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I wear glasses because I need glasses. I don’t have money so they aren’t very nice glasses. I don’t care. I’m blind.

I do get annoyed when people ask if I actually need glasses or if they’re just frames. I’m friggin’ blind kids, don’t be asking me dumb questions. The hip glasses thing is kind of annoying, but it’ll phase out just like anything else. 

I just spent lots and lots of money for Lasik to get rid of my glasses/contacts.

 People will start realizing it’s a hassle! 

I wear coach frames but its not really a fashion accessory, i’m blind and can’t see in class lol

I don’t need glasses…but I’ve always loved them for some reason

I always wanted glasses but now I need them the noveltys worn off and I don’t often wear them

i’ve worn glasses since i was 13; i used to feel really self-conscious about it. so i got contacts and wore those 90 percent of the time. now, though..i wear my glasses about 80 percent of the time and my contacts 20 percent. they have def become more fashionable. but i think it’s pretty stupid when people wear fake glasses when there’s nothing wrong with their vision. not offensive really..just stupid.

i don’t mind
it’s like sunglasses without the tint

but i have glasses because i need them
i rarely wear them though

I have a few friends that want them just because they think they’re cute. They don’t realize what a bitch glasses can be. I have to take mine off whenever I do anything with my hair or else they’ll get in the way or fall off. I have to take mine off whenever I want to make out with my boyfriend or else the corner of the frame stabs him in the face! I should have gotten transition lenses with them, but I think my eyes are immune to any blinding effect the sun might cause now.

Mine are Versace, only name brand thing I own.

I’m only wearing glasses ’cause I need them >>; .

Its really stupid when people who dont need glasses at all wear giant frames (pop out the lenses) as an accessory.

@Murphy_Rants@xanga - ditto

I hate people who wear fake glasses. I mean, really? I have to walk with a cane, wonder if that’ll be the next new trend! People who do that fall in line with the people who pretend they have mental disorders (like OMG I’m totally OCD!1!!) and crap like that. It’s just annoying. I wear glasses when I drive, and when I go to school. Because I need to see. Not because they look SO COOL. It’s just silly. How about hearing aids? Where are the fake hearing aids? Seriously, do people not realize how WEIRD they’re being about it? 

I need glasses, so I don’t consider them a ‘fashion accessory’.  People who wear them just for looks are kinda stupid.  That’s just my opinion anyway.

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My sister needs reading glasses and she used to wear them all the time because all of her friends did too. They were so “cool.” Now she refuses to wear them and is badgering my mother to get contacts.It’s pretty damn annoying because I would not be able to function without my own glasses.

Ask that to someone who cant see

I’m blind, and I probably should wear contacts, but instead I prefer to wear my glasses when I’m driving and if I need to see the board in class.

hahaha they’re not an accessory for me. i need them.

I’m blind as a bat, i hated my glasses that i wore from 5th grade up to 11th. Getting contacs made me so happy and now you want to tell me I need my glasses to be COOL?! STFU and GTFO!!!

I have my reading classes. Sometimes I wear them to look older than my students. People often confuse me as one of the students.

I don’t care that they’ve become a fashion accessory. The only thing that bothers me is when people ask my  friends and I if we really need glasses (oddly enough all my friends need to wear glasses) It pisses me off. Trust me, I would not be wearing glasses if I didn’t need them.

i think it’s rather idiotic to wear glasses when you don’t need them since they’re a pain in the ass. that being said, i did hunt down a nice, unusual Gucci frame since i have to wear my glasses to see anything more then 3 feet away properly…so i am still vain LOL

I’ve worn glasses since 4th grade! I never really felt ashamed to wear them but when I reached high school I wore contacts most of the time.. Now I’m back to wearing my glasses more. It’s definitely become an annoying trend, I have a few friends that wear non-prescription glasses because they like the way they look. I think it’s annoying because they clearly don’t understand what having bad eyesight is like and they should take advantage of having 20/20 vision instead of making a mockery of those of us who know how annoying it can be to be blind!

well I’m kind of blind without them.. and contacts are a hassle. 

I have about six pairs of glasses in various styles by various designers. But I’m actually you know… kind of blind without them. I’ve noticed that recently people seem to complement them more and I’ve seen a lot of girls buying non prescription sunglasses just because they think it’s cool.

Yes glasses became just another accessory:).Thanks to some designers who understand and made glasses so stylish and wearable to everyone.I enjoyed every shape and design of frames that are now very good lookin and fun.Even now, there are cartoon doodles on both side of a frame. I really appreciate designer who made them.So creative. No mocking at all,and im not telling people to get purposely blind so they can wear glasses.When you use glasses without eyesight problem put on those without degrees,no worry it easy to available it now^^.Don’t feel guilty, this world is yours too.They should thank you at least you think glasses are cool. I used to think Steve Urkel looks weird and now i think he looks like a STAR. by the way,he’s an inspiration-@.@-

p/s: my grandma feel ashamed sitting in a wheelchair, she thought she looked very handicap.If somebody think like they said ”an able-bodied person using a wheel chair because
it’s ‘fashionable’,”she might feel better.  Lots of love.

It’s dumb to complain about them. Wear whatever you want! Michael Jackson got pushed around in a wheelchair, and he was perfectly able bodied, nobody said he was making fun of the handicapped. 

I really don’t think it ”mocks” the handicapped, but I definitely would never wear them.
I had to put up with them since I was 2 years old, so after getting my lasic surgery two years ago I would never even consider wearing glasses again.

I wear glasses when I need to, which is most of the time. They do seem more like an accessory, though I never understood why. Sure, it’s neat if you have to wear them and they can be cute, but why get them otherwise? Doing things to fit in just makes you look stupid. 

People should be grateful that they don’t need them. I wish I had better vision.

If you have bad eyes, there’s a bright side: you get to play with glasses as an accessory.

If you have great vision and still wear frameless or plastic-lens glasses – What the fuck? You are lucky, you idiots! I’m so envious of people who can just wake up and go, no having to fuss with contacts or glasses. I’m sure if those people actually had bad eyesight they’d loathe having to wear them, just like most other people. They’re a pain in the ass. :/

Thick-framed glasses are in right now because
a) they frame the eyes (and make smaller eyes magnified), and
b) the geek/nerd-look is in.

I have to wear glasses.. I’m almost blind. I don’t really like wearing them though. I wish I had 20/20 vision.. it would make things so much easier. One of my friends loves glasses and always wants to wear mine when I wear my contacts.

I think a lot of people wear them for fashion reasons, but my eyes suck, so mine are functional AND cute )

It’s considered an accessory if you have contacts and you need to use them… otherwise, if you don’t need them, don’t wear them.

I remember that when I was younger, I used to actually want glasses but now it’s just dumb to want to wear something that’s suppose to help you see better when you already can. I think it’s common sense. Glasses were made so they can help your vision. If you already have good sight, then don’t bother wearing them. It’s not as if there isn’t anything else to look fashionable with.

@Murphy_Rants@xanga - Yezzir!

I need my glasses, so go and suck on a turd.

yup and they are functional

I wear glasses because I need them. It’s stupid to wear glasses when there is no need for them. They should take advantage of the fact that they have good vision.

Eww granny glasses everywhere!!! Gahhh! (My glasses are sexier ::wink)

my biggest pet peeve haha i totally agree that it’s mocking a serious problem, it insults me personally. i wear glasses because i can’t see 2 feet in front of my face, and because the frames are big chunky black old man glasses, i get asked 10 times a day if they’re real. sooo annoying.

Hasn’t it ALWAYS been kind of a fashion trend? Ok, some of the frames have sucked, but I’ve always seen people who don’t need them wear them as a fashion statement (in fact, that’s why I wanted glasses in 3rd grade… didn’t get them till 5th grade).

I like my glasses and won’t ever switch to contacts or get Lasik.  +

The nerd look is becoming IN nowadays. )

I hate when people wear fake glasses too – I hate the fact that I can’t see my own hand without my glasses and that I could kill someone if I wasn’t wearing them.

I don’t understand why a person would wear glasses if they didn’t need them. That’s so stupid.

I first wore glasses when I was ten, and I started wearing contacts at 14.
They’re expensive and annoying.

geek glasses only look cute on guys. on girls, it is usually annoying if they look skanky but wear geek glasses to appear more sophisticated lol

im glad classes are no sylish because contacts are too hard to wear every day. i hope they stay in style, i think they will because so many people need glasses!

I like my glasses okay I guess. I like to wear them occasionally for a different look. Or if I’m trying to/need to look older I’ll wear glasses and not straighten my hair haha.

yes. It really is now just another trait in the industry. 

@raved@xanga - i know a girl who wore frames to hide her undereye bags. plenty of people thought it was stupid until they started doing the same thing. 

I started wearing glasses in high school only because I didn’t like how my under eye baggage was exposed all the time so I would cover them up by wearing glasses. I know, it’s not an excuse to wear glasses but hey, I wore them way before they even became a trend =/ I don’t wear them as often anymore because I don’t care what I look like in school haha. 

I hated having glasses when I first got them.  My eyesight is horrible.  I started wearing glasses in 1st grade, and it didn’t bother me much until middle school.  Middle school is about the time where a lot (not all) but a lot of kids start to try and fit in, experience peer pressure, and things like that.  All the pretty girls didn’t wear glasses.  Boys weren’t dating girls that had glasses on.  I was extremely self conscious and I hated having to wear glasses.  I always thought, “Why couldn’t I have been born with normal eyes?”  It may sound cheesy or stupid, but you don’t know how it feels unless you’ve actually experienced it.  I got contacts at the end of my 8th grade year.  To this day, I still wear them but I’ve become a lot more accepting of my glasses.  I got a pair that don’t look plain and they’re my favorite color.  However, accepting the fact that I wore glasses had nothing to do with them becoming a “trend.”

Glasses were a pain in the ass, for more reasons than one.  I looked like a fool on the basketball court and the track feild with my glasses tied to my head with those things you can buy.  At every school dance until high school, my outfit would be ruined once I put my glasses on.  Every two seconds I was cleaning them because they got dirty so easily.  And, worst of all, people always assumed that I was smart just because I wore glasses.  You can call me a baby or whatever you want, but it really was awful.  I hated my glasses.

I know that lots of people would never wear glasses unless they absolutely had to.  Now they do it because, “It’s fashionable.  It’s a trend.”  That attitude didn’t exist 10 or so years ago.  Glasses were dorky.  Lame.  Uncool.  Now people with perfect vision want to look like they have vision impairment.  So people like me were lame back in elementary and middle school, but now glasses are the shit?  Explain that to me.  A comment read something like, “Now glasses are fashionable and I’m glad that designers have made them so that they can be worn as something pretty or an accessory.”  What the hell?  What an attitude!

I know my story isn’t the same for everyone who wears glasses, but I’m sure there are people who feel the same way.  I see these people now who rock Peter Parker glasses and I wonder….Do you even know what it’s like for people who actually NEED glasses like that?  It’s as if everyone that made fun of me for wearing glasses suddenly thinks it’s cool to wear them.  I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I’m handicapped, but it annoys me that something which was once looked on as dorky is now considered to be a fashion statement.  I don’t understand it. 

I kind of want glasses even though I don’t need them. I think they look cool on me. But I don’t wear them. 

I always thought it was kinda dumb to see a kind with frames but no lens. I actually have to wear them cuz I can’t see snit when I’m driving. But I wouldn’t waste any money on a pair of name brand frames, pulling 300 outta my pocket. I just need to see, I don’t need my face blinged out. 

I have had glasses since second grade, and had vision worse than anyone I have ever met. They are a lifesaver for me and without them I would be walking around running into people and completely unable to see anything farther than, oh, more than six inches from my face.

So it bothers me slightly when people wear fake glasses. They do help me see but they’re so fucking awkward when I want to cuddle or, say, have sex. The people with plastic frames can just take them off ages before it is awkward. I must find a strategic place to put them every single night so I won’t blindly walk around and step on them in a hazy post-sleep state.

my sister bought my 15 yr old niece a $200 pair of designer, non-prescription glasses just so she could “look cool”. W T F is society coming to

i’ve been wearing glasses since forever, so they are not just a fashion accessory- I really need them. the thing that peeves me though is the fact that people wear them without lenses so that they are just wearing an empty frame. i exercise great self control to keep myself from ninja poking them between the eyes and going OH WUT FAKE GLASSES

@Murphy_Rants@xanga - True! Me too! I wear glasses because I need glasses, not for fashion. Like, seriously. I am nearsighted. Can’t even see what the teacher’s writing on the board! 

I’m blind without my glasses. I can’t see a foot in front of my face. If I didn’t have them I wouldn’t be able to function normally. I don’t think they’re “just another fashion accessory” but I think most people in the world have impaired vision (or will eventually), so why the fuck not make them aesthetically pleasing? 

I wear glasses. I need them.
But honestly, it irks me when people who don’t need glasses wear them. I mean, why? Do you not find them uncomfortable? I do.
And the line about mocking a handicap…that sums it up perfectly. Yes.

@ManiCamilee - hahahaha i’m pretty much in the same boat.

i’ve had glasses since the 5th grade and i hated it. they were always so annoying when i had to do PE and when i started swimming i couldn’t see a thing in the pool. i got contacts the summer before junior year and i’ve worn them every day i’ve had to go out. they’re very convenient when it’s sunny and i need to wear sunglasses. a few years ago i got a pair of nice glasses (emporio armani) just to have in case i felt lazy and didn’t feel like wearing my contacts one day or if i was spending the day at home or if my eyes were bothering me. i love that i have the choice. 
i do hate how people who don’t need glasses wear glasses though. i think it’s stupid. glasses are not equivalent to a bracelet or a pair of earrings.

it def is an accessory just like everything else.  i have glasses but it’s not because i want to look fashionable but it’s because without glasses/contacts, i can’t see and sometimes i’m too lazy to clean my contacts and put them in.

I need my glasses/contact lenses just like how Wilma (from Scooby-Doo) needs her glasses.  

@whitetrashpoet@xanga - I know, right?!?!?! It’s obnoxious to hear people say “OMG I have ADD because i can’t concentrate on this assignment” or “I have ADHA because i’m so hyper” or I have OCD because i don’t like when people touch my things”. I know kids who were actually PROFESSIONALLY diagnoised and the people who say they have these disabilities are making asses of not only themselves but of the kids who really have them. I have ADD and it’s annoying to hear them say that ADD is not focusing. That’s only a fraction of it.

In other words, I agree with you

If i could…I wouldn’t wear glasses, but then I would not be able to function. I hate not being able to see when I wake up and having to wear glasses or contacts all of the time. So it does kinda bother me when people wear them for fashion purposes, because I just wish I didn’t have to see another pair for the rest of my life.

i dont like wearing glasses at all >.<

W.e. if they’re cool than good, cause I’ve recently had to start wearing them and my mother said she won’t pay for contacts until later lol

When my defective vision (congenital) was discovered at age 7, my lenses were very thick and I can’t say I had an inferiority complex over it, but was definitely self-conscious.

In the late ’70s, I worked for a beautician who had an optician’s display rack full of fashion frames with plain glass in her bath/dressing room. She’s the only one I’ve ever known to wear glasses without having to, outside of the film/modeling industries.

I’ve been wearing glasses since 5th grade, and I NEED corrective lenses. If I wake up in the morning and I’ve misplaced my glasses, I’m the girl who needs her glasses to find her glasses! Know what I mean? Since I purchased contacts in February 2006, it’s opened up a whole new world to me–sunglasses, mascara, colored contacts!

But it’s still not easy–I was at my college graduation ceremony last spring when my left contact ripped entirely in HALF in my eye (and subsequently came out…sheesh) It was the longest graduation of my LIFE! I love accessories, though, so glasses are great. But I definitely need to wear them and there are times when I envy people who can just…see…

hahaha i think it did. 

i used to have a pair of engineer-looking glasses (big, wide rims lol) and everybody would ask me if they’re prescripted. it sorta annoys me that people would ask me that because i dont want people to think that i’m wearing fake glasses. i really DO need them! but i let it go because i guess glasses is just another fashion accessory. i wish it wasn’t though ):

 I don’t understand the point of wasting money on clunky face-decorations that you dont need…

I need glasses, but only for things like reading or being on the computer, && thats only because I give myself headaches if I dont have them

But as far as for the fashion, I look cute in my glasses, and if it goes with my look, or I just feel like wearing them that day, you better bet I’ll be wearing them,
I think its a great fashion tread. It brings in those people who normally wouldn’t fit in becuase they had to wear glasses now fit in!

&& adding names like BCBG, Marc Jacobs, or Juicy on them is just like buying a pair of pants, you need your labels

I dont see a problem with that at all

I totally need glasses, but i never wear them though.  I love my contacts, I hate wearing my glasses and seeing the frame that blocks my view =( !

I have to wear glasses, so it doesnt hurt to have something nice :]

i think it comes off really pretentious and idiotic.

I think it’s annoying. People who wear “trendy” glasses for real reasons are getting ridiculed by those that don’t like the trend. Some people ACTUALLY need to wear glasses and they have worn black frames or whatever for years. If I didn’t need glasses, I wouldn’t wear them. But I do. It isn’t the exact same as the wheelchair comparison, but it does feel like that. I really don’t like being called out for following a trend when I’m … not. Fashion is ridiculous.

I bought my first name brand pair last month for my birthday. I only wear glasses when my eyes hurt; it’s usually contacts only.

Honestly, I need glasses because contacts make me take way too long just to put them in whereas, with glasses, I can just put them on and go. I’m really glad that there’s different styles to choose from because then I feel like I can be somewhat fashion forward and still be able to drive, look across the playground when at work, etc.

Wow, I didn’t think this would be such a heated topic. I don’t really think anything about glasses being fashionable. I wear glasses because I’m a Blindy McCan’tSee. If other people want to wear glasses, I say, go ahead. It doesn’t bother me.

maybe

I’ve worn glasses off and on since 6th grade. I need them all the time now as my eye sight has gotten worsen with age. I’m near sighted in my left eye and far sighted in my right eye. Without glasses, I can’t see anything normally. I think I’d be paying more for contacts each month so I don’t bother with those.