<p>Jmmom, I don’t know. I was sitting here thinking I used to be able to wear them all day long, but then, I’ve never before kept such a hectic, constant travel schedule, wearing them for 14-16-18+ hours straight. </p>
<p>I know this much - I never used to experience feet swelling on planes. To avoid it, I find I have to drink a lot of water and/or eat a lot of fruit a day or two before flying, and, avoid eating certain foods while on travel…I never used to have to think about food choices while traveling…</p>
<p>I guess I will just have to wear my Converse ;)</p>
<p>Also lately, when trying to buy new products that I’m not familiar with, I’ve had to wander over to the reading glasses display of a store, “borrow” a pair of glasses off the display rack, in order to read the information on a container of something so that I could make a buying decision…</p>
<p>Haha, great thread. I have to take my glasses OFF to read fine print in the store. And yes, I do this all the time.</p>
<p>No AARP card for me, thanks. And no old people’s magazine in my house!</p>
<p>I am so lucky I have fewer grey hairs than average for my age, cause I can’t see myself coloring it and I’d never keep up with the touching up the roots thing! I just don’t care, I guess. I certainly don’t have the same long straight hair of my 1972 HS grad photo, but I have had more or less the same haircut for about 15 years. It works, you know?</p>
<p>It would be nice to update the wardrobe as often as I used to, but when you’re not “growing” it’s hard to justify new clothes when the old ones are perfectly good. I do browse thrift stores for interesting buys. If it only costs 4.99, I can wear it for one season and give it back to them!</p>
<p>My clueless boys are famous for using conditioner by mistake instead of shampoo. I just don’t use conditioner.</p>
<p>I try to learn new music all the time–joined a community band so I can play my flute more than I used to. Accompany <em>young</em> people (singers, instrumentalists) on the piano. And let my son control the radio when we’re in the car, so I get exposure to the latest hits, no matter how painful the process may be. :eek: :D</p>
<p>Emeraldkitty and latetoschool…the wandering over to the reading glasses display is way too funny. There’ve been countless times in the grocery store where I’ve been sighted looking at a package or can label, wearing a pair of glasses with a big price tag sticking straight up against my forehead or hanging down my nose. Those are the times when my D’s will walk right past and pretend they don’t know me in the store… (but I can usually see them rolling their eyes as they pass me by)…</p>
<p>I may not be quite 50 yet, but I am now officially an old lady. I went to dinner with my S and H the other night and realized in horror that I now need my reading glasses to… eat. The indignity of it all… </p>
<p>BTW, how may of you put on 2 pairs or glasses on simultaneously? When I’m in bed reading, after taking out my contacts, I put on my regular glasses. But of course, then I can’t see up close. So over my regular glasses I put on my reading glasses. It looks ridiculous. But old lady that I am (now officially) I just don’t give a hoot. The not caring part may be one of the few benefits of getting friggin old.</p>
<p>LOL it just gets worse. I went on my “date” last night. Great restaurant, perfect, dark setting, I looked awesome, etc. The menu comes, and I cannot read even one single word of it. I actually had to ask the gentleman for help choosing food lol. So the discussion drifts to he wants to refer me to a terrific eye doctor. Wonderful, just where you want the conversation to go on a first date. Oh, well.</p>
<p>Astrophysicsmom, I did a few months ago break down and buy a pair of those magnifying reading glasses. I try to use them only when critically necessary, but, I also try to remember to take them with me when I’m shopping for nearly anything. But when I forget, I always “borrow”.</p>
<p>LTS, funny post. love the part about the perfect dark setting in which one looks awesome So… will there be another date with said gentleman, do you think? Inquiring minds want to know…</p>
<p>LOL yes there will be more dates, though, it’s his move as to when and where, so we’ll see I’m going to just guess he probably won’t take me to any more dark restaurants any time soon though. Oh well.</p>
<p>I nearly set the menu on fire once trying to hold it up to the centerpiece candle to see what was on the stupid thing…Keep us up to date on the dates---- !!!</p>
<p>H and I went out to eat last weekend. He left his “readers” at home and couldn’t read the menu. He had lasik surgery 5 or 6 years ago but the old age syndrome has caught up. So I’m reading along (since I keep my glasses in my purse)commenting on all the choices that sound good and I look up and say “what are you having?”. H looks sheepish and says “I can’t see a thing. Can I borrow your glasses?” Now mine aren’t readers. They are regular really bad astigmatism glasses that are definitely girl style. I tried to contain my laughter and told him I would be glad to read the menu for him but there was no way I was letting him put on my glasses (he wouldn’t have been able to see with them anyway). Good thing our kids weren’t there. They would have died of embarassment (or laughter).</p>
<p>Has anyone tried the ridiculous concept of monovision contacts. I just let my optometrist talk me into this hairbrained idea. My my chief complaint is not focusing but rather the transition from reading to distance takes a long time. Both distance and near are very mild prescriptions. The premise of monovision is that one eye is corrected for distance and the other is corrected for reading. Allegedly (ha), your brain will learn which eye to use for each situations, but someone forgot to send mine the message and I can’t see a damn thing. It has improved since the first day but I’m constantly winking to see which eye is in focus and winking in public can get you into trouble in certain situations. </p>
<p>I used monovision for several years, my-3, until just this year when I’m no longer near-sighted!!?!!</p>
<p>I was skeptical the first time an optometrist recommended the hair-brained idea and rejected it. But when my new optometrist recommended it a few years ago, I gave it a try. For me, it got better pretty quickly and I liked it a LOT, compared to progressive lenses in eyeglasses which I never could get comfortable with.</p>
<p>I no longer remember how long it took, but it wasn’t too long (few days?). Give it a chance. Remind yourself how young you look! And no winking! Don’t worry about which eye is in focus. If you still can’t see a thing in a couple of days, well… I’m out of my league and you’ll have to go somewhere other than the Parent Cafe for advice. Bummer.</p>
<p>They told me it would take at least a few hours to get used to progressive lenses I liked them from minute one. I haven’t been comfortable with contacts since I scratched a cornea way back in '76. Tried soft lenses and they drifted out of focus every time I blinked. I also remembered how much I hated being one eyed back when I injured my cornea, so I haven’t tried the two lense approach. Dh might though since he only wears one contact anyway.</p>
<p>I am seriously myopic, but my glasses were not bifocals until about 2 years ago. I now find – after 30 years of contacts – that I prefer to wear my glasses. My vanity prefers the contacts, but I can’t read anything, so most of my day is spent fiddling with the reading glasses. If life was fair, I would at least have better distance vision, but NO! – I’m still blind as a bat! :(</p>
<p>My sister wore just one contact for years. She fianlly got the surgery. My H who has had the surgery has had monovision pretty much ever since. His brain did train itself to see distance with one eye and up close with the other.</p>
<p>Thanks for the monovision endorsements. It sounds like the trick is to just relax, try to forget about it and just let the adjustment happen naturally. I really want this to work, so as my kids would say, I’m just gonna chill!</p>
<p>I have to post on this just so I don’t miss any of your dialogue…</p>
<p>Hairs you say, I keep warning my husband about the ears and nose ones. They seem to grow the best and fastest. As for me, I can’t see them without the glasses (good thing!) I’ve gone to the most widely outrageous reading glasses I can find, flowers, gems, bright… he still borrows them from my purse wherever he is but claims he doesn’t need reading glasses! Please!</p>
I do browse thrift stores for interesting buys. If it only costs 4.99, I can wear it for one season and give it back to them!</p>
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and rejected it. But when my new optometrist recommended it a few years ago, I gave it a try. For me, it got better pretty quickly and I liked it a LOT, compared to progressive lenses in eyeglasses which I never could get comfortable with.</p>