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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:18 PM Original message |
Anyone else choose to *not* wear contacts? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Me. It was the contacts or the chiles. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Ha! Great point!! |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Glasses here, since my early 40s. I did try contacts once -- |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I tried that last year for a day or two |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Actually, I went with "progressive power" lenses -- no lines. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I refuse to use them. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Same here!! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I wear them from time to time. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yup. I'm nearsighted. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:22 PM Original message |
Yeah, exactly.... |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have not tried them, I don't think I do |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Heehee! |
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RevolutionaryActs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. it's fucking hysterical |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Holy shit, that's funny as hell. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #36 |
53. I agree! |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Same here |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yep, me too... |
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_testify_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's an accessory :-) |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, I gave them a shot but hated them. |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wear contacts |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Me. I refuse to wear them. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. I got too lazy to clean them. I was gonna get disposables but I got too lazy to pick them |
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Frosty1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thank goddess for the new Laser surgery |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. I could get them in, but I couldn't get them OUT. |
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kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Every eye doctor I've ever had, apparently |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Actually, miss them... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't wear them anymore. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wore them for years, don't any more. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. I prefer my glasses. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. I can't stand having anything near my eyes |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
63. Same here... |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. I started wearing glasses in the 4th grade. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. I wore contacts everyday for over 15 years. A couple of years |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. I've never tried them |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Back in the 80s I tried them for one year. |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
76. Actually, that worked really well for me |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Me, too. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. tried them for a few months. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. There was a time |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
64. Same thing happened to me, cornea scratch. It was decades ago |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. I have worn contacts for over 30 years... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
59. you have progressive contact lenses? |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. I use Bausch & Lomb SofLens MultiFocal |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
82. I did that for about ten years |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. No choice! I have -14 vision. It's either contacts or coke bottle glasses n/t |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. wow! I thought my -7 prescription was bad! |
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Cabcere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. I used to wear them all the time |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Me. I never wanted them. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
37. I've only worn glasses for 2 years now |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
38. I wore them for years, didn't even own a pair of glasses for a long time. |
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Ivan Sputnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. I wear both contacts and glasses |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. Me. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. I got converted to contacts from glasses. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. Yep. |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Me, for the last year |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. Me. Too frickin' lazy to ditch my specs, after 50 years! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. Wore glasses/contacts for 30+ years. No more because of ... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. Me--I'm squeamish about my eyes |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'll stick with the glasses rather than putting something in my eye |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
52. Me |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
54. I wore 'em in college and grad school, but I got tired of the way |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
55. Only around the house |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
56. I like variety. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
57. I don't need glasses/contacts yet - but I can't see myself using contacts |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
58. Finally got the surgery -- SO HAPPY! |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
60. I LOVE LOVE wearing contacts! I wore them for years, then when I had to |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
61. Only one eye works now, no chance |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
62. Me. Wore them for years. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
65. i tried but since i have an astigmatism in both eyes my contacts were HUGH, SERIES! |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
66. Not me |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
67. I wore them for twenty years, and I just returned to glasses. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
69. I have a lazy eye and contacts make me look |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
70. I am thankful that I have decent eyes because I could never |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
71. uh, I feel a little ill at the very thought of poking myself in the eye |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
72. I wear them for special occasions |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
73. My eyes simply would not stop watering with contacts. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
74. Me |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
75. Sticking with specs |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
77. no one chooses the contact lifestyle |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. I chose |
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Lady Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
79. ME! I hate anything on my eyes! I can't even stand eyeliner!n/t |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
80. I thought about it, |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
81. Me. I like my glasses. Plus I found contacts to be a pain in the ass. |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
83. Glasses only here |
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