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depends on the outfit definitely!

I wouldn’t wear it to a fashion show. 

when i first got glasses, they too werent a big trend: 2003. i felt so self concious in them. now i feel amazed when someone asks me about my glasses and are going “ooooh, so theyre perscription?! thats great. mine arent though.” o_o therefore i have become a glasses snob. lol. if someone is just wearing them to be cool, i end up giving a scoff at them and suddenly my nose is up high thinking “frauds” in my mind. lol. unimpressed! try needing them cuz your blind ya bastards! thats my rant for the day. =D haha

pass.  i have VERY bad eyesight, and my glasses make my eyes look different in size from the rest of my face.  plus, i’m practically blind and need something i can go to sleep and wake up in.  contacts FTW.  

I’m growing to like glasses more, but I like being able to own different pairs of sunglasses in all different styles. Also, I look better with contacts.

I feel like my glasses keep me from ever looking “sexy.”  Sometimes, when I put them on, I feel like they’ve ruined whatever outfit I’m wearing.  I can never look completely formal because of them.  I hate not being able to see well enough to shave my legs.  I dislike the little dents that form on the bridge of my nose after fifteen years of needing to wear glasses. I hate not knowing what stars look like without lens-flare…

I find it ridiculous that people who don’t need glasses will wear lensless ones and I want to give them a three stooges style eye poke when I see them.

Hopefully I’ll be able to get lasik one day!

Hah. I have very, very bad eyesight and I will be sticking with my contacts. When I have glasses on, not only do I get a headache (from the legs), but my eyes appear much smaller. Who needs that? Contacts are more comfortable and convenient.

I have glasses, but I only wear them to see far away things (like in class to see the board).

I don’t wear them otherwise since my eyes aren’t that bad.
I would probably wear them more often if I actually chose a frame I liked, but at the time there was none in the store that flattered my face, so I resorted to one that was just plain and simple.
It’s hard finding glasses that is just right for my face. I’m still on the hunt for the perfect frames, and i hope to be able to find it and buy it soon!

This is exactly why I went to the optometrist a couple days ago. My glasses just came in and I picked them up earlier today. They look GREAAAT! and dorky hahahaha. But I love them!

@Ashley Nicole Anders@facebook - I couldn’t agree more. 

What about creating five reasons by ourselves? Everybody’s eyes are different and not everybody can just wear glasses. Oh but wait? It’s a fashion trend! Oh then forget the headaches just hand me a pair of glasses. I can’t wear glasses. My astigmatism is awful and the headaches I get from glasses are unbearable. Also, my hand eye coordination sucks with glasses. 

I wish I could wear my glasses more, but when it’s summertime I just can’t without them falling down my nose constantly. They also rub the makeup off of my nose. They’re just a hassle. But I love wearing glasses! I feel like they make me look more professional and just generally more mature.

One good reason that beats this entire list: I’m blind.

I wear my glasses every single day, if I didn’t, I’d be bumping into people and falling on the ground. 
I could care less about the “fashion” purpose of them. I didn’t know that being blind as a bat and using your glasses as a fashion excuse is now a “trend.” 

@britnirm - I couldn’t agree more. Personally I find the 5 reasons listed pretty stupid. 

Haha… Because I love spending hot Texas days with glasses continually sliding down my nose. And how they make my eyes look smaller than they are. And the glare from anything that gives off light (this is only somewhat reduced by my anti-glare coating.) I got contacts when I was in third grade, so I’m not freaked out by touching my eye and I’ve learned how important it is to be careful. Plus, at my job I wear a headset, and glasses under a headset starts to hurt after a couple hours. And I just can’t feel that attractive in glasses. :/

I had dork glasses before they were cool. haha, but I hate them and I only wear them when I have to.

@ShirleyD@xanga - I agree with this. Sometimes I feel like it’s a silly thing to have a pet peeve over, but aren’t all pet peeves like that? It’s really not fun having to wear glasses to do/see ANYTHING. Don’t make a joke or fashion statement out of it ;(

@blackspiders@xanga - I agree with the headset thing 100%!!!!!!!!! Headset + visor/hat + glasses = fucking horrible headaches and sore ears and just ugh. 

I love my glasses and would love to just wear them all the time, but contacts help me see clearer, since glasses get dirty constantly and it is hard to clean them ALL the time, plus mine are just never FULLY clean. When working on certain things, it is very annoying and distracting to constantly have to push my glasses back up. If it is raining or snowing (especially if I want to feed my inner child and play in the rain or snow) I cannot see if I wear my glasses because they get covered in water. Same deal with swimming.

But I do try to wear mine a lot the time, especially since I have switched to daily contacts because my eyes are so sensitive. But honestly, I have been in glasses since second grade, so at this point I am pretty sick of them. Luckily I have really cute ones right now, because sometimes I will get frustrated with the pain from contacts (as I said, sensitive eyes) and just wear glasses for a year straight.
I have never needed the reasons you listed though because I have just made my own decisions about it. If someone finds me sexy or fashionable due to wearing or not wearing them, whatever, I just want to do whatever is comfortable for me that day.

@too_pretty_to_die@xanga - you’re not supposed to wear contacts to sleep O.o That lack of oxygen is horrible for your eyes, it’ll damage the blood vessels in them and soon you wont be able to wear contacts anymore. And damage like that is irreversible. *Knows from experience of prolonged contact use* 

contacts for sports and hot weather, glasses for at night and the winter. my terrible eyesight has nothing to do with fashion….

I’ve been wearing my glasses for days cause I’m waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too lazy to put in my contacts.. they’re such a pain in the ass

I wear glasses because I can’t see that much without them..also I think I look cool in my glasses ;P I’ve had glasses for the longest part of my life and therefore they are a big part of me and who I am. 

I hate when people with perfect vision wear glasses. It sucks being blind…so I’m not amused by people pretending. It’s kind of like using a crutch in front of someone who actually needs it, because you think it makes you look “cool.” I mean if you need glasses, then go all out and rock them. If you don’t…just be happy you can see.

@nancy___boy@xanga - actually, i use Air Optix Night and Day.  they’re made to sleep in.  

The first reason? Seriously?

I throw out my contacts once every month to two months…tiny little pieces of plastic smaller than a dime. I might throw out a tiny case every few years. The containers they come in are also tiny.

Huge environmental impact…not

I would… and need them as my eyesight is worsening. BUT, a bit too spendy for me anymore.

@Pickwick12@xanga - lol i know
those were all HORRIBLE EXCUSES to get glasses
“fashion trend” “celebrity wears them” –> seriously ?
I dont care if other people are wearing glasses / cheap plastic that are non-prescripted from Claires
I dont find those lense-less glasses frame with glitter on them “cool”

#1 reason to get glasses: it saves money.
buying 1 pair of glasses that last 2 years.  vs buying contact lense that you throw away bi weekly, monthly, yearly

I dont care about the enviroment either ^^ we throw away far more garbage than that

I have glasses, but I only wear them at night. During the day, it’s contact lenses for me. Plus, it seems to me that broken glasses would take a lot more toll on the environment than contact lenses do. Maybe it’s just me.

Look. Stop giving other sites traffic. Goddamn.

My current pair are the first pair I’ve had that I really like (thicker blue frame, opposed to gold or black rims). They make me stand out and be more memorable instead of making me blend even more. I like having my contacts though because they come in handy when I go out dancing, or go to an amusement park, or do anything athletic, or just want to wear my big brown sunglasses.

@xFgtxRainbowx@xanga - I know. It sucks being blind, it’s expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even when all my friends got contacts, I never bothered because they looked so uncomfortable when just trying them on. Some people want me to get contacts, since apparently it’s supposed to make me look better. Luckily, I’m not completely blind, so I can still survive if it rains or if I really have to not-wear my glasses. Take care of your eyes!

I’m actually legally blind in my right eye without any type of correction. Contacts didn’t work with my eyes, because I have dry eyes and astigmatism. I have glasses, but I rarely ever use them. 

Some people wear contacts and glasses; they just punch the lenses out.

um… says otherwise

Only reasons 1 & 3 are good. 2 & 5 are subject to opinion, and I’m not going to bother getting a bunch of frames to match my outfits. I only wear my glasses to look in the distance and when driving, though people have said before that I actually look prettier with them on.

@too_pretty_to_die@xanga - Uhh it isn’t recommended that you sleep with your contacts on.

I love my glasses, the only reason I had contacts was because of sports and martial arts and also because I wanted to use sunglasses when I would drive or go-kart because they fog up when you have a helmet.  They can look good…sportin Oakleys right now… aww yeahhh.

@KageOokami@xanga - you can sleep in some brands of contacts.

@KageOokami@xanga - the kind i have (Air Optix Day and Night) can be worn for a month without needing to take them out.  

@too_pretty_to_die@xanga - really? damn, never heard of those. they don’t dry the shit out of your eyes or anything? i hate passing out with my contacts in, such a gross feeling when you gotta pry them away when they’re suction cupped to your eyeball >.<

@nancy___boy@xanga - sometimes, yeah.  i usually take them out once a week for just a few hours, to give my eyes a break.  but they never feel dry first thing in the morning.  

@too_pretty_to_die@xanga - Damn so you just wear them 24/7? That’s crazy.