of strong glasses.do you like your reduced vision

 13 Jul 2010, 01:29

charles do u have an attraction of strong glasses.do you like your reduced vision

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 12 Jul 2010, 22:44

Once saw a lady very attractive with sunglasses with lenses about half an inch thick fantastic thought I until she took them off I then realised that in fact the lenses were plano and the lens thickness was part of the design

kk 12 Jul 2010, 22:42

charles pls gv me ur mail id.i want to have a conversation with u.or pls mail to me my id is

anjana022@gmail.com

Charles 12 Jul 2010, 22:36

I am a little over -32.00 and would be incapable of counting the fingers of my outstretched hand.

 12 Jul 2010, 22:27

puffin what is your prescription

Puffin 12 Jul 2010, 13:47

short answer to that is "not a lot"

even seeing something is there is difficult beyond say 2-3 feet unless it is large and obvious (ie, not similar colour to background) - as for identifying things, guesswork reigns methinks.

I wouldn't bother trying to read unless you don't have a nose.

 12 Jul 2010, 11:30

can any high myope tell what person of minus 40 sees without glasses

fredgwg 12 Jul 2010, 11:20

@ optix: interesting sighting. But how did she manage to order anything or move around at all? What was the sighting you had before?

Phil 12 Jul 2010, 03:49

I wnet, reluctantly, to our annual village party, expecting the usual smalltalk and boredom. But lo and behold the most attractive woman in the village turned up as a gwg! I must admit to thinking that she was rather pretty bare-eyed. But in specs she was simply incredible. She had rimless frames carrying quite big oblong lenses with a surprisingly high minus, possibly around -5. At one stage her phone rang and to read the incoming text she needed to peer under her specs. She's plainly not used to life as a gwg as she took her specs off on a number of occasions and once or twice even wore thenm in her hair!

Chrisb 11 Jul 2010, 07:51

In London on friday, a rare visit for me these days, I saw two interesting GWGs.

On the tube at Bond St, a french girl, with very large frames in brown plastic torteshell.

Then, later in the day walking back near St Pauls, a blonde girl with proper gold wired aviators.

Chris

optix 11 Jul 2010, 03:18

Yesterdays match, Germany Uruguay, Püblic viewing in a beergarden in Germany...

A Blond about 35ish Lady comes under the roof (quite dark inside)with her prescription sunglasses. (My guess about -7 CR 39)Dark rectangular plastic frames.

She takes them off, puts them on the table, looks at the screen without any squinting and appluads with the German fans...

Me sitting next table and can easyly see the edge thickness of those sunglasses.

Its clear to me that she cant see the ball or is anyhow able to follow the match other then by listening to the others when they shout goal or something.

Had this kind of sighting now second time, different Lady, different Town.

Soundmanpt 10 Jul 2010, 19:34

In the past 2 years I have come across 4 women that did not have any glasses as a back-up for their contacts. But the worst by for was a young lady that was in the -5.50 range and has worn contacts from day one, 12 years ago. When I convinced her that was very risky and she was working in a bar with lots of smoke around she finally gave in and ordered 2 pairs of glasses. When her glasses came in and I went to fit her she had a terrible time adjusting to glasses. She liked how her eyes felt but she didn't like how she had to turn her head to see left or right properly. Once she finally got more used to them she even wore them at work very often.

Fer 10 Jul 2010, 17:01

I have to confess I am one of them, lol. Always been wearing contacts... Until now, sore eyes...

myopeinhere 10 Jul 2010, 16:22

Me!

aviator-oo- 10 Jul 2010, 16:10

I guess we all know of CL wearers who never seem to have problems with their lenses and are never seen wearing glasses. Does anyone here know of CL wearers who have such faith in their lenses that they don't actually own a pair of glasses or, if they do, they never carry them. I knew a CL wearing girl who seemed not to have any glasses because she once said she had lost one of her lenses and was unable to come out as a result (maybe it was just an excuse not to come out!)

Alex 09 Jul 2010, 16:24

Today I saw first time in my life hyperopic asian girl. It was in underground. I was so excited and followed her. She stoped on the platform and took her glasses off for cleaning. OMG!!!

She looks MUCH better WITH her glasses! Behind glasses I found rather flat face, but when she took them on again I found her face quite attractive especially her beautiful big asian eyes8)

Specs4Me 22 Jun 2010, 22:08

Ran into a lady today that I have known for several years, probably early to mid 40s. I think she is Philipino, very cute. She was wearing glasses that must have been -9 to -10, maybe even higher. Seemed to be very high index lenses which I find make it a bit harder to estimate the strength. The were a rectanglular frame but with the ends at temple angled to a point. Very nice looking specs, she looked fantastic. I've seen her with readers before but never in glasses, said she normally wears contacts but got up late today. Told her the glasse looked good on her and that they suited her.

myopeinhere 20 Jun 2010, 11:53

Lovely sighting yesterday

Working away from home so was in a hotel having a meal,saw a lovely plussie with her fella who sat on the next table to me,she was wearing photochromic lenses so couldn't tell the strenggth until she put them down,they gave that lovely thunk heavy noise as she put them on the table,and once they had cleared they were quite high plus,more than +5,she kept them off for quite a while,then started texting,struggled like hell,then put them on,mentioned to her boyfriend that she was getting headaches with these new glasses and wish she coould have worn her contacts!

needless to say i was in raptures!!

I left a bit after that and retired to the bar,few drinks later,and on my way to bed,passed her on her own coming downstairs,told her her glasses were nice,explained i was on the table next door and couldn't help overhear,she gave me a gorgeous smile and a big thankyou,explained she hated the thick lenses and they were off for a holiday and she couldn't fly in her contacts,made my evening

Aubrac 20 Jun 2010, 04:26

On the Uk National Lottery quiz last night one contestant was a stunningly beautiful 26 old blonde girl, Aimee, very much a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, wearing black rectangular frames.

When it was her turn to take a seat, the compere Dale Winton said, I suppose as a secretary you now take your glasses off and shake your hair, which she obligingly did.

She then put her glasses back on and continued with the rest of the show, would reckon she was about +2.00 from the quick view through the lesnses when she took them off.

She was completely unfazed by the episode and obviously very confident as a GWG.

A real beauty!

SZ6 10 Jun 2010, 05:05

James X, if you're still out there... how did things turn out with you and the -20 woman from your dentist's office?

OnLooker 01 Jun 2010, 02:54

ooops wrong thread i am sorry...

OnLooker 01 Jun 2010, 02:53

I have just learnt from a friend, an O-O obsessive himself that he has mixed a small amount of atropine in his grilfriend's saline eye-drops. She quickly had a mydriasis and cycloplegia. She now cannot see up close unless she uses +2 readers. Mydriasis started to diminish on the 2nd day but accommodation is still very difficult. I find this rather extreme in fact, yes i would like my wife to be dependent on glasses but i wouldn't go that far....

Passerby 01 Jun 2010, 02:48

Just testing access

Aubrac 01 Jun 2010, 02:14

Sorry but should be 'long red hair', and 'in the pub last night'

Aubrac 01 Jun 2010, 02:13

In the bookstore was a really lovely young assistant with long red haie and fantastic wide framed Gucci glasses, low minus scrip but with a lot of cylinder correction.

In the pub last year overheard a couples conversation turn to glasses. The lady in her forties, said she had just got glasses, took them out of bag and put them on saying they were +2.50 lenses. Looked around for a bit then and then put them back.

To the other side of me a young couple were looking out of the window and the girl pointed to something while the young man said he couldn't see it. She said why don't you put your glasses on, and he rather sheepishly took out a pair of about -2.50 and kept them on for the evening.

Slit 31 May 2010, 12:09

Today at the shopping plaza of my apartment complex... a young mom, of about mid thirties comes escorting a child of about 5 yrs old...

She was looking slightly over and then through the lenses, which indicates a hyperope going from part time > looking over the lenses for distance, and then now adapting to look through lenses at both near and far.

She looked quite confident and comfortable in them actually!

Another Lurker 30 May 2010, 18:59

Here's one worth mentioning:

There was a young guy (maybe late twenties) with minus 20 or so slab-off myodiscs at Lowe's Home Improvement store in Jefferson City, TN this afternoon. They had a big square brown frame, and looked to be a half-inch thick. I've seen this guy around town, but I never noticed how strong his glasses were because they're tinted quite dark. (He also put on a pair of clip-on sunshades as he was leaving the store, even though it was late evening and getting dark - must be photophobic.) He got into his crappy old car and drove away. I'd never seen anyone with glasses that strong driving before. Kinda scary, really.

I think the guy repairs lawnmowers and appliances and things for a living. Not sure where, though - maybe Morristown, the next city over.

scott 30 May 2010, 11:40

late-teenage boy (possibly early twenties) wearing myodiscks in london on saturday.

Melyssa 22 May 2010, 07:54

On a Match Game episode that originally aired on my 18th birthday and was shown on GSN yesterday, a contestant who did not have glasses on the previous show wore them on top of her head until the commercial break midway through the program, and then the glasses totally disappeared. Her frames were big, brown octagons, and the lenses seemed just about flat. None of the stars of the show mentioned anything about it.

gwgs 21 May 2010, 07:41

I had a nice sighting at Homebase - a UK DIY store - this afternoon. The woman wasn't memorable, but her glasses and the scenario were and I thought typfied someone a lot older than her age extremely well. Maybe she had a thing for retro glasses?

She was probably in her late 30s/ early 40s but what I liked what the large, plastic, transparent frame, with coloured detailing on certain parts which were held in place by a dainty glittery pink glasses chain which she had secured to the front of the temples.

I stood there almost mesmerised, as my builder talked to me, glancing through her plus lenses, getting a good side profile, admiring the thin chain that was holding her glasses, several times I noticed her push the glasses up and we were only in the queue for a minute or two!

I would normally associate this sort of frame with an OAP (someone in their 70s or above), but here was a lady almost half this age wearing a pair of frames that would have been the height of fashion in the 80s and they suited her perfectly!

pete 21 May 2010, 03:20

I was having a little afternoon siesta in my car outside my studio when the voices of a younger man and woman woke me. I looked in my rear view mirror and recognized her as the attractive girl I had seen for years growing up riding her bike through the neighborhood. This time though she was wearing glasses. She must have been a contact lenses wearer all this time for the glasses, medium sized tortoise shell, held strong lenses, the give a way being noticeable white rings.

Of all things she was discussing her vision! As they walked passed she was sharing that ‘without her glasses everything was fuzzy’. They were obviously boyfriend and girlfriend, both tall, dark complexioned and quite attractive. He was pushing her bike while she was affectionately holding onto his arm. They paid no attention to my intent gaze.

Her lenses were indeed strong, - 8, 9 or higher non-high index. This was most obvious when I viewed through her right lens from behind: no landscape or building detail whatsoever, just everything compressed beyond recognition.

They disappeared around the corner. I then noticed them in the distance up on the boulevard riding away.

Clare 19 May 2010, 11:31

Yesterday I overheard a female colleague complaining about contacts, talking about bromine (something for eye infections) and later seen wearing glasses, I'd guess - having seen them before - around -5. Today I presumed her problem had cleared up as I saw her at her desk and sat with her in a meeting for an hour and she was bare-eyed. I was surprised that as she left the office for lunch she'd donned her glasses, then later was bare-eyed at the desk, with glasses to leave the office. It must have been quite taxing for her to sit across a large meeting room table, not being able to see us across it clearly nor making any comment about it?

Astra 19 May 2010, 00:31

I went to a mall yesterday to buy some food. After that, I walked past a row of visitor maps of the mall (the mall has 7 floors, each floor has a separate map)

Right before I walked over there I saw an Asian lady, 20-30 years old i guess. This lady wears a large black plastic frame. She was well-dressed, with dyed brown hair, and her eyes are quite large.

The lady was looking at one of the map. Therefore I pretend I'm looking at the map too. The lady stands quite close to the map, which is somewhat interesting. (and that's why i got curious)

I stand somewhat behind the lady (a bit to her left side, so I can see the map too, and her glasses). I could see the map clearly (with glasses) even standing behind her. Kind of interesting to see her pushes her glasses up her nose by holding her lower part of right frame, but she did it slowly, even holding the glasses for a while, and she opened her eyelid further. Maybe she can't see very well even with the glasses on.

By observing the minification of her lenses from her back-side through her lenses, I guess her glasses has a rx of -3 to -4.x both eyes. Her frame is thick enough to conceal the sides of her lenses.

She looked at the map so long, like for 5 minutes and still there. That I decided to go instead of looking at her.

Aubrac 18 May 2010, 04:02

Was at a supplier exhibition the other week and there was a very pretty blonde young lady on one of the stands.

I had a long conversation about her products while admiring her very nice grey brushed metal frames. Left eye about -2 and right eye about +3, would have liked to talk about her lenses but she had a colleague with her.

Oakley 01 May 2010, 21:35

In my science class (I'm a junior in high school), is this one girl, definitely one of the 5 most attractive girls in school, which is really saying something. A few months ago she got glasses for the first time and recently became a full-time GWG. On Friday, I learned she was going to be moved to my table. Thought I'd share this very exciting news...I'm going to be looking forward to this semester!

gwgs 26 Apr 2010, 01:51

What a sighting David, what did these two lovely sounding ladies look like, age etc?

A very rare sighting to see such a high plussie

David 25 Apr 2010, 23:10

Having an early meal in a pub, and two ladies sat at next table. one mid 30's the other mid 20's both wearing strong looking plus lenses. I cold see the older lady had bifocals the line was quite visable. The were given the menus and the younger one stated, i need my glasses changed, its hard to read this. The other lady, said whats your prescription now and she replied 7+ to which the lady replied, thats only a bit less than mine i am 7.25 but need a reading add for small print. At this stage i was all ears, and the lady took off her bifocals, and said try these and see how the print looks. Which the girl did, and uttered omg, the print jumps out at me, so clear. The older lady said i have a +2.5 add, so if its clear with you, this is what you may need. Shortly after, they changed the subject and talked about other things. But i cannot help wondering, if we have another young bifocal girl in the making.

Charlie 25 Apr 2010, 08:04

An almost-but-not-quite sighting: a very attractive young lady with a moderate minus script, wearing a chain on her glasses, but with the chain tucked almost out of sight behind her ears.

Aubrac 24 Apr 2010, 04:02

Sitting in the pub last night opposite a beautiful Thai lady in her mid thirties. She was wearing round metal framed lenses with pink tinted plus lenses about +2.

She often had her back to me and as I was quite close got a good view through her lenses.

She took them off at one point and put them on the table, looking through the lenses I could see the window frame at quite an angle so think there was a lot of cylinder correction. A friend with her picked her glasses up to read his phone but gave them back saying he couldn’t see with them, probably too much cylinder for him.

Without glasses she peered around and squinted at her own phone but quite soon put them back on again.

Lovely sighting and hope she comes back.

JB 22 Apr 2010, 00:31

Visiting my local takeaway last night had the most incredible encounter. Whilst waiting for my food a lady about 35 - 40 wandered in, tallish, auburn and the most amazing glasses i have ever seen, they were a fairly large metal frame in red and black but it was a sort of double frame, frame within a frame if that makes sense, split temples with each flowing round the front with inner one holding the lenses, my guess about - 4 or 5. We passed the time of day as she was on her own, i complimented her on her glasses and also noted no rings on her fingers. Apparently just moved to the area, hope to bump into her again....

Puffin 20 Apr 2010, 14:19

Now that is interesting, because I remember seeing a very similar incident whilst I was at school. Someone did "guess who" to a GWG - much less myopia than the case below - she screeched "my glasses" and said (bizarrely) my name. Obviously she didn't realise that a OO like me would never stand behind a GWG - nothing to see.

tinyeyes 20 Apr 2010, 07:01

That's an amazing sighting! Any idea what this RX was?

guest 19 Apr 2010, 23:09

Nice sighting mattp. Thank you for sharing. You must return to that bakery again.

mattp 19 Apr 2010, 09:59

Interesting sighting this morning. While I was eating breakfast at a small (3 tables) bakery, a young family came in. Dad was nice-looking--thin, fair hair, blue eyes, with about the thickest myopic glasses I've ever seen. The frames were small, oval-shaped, silver metal (minimizing edge-thickness of the lenses); the lenses were flat-fronted, polished edges, and at least half-an inch thick. The overall effect was striking--the frames/lenses were clean, new and sparkled like jewels.

What was doubly interesting was that Dad and baby sat down at the table next to me while Mom and 4-5 year old daughter went to get food. When they returned, daughter came up behind Dad, put her hands over his eyes/glasses, and asked "guess who?" Both Mom and Dad said--nicely--"You've been told not to touch Daddy's glasses." Dad took them off and asked Mom to clean them, complaining he couldn't see well enough to do it himself. Daughter responded--"I like Daddy better without glasses." Both Mom and Dad then launched into an explanation of how Dad couldn't see without them, had to wear them, never took them off, and so forth. I couldn't help but wonder what Mom's thoughts were--would she like her husband bare-eyed as well?

OnLooker 19 Apr 2010, 01:00

Quite a substantial one this week-end in a restaurant.

We were two men and two ladies. In the first place i need +1.5 glasses to see upclose, my wife (36) is a +1 hyperope who still has a lot of accomodation but she does get tired and tends to wear her glasses more and more for reading. The other lady (39) said she was a +0.5 presbyopic and the man around 50s was obviously presbiobic aruond +2 or even more.

The lights went all of a sudden dim, the older man complained straight away that he couldn't read the menu card as he didn't even have his glasses with him. The lady took out her glasses aying she couldn't make it any more. I was struggling too, my wife kept on reading the menu straining for a few minutes then she said "i can't make it any more i cannot read any further..." squinting her eyes at the card. The first time she admits that in public...

Wei 13 Apr 2010, 00:29

I was sighting for mysodisc non blend i think is very nice lens for glasses. Very rare sighting on have

MisterMild 12 Apr 2010, 19:58

Ditto to Optix, I was there recently for 8 days and hardly stopped noticing GWGs at every turn, especially as our group spent time amongst large crowds. This http://public.fotki.com/mistermild/taiwan-various/taiwan.html is just a random group in downtown Taipei.

optix 12 Apr 2010, 01:57

Multi Mega Sighting!

4 Days stopover in Taipei.

About 30% of adult Taiwanese women wear Glasses.

Of them:

under -3 about 10%

-3 to -6 about 40%

-6 to -10 about 45%

more then -10 about 5%

Plussies: Far less then 1%

Of the non glasses wearers at least 50% show clear signs of Contact lens use.(Easy to spot in crowded subways)

For men, its quite similar...

All guessed by optix.

If you ever use China Airlines dont miss to have a stop in Taipei, get a full day subway ticket and enjoy!

gwgs 07 Apr 2010, 07:41

NY - what a viewing, I know who I would have been watching that evening - what a distraction!

All4Eyes 06 Apr 2010, 13:03

SimonC: Once when I got a haircut, I didn't ask for my glasses back before I looked in the mirror and OK'd it...when I did put them back on, I realized she'd really messed up my hair!

NY O^O 06 Apr 2010, 10:05

Amazing sighting last night. At my wife's friends home last night to watch the final four.

Her friend normal uses a mild minus distant prescription, occaisionally.

In the middle of the game she came back wearing the same Prada frame with a much higher prescription. WOW; the cut in was quite noticable. She then mentioned that she had to remove her contact lenses. I asked her why she used the milder glasses. She then went on to explain that her contacts don't fully correct her distance vision, when they did she cannot do close work like texting without reading glasses. Thus her optometrist undercorrects her contacts so she is comfortable with reading in her contacts. Usually she just uses the mild distance correction as needed for TV, theater and driving. But her contacts are -8. somethings and her regular glasses are around -11! I had never seen her wearing her full Rx before. It was amazing. She actually has the same Prada frame for both prescriptions.

My wife who is presbyopic and uses +1.75 readers was quite intrigued. She liked the look of her friends mild distance glasses and the fact that she could function most of the time without wearing them. My wife is now lost without her reading glasses. They are on her head or face all the time. She wants to see her friends optometrist about contacts for her close vision. She previously did not tolerate bifocal contacts or a monovision contact for reading in one eye. She was not given a distance correction to go with the monovision contact by her optometrist. I think she is willing to try again if she has glasses to fully sharpen her distance vision as needed. It will be interesting to see my wife with a minus correction.

SimonC 06 Apr 2010, 05:40

A nice long weekend.

On Thursday afternoon I went for a haircut. The usual woman who does mine was away sadly but there was a very nice young blonde girl, with glasses - who was new to the barbers.

There was nobody waiting so was straight in and explained wha tI wanted. He glasses were very low minus but suited her very nicely. I took my glasses off and after a couple of minutes she asked if she had taken enough off the top. I jokingly laughed saying I couldnt see and she passed my glasses back to me and was very shocked saying 'your joking, serioulsy, wow, I never knew you could be so blind, I thought I was blind'. When I had said yes, hair was fine so far she said 'can I try them' to which i of course said yes but sadly couldnt see how she looked in them. She did make a lot of the usual comments about how strong they are etc. I am only -7 range so she would be amazed at how strong they can be of course. After taking them off she said she got glasses aboout November time for the first time and she was amazed how much she could see with them and had worn them all the time since. Will hopefully get her again next time I get a haircut.

Over the weekend was a lot of shopping to get so lots of brief passing by sightings but nothing standing out until yesterday when I was asked by a friend if I could help him move some stuff to a dump for his 'in-laws to be'. I am happy to help as he's always helpful to me. His fiance is very attractive and nice and we have always got along. She wasnt there but at the house her mother had some pretty strong glasses I would estimate in the early double figures (minus). There was quite a lot to dump and walking around the house I noticed some photos of her sister in glasses - difficult to tell from some of the shots the RX but some cut in. After doing a couple of runs to the dump we had some tea and cake before leaving and in the living room was a photo of the family and the fiance to be must have been about 16 or 17 at the time and had glasses on that looked fairly strong. I said to my friend i didnt know she had glasses and he laughed and the mother said 'that photo is very rare, she always took her glasses off if she could, not that she could see anything'. Am desperate to see her in glasses now!!

And the gym lady - no sightings at all since that first one, maybe only one.

Aubrac 05 Apr 2010, 07:56

Went out DIY shopping (along with the other 80% of the sad UK Population)today to Homebase.

At the checkout was an attractive girl wearing very nice and also very new looking orange and brown semi-rimless with a low minus scrip with quite a lot of cylinder.

My wife was wearing her red and black glasses and the checkout girl smiled and said ‘they’re really nice looking glasses’, would have loved to strike up a conversation about her glasses but a bit difficult with wifey alongside.

MBK 01 Apr 2010, 12:51

Today I saw a woman wearing gigantic, square, black frames, with the temples on the bottom -- a style I haven't seen anyone wearing in over 10 years.

Mr T 29 Mar 2010, 10:09

I hadn't seen my gym GWG at all last week, but just an hour or so today as I was leaving she was coming in. It's very rainy here and she was without an umbrella and wearig her glasses which were all specked with raindrops looking as if they might fog up any minute. I held the door for her as she came in and we exchanged grimaces about the bad weather as she pushed her wet glasses back up her wet nose to look at me with direct eye contact. (green eyes, smaller behind her lenses. She looked so cute and sexy and vulnerable all at once and we were so close for that moment that my heart did a flip flop and I hope she didnt hear me gasp. I wished I could turn around and go back in to workout again. In fact almost did but thought better of it, don't want her to think I'm weird, even if I guess I am, a bit. It's been very hard to concentrate on work since then.

SimonC 26 Mar 2010, 09:25

Just an update but the Gorgeous girl from my Gym sighting has not been spotted since. I will continue to look out for her though.

Gutted!!

 25 Mar 2010, 05:16

Nice sighting Minus 5.I find small oval eyeglasses very alluring,the tinier the better.

 24 Mar 2010, 13:14

OnLooker great sightings, but shouldn't that be in the Nearsightings thread?

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 23 Mar 2010, 23:11

There are just too few high minus girls proud to wear there eyewear but I did spot a lovely 30 something lady with a young child yesterday Thought I spotted that glint of a plano front and yes she was about minus 15 small oval frames in a translucent yellow plastic obviously hi index but the plano surface and the power rings gave it away to this oo Quite why I find high minus girls so lovely I just do not know but I have felt like that since I first became interested in girls in my early teens

Mister Mild 23 Mar 2010, 20:31

(1) Not just a sighting, an exchange with a lovely 30-something GWG in the city centre yesterday. She was walking briskly a few yards/metres ahead of me outside the state parliament/legislature - very smartly dressed, professional type, I imagine she had business with the high-flyers in there - then stepped out to cross the street. I quickened my pace to get a closer look, admiring a well-rounded posterior as well as a rear view of smart anodised metal frames.

On the other side of the street, another woman was struggling with a trolley-load of heavy cartons. My GWG noticed also, and stopped to offer assistance. The woman worker declined her help, recovered her balance and moved off. The GWG, who must have noticed the carton labels, turned right around to face me, gave a me a big cheeky grin as well as a glimpse of a nice medium minus presciption, and remarked that it would have been a crying shame if the cartons had crashed to the pavement: "You'd hate to see that all wine wasted, wouldn't care if it was just paperwork!"

(2)...and a few blocks further on, my feet have just touched the ground again. I notice a pair of young Asian female tourists on the street corner. One is peering into the viewfinder of an SLR camera - and her other eye is half-closed behind a very thick, plano-fronted high-minus script in a butterfly-wing type plastic frame, pressed hard against the eye.

Puffin 23 Mar 2010, 02:36

I'm too lazy to go to a gym, but you could always just go and watch, seems like there's plenty going on.

OnLooker 23 Mar 2010, 02:30

I had what i may call a squinting week end: I was shopping around in three different malls and saw many squinting ladies... The most interesting one was in a fast food where a 25ish lady was squinting hard to read the menu which was decently bold at around 2m. She kept squinting on and off while picking up her food and drinks and also trying to get closer by leaning on the counter... EXCITING!! Another one was walking and squinting hard at the signs trying to locate a shop, a very sexy 35ish lady with a very light white dress.

Mr T 21 Mar 2010, 17:03

She's a big incentive to visit the gym, NJ. I went both days this weekend and yesterday she was there but without glasses. You know, she's gorgeous either way and turns my head with or without them. I'm trying to figure this out about myself, but she's so much more exciting to me when she is wearing glasses(ok I mean also as in not wearing them but needing them since no contacts). I wonder if it's because unlike you Simon I don't know what it's like for her to be without them. Since I have perfect vision I don't know what it feels like to all of a sudden be in a blur. Anyhow we exchanged a few glances while in the weight room (mutual since she could see me) probably more meaningful to me than to her. Why does she wear contacts some days and glasses on others? What makes someone do that? I think this makes me also even more facsinated and turned on by her.

NJS 20 Mar 2010, 03:29

Makes me want to join a gym. However, I'm too lazy.

SimonC 19 Mar 2010, 04:50

Very pleasing sighting to hear about MrT. I am going to go along again tonight but at the later time to see if shes spotted again. I know there is no way she can see anything when she starts exercising, I cant so she cant. I wish she kept them on through the whole workout - its great for us though and makes the gym more interesting.

Mr T 18 Mar 2010, 10:36

Hey Simon, I read your post and man have I been having some similar sightings at my gym. There's this woman who comes in sometimes, I would guess she's in her later 30's, she's got two kids she brings in sometimes and thier ages(pre-teen maybe) are the only reason I would say later 30's cause she looks younger. Her body is great, thin but built in the right places with gorgeous full chest, in shape not over sculpted at all and she's tall but not too tall if you know what I mean. But the best part for a guy like me is sometimes she wears glasses and they look pretty strong with flat or almost flat lenses so I know that when shes doesnt show up in glasses she must be wearing contacts. She leaves her glasses on when she does the treadmill(I'm guessing she couldnt see the numbers if she didnt have them on; they are that strong) and they slide down her nose when she gets sweaty and she looks so sexy. But she takes them off when she sits down at a weight machine, I love to imagine the haze she sees. Once I positioned myself right across from her and it really turned me on to think of her looking right aat me but not seeing me. I think she's single, no wedding band, she's making me want to be single again so bad.

SimonC 18 Mar 2010, 06:16

A sighting.

At the Gym last night there was an absolutely beautiful blonde girl, early twenties who looked extremely fit (in both ways). Came in to the gym wearing glasses which looked fairly strong from where I was but couldnt see too clearly.

She did cycling first and set up the machine and took the glasses off and proceeded for about 20 minutes. The glasses went back on when she finished and walked to the rowing machines, keyed in settings and glasses were back off. When she finished the glasses were on as she walked over to the treadmills, where I was the only one using them. She gave a friendly smile as she walked past. I am not sure what happened, maybe it was me (lol) but she then walked away and went upstairs to the weights.

The gym was fairly quiet but I didnt want to follow as I had just started on the treadmill and it would be fairly obvious. I did my full workout and as I went up the stairs she was coming down, i gave way to let her past, had another smile from her and got a proper look at the glasses which I estimated to be about -9 range.

Never seen her at the gym before but I shall look out for her again. I had gone later than I usually do so I think that might have to happen again.

Jose 16 Mar 2010, 22:12

today in swimming class this guy had lost his glasses, i guess someone had mistakenly took them, or took them on purpose. The owner of the glasses must have been blind as a bat, beacause he was in tears when he had found out his glasses were no longer near his towel. he was saying "how am i suppuse to drive home, whoever has my glassses please im begging return them".This gave me a boner in the pool because he was helpless. But before this, i noticed for some odd reason though, before getting his glasses stolen, he would come out the pool every now and than, and would come to the bench to take a seat and put his glasses on. Does anyone know why he would do such a thing? than he would return back to the pool. Poor guy, i wonder how he got home.

 16 Mar 2010, 11:26

A strange sighting on the train this morning. An attractive 40-something woman, albeit with rather strange hat, got on wearing narrow framed plus lenses. After some fiddling in a handbag and she got out a diary, and another pair of glasses which she switched to. Shortly after she took off the glasses and replaced them with the original pair. Then the presumably stronger pair to use her mobile, and so it continued, switching back and forth throughout the journey. Surely this woman is in desperate need of a pair of bifocals, it was so frequent that it was a distraction - and to some no doubt a fantasy - to watch.

 16 Mar 2010, 11:06

Katie 15 Mar 2010, 15:30

Couple of interesting sightings at work recently. One being a guy of late 20's with very interesting glasses. One lens is plus, the other minus. I'd estimate around +2 and the other -2. They are silver frames and round lenses. Another guy of a similar age with strong plus lenses - at least +5. Also a colleague of mine produced a rimless pair of minus glasses at a meeting the other day to see the powerpoint after first complaining that i'd chosen seats too far away and insisted me move to closer to the front. For rimless they were quite large lenses with Rx of around -1.5. Since then i've noticed how she squints a lot and has now on several occasions said "oh look, there's so and so"....and then on much closer inspection realised it wasn't that person at all. Now she has confirmed why!

Katie

Martin 15 Mar 2010, 14:20

At the station coming off the train, I saw a pretty girl of about 20 walking along the platform and downstairs. As she came level with me on the steps, I realised that she was wearing very strong plus lenses in a brand new modern metal frame with wide sidepieces and relatively small rectangular lenses. As we queued to go through the barrier, I got a good view of her face and the two lenses were significantly different. Her right was a full bulgey plus lense about 12mm thick and bevelled at the top to fit the frame. However, the left was a small lenticular lens which fitted in the depth of the lens with even an amount of lense above and below. The base was plano. The lenticular lense only stood about 5mm proud.

The difference in appearance of the two lenses was quite noticeable!

Presumably the right was at the maximum for a single lens and the left needed to be stronger, but why go to a small lentic, and why not do both as lentics?

The good news was that she appeared to see well with the glasses as she had no issues with the stairs, the barrier or direction finding and moved briskly about with the usual rapid head movements.

Anon 09 Mar 2010, 15:27

O M G JENNIFER! Please tell me your girlfriend is single or looking to play around! My jaw would have dropped open as I find that behavior simply incredibly erotic.

Aubrac 09 Mar 2010, 13:48

Was on a course last week and one of the admin staff sat next to me for a while.

Her glasses had thin lenses but on looking through them from the side, horizontal venetian blinds appeared vertical/ Maybe it was a high cylinder correction that had this effect.

Saw some nice glasses on ebay and so bought them for my wife. The person selling them said her eyes had corrected themselves and she no longer needed them for full time wear.

I asked her what had happened and she said after the birth of her son she had a lot of eyestrain, was prescribed glasses and told to wear them all the time. They are about R +0.75 L +0.25 with small cylinder in both. Apparently some months later she could not see well and went for a re-test, and was told she no longer needed them. She did say however that she still had one pair she used for reading and computer.

Don't know her age but think in afew years she may be back to FT wear.

 23 Feb 2010, 08:28

I saw a sweet looking high myopic girl on the ferry a few days ago.She was wearing a demure stretch jersey tunic which emphasised her slim boyish figure.Her eyeglasses were elongated oval clear plastic with a pink tinge and quite a thick edge;probably because of the high prescription.She was sitting in the sun and there was a nice ripple of power in her lenses which also projected out of the frames at the sides,a delightfully nerdy look.

 23 Feb 2010, 07:57

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Jennifer 22 Feb 2010, 09:01

I used to work with a woman who wore about -4 glasses. She always walked around in a blur. I would pass her in the office and she wouldn't recognize me until I called out and said hello to her. When I was in her office, she used her minus glasses like readers. If I sat across from her she would converse with me bare eyed. Her glasses sat on her desk. The minute I handed her a spreadsheet to look at, she immediately put her glasses on. When she worked on her computer, she was in glasses, but quickly took them off when I walked into the room. She always put her glasses on to dial a phone number. Probably the strangest thing was how she wore her glasses low on her nose, similar to someone who wore plus glasses and only needed them for close up work.

Why she did this? My conculsion was that all over 40 women were beginning to wear readers and she wanted to fit in. At meetings all these over 40 women would show up with their pads of paper, pens, and their glasses case. When the meeting began, they put their glasses on.

I thought this was interesting to watch.

Aubrac 21 Feb 2010, 01:05

Clare

If he wears a higher minus, e.g. -4/-5, he might well need them to read the small print, but doesn't mind going around in a blur the rest of the time.

A teenage temp. in our office used to wear her around -2 glasses only in the office although I think she had a fair amount of atstigmatism that made reading difficult, could also be the same with the man on the train.

The girl I mentioned did really need her glasses as in the cafe for lunch one day, she couldn't read the pretty big lettering on the specials board.

Clare 20 Feb 2010, 23:10

... in case he should probably wear them on his bike!!

lazysiow 20 Feb 2010, 09:42

Well Clare my prescription hovered around +.5 and +.75 for a few years but now I'm wearing -.5 a lot for distance and Im finding I can read better with them too and dont even wear my old prescription anymore. When I get indoors I just take them off, but I notice I can read fine now but when I look up things are blurred but with the - , its a lot more relaxing and there isnt a blur when I look up.

I would imagine at higher rx's, the guy needs them just to see the page

Clare 20 Feb 2010, 09:21

An attractive guy caught my eye yesterday. He got on the train at the stop after mine, I noticed him as he got on. I looked over at him some time after we'd left the station to find him wearing a pair of minus glasses, reading glasses? Why is it that someone would wear minus for reading then take them off - as he did to leave the train (taking his portable bike)?

It reminds me of a friend who said he had to get glasses a couple of years ago yet has never been seen wearing them - not for driving nor reading. What would they be for?

OKC Parks 19 Feb 2010, 22:25

Probably shouldn't be posting then... I have always been a bit shy...

Like Lenses 18 Feb 2010, 21:56

And yhe moon is so tiny as I peer through these chunks of plastic in front of my eyes.

 18 Feb 2010, 20:30

And the moon is green cheese.

OKC Parks 18 Feb 2010, 19:43

There is a lot in a screen-name. Mine is significant because I am homeless and live in an Oklahoma City park. Which brings us to my sighting... I had seen a man in his forties at the park with some small aviators, light myopic prescription. I guess -4, but I cannot guess rx reliably. It still made my day...

OKC Parks 18 Feb 2010, 19:41

There is a lot in a screen-name. Mine is significant because I am homeless and live in an Oklahoma City park. Which brings us to my sighting... I had seen a man in his forties at the park with some small aviators, light myopic prescription. I guess -4, but I cannot guess rx reliably. It still made my day...

 17 Feb 2010, 04:48

I had dinner yesterday evening with an ex-colleague I hadn't seen for about 3 years. She graduated 2 years later than I did, so she must be about 37yrs old now.

When we were handed the menu cards, she had a quick look at them and said "why do they use such small print?". She reached into her handbag and took out a pair of lovely red plastic readers. I could tell she had been using them a lot already because of the scratches on the temples, and the frames had somewhat lost their "stiffness" judging the way her glasses loosely rested on her nose.

She told me she couldn't read a book or newspaper anymore without the help of her glasses. I told her she looked great in them and asked her how many pairs she had. She told me she didn't know exactly, but probably around 10: in her handbag, her car, her office, several places at home such as the kitchen and her bedside table, and also some older pairs that she kept even though not strong enough any more.

mike 15 Feb 2010, 12:38

I live in the North of England i know a lot of G W G that wear lined bifocals also 2 girls that wear lined trifocals one is a plus girl the other minus .

We have a lot of girls from China at our uni many have very strong minus lots into double figures.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 15 Feb 2010, 11:11

Recently saw a 40 something Afro Caribbean lady with medium myopia wearing lined bifocals I might get the opportunity for a chat if so will let you know

Phil 15 Feb 2010, 04:15

I was served at John Lewis in Kingston-upon-Thames yesterday by a nice 40-something hyperopic gwg wearing smart metal frames. When I got close I spotted that the lenses were lined bifocals: the "near" portion was rectangular, something I hadn't seen before. It is so unusual nowadays to see lined bifocals on anyone other than the very elderly (at least in the UK). I thought she looked very attractive!

JP 07 Feb 2010, 07:09

An odd one this, as it's about riding London's Underground with no trousers on, but the video shows just how many guys with glasses may be seen on the Underground. Enjoy!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/jan/11/no-pants-underground-ride

Aubrac 07 Feb 2010, 02:48

I don't usually believe in posting anything about children but in the pub the other night was was a family with four young girls. One wearing about -2.5/-3 and aged about 10/12 was sitting apart from the rest. She picked up a comic to read and carefully slid her glasses down her nose to read over the top. Her parents called her and she pushed her glasses back up to reply when looking at them, but then went back to looking over the top for reading again.

She seems very young not to have the the accommodative equivalent of +2 to be able to read, and I wonder how unusual this is, as she will obviously need bifocals soon.

Last night was at an amateur dramatic musical. Audience of about 600 and nearly every other girl/women was wearing glasses. I am sure also a few more pairs of glasses came out of purses when the lights went down, and I have never seen so many GWGS in one place.

Gino 24 Jan 2010, 09:12

As promised, here are the pics of the glasses I bought for Monica. She already let me know she likes them a lot and is eager to try them on8

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46867093@N05/sets/72157623150081275/

Gino 24 Jan 2010, 08:47

Am on a business trip to Singapore, many nice gwgs here!

Today I bought 2 frames + lenses for a fiend who is R-2.50 L -3.5à, and believe it or not, I paid 48 USD for both together and they were ready in & hour! No prescription needed, just showed an sms with her prescription getails (Rx and PD) to the guy in te shop. Will post pics of the glasses shortly!

Katie 16 Jan 2010, 01:32

Thanks for your comments.....I'm going to continue this thread under Vision in case anyone complains we are cluttering up the sightings board!

Galileo 15 Jan 2010, 20:41

Hi Katie, I think your friend has to be assertive with the opticians as well.

I'm a lot older and have challenged opticians about their decisions, which has usually resulted in the optician agreeing that it is their opinion rather than an absolute fact.

I have friends in the UK with Rx as low as -1.25 who have contacts. She should be able to find someone who will deal with her request.

I worked with a big optical chain for a short while and realised that for cost reasons they don't like to make all Rx options available in all their stores. A bigger outlet might offer more choice than a smaller outlet of the same chain.

Dieter 15 Jan 2010, 16:05

Katie,

Most docs here in the US would simply bump the sphere by half the cyl to accomodate for a simple -.50 cyl for astimatism. That would give your sister a script of OD -1.25, OS -1.00. I would search for a doc that would do that or ask one for a script for cosmetic contact lenses. At least then you could order your own script online after getting the Brand, BC, and Diameter.

Katie 15 Jan 2010, 15:44

Dan/Marc

Her Rx is OD: -1, -0.5 x 100 OS: -0.75, -0.5 x 80. She is 20. I understand about toric contacts, having got them myself and realise that she would just be given contacts with sph correction. That is not the issue, it seems to be that her sph Rx is not considered strong enough to warrant being dispensed contact lenses. We are in the UK by the way and suspect that may have something to do with it as it is not the first time i've heard of people not being 'allowed' contacts until they are functionally blind without correction. Nevertheless, why is it that contact lenses for every combination from +/- 0.25 onwards are made, if no one is willing to dispense them! You are right, she may prefer glasses in the end, but she keeps saying to me things like "tonight I wished I had contacts because I was out and didn't recognise my friend waving at me across the restaurant" etc. Situtations like that, when she desires clear vision but not wearing glasses on a night out, I would have thought was a perfectly reasonable justification. We will get another opinion and perhaps try the trick of "well if you won't give them, someone else will"!

Katie

Mark 15 Jan 2010, 09:16

Katie -- I don't understand this eye doctor's opinion. I see no reason that "not full time" is a valid reason to refuse to dispense contacts, and I see no reason that "you have astigmatism" is a valid reason either. First off, unless the astigmatism is pretty substantial, it isn't necessarily a problem, and they do make toric contacts that correct for astigmatism. She might like them and she might prefer glasses, but I don't see why the eye doctor can be sure of that ahead of time.

Do you know how much astigmatism she has?

I'm with Dan - another doctor's opinion seems like it might be warranted.

Dan 14 Jan 2010, 16:01

Katie,

Hmm...that is a bit strange. You don't happen to know her exact prescription do you? I wonder if maybe it has something to do with the angle of astigmatism. Mine is 90 which I've heard is "better" than an oblique angle such as 74.

I hadn't worn my glasses full time until this past summer when my vision got worse to its current prescription. I guess I wouldn't have to wear full time if I didn't want to even with my current prescription but I really enjoy the clarity I get.

Has your sister had glasses for a long time? I wonder if maybe another eye doctor would have a different opinion? In any case it certainly is interesting.

Katie 14 Jan 2010, 15:54

Dan,

I was curious because of my sister who has an almost identical Rx to yours and is a similar age. The doc won't give her contacts as she is not a full time glasses wearer yet and also said that because of the astigmatism that couldn't be corrected for in contacts, she'd be much more comfortable sticking with the glasses. It's a bit of a shame as she'd appreciate contacts for things like nights out.

K

Katie 14 Jan 2010, 15:51

Well after a less than sucessful couple of dates with my -8 man tonight I went on a date with a new guy I met in the gym. We agreed to meet for dinner and when I arrived he was already there. And would you believe it, he was wearing a great pair of rimless specs, thin brown arms and temples, around -4 I would say, really suited him. A lovely surprise (he must've been wearing contacts in the gym when I met him). We spent 4 effortless hours chatting away, but I didn't have the courage to ask him about glasses (and I was wearing contacts myself, he doesn't yet know I wear glasses and probably have a similar Rx to him). We are meeting again though!

K

Aubrac 12 Jan 2010, 11:43

r.o

Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum - haven't found her wooden leg yet, and maybe that squark from behind the wardrobe is a parrot!

r.o. 12 Jan 2010, 09:24

She's probably playing pirate, with the neighbor, while you're out looking for glasses.

Aubrac 12 Jan 2010, 01:11

Not actually a sighting but was searching for some dental sticks and looked in my wifes dressing gown pockets.

To my suprise she had an eyepatch in it. Wonder when she has been wearing it and how to bring the subject up. I can only think she may be experiencing some double vision and the patch helps overcome it.

Dan 10 Jan 2010, 20:49

Saw a nice looking 20 year old girl today, brown hair. Her glasses were brown...sorta rectangular. Right eye was myopic, probably about -2 and left eye was a plus prescription. I'm not good at figuring out plus prescriptions but it was probably on the order of +1.5.

Never seen anyone before with one myopic eye and one hyperopic. Must be quite interesting without the glasses.

OnLooker 09 Jan 2010, 04:00

Ooops sorry wrong thread!! I'm posting it in the right one!

OnLooker 09 Jan 2010, 03:45

I have a question: My wife being a+1 hyperope with -0.25 astygmatism recently tried on -0.75 glasses belonging to her brother and had this comment: They make everything crispier, isee things smaller but so crispy. Does this mean anything at all?

Julian 09 Jan 2010, 02:49

Cactus: I have seen the 'not-quite-upside-down-half-moon' glasses you describe; only once I think, worn by a doctor in his consulting room. I immediately knew what they were - and, Phil, they didn't look particularly bizarre.

Interesting (to me anyway) that this thread echoes one on 'Julian's jottings' a few weeks ago.

VFL 08 Jan 2010, 20:09

Thanks, Cactus. I really appreciate all of your insightful answers.

Cactus Jack 08 Jan 2010, 08:34

VFL,

Sorry, I missed your question. Astigmatism affects vision at all distances, but it is particularly a nuisance with small print or text. It is to some extent a matter of personal tolerance, but I would think that any need for cylinder correction over 0.50 would make extensive reading without correction less than pleasurable, unless the text is unusually large.

In the case of your friend with high myopia and cylinder he likely needed to hold what he was reading very close so that the text would appear large and be in as good focus as possible. He likely had to close one eye because he could not converge enough to avoid seeing double with text that close.

C.

John S 08 Jan 2010, 08:34

VFL,

I have a friend of mine that is 66, I am not sure what is sphere correction is, maybe -2.00? He has about -1.50 to -2.00 cylinder. He refuses to get bifocals or reading glasses, he says I can see fine up close if I take my glasses off. I don't get it.

VFL 08 Jan 2010, 08:01

Cactus Jack, could you please answer my question about reading and astigmatism? I really want to know.

Cactus Jack 08 Jan 2010, 07:54

Phil,

They are not half-moon upside down glasses,

The ones I have seen are either Rimless that have had the lower 1/3 cut off or the Semi-rimless type where monofilament line is used to retain the lens. In the case of the latter type, the lower 1/3 of the lens is cut off and the remaining lens is supported and retained by the monofilament line. I would think that almost any optician could provide a suitable frame and cut the bottom 1/3 of the lens off. In effect it is a way to make low-cost executive "bifocals" out of a low minus single vision lens. They do look a little unusual, but is is a way to avoid the dreaded actual bifocals which make some people look "old".

Frankly, I put them in the same category as wearing a cheap hair piece, hoping that no one will notice that you are loosing your hair.

C,

Phil 08 Jan 2010, 06:43

Cactus Jack, I have never seen the sort of glasses you describe. But I am pretty near the point where they would serve my purposes perfectly. I am now -3.25 (and decreasing) and have a 2.5 add. I think that adds tend to level out at around 3 so I should soon be fine with no correction for close work. Do you have any links to these upsidedown halfmoon specs? I'm not sure that I can cope with them if they look too bizarre!

Cactus Jack 08 Jan 2010, 03:22

Low myopes, less than -4 with very low or no astigmatism, have a distinct advantage when it come s to reading without glasses. Remember, glasses or contacts neutralize or cancel out refractive errors in the eye. Therefore, a person who requires -2.50 correction, has in effect built in +2.50 reading glasses which would naturally focus at 40 cm or 16 inches, the "ideal" reading distance. Those who need more than -2.50 would need to read a bit closer and those with less may be able to accommodate the small additional plus required to focus at reading distance when they remove their glasses. If there is a difference between the two eyes, the brain will typically select the clearer image from one eye or the other.

Occasionally, you may see a presbyopic myope with half-glasses except, rather that having the lower half only , they will have the upper half only for distance.

The only downside for a myope not wearing glasses to read is that it may lead to early de-conditioning of the ciliary muscles and an early requirement for bifocals or trifocals. This is less likely in very low myopes because they must still supply some accommodation to read at typical reading distances.

C.

Dan 07 Jan 2010, 17:30

Roxy,

I agree with you on that. I definitely notice more comfort with them off when doing near work.

Roxy 07 Jan 2010, 17:08

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VFL 07 Jan 2010, 16:41

At what point does astigmatism affect this? Say at what level of cylinder correction would a myope not be able to remove their glasses to read?

I was with a guy once who was very myopic and had high astigmatism. In order to read anything sans correction he had to close one eye and practically hold the paper to his nose.

Dan 07 Jan 2010, 16:02

Katie,

Since my astigmatism is only -.50, I use regular contacts

OD -1.00

OS -0.75

They work just as well as my glasses. I know that once your astigmatism gets higher though you can no longer compensate with increasing the sphere and end up having to use torics.

What's your prescription?

Katie 07 Jan 2010, 15:14

Dan

Just curious what kind of contacts you have for your astigmatism correction? Can you see as well with them as you do with glasses?

K

Dan 07 Jan 2010, 15:05

Roxy,

I'm 20 and in college and have a weak minus prescription

OD -1.00 -.50 x 90

OS -.75 -.50 x 90

and I usually take my glasses off for extended periods of near work. I can see fine with them on but my eyes are more comfortable without them. I wear contacts most of the time however so I can't always take them off for near work but if I know I'm going to be studying a lot I won't put my contacts in that day.

As for readers, I only know one friend who uses them over her contacts for extended periods of near work...her minus Rx is about -4.

I would suspect kids in middle school and elementary don't have any issues with accommodating for close up work. However, once people get to near 20 years old accommodation becomes less...hence myopes taking off their glasses for near work.

You wonder if many of these people (including myself) could benefit from bifocals. Thoughts?

Roxy 07 Jan 2010, 13:58

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OnLooker 07 Jan 2010, 04:36

In a supermarket, a 20is young woman was holding a chips box at something like 5 cm from her eyes to read what was on it. Then she turned to her mom and asked "what does it say here?". She kept doing the same thing for a couple of products. SHe then looked ahead and squinted rapidly. I wonder if it's just myopia or another eye condition, vision impairment!! Her behaviour let me think that it's not just nearsightedness!

Chances to see her again, very slim!! But..who knows!

Dan 05 Jan 2010, 21:10

Have a friend who wears bifocals. She's 22 and has been wearing them since she first got glasses for myopia in high school. I know her distance Rx is -4. Dont know what her add is. She also wears +.5 readers over her contacts for reading.

I also know one other person my age with bifocals. Her's plus prescription though...don't know the exact Rx.

Galileo 05 Jan 2010, 04:27

There is something about all people in tropical countries with high humidity tending to look younger than they are. The humidity is good for preserving the skin tone, so those who stay out of the sun (most locals do, its just us European tourists who want to get darker skin who lay in it) stay younger looking. Whilst those who come from colder, dryer, less humid climes and do lay in the sun wrinke up faster.

Maybe we should say we look older than we are and they look their age?

Slit 05 Jan 2010, 02:15

Just did some check on internet about emergance of presbyopia.

Found on a blog that it can emerge early in the countries close to equator. But there is no scientifically proven evidence.

http://info-kesihatan-anda.blogspot.com/2009/09/pesky-presbyopia.html

Roxy 04 Jan 2010, 19:14

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ehpc 04 Jan 2010, 12:03

Living on a Caribbean island, I can confirm that women of all races here look far younger than their European counterparts at the same age. I frequenly think women are about 25 when in fact they are in their forties. Of course, they think European races look extraordinarily old. I am 55,and have had snow-white hair(what there is of it) since I was about 47.I have on several occasions, rather dispiritingly, been asked for my Senior Citizen card.In fact this happened twice in a Chinese restaurant in Glasgow when I was 53. I think the Caucasian race does look very old to all other races.

Wurm 04 Jan 2010, 11:33

I've noticed a similar and maybe related effect when I've visited retirement and vacation havens. The frame styles appear to have been dialed back 10-15 years.

Perhaps living in a place like Barbados and holding a good-paying, steady job keeps those ladies looking younger than their age.

Slit 04 Jan 2010, 10:30

Hey Phil!

I am jelous of you :p

What is the age you estimate? are they in 30s?

I guess the genetic differences play a role in onset of presbyopia.

Phil 04 Jan 2010, 10:04

I'm just back from a lovely trip to the Caribbean. I noticed that the local black women seemed to wear correction for presbyopia (bifocals, often lined, in the case of myopes) at what seemed to me a comparatively early age. I needed to get immigration papers in Barbados and was confronted by a row of pretty young presbopic immigration officers: I couldn't decide which to choose! Does anyone know whether there are racial differences when it comes to the age of onset of presbyopia?

optix 03 Jan 2010, 09:21

Yes, there are People going around bare-eyed!

There is a Italian lady in my hometown, I see her frequently (its a small town)when the weather is nice in prescription sunglasses (my guess about -6) but I never see her in Glasses when the weather is rainy or overcast.

She regularly takes of her sunglasses when she enters this particular pub and she looks at the TV when there is a Match, pretending to see, and takes party for one of the teams probably guided acoustically.

Tim 02 Jan 2010, 21:41

There must be more people going around bare-eyed than you might think. Yesterday I saw a girl driving into her parking space sporting a nice pair of glasses at least -5. She took them off as soon as she had parked the car and walked off down the street without them, apparently with no problems.

Katie 31 Dec 2009, 17:19

Like Lenses:

Thanks. I had -1 astigmatism from the age of 12 but little myopia. I'm 27 now and i've been steadily gaining for about 10 years. Seems no need to induce, everytime I go for a check I seem to have an small increase, even in the cyl which seems a little weird to me.

VFL: I don't know how to handle it! Never quite been in this situation before! All sorts of scenarios are going around in my head. Yes he's seen pic of me when i was wearing lenses but didn't say much. Don't want to go head long into it in case he's not OO and ends up thinking i'm crazy. I guess I will play it by ear.

HAPPY NEW YEAR BTW

K

Puffin 31 Dec 2009, 13:44

I was in the top floor of the local Marks & Spencers and saw this lovely blonde haired young woman of about 20, sitting on a chair obviously a bit tired out from shopping, wearing lovely chocolate brown plastic frames and quite a serious plus prescription, easily +6. She didn't seem concerned about wearing glasses, just waiting for someone.

Half an hour later, in ASDA, whilst looking at DVD's, another older plussie glanced up at me in surprise (perhaps she had a small visual field?)

obviously a good day for seeing plussies on my travels.

VFL 31 Dec 2009, 10:27

Katie, I love it! What a lucky break. How are you going to handle the glasses thing from here on? Will you wait for him to mention them first? Has he seen you with your glasses off yet? (In person or in a photo?)

Martyn 30 Dec 2009, 20:31

Charlotte have a fab New Year, hope it an even better year than 2009. Hope we can chat one day. Take good care.xx

Like Lenses 30 Dec 2009, 20:29

Katie

Nice Rx.You have a good amount of astigmatism.

I am -3.50 in each eye, but wear an over correction of -4.50 to induce myopia.And of course wear constantly!

Katie 30 Dec 2009, 18:54

Like Lenses

Oops

that should have been OD sph -4.00 not -3.00

K

Katie 30 Dec 2009, 18:51

Like Lenses,

In glasses I am:

OS: -3.5o -1.5 X 65

OD: -3.00 -2.0 X 80

So am full time wearer. Do have toric contacts too but don't find my vision is best with them.

K

Like Lenses 30 Dec 2009, 16:57

Katie

Just am curious,what is your Rx?

Katie 30 Dec 2009, 16:30

VFL

I had my suspicions. I asked him why he sent only pics with him in glasses and he said it was because he wanted to know if I was bothered by the fact he wore them (and probably no others existed) as wearing contacts is a one off for him during the few hours he goes to the gym (and getting the coffee after) per week. Little did he know that I was going to be over the moon! He said he started talking to me because he found me and the fact I was wearing my glasses so attractive and also mentioned that he would never had lasik. I really cannot sleep with excitment, next week can't come round soon enough!

Katie

VFL 30 Dec 2009, 15:28

Katie, I can barely sleep with excitement for you! You really didn't spot contacts swimming around in those baby blues when you met? What a lucky, lucky break!

Godspeed my dear!

Admirer 29 Dec 2009, 16:27

Great stories SZ6 and Puffin!

Katie 29 Dec 2009, 15:54

Like Lenses

Maybe so. we've not been on a date yet but have been emailing and have found out he's definitely more attracted to women in glasses than without. Suspect he's one of us and is OO. Almost can't sleep with excitment. Got to wait another week yet though.

Puffin 29 Dec 2009, 15:14

It's quite a nice thing to see someone who you like a bit, but never really talk to, at work suddenly appearing in glasses.

It happened to me today at work with a young black girl, no great strength in the lenses, black plastic frames with quite wide frames. mmm.

SZ6 28 Dec 2009, 16:49

Male OO visitors to Boston should not miss the Samuel Adams Brewery Tour. The tour itself is nothing special - too short and a disappointingly small selection of beers to taste in the hospitality room - but a delightful GWG works in the gift shop. She's probably mid-20's, slim, brunette, with blue eyes and some quite stylish large red plastic frames housing -15ish lenses. She makes the brewery worth a visit - free beer plus a great GWG makes SZ6 a very happy OO.

Like Lenses 28 Dec 2009, 15:49

Katie

Sound like, love at first SIGHT!!( through thick glasses that is )

Katie 28 Dec 2009, 15:18

I recently met a guy in a coffee place and we got talking. We got on well and decided to swap email addresses. We began emailing and soon decided to swap a few photos of one another. I could not believe my luck when I recieved them. They were all of him (talk, slim, dark hair, blue eyes) wearing an amazing pair of glasses. Dark brown plastic frames, lenses at least -8/-9 as there was a lot of cut in. I asked if he'd been wearing contacts when we met and he said yes, so I just came out and asked him to wear his glasses next time because I liked the way he looked in them. He said no problem because he doesn't really get on with contacts that well anyway. Can't wait!

myopeinhere 20 Dec 2009, 02:34

lol at Aubrac,ah the joys of tesco self service tills!!!

Aubrac 19 Dec 2009, 06:52

Was in Tesco yesterday buying a few things and saw a really lovely check-out girl. Late thirties, beautiful friendly smile and chatting to customers, glossy well styled hair, and a stunning pair of about +3.00 semi-rimless glasses.

Waited behind a couple of other customers while thoroughly enjoying the view, when a pair of moustachiod senior lady assistants bustled up to me. 'Is that all you've got?' said one stabbing a finger at my five or so items. 'We can't have you waiting when other tills are empty', and with that I was frogmarched to a self-service till to complete my purchase.

Oh well, maybe she is permanent and not just a Christmas extra - we'll see next time.

Katie 18 Dec 2009, 11:58

And

Yep he's worn them every night this week but no photos of him wearing specs online for those who cannot view BBC

Katie

And 18 Dec 2009, 11:43

He's wearing them on BBC1 as I type

Katie 18 Dec 2009, 11:16

Marcus, I know, I've been trying to find a pic to post too but have not suceeded. I did however find a reference to him ususally wearing contact lenses.

Katie

Marcus 16 Dec 2009, 15:23

Hey, I tried to see this Adrian Chiles guy but can't seem to find pics anywhere. I tried BBC iplayer but it won't work as I'm not from UK.

Katy 16 Dec 2009, 15:14

Thanks Katie!

Katie 16 Dec 2009, 14:27

Sorry folks, particularly Katy for confusing things!!! I'll go with the ie from now on!

And for the record, am not an Adrian Chiles fan, was just curious about his sudden glasses wearing. And yes, having watched again tonight i'd agree that he's more like a -4.

Clare 16 Dec 2009, 11:51

Not a fan myself but I saw the One Show tonight too and would estimate Adrian Chiles' prescription to be more in the -4 range than the -2.

Phil 16 Dec 2009, 03:35

Gosh, that's a relief Katy. I didn't have you down as an Adrian Chiles fan!

Katy 16 Dec 2009, 03:31

Those posts aren't from me. Whoever the new 'Katy' is, can you please use another name? Otherwise it will get very confusing!

Dieter 15 Dec 2009, 20:22

Clare,

I've had several friends get lasik to trade their progressives and/or myopic lenses for reading glasses. They act so happy about it. I don't get it either.

ehpc 15 Dec 2009, 15:38

Er............................something can only be 'unique' - not 'very unique'.

Clare 15 Dec 2009, 15:04

I'd guess that he's old enough that he'd immediately be into reading glasses? Not much of an escape then ...

Katy 15 Dec 2009, 14:49

Schofe has been lurred into LASIK and showed it on This Mornig:

http://www.itv.com/lifestyle/thismorning/more/philslasereyesurgery/

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00478/SNN3003PS_478503a.jpg

Can anyone estimate his glasses distance Rx from this? He says that he woke up in the morning and had to fumble for glasses to see the tree outside his window, but as far as I know hardly ever wore glasses on the show. One would assume he wore contacts though he never mentioned that.

He looked so great in specs, its such a shame we won't see him wearing them again!

Dan 15 Dec 2009, 13:50

Saw a girl yesterday with an interesting prescription. Must have been at least -3 in her left eye. Couldn't really tell the right eye prescription very well but it was either only astigmatic or slightly a plus prescription. Definite difference in lens thickness...very unique.

Katy 15 Dec 2009, 11:46

I was just watching the One Show on BBC1. Adrian Chiles was wearing minus glasses, I guess in the -2 to -4 region but it was hard to tell, though there was clearly some cut in. I've never seen him wear glasses on the show before, though I do not watch it every night. Has anyone else seen him in specs? He did look quite uneasy perhaps because he was wearing them. I've seen elsewhere on the web that people think he is terrible with the auto cue, i.e. it is very obvious when he is reading from it. I do wonder if he tries to go beareyed and therefore was trying very hard to read it.

Aubrac 12 Dec 2009, 03:05

Was naughty the other day and wayched some daytime TV, Cash in the Attic on BBC1.

A very nice young Asian couple, she about 25 and bareyed throughout the programme when people search their houses for itens to sell at auction.

However at the auction she was wearing a nice pair of rimless about +1,50 glasses. Interesting that she did not wear them for any close work in the house but wore them for distance.

At 25 possibly contrary to what would have been expected.

Slit 11 Dec 2009, 04:45

re: wigs - i wonder if she is a drama school student or something related to performaing arts.

re: glasses lower on nose, i have seen this few times, esp on young ladies, wearing high minus rx. in goa, india; i saw a nicely groomed young lady doing same to read a guidebook which usually have small prints.

effect of this is to reduce minus power and the image of the text is formed a little further than in the case when glasses are on usual position. so that minification is less and easy to read. :)

Astra 11 Dec 2009, 03:02

Guido, but my point is her act overall seems strange for me. Her lenses was abnormally full of dust.

Astra 11 Dec 2009, 02:59

What's even more striking is that at the last part of journey on the bus, she didn't move up her lenses from the low position when she was looking at the window, apart from a fake attempt holding her glasses directly upward from that position, but not along her nose.

Today I saw her on the bus again. She looked almost the same, but I find out her "long hair" was actually wigs. She removed the wigs when she was on the bus, and showed her masculine-looking very-short haircut. Weird, her look is obviously fine but making such a haircut. Her clothes seems clean, even a bit fragrant. I guess her dusty lenses which is placed abnormally low on her nose is just a hint of her unscrupulous-looking character. She seems don't care of what others think about her at all. I guess wearing wigs is just for concealing that.

Guido 11 Dec 2009, 02:56

Astra: Moving glasses with a minus script down on ones nose effectively reduces the power, making reading easier. This assumes they were single vision lenses.

Astra 11 Dec 2009, 02:41

About a month ago, when I was riding bus back home, I got a seat next to another female, she's in early 20s I guess. She was not wearing glasses at first, and looked at the window for like 3-5 minutes. Then she got some lecture notes to read. At the moment I was looking at the window, so she was on the left from me. she didn't seem noticed I was looking at her lecture notes. She has a large bag on her knee, therefore the lecture notes was held onto her chest level. I have a guess that bag is deliberate, as she read closely, like 10-15 cm. I don't like to work on buses, so I just keep looking at what she was going on. She kept on reading her lecture notes for 10 minutes, then squinted at me swiftly. Afterwards she got her blue-green colored full plastic frame glasses on, not wide arm ones. I find it strange, they are place down on the tip of her nose. Her lenses are full of dust, but this didn't seem bother her from reading her hand-written notes. They are obviously minus lenses, -3 to -4 range I guess. Interesting, I've never seen anyone with non-progressive minus lenses would place glasses down like that.

Aubrac 28 Nov 2009, 06:54

Yes could be what Puffin said about the astigmatism.

I once ordered glasses online for my wife and got the lenses mixed, only found out when the only time she wore them was for reading at home with the lenses reversed.

Puffin 28 Nov 2009, 02:26

It may be that she had astigmatism and the axis had rotated a little, so that the "reversed" angle was better.

and perhaps also in reverse the lens was closer to her eyes, thus offering a bit more correction.

Galileo 27 Nov 2009, 21:08

An unusual sighting. A young woman early 20's with low minus prescription, rectangular frames with wire bottom and red plastic arms and top. She was squinting hard to see what was happening at the other end of a long room, but obviously not seeing as much as she wanted to. Suddenly she took her glasses off, turned them round and held them onto her nose with the arms facing away from her head. She seemed happier with the arrangement and although she was still squinting she held her glasses like that for several minutes before putting them back in the conventional way. She did not seem at all concerned about what people around her might be thinking.

 27 Nov 2009, 04:30

once in on a hot summer day we were at a lake swimming and having a good time. we also had a small boat with us. a friend, his girlfriend and me took the boat and went on the lake. the girlfriend kept her glasses on (around -5 at that time) and i thought it was a bit dangerous because if we fell into the water she could have lost them. as we were out on the lake i wanted to tease her a bit. i took the paddle and to wanted splash some water on her back. in this moment she turned her head say something to me and got all the water into her face. she started to laugh, took her glasses off and started to wipe them dry on my swimming pants. i started to get hard but i think she didnt see it. after that we got back on land and she took her glasses off before we went back on the lake. maybe it was better because this time we also jumped into the water....

gwgs 19 Nov 2009, 02:46

In the last few days I've also seen a lot more women wearing bigger, almost oversized frames WITH their prescriptions (i.e. not just for fashion). Two girls yesterdays were waiting a bus stop (were probably between 19-21 years old). One sported a pair of black heavy framed plastic glasses - similar to the pair Natalie Imbruglia has been seen in - and had a prescription probably of about -3, she had blonde hair and brown eyes and had an athletic build. The other was a brunette who wore large round plastic rimmed glasses with a plus prescription - I can never guess these plussie's details.

Then last week I saw a stunner cross the road in what I thought were just a fashion statement - she was again probably in her early twenties, 5ft 8ish, slim build and blonde - but she turned her head to check for traffic as she went to cross the road I could see the cut in and clearly had a prescription of about -4/-5. I wish I wasn't in a car at that moment as I would tried to pluck up the courage to speak to her! She was hot stuff.

gwgs 19 Nov 2009, 02:39

She is full time in the jungle. I haven't seen her for a moment with them and does seem rather reliant on them - saw her this morning raising her head up to look through them as they were at the bottom of her nose, two minutes later she then pushed them up

Slit 18 Nov 2009, 23:46

re: Sam Fox.

I remember very well reading on web that she has told media that back in school she had trouble reading and wore reading glasses which she later gave up and got contacts.

I have even seen a pic of her pshing away a script to read it in low light. :)

Martyn 18 Nov 2009, 17:44

Hi Charlotte was that you in the chat room, if so, how you doing still working away renovating properties, the last time we spoke you were down at some where in Sussex, or was it Hampshire, i often wonder what happened to you and your sister. I hope you come back into thje chat room nice to meet up with your again. take good care xx

myopeinhere 18 Nov 2009, 16:44

She'll be full time and as much as i hate that programme,I'll be watching out for her

And 18 Nov 2009, 14:50

Is Ms Fox wearing contacts in the jungle or will she be ok with that prescription to go bare-eyed ?

Aubrac 18 Nov 2009, 04:31

Sam Fox

Have seen pictures of her many years ago wearing plus glasses of about +3/+4.

She became well known as a Sun newspaper page 3 girl. There have been a few articles of her as kid, she had some joint problem and wore a calliper for many years until it healed.

Possibly some pics around of her as a youngster wearing glasses and callipers.

Puffin 18 Nov 2009, 02:05

Apparently Sam Fox used to wear glasses at school but gave up or wore contacts as soon as the modelling started.

gwgs 18 Nov 2009, 01:24

Just a quick note to say that on I'm a Celebrity on ITV at 9pm every evening (GMT) Samantha Fox, the former model and actress is on this reality show sporting a pair of wide arm black plastic glasses with plus lenses - she's a full time wearer and apart from appaling accent which rather puts me off her, she doesn't look too bad in them!

OnLooker 16 Nov 2009, 01:10

Oooops sorry i have posted in the wrong thread!! So excited!!

OnLooker 16 Nov 2009, 01:09

I have just bought online and received two pairs of reading glasses, very "glamour" and sexy tfor my wife to wear and play with while preserving her prescription ones designer, expensive...she is all thje time worried to break them so...not very practicla for those moments!! The thing is that she's wearing +1 with -0.25 astygmatism and the readers i have bought are +1.5..just to add some power to the lenses...I hope she'll cope with them and be able to use them for reading other than for other stuff!!

Aubrac 16 Nov 2009, 01:05

Phil

I think it is certainly the case with younger plus wearers. In the supermarket on Sunday was a whole family of plussies ranging from about +2 to +5. The yougest, a girl of about 13, had her glasses on the end of her nose and resoulutely refused to look through them.

However, having said this, there was a fifties lady in the pub wearing about +4/+5, she put them on see something her partner had pointed out but on leaving, put them away in a case. Maybe she could still accommodate enough or just didn't mind the blur.

By the way, my wife seems to have settled into wearing her prism glasses and was wearing them for driving and most of yesterday.

Visitboy 15 Nov 2009, 23:40

At motorway services yesterday I was sold a newspaper by a guy in in his 20s or 30s wearing black metal rimless frames carrying thick lenses with unpolished edges.

The thing that go my attention was that, while his lenses didn't seem especially strong, they were strikingly thick. At first I thought he could be one of us. Allowing for the width of his lenses, they didn't appear significantly thinner at the top centre than they were on the outer edges.

On second thoughts, I concluded that he'd got standard low-index lenses and an old-fashined optometrist who hasn't joined the wave of lens edge polishing.

One way to get your lenses noticed: Don't have the edges polished.

Phil 11 Nov 2009, 07:16

Aubrac,

Do you think it's that young plussies can cope sans specs, unless their rx is pretty significant, until a certain age? I'm not sure whether there is an age at which the symptoms of latent mild hyperopia tend to begin to emerge. But I recall a couple of girls in my class at school getting reading specs with pretty low plus lenses at around 16 or 17. And I have a very vivid recollection of one of my first students when I taught at a university getting some mild plus specs almost as soon as she arrived there. I recall a tutorial in which she repeatedly took her newly-acquired glasses on and off in an attempt to judge whether she could read the pages of Winfield on Tort any more easily with them on. The advantage they gave must have been quite marginal.

Aubrac 11 Nov 2009, 06:59

I think young girls can have very much a take it or leave attitude towards glasses wearing especially plussies.

I took by daughter to the London Bridge Experience (not really worth the money) last half-term. In the queue was a 16 something girl with about +3/+4 glasses with what looked like some prism. Her mum was wearing similar strength glasses but perhaps a tad stronger.

When we got into the atraction which was quite dark, she took her glasses off, put them back on then took them off for the rest of the time. I didn't see her at the finish so don't know if she kept them off or not.

Phil 11 Nov 2009, 06:49

It's all about vanity and embarrassment about glasses-wearing. I know the feeling myself!

For many, being like that continues only for so long as one's rx remains insignificant: see my "sighting" of the "young" presbyopes. Most "normal" people make a decision to go full time (if a myope or astigmatic) or full time for close work (if a hyperope or presbyope) when they need to do that to see clearly. But for some, either out of vanity or because wearing specs has more than usual significance for them, others continue part-time far beyond the point when that is entirely rational behaviour.

SimonC 11 Nov 2009, 06:37

I agree strange. I like to think that the plussie does wear those glasses, with those on and the whole rest of her it would be heaven. I think maybe she was off out as Saturday night and maybe they were borrowed or for fun.

The girl on the bus was odd. I wondered if new and was still getting used to them or if she was one of us and was hoping to get someones attention.

Galileo 11 Nov 2009, 06:37

Simon C's non-sighting reminded me of the most extreme non-sighting I saw. A young mother wandering round a DIY store with a baby in a buggy. She obviously couldn't see anything and I wondered how she could have got there without glasses.

Everything she stopped to look at she held a few centimetres from her nose and on a couple of occasions I saw her literally climb up the shelves to read a label. Her young child had ice cream all over its face and she did not seem to notice this until she leaned right into the buggy, maybe 10 centimentres from the childs face. Then she said something and produced a tissue and started to wipe the ice cream away whilst still leaning right into the buggy. I do wonder how she got to the shop and how she got home afterwards.

gwgs 11 Nov 2009, 05:27

Strange one there Simon, I would've thought she would have worn them after that!

I am guessing one of two things, she a newbie to glasses wearing and was rather self conscious and didn't want to be seen wearing them or maybe she was one of us 0-0 fan's and it was a new purchase which needed a bit of a clean but as they weren't her prescription she couldn't see properly with them on!

SimonC 11 Nov 2009, 02:38

2 Sightings, or probably better described as non-sightings. Similar to Phil's below the first one occured on Saturday evening in my local shop. I had to nip in quickly to get something and there was a young woman in her early 20's, brunnette, with black boots, short skirt and wonderful figure that caught my eye. Went around to get a front view and she was absolutely stunning looking. It was also then I noticed a pair of glasses perched on her head. Getting a closer viewing they were strong plus lenses although I am not good with plus prescriptions. I followed her around the shop and got behind her in the queue - she didnt appear to have any problems getting around, picking up items or sorting in her purse for change when paying but sadly I never got to see the glasses on her.

Yesterday evening catching the bus home which is always busy I saw a seat empty and grabbed it. Rather annoying having sat down I caught a glimpse of a blonde girl with wide armed glasses on and a seat next to her which was taken by the person behind me.What was interesting was the cleaning of her glasses. She took them off just when the bus moved off, got out a cleaning cloth and proceeded to clean them, look at them in the light, put them on, take them off, clean them again. On they went, off they came and then more wiping. This whole process took about 15minutes and I would guestimate the lenses to be in the -4 to 5 range. After the cleaning had appeared to stop the glasses went on top of her head for about 5 minutes and then as we neared the next town they went back on, a look out of the window and then back on the head and this carried on for a further 5 minutes. I got off before her sadly and as the bus moved off I could see she was very pretty but sadly the glasses still off.

gwgs 11 Nov 2009, 02:38

Another sighting yesterday afternoon which I forgot to mention was the cashier in Boots, there was no particularly remarkable about her, I did like her glasses though which were similar to the Zyloware brand that sometimes appears on eBay. They were transparent oval plastic frames with a blue tint in them and a pink tint to the arms. It was a middle aged lady that was wearing them and what I found remarkable was the lenses had full width bifocal lenses, I have only seen these twice before - and pairs are a proud part of my collection!

Both parts of the lenses were for a plus prescription with 1/3 of the frame having a full width add in - she clearly (pardon the pun) had trouble previously seeing the prices or bar codes on the items. A nice sighting.

What was another sighting which was something I have meant to mention for a while is The Graham Norton show, currently on the BBC, once every week (can't remember the day or time but I think it's about 10:30pm GMT). Quite a large amount of the audience regularly seem to be glasses wearers and they have been some real honies there before. I watched an episode this morning which I had sky +'d and in two different shots of the audience, 8 out 9 women were wearing glasses, and 4 out 5 women in another shot were bespectacled! I find it astonishing though that in every show, there seem to be a large majority of female glasses wearers there. Do you think Graham Norton is trying to tell us something - that he is really NOT gay, but a closet girls with glasses fan?

Phil 11 Nov 2009, 01:29

An intriguing sighting on the train to work today. A tall, auburn girl, late 20s, fumbled in her bag for her glasses case as soon as she got onto the train. She took out a nice subtle plastic pair of specs with low plus lenses. She put them on for a moment but, before starting to read, she pushed them up into her hair. There they remained for the whole journey. I was convinced that she would start wearing them when she got up. But no. At Waterloo they went back into the shiny black case. I haven't noticed her on the train before. Her behaviour may indicate that she's a new gwg.

Obsessed 10 Nov 2009, 20:47

I was ice-skating in Manhattan today.

When I was practicing my brackets, I saw a young boy (10 to 12 y.o.) skating around. He was wearing a pair of glasses fixed on his face with a string attached to the ear pieces and going all the way around his head. When he looked into my eyes, I saw that his prescription was fairly strong. He was -8 minimum. The cut-in was very significant, and his eyes looked pretty small behind the powerful lenses with many power rings.

Someone called his name from behind the railing. He looked in the direction of the sound and squinted considerably to see who was standing 40 feet away from him. It was a very obvious sign that he will be getting a stronger prescription soon.

Don't get me wrong - I am not into kids at all. But I was just amazed that such a young guy was wearing some serious glasses. He may make someone very happy in the future unless he starts wearing lenses constantly.

The only thing that got me upset was the realization that he will probably need to give up ice skating if his eyesight keeps worsening so rapidly...

gwgs 10 Nov 2009, 08:36

I've also just had a nice sighting, standing in front of me in the Post Office queue that seemed to go on forever was a French 5ft 10" slim built brunette with short hair, held back by a hair band. She was wearing the usual hexi frames with thick wide arms, which we dark red and had open sides, I got a glimpse a few times of her thick lenses as she looked up from reading her book that I initally thought we around -5.5 but I moved slightly to the right to get a proper view of them I noticed these unpolished edge beauties must have been closer to a minus 9 or 10. The thickness at the side seemed to fill almost the entire open sides of the frames. It certainly made the wait more pleasureable.

Obsessed 08 Nov 2009, 08:53

I had a most amazing sighting yesterday on a NYC train. I was going uptown in Manhattan on a 1 train. When I rushed in, I sat down and saw something that made my day. Across the car from me were sitting two men. One of them was a gorgeous ~65 years old (one of those men who age absolutely fantastically and beautifully) - and he was wearing amazingly strong glasses (-10 D minimum). I hadn't seen anything quite as attractive in ages. His partner was at least 35 years younger than him (couldn't be more than 30). He had no glasses, but he was quite a pleasant-looking young man. The two guys were gently holding hands and talking about something in gentle voices.

I was so happy afterward! I wish one could see things like this more often on NY trains. It would make the world a much better place)))))))

Millhouse 06 Nov 2009, 06:33

I was out getting petrol today(gasoline for our US friends) while waiting to pay,in front of me, A lady, dark black long hair, curvy nice fiqure about 5'3'" tall,blue grey/eyes about 25yo. Had on a very nice pair of semi rimless frames, narrow arms with a blue/brown straight full bridge and rx about -5 or -6 or so. She noticed me looking at her (I guess she thought I was looking at her in the eyes where as actually it was her glasses) Did she look good in them though! Think I'll be filling up there more often from now on in the hope of seeing her again.

gwgs 05 Nov 2009, 01:22

Had "That 70s Show" on the tv this morning and (I think) it was Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas who was guest starrings (it looked remarkably like her) - it wasn't glasses she was wearing but sunglasses but it's worth a mention anyway as she was wearing some fantastic oversized plastic framed drop temples that almost got me as excited as seeing the real thing!

lentifan 04 Nov 2009, 15:14

Two interesting sightings yesterday in my local shopping mall. The first a pretty dark-haired girl wearing quite strong plus lenses in a thin black semi-rectangular plastic frame with red trim. The shape of the frame was not quite right for her but the lenses must have been not far short of lenticulars. Unfortunately she was stood talking on her mobile phone and I couldn't see her walking around.

The second a tall thin well-dressed girl in a white coat. She had an unusually long face with a pointed chin and was wearing black plastic rectangular frames, with the thick sides. They suited her well. The prescription looked a high moderately high minus( I estimate in the low teens). She seemed a little unsteady and awkward in her movements and I suspected she had some genetic syndrome or disorder. But she was attractive.

kat 04 Nov 2009, 15:05

Yes I agree, Lesley Ash def not planos but plus. i'd estimate somewhere around +1.5-+2 but could be wrong as is hard to tell. On subject of Holby City, I think Dr Cullen is rather handsome with those specs. I think they are plano, but occasionly when get a good shot they look slighly minus, though not much as def no cut in from front view. What does anyone else think?

gwgs 04 Nov 2009, 01:00

Saw Leslie Ash on BBC1's Holby City last night wearing some chunky black plastic square frames (the type people call "NHS glasses" - I daren't use this phrase after her near fatal illness at the hands of them though). I first of all thought they were plano but when the camera got behind or beside her several times I could see there was a plus prescription - not sure of the strength of it though.

hooked 02 Nov 2009, 23:35

On my way home from work by bus but an hour later as usual because of overload:

In the next village at the hospital station I glimpsed the typical reflections of convex glasses of a girl that came in.

One station before I had to leave I went to a place near the exit.

Long dark-blond haired, slim, around 20 years and a substantial prescription of at least +5.

She was probably in the top 20 I've ever seen.

Maybe she's working in the hospital and we have the same way.

gwgs 02 Nov 2009, 04:15

Several great sightings over the weekend, a young lady (22ish, bronze skin, great complexion with a figure to match) was wearing some great Prada glasses in the local Tesco so I decided to wander over to the shelves where she was perusing the goods and engaged her in conversation.

Her frames were the trendy thick arm glasses with orange arms and a black front probably a -6 prescription. She had pulled the frames to the end of her nose in order to look at the items on the shelf (which interested me as you hardly see any gwgs do this anymore) and when she was talking to me I could see how the thick arms hid the unpolished edges of the glasses very well. The lenses were probably 1/2 cm thick yet when she pushed her glasses up and we both walked to the checkout you couldn't see any thickness at all, just wonderful power rings!

The other sighting was a girl in the chemist, probably in her mid 30s with a figure hugging outfit sporting a modern take on drop temple's, these were quite a large frame with bifocals, she again had a great figure and pale complexion but stunning looks. I would estimate the lenses were about 8.5 / -9.

Phil 02 Nov 2009, 03:55

Lovely sighting today on my train. 3 women, all of whom are young and attractive presbyopes, got on at the same station.

One, who only sometimes dons her readers, put on a new pair (with slightly more plus than I'd seen in her before) to read a book. When we reached Waterloo she put them up into her hair. I think she can't really do without them now.

The other two sat together and chatted: they were obviously friends. After a while they stopped talking and started to read their papers. The older one (who is very attractive indeed, with lovely features and tumbling fair hair) always wears readers. She has a lovely pair with the sides of the lenses exposed. But today, no doubt out of embarassment in sitting opposite her friend, tried to read her paper without them. It involved a good bit of squinting and outstretching of arm: she looked gorgeous. But I'm not sure she could see much bar the headlines!

The other, who has stunning legs, has had readers for a few years but is not a regular user. She also did not reach into her bag today but, like her friend, tackled her paper at arm's length, though with apparently rather more success!

Tim 31 Oct 2009, 22:41

Some good sightings here in Abu Dhabi at Grand Prix time. Best of all by a hotel swimming pool - a stunning pair of twins, tall, blonde and leggy, 20-something, both wearing identical big roundish glasses with a significant Rx (about -7, I'd guess). I think they were speaking Russian or Serbo-Croat.

LikeGlass 31 Oct 2009, 18:54

Nothing like a GWG with a sense of humor! Was at a Chipolte's (Mexican / Southwest food chain) today, and everyone there was wrapped up in aluminum foil... Turns out that for Halloween, if you came done up as a Burrito (which they serve wrapped in foil) you would get one for free. What caught my eye was a cute girl who had actually taken the time to totally wrap her glasses (except for the lenses) in foil ! Not sure why I thought this was so cute, but I did. (She had done quite a nice and detailed job)

Puffin 31 Oct 2009, 15:56

Hmmm, there's nothing like travel for GWG sightings. And airports get far more interesting places if you're into glasses.

Slit 31 Oct 2009, 11:26

Today, I proved my self again that Air Travel is a great time to spot best of GWGs!!!

Was bound to Sri Lanka from New Delhi Airport...

(I was on Kingfisher, which has an amazingly well groomed staff and many ground staff with serious prescriptions too!!! Cheera Vijay Mallya for personally selecting the best - with nice glasses also!)

At entry to airport near a small cofee shop, a couple. Both with glasses. And the girls glasses frame really caught my interest. The upper line of the frame had a slight angle (just like on a cats eye) and lower part of framewas less probounced. Rx. guess abt -4

After security procedure, I was wandering around the waiting area... many gwgs with laptops browsing internet or reading... One lady (35 - 40yrs) with quite a good lip make up, was peeping over the glasses just like a newly prescribed + lense wearer. Somehow, as I got closer I figured out that these were very low minus lenses, and perhaps she wanted to try out the "intelligent look"

And randomly I spotted a fine looking lady (30 - 35) with sharp features, writing down something while talking to the lady next to her. Passing her by behind, I noticed the "Swimming Effect" through her glasses which proves it to be progressive bifocals... As I drew closer to her, she stood up and started walking around the lobby as if she was looking someone and randomly talked to few people which made me figure out she is doing a survey! Hm. Not bad, I volunteered to be on the survey, but she had a bit of cold attitude I suppose coz she had to start work at 6am on a cold saturday morning. Quite interestingly, she was still using the "looking over the lens" sometimes. I assume she is a very new wearer of plus glasses and perhaps first rx of hers came as bifocals!

Moving on, the book shop "Odyssey". Nice shop assistant with heft minus prescription passing -6 definitely (i benchmark my rx. guesses against the friend of mine who wear -8) She looked slightly inconfident probably because her lens was reflecting a lot of light making touch to see her eyes most of the times and perhaps she also was feeling it.

Another young (15 - 18 yrs) girl was around with +3 rx looking around the bookstore, but she did not catch much interest in me though.

Landing in Colombo, the info desk at end of arrivals. I could see some heavily make up worn girl with bifocals! Phew! Sri Lanka is improving ha? Awesome! Went close to talk to her and ask some minor question, I was a little dissapointed she is no longer in 20s at least. :(

... journey continues and more spottings!

Trent 26 Oct 2009, 18:11

I waited four hour today for the H1N1 vaccine but boy was it worth it! The nurse that took me was a nice asian lady with some of the thickest lenses that I have seen in awhile. Square wire rim frames with lots of rings. Estimated Rx around -15d.

Melyssa 23 Oct 2009, 09:17

I accompanied my husband to our primary physician's place this morning (no flu shots available yet), and 4 women of the staff, plus 2 more women in the waiting room at different times, all wore glasses -- 6 with plastic frames, all much smaller than mine, of course. The regular male visitors to this sight would have enjoyed the scene, definitely!

Aubrac 23 Oct 2009, 05:01

Just looked at 'Bargain Hunt' the BBC antiques programme. Many nice GWG's, one in particular, twenties, very pale complexion and very attractive, with dark purple hair, wearing very nice rectangular black frames with about +3 lenses.

Nice end to the morning!

Aubrac 23 Oct 2009, 00:42

Didier

CJ is quite right. I was on the train the other day and a load of schoolkids got on. Three girls about 13 years old sat at the table opposite me, and one got her glasses case out and put on a pair of low plus glasses to read her text book.

You should suggest to the new wearer she have an eye test as there may be some astigmatism that OTC readers won't correct.

Cactus Jack 22 Oct 2009, 16:18

Didier,

It is a myth that people only need reading help in their 40s. Reading help may be required at any age if a person is hyperopic or if they start developing presbyopia at an early age. It does happen and the only way to tell for sure is get an eye exam. I suspect your new colleague is a latent hyperope

C.

Didier 22 Oct 2009, 15:14

Today in our office, a new collegue, I`d never saw her in glasses, tried glasses from our secretary.

She wear reading glasses with low plus glasses since about two years.

The new collegue is onla 30 years old and at that age normaly nobody needs reading glasses. But she said that she could see better with them and she will buy reading glasses for her own next days.

A new glasses wearer in company. Well...

-9boy 20 Oct 2009, 02:06

When i was a kid, we use to go sometimes to uncles house. One weekend they came home, my younger cousin was wearing glasses. Uncle said was her first week with them. She was about 8 years old and was wearing a silver pretty glasses with purple temples. At this time don’t remember they were strong and she looks as a pretty blonde.

The following time we went to see uncles, we went a Saturday summer night to a swimming pull. When we arrived, my dad try to call my uncle, that was in the pull. He asked her mum why she didn’t said anything. My uncle explain that she probably didn’t see him cause she was without her glasses. Dad asked how could be, and remember my uncle told she couldn’t see a thing without glasses cause her myopia was -2.50. She came out of the pool and her mom put the glasses on her. After swimming, we all the kids playing out.

Some years before, we were to uncles house to dinner. My cousin just getting 11 years old. We were playing when parents taken dinner. I was surprised with cousin. Was pretty and very tall for her age. I ve noticed he wore glasses, in silver colour with stronger lenses as most of kids use to wear with this age. In these years, I had not much idea about glasses, I ve got mine 3 years after.

The following time I saw my cousin was much later. I went to uncles home in my university years. My cousin, was an university student too, very tall and pretty. This day, she came with her older sister. They went from the optician. She sat on the lounge and my uncle ask her for how contacts were going. She said these are the second she try on the day. A time later, she still sitting, and call her mom to get water to drink. Uncle instead her to go to the kitchen. She said please, mom, give me, I cant see” I was surprised and asked the older sister. She told me that she was trying to get contacts for second or third time with no good fit, and the ones she was wearing these afternoon, were a trial set with only” -5, so she couldn’t see a thing. I was very curious about it.

At the end of the afternoon, they were to the optician to let the trial lenses. They turned in a time. My uncle went with a light brown plastic glasses with very thick lenses. I found her very pretty, tall, blonde…and these glasses, with the white circles around the edges…We were talking all the evening. She show me her glasses. She talk me about her sight and getting contacts…her prescription was -14. At this time, i just getting contacts with -6.

The last time I saw her, was in the street, years after. She was reciently married and she was wearing thick glasses, so I supposed the contacts still not working well for her.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 19 Oct 2009, 11:32

Like lenses you are probably right yours truly hit them at 46 my gf at 45 but these days at 54 I would expect any lady I am interested in to wear bifocals or varifocals

Like Lenses 19 Oct 2009, 11:24

minus 5 who luvs gwg

An interesting thought is that most likely all three are in bifocals now.

Millhouse 19 Oct 2009, 07:31

while shopping at my local supermarket to day.....

A lady, about 30 yo, med build, blonde(ish) "bob" cut style. Had on a a pair of wide armed semi-rimless with multi colored patterns on the arms. RX about -2 or perhaps -3, quite a bit of cut-in so maybe have been high index lenses. Either way she looked great with the frames & lenses she had on. Quite made my day that did!

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 18 Oct 2009, 22:21

Was thinking of my favourite 3 sightings in no particular order

1.a long brown haired girl with about minus 18 big frames but it was about 1987 very pretty with a micro skirt probably mid 20s

2.A pretty blonde again big frames well it was 1982 very high minus possibly minus20plus

3 A denim clad girl with octagonal gold rims about minus 15

All a dream sighting for us OOs

Aubrac 16 Oct 2009, 02:17

Went to London yesterday and just so many girls wearing glasses, many with with low plus prescriptions.

On the train, the young lady ticket inspector had nice rectangular frames with purple arms and about -3, sitting opposite was a young African girl with small frames and and about -4, and a few rows along a Danish or Scandinavian blonde with very nice semi-rimless frames with unusual perforated arms, about -3 I'd say.

A family of three French people sat at my table seat and after a short while the young lady, early twenties, asked her papa for 'mes lunettes' when starting to read some English exercise papers with her mum. He reached into his bag and gave then to her without a case. She polished then carefully and put them on. Very nice purple frames with a pearl like decoration at the hinges, right lenses low minus no more than -1 with some cylinder, and left lens a low plus of about +1 with quite a lot of cylinder. She looked absolutely lovely wearing them.

She kept them on all the time, and when we arrived at Victoria still had then on and seemed to be FT for the day.

Went to an exhibition and as I said, just so many girls wearing glasses, interesting that the plus correction was more evident than any minus.

On another note, when I left for the morning and went to the bedroom to say goodbye to my wife, found her wearing her prism glasses to watch the television. When she got home she kept her glasses on for the evening, although had at some stage swapped the prism glasses for a different pair.

See what happens today!

Yoyo 14 Oct 2009, 15:15

I get the feeling that the advent of things like high-index lenses and anti-reflective coating has made people more willing to try larger frames again. The drawbacks of such (glasses that are too heavy and have too many reflections hiding the eyes/impairing night vision) are no longer as significant.

ehpc 14 Oct 2009, 14:19

chrisb.................you are experiencing the emotions eloquently expressed by Thomas Hardy in a poem written in his extreme old age after he had seen a pretty girl wandering around the country lanes in Dorset or wherever:-

But Time,to make me grieve/Part steals, let's part abide/And shakes this fragile frame at eve/With throbbings of noontide.

Adalle 14 Oct 2009, 10:53

During the last 2 years my girlfriend has purchased 4 new pairs of glasses (with a little bit of my "push"). One night, some days ago, I found the pair she wore before them, which was a bit broken and asked her to put them on and after that to put on one pair after the other with chronological order. Only then did I realize that each pair had larger frames than its older one! I guess this could be a coincidence, but today I passed from 3 optical stores and noticed that the majority of the frames where plastic, large ones with wide frames and bold colors. Good news I guess.

Puffin 13 Oct 2009, 01:43

About time too. Things got pretty grim with all these tiny tiny glasses, no cut in, boring little frames. Looking forward to seeing something more interesting!

gwgs 13 Oct 2009, 00:57

I too hope to see many more of these sightings ChrisB as the first girls with glasses I noticed were those with oversized glasses such as Paulina Porizkova and Sophia Loren and these type of glasses are the ones that really make my knees go weak.

I am at the opposite end of the spectrum with regard to age, being just a couple of years under 30 so hope to see lot of big glasses on sexy girls for many decades to come! :)

chrisb 12 Oct 2009, 14:25

It was GWGs, i thought of trying to get a picture with my blackberry during the cricket (quite openly of course(, but I think such encounters live best in the memory.

Maybe it presages many more such sightings of BIG frames in the next few years, as fashions change. I am quite looking forward to seeing that in my declining years. (regular contributors to ES once recorded their age .)

When he was nearly 90, my father in law remarked that his libido was gone, his sense of smell and hearing were poor and all he could manage to digest was was soft food. But, the sight and sound of a cork being pulled from a good bottle of wine still gave him the same thrill of anticipation he'd experienced as a young man.

I hope to be able to say the same about GWG sightings and encounters, plus the odd bottle of wine.

gwgs 12 Oct 2009, 08:00

Saw a delightful gwg on the TV over the weekend by the name of Kelly Klein, I've never heard of her before but she is a well known photographer who wears big bold frames and is rather a stunner. Here are a couple of photos of her;

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/TAWAZQ_-yR1/Cinema+Society+Mulberry+Host+Screening+Synecdoche/_MddMg7LM-d/Kelly+Klein

gwgs 12 Oct 2009, 01:54

Sounds like a great wedding Chris, what an attraction

Peter 11 Oct 2009, 10:03

I have an idea...what does you all thing about all the members on here meeting up?

migobsessed 11 Oct 2009, 09:38

This morning was fun. I went to the lounge to see who was awake and one person (-6 in contacts) was but he could not see me quietly mouthing "do u want coffee" from about 3 feet away til he put his glasses on. Another woke up and asked me to find his specs (-7 i estimate) amongst the mess and another (-2/-3) was sat around for a while without glasses and then found them, put them on and said "morning everyone, I can see you now!". Only 3 of the 9 of us (including me) remained in glasses for the morning, but it was a very nice site. Wasn't deliberate that there were more men than women but I was happy especially with my friend who is -7 and kept his very trendy chunky black metal frames on all the time.

Peter - don't have too many parties - too much like hard work! But worth it last night!

Melyssa 11 Oct 2009, 08:04

Chris B,

Those frames were most likely from France, or any other part of Europe, because most of the glasses in the U.S. are still small. That's why most of mine are from the 1980s to early 1990s.

Peter 11 Oct 2009, 03:19

migobsessed

can i come to your next party?

chrisb 11 Oct 2009, 02:43

went to a wedding on saturday on the cabridge/essex borders. Amongst the guests was a very pretty girl with the most amazing frames. Sooo big and round. The top curve of the frame and lens obscured her eyebrows and the bottom curve was just about level with the bottom of her nose.

The RX was quite strong too.

I later discovered she was american, but living france with her boyfriend, who was also there. (lucky chap)

Later in the afternoon a group of us played french cricket rather drunkenly and she joined in, to reveal that she also had a sparkling personality. French cricket involves a lot of looking down to the ground when batting. This caused her to be constantly pushing the glasses up on her face.

I know that big frames are starting to come back but this is the first time I have seen any this big and round.

Wonder if they were french or from the USA? Now looking forward to seeing lots more BIG frames in the next few years.

migobsessed 10 Oct 2009, 17:04

I had a party at my house this evening and there are 10 people sleeping over. It got very late and we were getting ready for bed and one by one we went to the bathroom....and one by one we came out wearing glasses. ALL of us are myopic it seems and all were wearing lenses. I knew this but rarely see my friends without lenses. The expressions of my friends faces as everyone noticed that everyone else must wear contacts was so funny. Suddenly we got into this myopia conversation (subtley fueled by me) and were trying each others glasses on trying to ascertain who had the strongest. Our Rx's seem to range from -7 to about -2. It was a lot of fun. Everyone looked great in their glasses, its weird how we all seem to want to wear contacts though. Can't wait for tomorrow morning to see who sneaks to the bathroom and puts their lenses in early and who doesn't bother!!! I'm rather lucky having 7 myopic men to look at in the morning.

sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses 06 Oct 2009, 20:43

migobsessed thankfs a lot for answering my previous questions^^ Im farsighted my current prescription is +3.5 in both eyes.i first got glasses at the age of 7 my rx back then around +5 i only used my speccies most for school stuffs the other time i went bareeyed nowadays i wear em when necessary like driving,tv,movie theates,computer /books/newsparer yet i barely use my glasses in public cause i still fear that girls prefer males without glasses i never considered contacts cause i find its quite a hassle +my eyeys are too dry according to my ophamolgist.my interest for girls with glasses started nearly 13 years ago,it all started with a red haired girl you know my school had 5 girls with emo glasses ,3 girls with high prescription 1 medium and that red haired girl had a fairly weak out of the 5 she was the one which i had an eye for ,she wore glasses 24 hours 7 days a week i never saw her bareeyed she even had glasses on whilst swimming:) i like girls in any prescription as long she has the right frames halfrimless,rimless or emoglasses

migobsessed 06 Oct 2009, 16:25

sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses

I am -4.5 ish and -2 cyl. I like any minus Rx in guys, but I guess something similar to me is my preference if I had a choice. My obsession started for all things 'optical' about 10 years ago when I was late teens. It started when I met a guy in the place I was working at, we got chatting about swimming in the work pool and he started talking about his eyesight and the fact he wore contacts (-6.5). I was totally facinated. My Rx at the time was pretty low so had no issues swimming and seeing at same time (now however I do!). What about you, what are your preferences in girls? What is your Rx? Why do you love gwg's?

Wilson 06 Oct 2009, 07:41

Lentifan:

See the vision thread, its more appropriate

sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses 05 Oct 2009, 21:14

migobsessed whats your RX ?do you prefer males in the lower medium or high prescription range?when did your obsession for migs start?

lentifan 05 Oct 2009, 15:22

Wilson

I'm sorry to hear your fiancee's vision is poor. Is this caused by her glaucoma or just by the limited field of vision with lenticular lenses?

Anyway, I hope you have a long and happy life together and I shall envy you.

migobsessed 05 Oct 2009, 13:22

Katy

Yes, 'good' Dr's with glasses are the best, they seem to have such a way which calms you down (of course some Dr's without glasses can also do this!). See my post below about another gorgeous bespectacled Dr.

I just got a doctorate in clinical nutrition and my mum, although struggling to speak was trying to tell him not to mess with us as I know my stuff and know about hospitals etc. He peered at me and our eyes both met through the glasses we were wearing and he said 'well done, i could use a chat with you as my nutrition is rubbish'....mmmm if only that would really happen. i'm way to scared to get his contact details! plus, i'm late 20's but got asked for ID on the day of my graduation when I was attempting to buy a glass of wine with dinner (i'm in the UK). Everyone thinks I look about 15, even my glasses don't give me an air of maturity!

migobsessed 05 Oct 2009, 13:12

Today my mum was taken into hospital with a suspected stroke. It was very stressful. However the Dr attending to her was early 30's, tall, slim, blonde-brown spiky hair and a wonderful pair of FC half rimless specs with minus lenses (I estimate -3/-4). He looked absolutely stunning in them. He only took them off once to rub his eye then put them straight back on. It's sad my mum is so ill, but at least we had someone nice to look at.....

Phil 05 Oct 2009, 11:19

How right you are Katy. My daughter hasn't been well and a gwg consultant came to house. She wasn't classically beautiful but she was calm, re-assuring and so so sexy. Nice black frames with minus lenses and just exuding intelligence. Love at first sight!

Katy 05 Oct 2009, 10:18

migobsessed - your doctor sounds gorgeous! It reminds me of an Asian opthalmologist I had an appointment with once, with really nice minus glasses. He was so masterful and calm about something that I had been really worried about. I think doctors are often made more attractive by the fact they are so knowledgeable and, I think, impressive - the good ones anyway :-)

Wilson 05 Oct 2009, 08:13

Lentifan:

I'm glad you are not 30 years younger as my fiancee is a long term lenti-wearer. She had congenital cataracts and glaucoma. Unfortunately, even with +23 lensess, her vision is very very poor.

minus 5 who luvs gwgs 04 Oct 2009, 22:37

And if I was 30 years younger I would be asking about the Asian girl!!!

lentifan 04 Oct 2009, 13:16

Scott

The redhead girl you saw sounds like my dream girl. If I was 30 years younger I'd be asking you which university.

Alan 04 Oct 2009, 12:39

Me and my friend went to watch a game in a bar today. I wear glasses fulltime and he wears glasses for distances so he needed his glasses to watch the game.

A few minutes later 3 guys sat down beside us, 2 of them in glasses and the third guy put on a pair to watch the game.

scott 03 Oct 2009, 12:55

I'm guessing that large frames are coming back. My local town is full of university stuedents again (making me feel old) and seen two girls:

1 asian with large frames and -14 at least lenses

1 redhead, with lenticular bifocals and hearing aids, amazingly huge eyes!

scott 03 Oct 2009, 12:48

I'm guessing that large frames are coming back. My local town is full of university stuedents again (making me feel old) and seen two girls:

1 asian with large frames and -14 at least lenses

1 redhead, with lenticular bifocals and hearing aids, amazingly huge eyes!

migobsessed 01 Oct 2009, 15:25

My doctor, mid-30's, tall, slim, asian, always wears his black rectangular wire framed specs. I suspect he's around -6 in right eye and -4 in the other, there's a noticeable difference. Unfortunately i've had to visit him a little too often lately and he is getting more attractive each time I see him. He is quite an animated speaker and everytime he asks about a symptom and I reply his eyes widen and stare and me through the lenses in anticipation of my answer. Being sick is no fun but he makes the visits a little less painful I can say. I've never seen him take them off, or wearing contacts though he did say he could sympathise with me as i've been having trouble with mine because of some medication i'm on. Then he made a jesture at his glasses and with a big smile and a slight wink he said "i've never seen you wearing glasses, you really should you know". At that point I looked at his hand and saw a wedding ring. What a pity!

Aubrac 01 Oct 2009, 03:31

Went into the bank yesterday with a mortgage query and saw the mortgage advisor. A really, really, attractive lady, early forties, super figure, light tan and shoulder length blonde hair.

Sat at the desk and she immediately put on a pair of thick armed acetate Dior glasses to look at the computer screen, she then turned to answer my questions and I could see the lenses were quite a thick plus with a fair magnification of her also very nice eyes. She took them off but when looking at the computer put them back on, I don’t think she could read anything on-screen without them.

I found several other things to ask her about to prolong the interview and see her with glasses and shortly before we finished she pushed them back on her head. I would say left lens was about +4 and right about +2/+3 and the higher magnification of the left was easily visible when she was looking at me.

Think I may have a lot more mortgage queries in the future!

OnLooker 30 Sep 2009, 05:56

What was to be an exvting encounterturned into a non sightong as she took glasses off for her presentation and then leftstraight away!!! She did spot my interest and we exvhanged big smiles...she will never guess why i was so attracted to her!!!

OnLooker 30 Sep 2009, 00:34

Sitting in a conference i am facing a wonderful woman, 35ish, very nice figures wearing plastic frames rx glasses my guess is that they're + lenses. just waiting for the break to get closer and may be have a chat...i will keep you posted.

Hollie 29 Sep 2009, 15:47

Our reluctant workplace GWG showed up with specs today- sadly not on her face- in her hand as she walked in and on the desk for most of the day. Cue squinting- and she had specs right next to her! She seems to have stopped wearing lenses completely. Last week on a work social she was bare eyed, I had to wear my glasses, and I could see her squinting madly at faces. I think she must have some kind of contacts issue otherwise she'd be wearing them and enjoying clear vision surely?

Clare  29 Sep 2009, 13:50

As you all now know, lots of GWGs in my new City workplace. Another to report, late 20s, attractive with shoulder length hair. Reddish brown frames with a mild plus prescription but only ever seen her wear them in her hair!

Guest 29 Sep 2009, 00:01

Sunday afternoon, queueing at the tills of a large store. was an extremely attractive girl in her mid-20's. Wild blond hair and about 6' tall, sprayed on jeans tucked into 5" heeled boots - then she turned round and I could see she was wearing a pair of blue tortoiseshell plastic frames with about -5 lenses.

She looked fantastic. Then her partner walked over carrying a couple of pairs of off-the-shelf readers, one pair in a leopardskin pattern the other blue spots on a white frame.

He said "how about these??", to which she replied "They're for reading - these aren't reading glasses (pointing at her glasses)" He looked confused and said "Oh I didnt realise - well you wear those for reading", pointing to the glasses she was wearing.

By now she was getting a little annoyed or embarrassed. "Dean, I wear these for everything - reading, driving, working. We've been together long enough for you to know that, surely".

With that she turned her back on him and he went off to return the readers to the display stand.

Hilarious I thought. He doesnt know how lucky he is.

Millhouse 28 Sep 2009, 04:06

At my local shopping mall yesterday....

A young lady, about 5' 20- 22 yo, long dark hair.Had on a sort of retro round 80's styled pair of plastic blue frames,though not too large for her face. Rx at least -8 to -10. She had a confident look which is always a good positive attribute for a gwg.

And 24 Sep 2009, 16:18

Hollie, don't be sad, I bet lots have noticed your glasses and nodded with approval even if they haven't commented.Has anyone wanted to try them on ?

Hollie 24 Sep 2009, 14:21

Clare

Perhaps you are just yet to find those perfect frames?

I'm allowed to go back to contacts next week : ) and am really looking forward to it. Had a work social event last night and a partner commented to me, oh, I thought the glasses were just a new thing for work, as I was wearing them in the evening. I said sadly not and explained the contacts situation. He said he thought lots of girls my age just wore glasses to be trendy- not sure how true that is really?!

Clare 24 Sep 2009, 14:01

Hollie - can't remember the last time. Unless I couldn't wear contacts, that's the only time it'd happen. No need ;)

I would like to - one day - find some glasses that I'd like to be seen out in. Not sure that'll happen though.

Hollie 24 Sep 2009, 12:34

Clare- are you never seen with glasses in public at all?

Clare 21 Sep 2009, 12:59

This is more of a non-sighting so not sure if its the right place but here goes.

Meeting some more of my new colleagues on Friday, I introduced myself to someone and we decided we'd already met albeit briefly. Then she said to me "but you looked different - you were wearing glasses ...".

You'll be disappointed to know that I assured her I wasn't. I obviously have a speccy double!

chrisB 21 Sep 2009, 12:12

Astra,

I think its partly because the pay is often so bad that new glasses are an un-affordable luxury. In other cases, I am sure they are just so into their research subject it never occurs to them.

Slit 21 Sep 2009, 07:41

Re: 30 something...

well. yes, the astigmatism also seem to make the need for glasses when reading...

and re the post by Phil abt mom of young son.

modern trends cause the girls to marry pretty late and by the time their child grow up to 5 yrs of age they are almost on verge of presbyopia!

how much do u estimate the age?

Phil 21 Sep 2009, 05:45

I sat next to a pretty, pregnant 30-something on the train today. During the journey she took out her phone and slipped on anice pair of semi-rimless specs to read messages on it. I think she was astigmatic. As I peeped through her lenses (as one does) I got the impression that things were swirling about. Quite alluring!

Astra 20 Sep 2009, 04:29

Re chrisb: Interesting to know that there are that many doctorates/professors who didn't even change their frames for 20 years or more in Cambridge.

chrisb 17 Sep 2009, 15:37

odd sighting in Paperchase in Cambridge this afternoon. A girl, late 20s early thirties with blonde hair and quite a striking prescription. Flat fronted lenses and about 5mm edge beyond the rim of the frames. But the odd thing was the frames themselves - they were circa late 60's early 1970s perfectly round, gold frames with thin wire arms. Unless the GWG was a lot older than she looked it was almost as tho she'd got new lenses put in her mums frames. I may have remarked before that the University can be like a glasses museum. The brightest students tend to stay on and do doctorates, then become researchers etc If their prescription didnt change, they didnt change their frames - over 20 years maybe.

Clare 17 Sep 2009, 11:45

Phil - I'm sure you know the answer to that question without asking! And yes there does seem to be a disproportionate number of GWGs, there are some less-than noteworthy MIGs and it seems the girls have stolen the show, rhinestones all over the place!

Phil 17 Sep 2009, 00:56

Clare, it sounds like you work in surroundings that would be heavenly for chaps like us. Talking of "outings" have you appeared there in specs yet?

designereyez 17 Sep 2009, 00:50

Galileo, congratulations for making it for so long without reading correction. Reminds me of my father who almost completely avoided glasses until quite recently in his sixties. I think it is an individual thing. I am farsighted in the first place, so I will definitely not be able to do what you have done. I don't think most others would be able to either!

Clare 16 Sep 2009, 11:34

Another gwg outed today, but with more conservative semi-rimless frames in a dark brown metal. She's blond and the combination worked well. They didn't seem very strong, probably in the -1s. She put them on in a meeting to see something on a screen then kept putting them on and off, they're obviously new. In the same meeting a guy sitting next to me with plus lenses - who I'd seen with glasses before but assumed he was taking a rest from contacts - put on his glasses, saying "it's so nice to see!". He seemed to have them on for the rest of the day, maybe he's not a contacts wearer after all.

Galileo 16 Sep 2009, 06:57

Designereyez - I guess it depends what you are prepared to put up with. I'm mid 50's and not using reading glasses. By the end of the day I know my eye muscles have been working! But I don't get headaches and I can see to do what I need to do including reading books late at night. Really small print can be a problem in low light conditions, but it always was. I could probably be more comfortable with reading glasses, but as my optician said "its a choice, you can see enough and if you used glasses you might see more"

designereyez 15 Sep 2009, 15:19

Phil, at my eye appt my doctor told me she just had a 27-year old patient to whom she prescribed extra reading correction. She (probably about 28-30 herself) also told me that she wore reading glasses on top of her contacts when doing night reading so that she would not wake up with pain around her eyes. Her explanation for all this was that we are just using our focusing muscles much more than even a generation ago with computers and smaller electronic devices like iPhones and Blackberrys.

Aubrac 15 Sep 2009, 12:34

Was supping a pint of Abbott in Wetherspoons bar at Stanstesd Airport the other dat. many gwg as usual, mainly low minus.

Partner of lady in front of me asked what the departures were. she handed him her about -3,00 glasses and he said, cant see a thing. She then put her glasses back on upside down to read the board. This happened a few times - maybe better reversed prescription or lenses are closer to eye - any thoughts?

Puffin 15 Sep 2009, 09:02

I'm going to have to spend some time on trains just so I can get some sightings!

I miss the good old days when I used public transport to get to work. There were some nice sightings back then.

Phil 15 Sep 2009, 02:13

Nice sighting on train today. A pretty mum with young son took out a pair of rimless readers to read her newspaper. I could not believe she was old enough to be a presbyope. But it may just be that, like policemen and judges, presbyopic gwgs look younger every day!

Mark 15 Sep 2009, 00:20

2 nice sightings on the same train last night back to london.

1 guy with myodiscs, which by the looks of things werent strong enough, judging by the way he held everything about 3 inches from the front of his lenses, and squinted like mad to see anything in the distance. Hard to judge RX of myodiscs, i think in the mid -20's though

and a nice lady, early 20's with high index lenses but about a -12 to -15 RX as there was a lot of cut in. Frames suited her very well.

Astra 13 Sep 2009, 01:06

Yea, puffin. Thanks for sharing that...

The speaker probably don't even know what axes really are. How can one "has an axis on one of the eyes"? One can't possess the axes! The axes are there for correction, not that your eye has an axis.

Puffin 11 Sep 2009, 13:48

I've heard "I've got an axis in that eye"

if you weren't an OO or eyecare professional, you'd wonder what they were talking about!

JP 11 Sep 2009, 12:35

I often find I have to hold back my words to avoid outing myself as an optic obsessive.

A friend has recently been for an eye test and reported "a stigma in both eyes". Another reports being "both shortsighted and longsighted" while his lenses and Rx are clearly for shortsight with astigmatism.

I've heard others who've got "a stigmatism".

Sometimes perhaps we know a little too much.

SimonC 11 Sep 2009, 08:51

A nice sighting at lunchtime when I popped into a supermarket in town. A girl dressed as a butterfly (I think) with some wings and and so forth with a badge '18 today'. Perfect combination of blonde hair and black plastic frames. Prescription I would guess similar to mine so -4 to -6 range. Then realised there were a whole host of 'butterflies' or insects all looking very delightful but none as much as the glasses wearing one. I had to say Happy Birthday on my way past and got a quick smile and thanks. Certainly one of the better lunchtimes in recent times.

ehpc 07 Sep 2009, 14:44

Not that I know anything about that particular woman (indeed 'media' girlies tend to rather irritate me) but I just mean as a generality brains and beauty is the most brilliant combination. But if she were REALLY brainy, would she be hosting TV shows? I doubt it myself, although there have certainly been many obvious exceptions.

ehpc 07 Sep 2009, 14:40

Brains and beauty.............indeed...........THE BEST OF THE BEST :)

Karen X 07 Sep 2009, 13:36

At the end of "Bang Goes the Theory" on BBC1 this evening they showed a short promo for the Bang Goes the Theory Roadshow. In 2 different shots you could see Liz Bonnin (one of the presenters on the tv show) wearing glasses. They were dark plastic rectangular frames. But as she was only seen for a few seconds at a time I couldn't tell what sort of prescription she had.

I didn't know she wore glasses. She is also very attractive and intelligent (brains and beauty - yum!).

I can't find the promo anywhere on the BBC website. It wasn't part of the main programme - it came on after the end credits finished, so it's not on the BBC iPlayer either.

If anyone knows of the whereabouts of any photos or videos of Liz wearing glasses please post the links on this Eyescene.

Thanks!

Yoyo 01 Sep 2009, 13:58

Moreover, it is well-documented that East Asians seem to have a much greater likelihood for myopia, while Europeans seem to have greater likelihood for hyperopia.

I doubt there's much correlation based on hair color, though.

Filthy McNasty 01 Sep 2009, 11:38

To correct my own typo: "already"

Filthy McNasty 01 Sep 2009, 11:36

The word "racist" is, in my humble opinion, trotted out too often and too easily. Just as we need to be vigilant against truly racist behavior, so we need to guard against stifling legitimate inquiry or discourse by means of such labels indiscriminately bandied about, often to squelch legitimate discussion.

I have recently read that certain studies have hinted that redheads may be more prone to certain types of skin cancer. We alredy know that redheads are more prone to sunburn. Are these propositions racist? Surely to Dog not.

Let us not trivialize a great evil by tilting publicly at windmills.

Clare 01 Sep 2009, 11:30

On the contacts on planes discussion ... I've done both. I wore contacts on a flight from Dubai no problem but general advise is to take them out as the air conditioning on the plane dries them out they say. For me it'd depend whether they were already irritating me, in which case I'll take them out even if it's only a short stint.

Paul 01 Sep 2009, 11:23

I think the red-hair/glasses discussion can safely be said to not be racist, at least not necessarily. Let's hope.

Of the people I know with red hair, I actually think more of them are without glasses than with. Or maybe it's about even. I'm curious, though, if you account for education, culture, or other important environmental factors, how different races' rates of myopia or other eye conditions would compare. Problem is it's hard to account for the environmental factors. Asian countries like Taiwan have very high myopia rates, but also have rather different educational systems from, say, the US.

Sam 01 Sep 2009, 11:15

Regarding red hair and glasses; in some parts of the world this could be considered a racist discussion.

Perhaps, its just the fact that you do not register a red haired person without glasses.

I have red hair and glasses, but my two sisters and 1 brother manage 2 red-heads and 0 glasses between them.

It's been fun reading these discussions

Thomas 01 Sep 2009, 08:32

Glassesforeveryone, now that you mention it, I can't think of a single redhead girl I know who doesn't wear/need correction. I think there is something in this.

Galileo 01 Sep 2009, 04:52

I've heard that contact lens wearers can have more problems with dry eyes on planes because the air pumped around planes has low humidity - which also contributes to dehydration and the risk of DVT on long flights. I've noticed a lot of glasses wearing on long overnight flights, followed by people disappearing into the toilets and re-emerging bare eyed (and presumably with contacts) just before the plane lands.

JC 31 Aug 2009, 16:05

And - I know some that take out contacts for flying but I'd say the majority of dedicated contact wears who wouldn't be caught dead in glasses don't bother. I've never had problems wearing them.

And 31 Aug 2009, 15:40

Is it common for contact wearers to revert to glasses when flying ? My gf didn't when we recently had a 4hr flight & had no problems, although as I've said before she never takes them out anyway.

Clare 31 Aug 2009, 08:45

Sounds like this lady would have big problems navigating around an airport! Unless I was with someone else I'd definately wear my glasses if I'd taken out my contacts, otherwise I'd have real trouble reading departure boards and finding where to go!

JC 31 Aug 2009, 07:03

Last night at an airport I saw a blond girl in her 20's looking at a coffee shop menu from maybe 10 feet away with a full effort squint. She then stepped closer, maybe 7 feet from the menu, and continued with the hard squint before turning and walking away. I don't know if she read the menu and decided she didn't want anything or gave up on reading it, but if she did manage to read it I don't suppose she could have been more then about -1.5. I wonder if she is not yet full time wear or is and had removed her contacts for the flight.

Melyssa 29 Aug 2009, 07:55

Shown the last two days on "Match Game '77" on the Game Show Network, and to be continued on Monday (1:00 p.m. EDT), there has been a contestant who wore very large rimless butterfly-shaped frames with tinted lenses in a plus prescription. The host, Gene Rayburn, commented on them and asked to try them on. He looked very funny, and when the woman put her glasses back on, I noticed her eyes looked bigger, hence the plus RX.

Galileo 28 Aug 2009, 04:59

glassesforeveryone, Tim, Mark - I never thought about it but four of the highest myopes I ever met were red heads. I guess it is difficult to be objective with so many contact lens wearers around. I think I agree.

Phil 28 Aug 2009, 04:05

There was a pretty young blonde on my train this morning. When she got on, wearing sunglasses, I noticed her at once. After she sat down she took out a copy of the Independent (so she wasn't entirely perfect!), put away the sunglasses and put on a gorgeous pair of purple specs. I was a bit perplexed by the lenses which looked significantly plus but protruded from the frames at the top. Maybe there was some serious astigmatism. She looked stunning in them and kept them on when she left the train at Waterloo.

Clare 27 Aug 2009, 11:48

Phil - not really much chance of that happening of course and they don't need any more GWGs where I work. Folks here would be distracted most of the time!

Phil 27 Aug 2009, 01:50

Clare, FCUK = yum to me. I don't like the ostentatious Prada and D&G frames with all the shiny stones in them. You are far too modest (as always). i bet you look stuinning in specs. Tell me about the new work. You could have used it as the chsance to "come out" as a fulltime gwg!

ehpc 26 Aug 2009, 16:44

Boldest is best......................:)

Clare 26 Aug 2009, 13:09

And - yes I suppose they are (FCUK), i guess the word *statement* is key here. Mine are possibly less ostentatious ;)

 26 Aug 2009, 00:09

the myodisc wearing guy i mentioned the other day seems to have gotten a new pair of glasses.

These have smaller bowls than the last ones, so he may have had a prescription jump, still cant tell personally.

Tim 25 Aug 2009, 22:05

Yes, glassesforeveryone, I agree. When I was a student, CLs were very rare (although not completely unknown), so you tended to see what you got! I soon noticed a distinct correlation between red hair and (often high) myopia, but apart from the usual family genetics have never been able to explain this.

And 25 Aug 2009, 14:06

Clare, are yours not designer ?

Mark 25 Aug 2009, 13:36

i dont think its the case, i think its just that they get a lot of attention anyway, they are very rarely worried about what people think of them as they are going to stand out any way. Instead they may simply just not care about wearing contacts and instead just wear whatever they feel like without worrying about what people think of them?

glassesforeveryone 25 Aug 2009, 13:21

Not sure where best to post this. I was just wondering whether anyone else had noticed that redheaded people seem to have a high propensity of myopia.

There is no scientific basis to my observation, but I am convinced by this. Has anyone else noticed this, or any other correlations?

Clare 25 Aug 2009, 12:31

I've recently started a new role in London's *newer* financial district -Canary Wharf, really nice people and what strikes me about the females is a strong propensity for them to wear statement designer specs - lots of very visible Prada, Tommy Hilfiger, Chanel logos everywhere. I'm almost out of place! And no, don't suggest I join them just for the hell of it ...

 25 Aug 2009, 09:05

Found a minus myodisc wearing guy with long ginger hair, in Barking London with a routine. Unable to guess his RX as im no good guessing when it comes to myodiscs.

He goes with his gf / partner to the train station every weekday morning around 8am and picks her up again at about 6 pm on the same days.

Most of the time he's wearing his myodiscs (sometimes contacts), though at first were a little hard to spot as they dont seem to stand out like most other myodisk's ive seen, im guessing a plano carrier or some blending.

I happen to be catching the trains around these times each day, so it was a nice surprise when i learned of this.

So keep your eyes open those of you from London, you might get a glimpse if you go that way at those times.

Millhouse 22 Aug 2009, 04:12

Driving on my way home from work on Friday....

A dark haired lady, about 30yo,nice fiqure,5' to 5'5, jeans, blue t-shirt. She had a metal oval frame style in dark metal blue or grey with a lovely -7 or -8 rx (assuming she didnt have high index lenses) she seemed a bit un-confident in herself I thought. I wonder now who she is and if i'd see her again along that bit of road again. Def my type of GWG, very pretty and cute with a hint of vulnerability. A sighting I wont forget for quite a while- you know what I mean, someone who may be "the one" that eyes across the room thing at bars of parties. Anyway- I digress somewhat.

gwgs 20 Aug 2009, 01:24

Just had a very interesting with a work colleague about another (female) colleagues glasses - as previously mentioned, we have two gwgs (used to be three) in our office, one is a high myope who I had previously guessed was -10 and another whose prescription she had told me had changed three or four times in the last year. She has a few mm's of thickness at the side of her split rim glasses but no significat cut in and I'd therefore guessed she would be around -4 (although the no cut in part had me puzzled). Anyhow, when I was talking to her yesterday she said that she was (as most people say) "blind as a bat" without glasses and couldn't see the computer screen, nor even get around without her spex and she would be helpless without them! I would have liked to ask then to try them on to see how strong they were but resisted the temptation.

This morning then I was talking to our high myope girl who asked to be excused as her phone rang, she said it was probably our colleague who had sent her a text earlier saying she would be late in as her lenses had fallen out of her glasses, she had tried to put them back in but couldn't get them to go back in. She asked how it happened and she said she didn't know (??) and she was now on the way to the opticians to either get a new pair of glasses (expensive option) or see if they could refit the lenses. Now, given our conversation yesterday I didn't know how this would be possible but I will enquire as to she got on when she comes into the office.

Once the call ended my high myope colleague was saying how she felt sorry for her not being able to see for the moment, I then said (pretending to be unknowledgeable about this), why couldn't they share glasses for the day (joke!) or did she have a spare she could lend her but she said, "I am very blind and my glasses would be far too strong for her, I am minus 900" - this I guessed to be -9, I asked what our colleagues prescription was and she said she didn't know but probably around "minus 200" -2. I'm suprised by this as she had a change of prescription four times and is only -2, surely she got her guess of her prescription wrong as even with -0.5 increases every time it would mean her original prescription was 0 and yet she had been wearing glasses for years before this constant change in prescription.

Chris  13 Aug 2009, 23:54

Had a good sighting at the train station, recently. There are a couple of brothers who live on my road. The oldest is probably about 17, his brother a year or so younger. They both have short, spiked up blonde hair and blue eyes; I've seen the older one wearing glasses on and off for the last six months (black, semi-rimless: nothing special), although recently they seem to have been more on than off. Anyway, at the train station they were looking at the departure board. No surprises that the older boy was wearing his glasses, the younger one was squinting at the board. They had a brief conversation after which the older lad passed his glasses to his brother. When he had finished looking at the information he gave the glasses back. Clearly, the younger boy couldn't see well enough with out glasses, but I wonder if part of the problem was that the older one couldn't see well enough with his and needs stronger lenses . I'll keep an eye out as I don't think it will be too long before the younger one starts wearing glasses.

antonio 04 Aug 2009, 06:52

Hi swax, you mentioned you were bare-eyed, what would you wear normally as glasses to see ? are you nearsighted ? how much ?

best regards antonio

Trent 03 Aug 2009, 08:57

Martyn,

Yes I agree with you. The fantasy ends when it gets personal or the affected person faces vision loss. Ask yourself this question, would you wish that your son or daughter would have to wear glasses? I think that most of us here would answer no.

Martyn 02 Aug 2009, 23:50

I saw a lady waiting at bus stop with the thickest lens i have ever seen, the must have been about an inch thick, very thin gold metal frame round in shape, you could not make out her eyes because of the high density of power rings, even with her glasses on she seemed have difficulty reading the bus numbers, she asked to tell her when the no 39 came along, her RX must have been in - high 20is. I love ladies wearing strong glasses plus or minus, but for some reason i really did feel a sense of guilt

because this ladies vision was a definately an handicap. what do you think.

Visitboy 01 Aug 2009, 07:41

Does anyone else experience the moment of connection when your eyes meet a beautiful guy with glasses? Out shopping this afternoon, I couldn't help buy glance and a gorgeous guy in hiw twenties, waiting outside a shop with anoter man and woman. And his response was the kind of look back that showed, discreetly, that he knew he'd been noticed - Much like meeting an old friend in the street.

He'd got short, neat hair, and lovely rectangular metal frames carrying low minus lenses. Quite the most attractive object of my attentions on that trip.

daffy 01 Aug 2009, 05:28

I had a field day a few weeks ago. I registered online to an optical trade show. They mailed me a pass. I only managed to get it because a company i work for has the name optical even though we have nothing to do with the optometry scene (more physics).

Needless to say, I went along. It was so interesting. Meeting people, suppliers of all things from eyeglass screws to edging machines. Almost all girls i saw were wearing glasses. And I can walk up to anyine and openly talk to them about glasses, lenses, etc.

I got so much info and contacts that i started wondering about buisness opportunities. And I am now persuing it.

Wish me luck.

swax 30 Jul 2009, 08:45

I was at bank today, waiting for my turn. A man, about 50 I'd say, sat down to do some operations, laid a few papers on the desk and put on a pair of sunglasses before filling the forms. I guess they were prescription sunglasses, since there was not a lot of light in there.

The bank employee had a pair of glasses on her desk, but I couldn't look at the lenses since I was bare eyed.

Cactus Jack 30 Jul 2009, 06:23

Danbert,

Yes, this should probably be on the Lenses thread.

Fashion and Vanity trump everything else when it comes to glasses. Optical or visual quality have little to do with the selection of lenses. You could almost call it the "Quest for Thinness".

People are willing to pay substantially more for high index, thin lenses, progressive bifocals, and high fashion frames, even if they sacrifice visual acuity and increase distortion. Guess what the retailers like to sell. I'll bet optical quality never came up in the discussion, they are not stupid. Any concerns about reflections from flat front lenses are easily handled by a very high efficiency (expensive) anti-reflective coating.

C.

C.

Darrill 30 Jul 2009, 04:50

London Heathrow T5 lounge Monday evening. An American girl and her mother waiting for their plane, the daughter in her early twenties, very pretty tanned face, gorgeous shoulder-length darkbrown hair.

She really drew my attention when she came back from a short visit to the restrooms and was now wearing slender oval black pastic framed glasses. She moved them on the top of her head when surfing the internet on the lounge PCs, but put them on (and squinted) whenever checking the satus of her flight on the monitors, or to make sure her mom was still sitting in her sofa. I walked behind her a few times as to peek through her glasses, I'd say she was about -4.

Millhouse  30 Jul 2009, 01:05

At my local Tesco supermarket yesterday.

At the checkout next to mine-

Slim attractive lady about 35yo.

Dark brown hair,about 5'7 or so.

She was wearing some wide-side arms with a red tint to them,rx about +2/+3.

The side of the frames ,on the arms, had little patterns cut out like butterflies or something- perhaps little birds.

Quite unusual I thought.

Danbert 29 Jul 2009, 06:03

Cactus Jack: This probably belongs in the Lenses thread, but just to clarify - the higher the Rx, the lower the front base curve is generally made in order to keep lens thickness down despite inferior optical quality?

Is the amount typically used universal (except upon special request) or can different opticians arbitrarily decide what the base curve should be?

Some people here seem to prefer the appearance of flat lenses. I am undecided as I am unsure if it is the thickness, flatness or simply the minification that makes them look a bit different.

gwgs 29 Jul 2009, 00:45

Kate Silverton has been commented on quite a bit on this site, she used to work on Channel 5 then made the switch to the BBC and seems to have a collection of frames all in the hexi/wide arm style and sports a plus prescription.

No one has quite guessed her prescription - there is a current conversation about it on another thread but we believe she is between +2 to +3.5

I also noticed the traffic girl on BBC News was wearing glasses this morning, she looked a full time wearer.

recent UK traveller 28 Jul 2009, 19:19

For those of you in the UK, or travel there often, I noticed on a recent trip that London City Airport LCY is quite rich with GWG employees. Nearly all the duty free shop saleswomen were GWGs, both plus and minus, and some airline staff as well. So next time, avoid Heathrow and try LCY instead. (By the way it's a really pleasant and easy-to-use airport as well.)

Also, since I happened to watch BBC Breakfast, can someone comment on host Kate Silverton's Rx (plus, minus, cylinder)? The very idea of a female morning show host wearing specs fulltime could simply never happen in America...even Katie Couric faced resistance from her producers for wearing readers on camera...

Cactus jack 28 Jul 2009, 17:35

Nova man,

The glasses Rx is determined by the difference between the curvature of the front surface of the lens and the back surface and the index of the lens material. The front curve is called the Base Curve of the lens. A plus curved front surface is considered to provide the best optics and are usually more attractive because the reflections from the front of the lens look small. The disadvantage of a plus Base Curve is that it makes the edges of a minus lens thicker.

-7 is pretty close to those Rx with a very low front base curve, but ask for the front surface to be slightly curved if possible.

C.

Nova man 28 Jul 2009, 11:50

No lasic I asked here pleas tell me more about hte lenses that wont have flat fronts what should she ask for?

myopeinhere 28 Jul 2009, 07:30

she was glasses free for a few years,then -1.25,now six months later -2.5,she's not to happy but as she says better than the coke bottles she used to wear,if only she knew....lol

Clare 28 Jul 2009, 06:35

Myopeinhere - is your neighbour already back to full time wear? A friend has a friend who had lasik and she is. And not very happy about it apparently. No surprise there.

myopeinhere 28 Jul 2009, 03:04

Sounds like a Lasik victim,our neighbour who was -10 had it about 6 years ago,now back in -2's,at -7 there will be no problem having hi-index lenses for your wife,no flat fronts

Nova man 27 Jul 2009, 20:10

I dont know if this is the right thread of I should put this in sightings. I saw a friend of mine the other day and she has worn glasses for a long time. I notice she had gotten some new frames. I didnt have time to chat with her but what I noticed right off was , I remember her old pair and her lenses somewhat thick with the right being worse than the left and the lenses were almost flat on the front, well this pair was really thin and the lenses were not flat, curved like a low rx?? any Ideas. why is it the lenses are flat anyhow, My wife needs a new rx she is a minus 7 and her lenses are flat is there any type of lense she can get that wont be flat on the fronts

Trent 25 Jul 2009, 09:17

I have seen this girl now for a second time. Asian, ~30 yrs, square thin black plastic frames. Obvious edge thickness despite hi-index lenses maybe -15D.

I can't wait until the next time she walks past by my bus stop on the way to work!

Traveller 25 Jul 2009, 05:09

Frankfurt airport yesterday afternoon: absolutely stunning blonde with the latest double arm semi-rimless style and lenses at least 10-12mm thick. Looked to be about -6 - -8.

Hotel at breakfast. Tall blonde with very delicate rimless frames with light metal arms, about -4.

Bookshop this morning: Brunette with similar style and plus lenses about +2. Cusomer in bookshop, rimless frames with translucent green arms - also about +2.

I love travelling. Frames and wearers generally so much more attractive than in the UK.

Aubrac 21 Jul 2009, 01:01

The lovely Kate Silverton was looking even more beautiful on the BBC1 Breakfast news this morning.

She was wearing a black dress and I think new black (or very dark) semi-rimless glasses. Her hairstyle has also changed slightly and you could see through the right lens when she turned her head to the right.

Her glasses looked stronger than usual, maybe a new scrip with about +2.5 to +3.5 with some cylinder, but very difficult to estimate accurately.

All in all, a very nice start to the morning!

Melyssa 19 Jul 2009, 07:59

A few sightings in the past 3 days: (1) A young woman near my worksite wearing bright red, wide-side frames, but semi-rimless in front -- I always think that the lenses will fall out of the frame straight down. LOL (B) Another young woman working at the pharmacy, wearing normal-sided plastic frames, with a black stripe and a white stripe, but rimless in front with 2 connections on each side to her rather thick rectangular lenses. (Third) An older woman wearing rather huge red drop-temple sunglasses. (Now if only they would come in regular frames.)

Millhouse 18 Jul 2009, 08:12

We had a lady call in at our office during the week, she sells cheap books to our staff, you place your order and she comes back the next week with more books plus the order you placed....

Anyway, she was about 30-35 yo, dark short hair, lovely looking, softly spoken about 5'7 tall with dark brown eyes.Specs were a semi-rectangular plastic type (though not too heavy looking) in dark blue,prob about a -3 or -4 I'd guess. Suited her very well too!

I tried to get a bit of chat going on but she seemed a bit shy and quiet. Not that I was being to flirty or anything- just a quick "Hi- how you doing?"

I'm determined net time she calls to say hello again and ask her where she got her glasses- if she asks why I want to know I'll say;

"cus they look so good on you and I need some new ones myself soon"

(which to be honest I do)

I'll post again either If I get shot down in flames or a decent conversation.

SZ6 17 Jul 2009, 07:14

The occasional fatty burger won't kill you, as long as it doesn't turn into a habit. Just like the occasional cigarette or occasional joint won't kill you. Habits and lifestyles are dangerous, not individual food items...

All things in moderation, I always say. Except for pretty women with high minus glasses.

stephan 16 Jul 2009, 09:42

not the kind of thread i normally post to...

by the way - I am pysical fitness trainer and that' my opinion :

Burger is quite a lot low fat beef, salad, tomato, onions, pickles mustard, ketchup, burger bread (okay a bit of mayo, white bread not cereal..) but much better than most people guess. Not the burger makes people grow fat and lazy - it's the way of life... being lazy, eating because of being bored, burger + french fries + burger + french fries + full sugar soft drink + milkshake + being bored + hanging around in front of TV + next soft drink.

No one who's active will get fat because of a fast food burger a day...

I promise ;-)

still 16 Jul 2009, 09:11

I have to disagree. Big Macs are very tasty, except for the shredded lettuce, which I could do without. I want to live long, too, but I hope the occasional fat sandwich won't kill me! And you don't need to take off your glasses to eat them!

ehpc 13 Jul 2009, 15:10

No-one in their right minds would eat a BigMac in my view. I have just clocked up my 55th birthday and I firmly intend being around for a very long time yet....................:)

ehpc 13 Jul 2009, 14:58

Too right. No junk food here. It is quite beyond me how anyone could eat a Big Mac.

Jennifer 13 Jul 2009, 14:30

Of course not, pete. Mickey D's is not healthy enough for you.......

ehpc 13 Jul 2009, 14:24

Not a user of McD myself

ehpc 13 Jul 2009, 14:23

Just to confirm...............'Pete' is not ehpc Pete

And 13 Jul 2009, 07:51

lol, Rachel, don't forget -3 is a long way from your rx. She probably didn't feel too vunerable sat with her friends. I can understand why you wouldn't share your glasses.

Rachel 13 Jul 2009, 02:42

Pete. The third girl obviously didn't need glasses at all LOL. It was nice the second girl kept them on for a while though. If the glasses were around -3.00 dioptres, her distance vision must be pretty bad without glasses now. What on earth did the first girl do all this time, without her glasses on? I would have thought she would have been peppering to get them back and wear them. LOL. I know i would.

Rachel 13 Jul 2009, 02:35

I saw a girl on Saturday in one of our local stores with blonde hair wearing some really attractive plus glasses. I felt quite jealous because her eyes looked really nice and dreamy in them. She had some really nice trendy new plastic frames in white and blue. I think blue really goes with blonde hair. My eyes looks so small now I sometime wish I was plus instead of minus.

Pete 12 Jul 2009, 09:55

Very good sighting yesterday at Mc Donalds: Three stylish young woman in age of 20-22 come in, one with glasses, minus arround 3 diopters. One other looked with sqinting to the menue on top of the counter but couldn`t see. So the gwg handed her the glasses and the first could read and they ordered. The first don´t give the glasses back the next five minutes but kooked arround and told the others how good her eyesight were with this glasses.

Later on the table the third girl tried the glasses on too, but only for a few seconds.

Astra 11 Jul 2009, 11:06

Gino, I think Lynn saying hers is -6 seems reasonable. Note the very significant minification over the glasses case... seems much more than my -2.5.

How about the ones of Alexia? It seems around -1 (or weaker?) for me.

ehpc 10 Jul 2009, 15:56

Katy - I don't really believe that :) But I know what you are getting at. Men can very easily think that about women too, I can assure you :) I think it is quite extraordinary that men and women have been on this planet together for however many millions of years, and yet we are still no closer to understanding each other - if anything we are drifting further apart. One might have thought that Evolution might have depositied a gene somewhere or other that might help us along a bit! Pete

Katy 10 Jul 2009, 15:07

Pete - I'm sure he's fine, I haven't been back in there. I may pop in sometime soon... he's very nice to look at but I'm not going to try & start anything with him! I've had enough of men anyway, more hassle than they're worth ;-)

ehpc 10 Jul 2009, 14:59

Katy - how is the charity shop guy? You HAVE pushed things forward....................???? :) Pete

OOps I did it again 10 Jul 2009, 14:48

"I had finished cleansing her lenses in the meantime" (SPLURGH!!!)

oops, sorry ma'am...

Cactus Jack 08 Jul 2009, 14:55

Gino,

They are probably high index lenses which makes them very thin. Power rings at the edges of the lenses are caused by internal reflections and the width of each ring is more related to the thickness of the edges than the power of the lens. The number of the rings has a loose relationship to the power. Maybe she is the girl of your dreams. Don't let this one get away.

C.

Gino 08 Jul 2009, 13:32

Well guys, this morning Lynn came with me to the department store and while strolling down the aisles she complained about her lenses being filthy. I didn't hesitate and offered to clean them, and she happily accepted! I was of course somewhat surprised, and pretty excited she did, and while cleansing her lenses I asked a bit inadvertently "are those strong or not?". She said yes, that she couldn't do much without them, and if I didn't give them back she'd probably not find the way out of the store herself. I asked "so they are minus 2 or 3?". And she exclaimed "oh no, these are minus 6 in both eyes, and I probably need more as I start having some trouble reading roadsigns from a large distance". I had finished cleansing her lenses in the meantime, and I had the courage to fold them open and gently slipped them back on her nose! She said nobody had ever done this for her before. No need to tell you I really star to like her...

gwgs 08 Jul 2009, 09:09

It is a bonus, even more spotted the last couple of days. A couple of women wearing strong plussies with split arms, and cords attached to the spex. Another bonus!

I haven't seen the dt's in the drugstores but will keep a lookout, I'm tempted to buy a pair of the split arms to remind me of the holiday but I already own three (different) pairs of them.

I'd love to grab some photos but it would be almost impossible. If the oppportunity arises I shall grab it and publish them when I'm back in London

Stefan 07 Jul 2009, 15:43

Gino - around -3 I'd say.

Stefan 07 Jul 2009, 15:43

Slit 07 Jul 2009, 02:49

At a local shopping mall today in Sri Lanka...

came across a girl of abt 20 y.o. with substantial plus glasses and a different kind of bifocals - the upper segment having about 1/4 of the lense while the lower (add) segment accounting the remainder of the lens.

I guess this has been made upon a special request of hers in order to allow more close and mid distance work and giving less attantion on far.

However she seems to tilt her head way back to see far away things also through the lower portion, hinting a need of increased rx for distance!

Rx guess: +2 with +1.5 add

Aubrac 07 Jul 2009, 00:28

Gino

I think they are about -4, the right lens appears about -1 stronger than the left. This would also account for things looking much smaller. A -1 lens would not have such a marked effect.

gwgs

An added holiday bonus! I was at the the UK seaside this weekend and also noticed many girls wearing plus lens, most of them with reactolite lenses. There was one especially lovely lady wearing transluscent purple frames with bifocals, but so many plusses it was difficult to know where to look.

Cactus Jack 06 Jul 2009, 16:34

Gino,

The more I look at the pictures, I they are less than -2, maybe closer to -1.

If you really want to get a better idea of her Rx, you can do that next time she takes a nap if you have some known plus glasses such as +3 readers.

Do you wear glasses?

C.

Cactus Jack 06 Jul 2009, 16:07

Gino,

Side and or angular views are not very helpful except that they accent the power rings, which are internal reflections inside the lenses. I would guess something around -2.

C.

Gino 06 Jul 2009, 15:14

I managed to take away Lynn's glasses this afternoon while she was taking a nap. As said before, she is a good friend of my girlfriend, and a full-time glasses wearer. She looks incredibly sexy in her pink-and-lilac specs. Her prescription is strong, but I daren't ask her how much... What's your idea judging from the pics?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15674637@N08/sets/72157621054834172/

Slit 06 Jul 2009, 06:53

This is fabulous news GWGs!!!

Is there any changce to get hold of some pics? Probably in the local press or television there could be a girls appearing with those glasses on...

And if you can pls upload some pix of the drop temple glasses at the drug stores, with or without wearer.

Thanks!

gwgs 05 Jul 2009, 08:35

Im on holiday in Cannes, France at the moment and am really suprised at the number of plussies about! Back in London all you ever see is myopes but here in sunny Cannes everyone is into the split arm plussie glasses, I must have seen about 20-25 women wearing these - bliss!

Ive also seen 4 women now wearing drop temples with elaborate gold arms with the lenses either rimless or with gold surrounds, three of these girls have been under 30! I hope this fashion transfers to London as I love these retro frames and am also a big fan of split arm frames.

Im wondering whether the trend for the split arm frames is down to most pharmacys having a decent selection of glasses up to +3.5 which are available to for 10-12 euros, at this price, who can resist these beauties!

Im looking forward to the rest of my hols and will report on any other sightings!

Rachel 04 Jul 2009, 22:50

Katy. I take it you really like guys with strong minus glasses then. Mm I must admit, I'm attracted to them as well. Wow but -10, I don't often see any with such a high rx.

ehpc 04 Jul 2009, 13:52

Katy - No it wouldn't !!!! TRAIN youself! You mean because you really fancy him? He is BOUND to be delighted!!!! Anyway, just do what it takes. Even if it means playing the helpless female for a while and asking his assistance on something. I know perfectly well you could do it. I want to hear developments :) Pete

Katy 04 Jul 2009, 12:04

Pete - I'm usually quite good at flirting, but with a guy like that, I have trouble just speaking to him without making a complete fool of myself. Mentioning his glasses would be impossible! :-)

ehpc 04 Jul 2009, 10:18

Compliment him on his glasses, Katy! See how he reacts.Do the girlie flirtation thing with it:) Go, on - go for it! See what happens.And tell us all about it ! Go on, do it!!! Tart yourself up bigtime and go in looking stunning :) We chaps do this kind of thing all the time - well, except the female flirtation bit that is :) Pete

Katy 04 Jul 2009, 08:57

In a local charity shop today, there was a guy working there with impressively strong glasses in quite big tortoiseshell plastic frames. They were about -9 or 10 - I spotted them as I walked in the door, which was at least 10m away from the counter! Tall and good looking with surfer type floppy blond hair. I got a closer look when I went to pay for something. Mmmm. I'll be shopping there again!

Peter 03 Jul 2009, 10:13

London underground Bakerloo line this early afternoon. A slender Asian girl in her early 30ies (I guess) boarding the Tube and sitting next to me, slim figure, beautiful thick long black hair like only Asians can have, and the nicest specs I've ever seen.

Very stylish rectangular thin metal frames, purple temples, red fronts, and amazingly spotless and shiny lenses. She had a very strong prescription, but the lenses were still of an acceptable thickness (1/4inch). She took her glasses off for a while, cleaning the (already spotless) lenses and then spent about 5min adjusting them on her nose, takimg them off again, looking through the lenses from various angles while holding the glasses about 1 foot in front of her.

I was lucky that she also got off the tube at Piccadilly, I followed her and stood right behind her on the escalators. It took all my courage but I said "excuse me?", she turned her head and she looked at me and then I said "you have very nice glasses". She seemed surprised and didn't really know how to react, so I did not insist any further. Hope she might think back of this moment and still enjoy it afterwards?

ehpc 03 Jul 2009, 08:53

Stick with big black rectangular plastic frames with wide sides Rachel :)

Rachel 03 Jul 2009, 07:44

Clare, especially smallish oval like you said. I used to love those till my lenses got too thick to have them.

Rachel 03 Jul 2009, 07:43

Clare. Yeah, I think they do look nice in metal frames. That's what I'd go for I think if had to have them.

Clare 03 Jul 2009, 07:16

Rachel - They were just a simple metal frame, ovalish and not large. Admittedly I didn't see them from the side - she was facing me - but they looked fine on her.

Rachel 03 Jul 2009, 07:06

Clare. What type of frames was she wearing with them? Metal or plastic. I think from what I've seen, maybe myodiscs need certain sorts of frames to look attractive.

Clare 03 Jul 2009, 05:17

I spotted a slim, elegant black girl who looked great in jeans (due to her extremely long legs - very jealous of that)yesterday on the London Underground.I noticed she was wearing myodiscs, I'd never seen them before and though I knew what they were from the descriptions I'd read on Eyescene, I doubt if anyone uninitated would have thought they were as strong as I know them to be. The guys here would have loved it I'm sure!

Gino 02 Jul 2009, 14:54

My girlfriend invited 2 of her best friends to stay at our place for about a week; we're going to a rock festival all together. Both are full time glasses wearers, though Alexia's glasses can almost always be found on top of her head and not on her nose :)

I don't know what her prescriscription is, but it must be very weak. Her glasses are sexy anyway, so I don't reallty mind... Last night she left her glasses on our kitchen table, and I took some pics (see link). I'll try to do the same with Lynn's glasses, but she is almost never without her glasses; and she must have taken her with her lastnight. Her glasses are pretty strong, as when my girlfriend and Alexia tried them on, they could barely see anything.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15674637@N08/3682081537/

Amazing Sight 27 Jun 2009, 06:13

This week i had 5 amazing sightings all high myopes:

*girl at supermarket checkout with above -10 squints as costumers points to a sign.

*I was at the optician to pick up my prescription sunglasses and then a girl walks in to pick up her special order contacts i managed to get her prescription -16

*At the hardware store on Friday to sisters one very cute the other a little chubby but cute both with above -10.

*Again at the hardware store a lady mid 40s with sunglasses after a hard look they seemed very high minus.

A great week indeed.

John S 26 Jun 2009, 12:05

I don't know where she lives now, but she grew up close to me.

kisal 26 Jun 2009, 07:29

Saw one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen coaching little kids at a swim meet this past week. She has a perfect athlete's body, long blond hair, an absolutely stunning brown-framed specs. I managed to find her name and googled her to this link: http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=773

which confirms to my happiness and amazement that she is a full-time wearer. She is prettier than this picture!

Aubrac 22 Jun 2009, 09:32

Phil

I don't really know what this sort of prism looks like, but I'll have a look at the Perret website to see if there are any pictures.

Phil 22 Jun 2009, 08:30

If one can get over the pain and dribbling it can be an erotic experience as one's head is inevitably placed against the torturer's bosom. So when the torturer is a gwg it's actually rather nice!

Galileo 22 Jun 2009, 08:15

Phil - you have reminded me of an experience from the 1980s when I arrived at the dentist to be greeted by an absolutely gorgeous, slim blonde wearing a white jumpsuit and bright red heart shaped glasses with a prescription around -5. I don't think I even blinked during the time she was cleaning my teeth.

Phil 22 Jun 2009, 08:14

Thanks for that Aubrac: that's fascinating. I might pluck up courage to ask her next time! How does a prism lense look in the frame?

Aubrac 22 Jun 2009, 05:58

Phil

She may have a normal prescription but prism glasses are available especially made for dentists and hygienists.

They look like regular glasses but have prism lenses so the user does not have to angle constantly their neck so much to look in the patients mouth.

I read about them on the Perrets Opticians website.

Phil 22 Jun 2009, 05:47

I visited the dental hygienist this morning. It's not usually my favourite experience. But today it was rather more pleasant than I had anticipated. She was an attractive 40something blonde with a ponytail and black specs. I normally keep my eyes closed as the pain is inflicted but today I stared into her eyes. I found her lenses rather intriguing. I initialy thought she was hyperopic but the lesnses were thicker at the bottom edges; and when I looked through them the lights above were distorted. I have booked her again!

Galileo 14 Jun 2009, 04:25

I went into a pharmacy I occasionally visit where one assistant has a high minus Rx. On previous occasions she has worn oval metal frames with ordinary lenes, though they were probably high index. Today I was delighted to find her wearing a pair of brown rectangular frames with an orange inlay round the lens which really draws your attention to her eyes. And they were myodisc lenses with + carrier. Maybe 30mm bowls and the bowl touching the top and bottom of the frame. Now you only get any sense of power rings if she turns her head to oneside, but the cut in is amazing looking straight into her face. Wow!

gwgs 14 Jun 2009, 00:53

Very interesting sighting yesterday.

I was in the pet shop and admired the assistant I had seen before who wear round red plastic frames with a plus prescription. She is probably in her mid twenties and has a slightly bronzed complexion to her skin.

Anyway, I had thought on entering how refreshing it was that she was wearing these frames and not the usual plastic thick arm frames and then I overheard her female colleague asking about her glasses. She said "so how long have you had these glasses, I really like them" she replied "they fairly new".

"How much were they?"

"They were very expensive - £400, and they probably need changing soon as my prescription is always changing"

"Have you tried contacts"

"I haven't but will probably get some and if I like them then I will go to the optician and give them my frames so they can put my new prescription in, but this is another £400"

At this point I approached the counter with my purchase and wanted to suggest to her buying her glasses online as it would be so much cheaper but one of her male colleagues was also now behind the desk who wasn't party to the conversation and didn't want to seem as if I was interfering.

Do you think I should have said something as this girl clearly likes wearing her glasses but £400 does seem like a lot for what wasn't an considerable prescription - probably no higher than +3/+4 and may go down the contacts route is she constantly has to pay this amount everytime her prescription changes

ehpc 11 Jun 2009, 10:59

:) Pete

Rachel 11 Jun 2009, 10:55

Clare,

Really, well who isn't?

ehpc 11 Jun 2009, 10:17

Clare always likes men YOUNGER than herself :) Pete

Clare 11 Jun 2009, 09:45

Rachel - no I don't generally, but I'm likely to be distracted by an attractive guy with nice glasses wherever he is!

Rachel 11 Jun 2009, 03:31

Lentifan.

I agree, plus lenses can look pretty special. This girl you know may have just decided to go for a change of frames, although I think that is unlikely. When you get new frames, it usually means you need stronger lenses. Black metaloval frames do look really nice with plus lenses, especially strong ones, and I can understand you prefering this girl in them. Why don't you tell her? I bet she would feel really flattered if you did.

Rachel 11 Jun 2009, 03:23

Clare.

Probably not I reckon. However I suppose people who wear low minus glasses do realise that there are other people who need much higher prescriptions. They must come across them at their opticians for a start. I always take notice of other patients when I go for my check ups and look to see what strength of lenses they are wearing. Don't you Clare?

Lentifan 10 Jun 2009, 15:48

There's a lovely girl works in my local corner shop. She's bright,and always has a cheery word or two for the customers, and gives the impression of really enjoying her work, unlike the other rather sour assistants who have worked there for years. She wears beautiful plus-lensed glasses. I find it more difficult to estimate the strength of plus lenses than minus but I'd put them well into double figures, but they don't appear to be lenticulars.

Up to now she has worn black metal frames in the shape of ovals, flattened at the top, quite small lenses, eyes almost invisible. She has got now got new glasses - brown plastic frames. Despite the bigger lens size, they don't look any stronger and I think I preferred the old ones, but she's still lovely.

Who needs supermarkets?

Clare 10 Jun 2009, 11:59

I had a great meeting with a potential client today - attractive 30-something guy, dark, spikey-ish hair with low minus -1ish glasses, no discernable astigmatism. It made me wonder - do these folks with their very low prescriptions realise that some people can tell they're not so strong? And if someone tried their glasses, would they realise that they wouldn't seem that strong to someone who's -3 or more?

Maybe they need to drop by Eyescene!

Rachel 10 Jun 2009, 01:00

Aubrac. Well my parents don't need glasses either. Only me! But my mother's younger sister is very myopic like me, so my mother says I get it from her. Neither of my grandparents were really I don't think. Grannie is still living and only wears glasses for reading. I guess I'm just lucky I take after my aunt adn need really strong glasses now, that's all.

Aubrac 10 Jun 2009, 00:53

Rachel

All three of my kids have perfect eyesight, my son especially at 21 has 20/10 sight with amazing acuity. My ex only wears readers although her parents both wore glasses, one was about -2.00 and the other about -4.00 with a lot of cylinder. Both my parents only wore readers.

Can't really figure out the heredity angle of it.

Rachel 09 Jun 2009, 06:12

Aubrac. Does your daughter wear glasses by any chance?

Aubrac 08 Jun 2009, 07:14

Puffin

Just hope that horses aren't shortsighted too!

Puffin 08 Jun 2009, 06:37

Maybe you leave to the horse to look out which way you're going? Can't do that with a car.

Rachel 08 Jun 2009, 02:35

Aubrac. Wow. I can't imagine riding a horse without glasses if you've reached -4.00. Maybe you could manage if you are only -2.00 though. But if you are +4.00 I reckon thats pretty risky. My best friend is +6.00 now and she really does need her glasses for absolutely everything. I mean imagine getting down off a horse with no glasses on. I wouldn't even be able to see the ground. lol.

Aubrac 08 Jun 2009, 01:33

Took my daughter for her riding lesson yesterday and there were three new bare eyed ladies in the class.

Came back to collect her and saw them driving off separately in their cars, one had about -2.00, another about -4.00, and the third about +4.00 glasses on.

Lucky you don't have to pass an eye test to ride a horse! But think it a bit dodgy to wallop around on a horse without -4.00 correction.

hooked 05 Jun 2009, 00:01

My wife could see perfectly those days but as I wrote due to the constant effort to focus headaches appeared rather sooner than later.

My wife is a full time wearer (since the age of 1.5 as she told me).

Today she get her first bifocals (add +1.25).

Aubrac 04 Jun 2009, 08:38

Hooked

Interesting your wife has dropped +1.00 in twenty years, and difficult to imagine she could see perfectly with +6.00!

I should imagine your wife is a FT wearer, as she has trouble with close and distance wear. How many lines on a Snellen chart can she read?

My wife is same age and wears +1.75, says she is ok for driving but a bit scary being in the passenger when I realise what she can't read.

I think I have tried the Austrian site and it does seem quite accurate, there is an American site that simulates results on a Snellen chart but this one seems far too blurred ar lower prescriptions.

Puffin 04 Jun 2009, 01:47

I think when you want to estimate this, estimate how much accomodation you think the person has due to age (older = less) and then take that from the prescription, it'll be something like that.

hooked 04 Jun 2009, 00:28

@Aubrac

How much can plus wearers see?

I can't speak of myself but can give you info from my wife.

When she was around 20, she had +6 and could see far away and near without glasses but got headaches latest after one hour.

Now, she is 40 and +5 and she can't see near and far without glasses. This is age dependent.

And if you go to that to eye simulating page on a austrian page where you can enter diopters and age the effect is the same.

Aubrac 03 Jun 2009, 08:27

Was in my local pub/restaurant the other night and eating at an adjacent table were grandparents (60's something) mum (35ish) and two grandchildren.

Grandad was wearing about +2.00 with a chain round his neck, kept them on for eating, took them off, then put them on again. Grandma had about +4.00 and had her glasses on all the time, mum was attractive and had +3/+4 glasses pushed up on her head.

Was reading the paper but caught the tail end of a sentance when mum said she had not been able to see something, son aged about 8 immediately piped up 'you should wear your glasses properly mummy, you know you can't see without them', and then tried to pull her glasses down over her eyes. This however was resisted by mum and glasses stayed pushed up.

Always much debate on how clearly plus wearers see, but would really like to know just how much better she could see with her glasses.

Mark 22 May 2009, 07:02

Was out shopping today for a few things when i saw a middle aged lady walking towards me with very strong myodisc lenses, must have been at least in the high -20's.

That's the second person ive seen in my area with them, the first was a guy, maybe last 20's early 30's, the most obvious difference with his were the bowls were tiny, leading me to believe they were either in the high -30s? or maybe lower index materials.

If i wasnt in a hurry i probably would have gone around for another look.

Clare 18 May 2009, 14:01

No worries Like Lenses, I know that wouldn't happen, he's not that bothered by glasses!

Like Lenses 18 May 2009, 12:22

Clare

Suggesting that he try contacts may very likely create one less MIG. Would you want that on your conscience?

Clare 18 May 2009, 12:11

Aubrac - not sure I'm up for that! It's so rare people see me with specs that they'd probably fall over, and I hate those "oh my, you're wearing glasses ..." conversations!

Suggesting he tries contacts is just so much easier ;)

Aubrac 18 May 2009, 08:11

Clare

Good idea if you're up for it, wear your glasses and say the contacts were giving you a problem - a conversation must start up!!

Aubrac 18 May 2009, 08:08

Was at the always busy Gatwick Airport this morning and standing behind me in the queue for security checking was a late-teens girl, travelling alone, who seemed rather nervous and flustered. She was wearing metal framed glasses with a scrip of around –5/-6.

The security lady asked her to put her things in a tray for x-ray scanning, then asked her to take her boots and belt off, then asked her to remove her rather large metal hoop earrings. The poor girl was getting more flustered and then suddenly took off her glasses and put them in the tray, obviously thinking that as they were metal she shouldn’t wear them through the metal detector gate.

After passing through, and the usual log-jam of trays containing belongings the other side of the scanner, she peered and squinted very hard to try and find her tray, after rooting through a few wrong trays, she eventually found her glasses and seemed very relieved to put them back on.

Clare 17 May 2009, 22:55

Like Lenses - yes that would certainly get us talking! Actually he's seen me wear glasses but so long ago he, and his wife whose been a friend for 20 years, have both probably forgotten. You've got me thinking though, I could introduce a contact lenses conversation quite easily.

Like Lenses 17 May 2009, 13:23

Clare'

If he has never seen you in glasses, try showing up with them on next time you are with them. That should stimulate some glasses conversation.

Clare 15 May 2009, 12:08

Great suggestion Aubrac. I'm not great at glasses talk but will give it a go!

Aubrac 15 May 2009, 04:25

Clare

How about casually mentioning to him that you like semi-rimless frames and are thinking about getting a pair yourself.

This should open up the conversation for talking about where he got them, how much, why he likes the style, are they better than full frame, what sort of lenses are they, etc. You can then also talk about your prescription.

Take it from there..............

Clare 14 May 2009, 11:44

Loving that my friend's rather attractive husband now appears to be a 100% fulltime wearer. I'd mentioned before that at -1.75 he wore pretty much full time for distance but, until recently, he didn't appear to wear them in the house. On the last couple of occasions I've visited he's been wearing them, even on the computer. The prescription doesn't look strong so I guess he's just decided it's time. He's sporting a nice pair of semi-rimless which suit him alot. I think people so rarely see me with glasses they forget I might *sometimes* wear them. How can I get him talking about his glasses? I'd love to know what his motivations are ;)

Stingray 14 May 2009, 11:18

Filthy: As a retired cop...they are all guilty, even when found innocent!

Fry 'em!

Tanya 14 May 2009, 11:16

Jennifer'

It appears that 'Phil' enjoys making sweeping generalisations- with no evidence whatsoever to back it up. Apart from the few individuals he is undoubtedly using as his evidence. Let's hope his "gorgeous" girlfriend doesn't read his opinions on here. ;)

Jennifer 14 May 2009, 09:06

Phil:

You Should reevaluate your statement, "There are bright ones but many pretty dumb types sport plus lenses." Your wording is very harsh. I don't believe this to be true, but if you have stats that back your statement, then please share with us.

Filthy McNasty 14 May 2009, 07:50

Stingray: I guess you're not an 'innocent until proven guilty' kind of guy, then ;-)

Liam 14 May 2009, 05:10

Nearsighted lover, my girlfriend is now -6.00 in both eyes. She just thinks contacts are easier (sports, rainy days,...), it's not that she has an issue with being seen in glasses. She regularly comments to me about other women's glasses when she likes them, I think I might take her to the optician soon for some new frames also.

Stingray 14 May 2009, 04:44

Along those same lines, when a person is arrested for murder their picture appears in the newspaper and on television. They are not wearing glasses. Then when their trial begins, they appear in a suit and tie and are wearing glasses. I guess that would make them more serious and intelligent looking despite the fact that they are cold blooded killers.

Phil 14 May 2009, 04:30

I'm not sure it's ajust n impression. I'd hazard a guess that myopes are, on average, quite a bit brighter than "normal" people. Not so sure about hyperopes. There are bright ones but many pretty dumb types sport plus lenses.

Aubrac 14 May 2009, 03:51

Sort of a sighting in yesterdays Daily Mail.

Double page article on whether or not brainy women are more sexy.

To illustrate the fact of a 'brainy' women they had a picture of an attractive lady wearing, of course, a very nice pair of glasses.

It does seem to reinforce the notion, discussed on a thread some time ago, that glasses give the impression that the wearer is more intelligent/knowledgeable than non-glasses wearers.

Nearsighted lover 14 May 2009, 01:30

Liam, thanks for your nice history!

Which is the rx of your gf? Why she is so conscious about glasses?

Thanks a lot!

Liam 13 May 2009, 14:45

My girlfriend is a contacts addict, and only wears glasses early in the morning or late at night, when she can't keep her contacts in any longer. She hasn't had her glasses fitted with new lenses for 3 yrs now, which means they are now about 2 diopters too weak. She is now having serious trouble functioning in those glasses and recently complained about that fact. As I work very close to an optician, I offered to take her glasses with me this morning to have the lenses "upgraded", which she readily accepted.

The optician is a cute 30-something blonde, in nice black plastic cateyes. When handing over my girlfriend's glasses, she commented at how nice the frames were (they have lilac plastic fronts and slender salmon pink metal temples). I boldly suggested she try them on, which she did too my excitement. Her glasses went off and she carefully unfolded and put up my girlfriend's. She looked around, adjusted the glasses a bit, and pitied my girlfriend for her bad eyesight. When I mentioned she needed 2D extra fitted in, she exclaimed "poor girl" and switched back to her own glasses.

Brooklyn Boy 12 May 2009, 07:12

If anyone here lives in new jersey, I think you guys should go to woodbridge mall anything to a store named FYE. I was there yesterday and the cashier has this very interesting pair of glasses. His right eye prescription must have being around -15 or so and the left wasn't so high.. but his right lens on his eyeglasses were very thick. I was amazed and if I could I really wanted to try his glasses but that would be ackward...

Amazing GWG 10 May 2009, 07:58

On Friday a new colleague showed up wearing rimless glasses, she said are -7

she look very nice in them.

shortsight 08 May 2009, 14:01

Spent the week in Las Vegas, people I was traveling with wanted to see the Pirate show at Treasure Island. I have only seen this show a dozen times, so was not real enthused. We stood on the steps of the Venetian as it gives a good view with out being packed like sardines in front of the outside show. There was a group of three young Japanese ladies taking pictures of each other, one of which was a High Myop wearing a square lens and even though I’m sure they were as thin as can be made, offered significant thickness and cut in; maybe -10 or more. I offered to take a group picture for them. Later the High Myop approached me to ask for directions to the MGM, she moved in real close so as to read the map with me. This allowed me to look through the corner of her thick lens as well. After many thanks they were on there way. Put a smile on my face for the rest of the evening.

Amazing GWG 06 May 2009, 15:34

Yesterday I was at my sister’s place and her best friend walked in with amazingly strong glasses at least -10 Gucci glasses but maybe more. She just looked so hot makes me want to hangout more at my sister's place..

Lurker 02 May 2009, 13:46

Saw three girls at Walmart today shopping. None of the girls were wearing glasses, and they were looking through clothes. One of the three, a blonde had very sexy eyes, and she caught my attention. Unfortunately I was with others and we departed for other parts of the store. About 15 minutes later or so, I went down an aisle and saw the blonde girl by herself squinting very hard looking down aisles apparently trying to find the other two women she came with. Her squints were very hard and I was shocked at how bad her eyes must be. I wanted so much to say something, but with others, I could not. Maybe she lost her glasses, or just needs glasses, but I am very fond of squinting and found this to be a very stimulating event for me.

Mac 01 May 2009, 08:20

Katie,

My optician tells me that, here in the UK, myodisc (lenticular) lenses can be supplied from -6 upward,so you shouldn't have any problem at -9.

Dan 01 May 2009, 07:38

At a concert last night and during the intermission, a very attractive woman sitting next to me (age: 25-30) pulled out a crossword puzzle and drug store reading glasses! They really looked good...latent hyperope or earlier presbyope obviously. Very interesting sighting.

gwgs 25 Apr 2009, 02:08

Aubrac, correct it is, they are also selling some -8 myodiscs I think, they seem to be rather toppy with the price though!

Aubrac 24 Apr 2009, 03:40

Katie

Have you seen the -9.00 myodiscs on ebay, I think it is Stefan who is selling two pairs.

Phil 24 Apr 2009, 01:51

Lovely 40-something gwg on train this morning. I've seen her often but never with glasses until today. Significant plus (around 3) in nice black and white frames. She used them for reading her paper and using her Blackberry. Then she took them off and put them away before getting off train.

sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses 18 Apr 2009, 22:47

Phil i don't think its an age thing id say rather a preference i still have some time left until i hit the age of 30 back then as a teenager i always admired gwgs it really didn't matter to me whether she was long or short-sighted Megan you can count me as another plus lover as well ^^

Katie 18 Apr 2009, 15:25

I actually spotted a girl of about 18 wearing myodiscs today. I'm a -9 so not high enough to wear them yet, but i live in hope!

Puffin 18 Apr 2009, 13:19

Hello, out and about in town today, saw several girls wearing large frame glasses - sort of trapezoidal shapes, quite chunky plastic. Also a girl in a shop with metal frames and red plastic arms, about -4.

Martyn 18 Apr 2009, 06:22

Megan well you have another plus fan, I like both Plus and minus its the person behind the glasses that,s important.

Megan I,m surprised in this day and age children with poor sight are not picked up earlier, watch a child play, or watching telly, picking up a child,s poor vision before they start school should be a must in families, after all it could effect their schooling.

There is also a difference if a child is wearing glasses the day they start school the will be accepted with less cruel remarks.

If parents wear glasses it usually follows their off spring will wear glasses even especially if if one or other of the parents has a high RX be it plus or minus, I wish parents would realize the eyes are the window to life.

Megan 17 Apr 2009, 09:01

slit. Agree with you fully. But i think schools are more aware now of the problems with longsighted children, i noticed when picking up my friends little boy from school, quite a number of children in glasses and plus glasses at that. So things are changing, for the better we hope

Slit 17 Apr 2009, 08:26

Hi Megan,

well. it is so good to know there is a substantial plus girls population around.

most of the time its the minu girls who come out and speak. hope to see more postings and conversation, especially on the hyperopia & presbyopia progression thread.

we should have more discussion on the impact of wearing plus glasses on daily activities, how to detect hyperopia before it becomes a headache etc. so that more people will be educated and those who are in dark side will come to plus side.

KIT!

Slit, +1.25 OD & OS.

Vertcal 17 Apr 2009, 02:45

appreciate both so you pluses should not worry. The fact you are gwg turns the eye

Megan 17 Apr 2009, 01:44

Phil. Yes i am a plus girl, had to have glasses when i was a little girl after operation to stop my eyes turning in. My prescription now is R+8.00 L+7.25, i am nearly 20 and the prescription has been the same since i was 16

Phil 17 Apr 2009, 01:18

Hi Megan. So you are a plus gwg are you? What's your rx?

Aubrac 17 Apr 2009, 01:17

Phil

Being a myope myself, I have always liked minus glasses, and swapping them with other people to compare prescriptions.

However, when my wife got plus glasses I was immediately converted, and looking around hadn't noticed just how many plus wearers there are.

I think I like the unusual look of the lens seen from a side angle, and the magnification of the eyes. Also I find the cutout more attractive now than cutin. As a fast wrinkling person, maybe it is also something of an age thing.

Megan 16 Apr 2009, 23:14

Phil nice to hear, us plussies often get left out in the dark on lenschat, where most of the people are minus wearers. Thanks from a plus girl

MisterMild 16 Apr 2009, 19:15

Public hospitals usually don't offer much joy, but this morning was different. I watched attentively as a medical technician attended my father; a woman of Spanish origin, about 30, wearing a quite high minus within fashionable wide-armed, heavy black frames. The lenses were apparently high index, not thick, but the flashing plano fronts and power rings gave away the secret.

Phil 16 Apr 2009, 05:53

You are right Aubrac. I'm a recent convert but now I'm very attracted by plus lenses on a gwg. Is this an "age" thing for us chaps?

guest 16 Apr 2009, 04:45

They're thicker at the top, because the optical center of the lens is not in the middle, but slightly higher.

Aubrac 16 Apr 2009, 04:10

Phil

Don't know the technical reason or if correct but it may be due to the cylinder correction.

My wife's plus glasses are thicker at the top of the lens maybe for this reason.

Must admit while I still like minus lenses, I'm definitely more of a plus liker now - it does tend to grow on you.

Phil 16 Apr 2009, 03:44

I sat next to a 40-something gwg with plus lenses on a slow train journey this morning.

I've always been a "minus man" but I must say that I found these plus lenses intriguing. They were thinner at the edge than the centre (as I expected) but, rather unexpectedly, they seemed thinner at the bottom than the top (whereas I would have expected the opposite). Can anyone explain?

All in all it was a nice experience. The lenses were in rimless frames and were bright and new.

Aubrac 16 Apr 2009, 00:44

Unfortunately I must agree that Continental women i.e. French, Spanish, etc, do have a certain style, flair, and elegance, that UK women don't have. They also have better posture, are generally better groomed and move better. (light the blue-touch paper!!!)

They wear their style (and their glasses) with more confidence and for all the reasons I have mentioned, can look good in far more stylish and adventurous frames than many UK girls could.

I went to Bruges in Belgium the other week and soon lost count of the number of optical shops displaying really great frames.

I know there are many very lovely UK women but on the whole I think the Continentals (this includes blokes) have the edge on us regarding flair and chic.

ehpc 15 Apr 2009, 14:21

You think British women dress more conservatively?

Clare 15 Apr 2009, 13:26

Not saying there aren't pretty British girls ehpc, just commenting on style! A subjective thing ...

ehpc 15 Apr 2009, 12:58

Lots of pretty British girls, Clare :)

Clare 15 Apr 2009, 12:02

Yes of course Great Britain and the UK are part of Europe but we are not Europe, and I don't mean that in a political sense.

What I do believe is that Europeans (ie those across the Channel) have a sense of style that differentiates them from the Brits. They are more cosmopolitan/whacky (note my Dutch/Scandiavian colleagues) than we Brits will generally ever be. I admire them!

lazysiow 15 Apr 2009, 08:14

Video game gwg heroine Bayonetta - http://www.ripten.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bayonetta-witch.jpg

sum1wholovesgirlswithglasses 14 Apr 2009, 22:21

clare doesnt great britain belong to europe too i mean thats like sayin swedish or norwegian girls are prettier than europeans no offense intended^^ anyways i had 2 significant sightings last week i first met an optician which seemed rather conceited than customer friendly but i didnt care as long theyre fixing glasses for free.in any case her rx appeared to be -5 and she wore hot emo glasses. my 2nd sighting cant be really counted as a sighting cause i met this nice person a physical therapist almost every day.she was in her 30s and looked quite stunning as a hyperope.i would estimate her prescription close in the +4 region. for some reason it turned me on when she took off her glasses and did things bareeyed and put them on again.

ehpc 14 Apr 2009, 21:26

Highly unlikely that the glasses distributed by manufacturers throughout Europe - and indeed much further beyond - are not identical, I should think.

ehpc 14 Apr 2009, 21:25

BIG has gotta come back..............:) Pete

Clare 14 Apr 2009, 14:10

Rebbull - I think the Europeans do glasses style much better than the Brits. Guess she was one of them!

Rebbull1 12 Apr 2009, 00:02

I was waiting at Stansted Airport last night , lots of gwg trying to see the departure boards .

Then I had a great sighting a young girl about 20 very pretty with enormous white framed glasses with think side arms absolutely stunning .

I think BIG is on the way back

ehpc 11 Apr 2009, 10:12

You certainly are, Sue :) Pete

Martyn 11 Apr 2009, 06:50

Sue, I hope your not considered attractive or not attractive dep