Anyone else leave reading glasses all over the house out of necessity?

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FlowAshamed6964@reddit

I find myself wearing my progressive glasses all the time now and only wearing my contacts when I actually go out to something social because I was sick of having to use readers every 5 minutes at home and work

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LayerNo3634@reddit

Count yourself lucky. I've had cataract surgery at 40 (16 years ago).

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EducationalOutcome26@reddit

yes before my cataract surgery there were probably a dozen pair lying about. in the kitchen, on my desk in all the vehicles and motorcycle tankbags, now theres one, on my workbench to see the little tiny stuff.

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Abadgamer1967@reddit

hell yes

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Traditional-Win-5440@reddit

My wife. She has at LEAST one pair of reading glasses in each room. Multiple pairs in the car. A few at work. And still can never find a pair when she wants one.

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ImFromDanforth@reddit

Yes, almost every time I walk into a dollar store a bit 3 more and place them in my most common spots

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Any_Marketing_3033@reddit

I did until I had to switch to ‘progressive’ lenses. Still have a stash by the bed and couch though

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Jock7373@reddit

I just lost a pair somewhere in the house yesterday. Getting ready to stock up!

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huntress_m_thompson@reddit

guilty. 🙋🏻‍♀️ can’t shop for food if i don’t have a pair on me. the labeling gets smaller & smaller.

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mhiaa173@reddit

That's when I have to pull out my phone, take a picture, and zoom it out :)

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gambitgrl@reddit

Modern solution for old problem, i love it and am kicking myself for not thinking of this myself lol

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huntress_m_thompson@reddit

ha! good idea! i have a little magnifying glass i can whup out to get a closer look. ugh! the the things we have to go through. i’m old enough to remember that time we tried to fight for better food labeling.

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Affectionate_Cost_88@reddit

Yep. I have two pair by my desk, in case I lose one. A pair in the kitchen for reading ingredients and recipes. A pair by my living room chair for reading. More in the bedroom for bedtime reading. One pair in the car and another in my purse. I think the only room I don't have them in is the bathroom, and now I'm wondering if I need them in the bathroom as well. Bonus - my dad never remembers to take his readers in when we go to a restaurant and then he can't read the menu. So I loan him my purse glasses, which are tortoiseshell pointy cat's eye style adorned with sparkly crystals. He's ADORABLE in them.

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gambitgrl@reddit

Yup, 2 in the home office, 3 scattered around the kitchen, 1 in the den, one in the purse, 1 in the car, the ugliest pair in the garage/workshop, others scattered hither and yon throughout the house.

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gambitgrl@reddit

I have at least 10 scattered around my house and car at this moment because. I just went from 1.25 to 1.5s when I realized I was still having to hold a book far from my face to focus. I like that I can get a 5 pack in a bunch of colors, makes any outfit look a bit more thoughtful/stylish. What I hate is knowing I will eventually get the stupid neck chain since it's annoying putting them up on my head, tucking a stem into my shirt collar, or getting them in and out of my purse as my visual needs change 500 times a day.

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gauriemma@reddit

Currently, I have a pair of readers stashed in the family room, dining room, library/front room, both bathrooms, kitchen, home office, bedroom, and basement, as well as in my car and on my desk at work. There’s also a pair in my work bag, camera bag, and at least one (probably more) jacket. And sometimes I still can’t find a pair.

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BigAndTall1968@reddit

One pair each in my bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen. I keep a pair in my truck. I always have a pair on me when I'm at work and also a spare pair in my work locker. I have bifocals but often wear contacts so I need the readers close by.

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Stella-Artwat@reddit

Jeez, I have three sets of glasses. Indoor, outdoor, and readers.

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AgeingChopper@reddit

yep, I have ready readers all over the place and in the car and a couple of coats.

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1blueShoe@reddit

I have ‘kitchen specks’ keep them in the kitchen drawer for if I need to read a recipe or something 🤷🏻‍♀️

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MezAndTish@reddit

Coffee table in the living room, night stand and kitchen island (the pair I bring out of the house).

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BerylReid@reddit

I wear readers for distance viewing too! Couldn’t go to the optician during covid so used weaker readers and can see perfectly through them still. My eyesight hasn’t deteriorated in five years. Unlike when I was going to the optician where I seemed to need stronger and stronger lenses every time I went. 🤔

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PsychologicalBat1425@reddit

Yep! I have them everywhere. Several rooms of the house, the office, the car, etc. I used to have 20/20 vision for most of my life, but it all fell apart at 50. I used to think it was funny how my parents used to hold menus, magazines, etc., really far away to read them. I don't think it's funny anymore.

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stuck_behind_a_truck@reddit

No. I wear mine a necklace around my neck. Good enough for Grandma, good enough for me 👵🏻.

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MooseRoof@reddit

I have special glasses around the house I use to find my glasses.

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eurydice_aboveground@reddit

I pulled the classic trope of tearing the house apart looking for the glasses that were on my head.

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

I walked back into a shop and asked if I'd left my glasses there. The young server was silently staring at me when I realised I was wearing them.

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Prudent-Course-4445@reddit

I was talking on the phone with a friend but wanted to go to the store or something.... I'm like, well, I can't leave until I find my phone. "You are ON the phone ".

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

Well, isn't your friend the know it all. I'm laughing with you, not at you. 😄

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magic_thumb@reddit

“Fuck! I’m becoming my mother!”

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Agrippa_Aquila@reddit

I once watched my sister-in-law do that. Best part? She had both her regular glasses and her sunglasses sitting on her head.

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ZogemWho@reddit

No.. I purchased a good (expensive) pair. So I tend to keep track of them.

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DisappointmentOnTap@reddit

Not since I bit the bullet and got progressive lenses. It \*SUCKED\* for the first three days or so - nausea, headache, and walking down stairs needs to be done \*carefully\*, but once my brain & eyes adjusted, I love them.

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Honeybee71@reddit

Yes and they all end up in my purse lol

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Prudent-Course-4445@reddit

How can I find my glasses without my glasses?!?!?!

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FawnLeib0witz@reddit

Yes I buy multiple 5 packs from Amazon and have one is every room of the house including bathrooms.

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mhiaa173@reddit

My husband bought these, not realizing there were 5 in a pack (he bought 5 lol) I hope we use these up (he tends to lose or break them...) before we need a higher strength prescription!

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magic_thumb@reddit

Best tip I got when I hit 50… hard. I also do it at work.

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buttplugpeddler@reddit (OP)

Well yeah. How the hell else are you going to read shampoo bottles and the like?

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Ex-zaviera@reddit

For doing crosswords, obvy.

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FawnLeib0witz@reddit

They are very handy when I have to read directions on how long to use face masks, etc.

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Texas_Trish71@reddit

Yes! Every room even bathroom.

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Tiny_Animal_3843@reddit

Every room. My fiance just was complaining why there are reading glasses in kitchen, LR and bedroom. I explained I cook all the time and watch my iPad, I read in bed etc...Also, I usually have a pair on my head too. Also, the car...🤣

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Quix66@reddit

I had, but ended up going back to eyeglasses instead of contact lenses.

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NoYou3321@reddit

Ha! YES! I even have a mini pair that hooks to my keychain. Great for reading a menu. Most essential are my "kitchen glasses".

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Taleigh@reddit

Where did you get the mini PAir? My sister used to have those and now I can't find them

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NoYou3321@reddit

Amazon! They came in a 3 or 4 pack. They fold up into a little key pouch. Just look up "folding reading glasses". My husband has another brand called "Thin Optics" from Amazon that fit like a credit card in your wallet.

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mtfg96@reddit

I just used my kitchen glasses to read the model number on my oven.

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Mom2Dos@reddit

Yes! The kitchen pair is a necessity

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dodadoler@reddit

I wouldn’t say out of necessity… just poor cleaning

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killerwithasharpie@reddit

My dears! eBay, and a dozen pairs of 2.0 glasses for under $20. Free delivery.

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Sauterneandbleu@reddit

I have 5 pairs of reading glasses, in each part of the house

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Trekgiant8018@reddit

Yup. Front porch, back porch, livingroom, bedroom and car.

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Agrippa_Aquila@reddit

My husband does. I can pretty much go to any room in our house and find a pair sitting on the closest convenient flat surface. Occasionally, there will be multiple pairs piled up in one spot and/or scattered on multiple surfaces (tables, counters, windowsills). It drives me nuts as I like things not in use to be put away. Meanwhile, I have one pair of reading glasses and one pair of bifocals that have a designated spot for when they are not on my face.

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Rogerdodger1946@reddit

I don't, but my wife does. She must have a dozen pairs.

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gbr1976@reddit

Yup. One pair in the bedroom, one in the living room, one in the kitchen, one in my home office, one pair in the car, and one in my desk at work.

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whentimerunsout@reddit

Each room.

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Kimber80@reddit

I literally have a pair in every single room of my house. I am functionally blind without them.

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cl530@reddit

No, because I now have a pair permanently perched atop my head instead... :(

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the-gaming-cat@reddit

This is the way

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EdAddict@reddit

A pair in the kitchen, dining room, office, and bedroom. One in the truck and one in the purse.

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Self-Comprehensive@reddit

Not reading glasses, regular glasses. I can read just fine without glasses so I take them off without thinking about it. Then I forget where I set them down. So I have to find a pair of glasses to find a pair of glasses.

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stephenforbes@reddit

No I'm a dumb ass who has a single pair and am constantly roaming around wondering where I left them.

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Beauphedes_Knutz@reddit

I have had to use prescription glasses for about 9 months now. I can never find them and when I do wear them, the bifocal drives me nuts. I cannot stand that part of my vision is permanently blurry because of the different use cases. I'm going to lose my shit one of these days.

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MidnightKitty_2013@reddit

Reading glasses and a chapstick.

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Moonsmom181@reddit

Reading glasses, lip balm and a hair clip in every main room.

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genxreader@reddit

My people!!

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AffectionateArt4066@reddit

Yes I have a par at every chair I read at, and every desk I sit at.

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mongosanchez@reddit

Oh yes…and I usually have a pair around my neck as well.

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Practical-Shelter-88@reddit

I leave them everywhere and eventually they all end up on my work desk!

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FrauAmarylis@reddit

No gray hairs, No readers.

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mmpjd@reddit

Yep, and I keep a pair on me at almost all times. The other night, I was looking for my reading glasses while wearing my reading glasses. That was a first haha

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WhiskeyAndWhiskey97@reddit

For the last few years, up until a couple of months ago, I kept readers everywhere. Kitchen to read recipes, family room to read my tablet and cell, bedroom for my evening reading, music bag so I could read my music. I recently visited my ophthalmologist, and the first thing the nurse said to me when she was fetching me from the waiting room was, “Oh, you’re wearing readers!” The doctor altered my prescription for multifocals, and I don’t need readers any more. We still have readers all over the place, because my husband refuses to get re-refracted. 🙄

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Plastic-Sentence9429@reddit

Yep. My distance vision is still 20/20, but anything closer than arm's length it's glasses time.

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HellooKnives@reddit

Yes, because it's easier than having to remember to take them with me from room to room.

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hermitzen@reddit

I used to. Then I just decided it was so much easier to get some prescription progressives with very little correction for distance.

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SucculentMeatloaf@reddit

I recently read about a young cop committing suicide because his lasik surgery went horribly wrong. Has anyone had luck with it?

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mredcurleyz@reddit

I sadly wear glasses so they're on my face when I'm awake. Granted they're progressive kind which I fought against getting for years until I got tired of eye doctor scolding me each at exam time for not having them. Nothing like a doctor going into parent mode on you...

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Naive-Garlic2021@reddit

Are you happy with them? I never felt I could see well with mine, and that only got worse as time went on, so I dug out an old far-vision pair and wow, the world sharpened into focus! Just don't know if I didn't get a good prescription or if that's common for a progressive to sacrifice some sharpness.

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mredcurleyz@reddit

I hate them. I have yet to fully adjust to them after a few years. There's times I take my glasses off to read and wow. It's so much better.

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Naive-Garlic2021@reddit

I would add sometimes add a pair of readers to my nose in order to sharpen the lower part enough for me to read. Now with the single vision, I just take them off and move text up closer If I can't find one of my many readers. I wonder if it has to do with it being hard to get the prescription/fit right, or if some people just don't do well with them. I couldn't handle the progressive contact lenses either.

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SucculentMeatloaf@reddit

The house, my truck, wife's car, work desk....

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Quirky_Commission_56@reddit

Yup! Bathroom, bedroom, living room, etc.

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PahzTakesPhotos@reddit

I have my prescription reading glasses on my desk. I have the cheap readers in my prescription level in my bedroom, a pair at my oldest daughter's house (because sometimes I babysit the grandgoblin).

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SoCaFroal@reddit

I bought a pack of 3 from Costco and leave them in useful spots.

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Abystract-ism@reddit

Glad it’s not just me!

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RVAblues@reddit

A pair in every room.

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Spear_Ritual@reddit

I have them around my neck all the time. Cuz fuck it.

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Electrical_Beyond998@reddit

I’ve been past readers for years. I wear progressives because I can’t read or drive without them. I have sheets with pockets on the sides. When I get into bed I take them off, put them in the pocket. Wake up and they’re right where I left them. On Wednesday night I feel asleep with them on. My husband rolled over on them and thank God they didn’t break. He woke up Thursday morning to me throwing the pillow and blankets all around looking for them, he put them in the pocket on his side. Ordered another pair that afternoon. Really dumb idea to have only one pair of glasses.

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Taleigh@reddit

I have 4 cool pairs one in each color so I know which room they belong in. I also Have a Pure pair from Foster Grant. Ugly as sin but they self fold into the case and are great for my purse [https://verniershop.com/products/compact-mens-ladies-folding-reading-glasses?currency=USD&variant=41891709419590&utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=Google+Shopping&stkn=247f16242035&utm\_source=google&utm\_medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=19917113490\_pmax&utm\_content=%7Bassetgroupname%7D&utm\_term=pmax&gad\_source=1&gad\_campaignid=19925211577&gbraid=0AAAAABLC25gBrkfP4Z-jQ3M2iEQpXkGhY&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0erBBhDTARIsAKO8iqRFjMP3pWhbQUaUuIVuMiRy\_ND2NtKLLPBqNhzuNcVL159tfn1pKFAaArrMEALw\_wcB](https://verniershop.com/products/compact-mens-ladies-folding-reading-glasses?currency=USD&variant=41891709419590&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google+Shopping&stkn=247f16242035&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=19917113490_pmax&utm_content=%7Bassetgroupname%7D&utm_term=pmax&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19925211577&gbraid=0AAAAABLC25gBrkfP4Z-jQ3M2iEQpXkGhY&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0erBBhDTARIsAKO8iqRFjMP3pWhbQUaUuIVuMiRy_ND2NtKLLPBqNhzuNcVL159tfn1pKFAaArrMEALw_wcB)

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Far_Designer_7704@reddit

One in every room on both floors, one in my car, one in jacket pocket, one in my most used purse.

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EWGPhoto@reddit

Fuuuuuck. Yep.

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Available_Music9369@reddit

I did. Until I had cataract surgery. And the did again, until I had secondary cataracts removed

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Dee1je@reddit

I have one on a cord around my neck.

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Wisdumb42@reddit

Almost there. So far, mostly managing by snapping pics on phone and zooming in on them to see wtf something says.

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Original-Track-4828@reddit

Nope. They're on top of my head all waking hours. I'm so nearsighted that my contact lenses are too strong to allow me to read small things (computer screens, regular print in books), so I always carry readers. Yes, I tried multifocal contacts. They \*worked\*, but I always felt like they were too much of a compromise for both near and far.

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lottadot@reddit

In the vehicles too. For trips I've even stashed an emergency-backup set deep in the glove box.

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Weekly_Leg_2457@reddit

Yes. Two sets of upstairs glasses (one at makeup counter, one at nightstand) Two sets of downstairs glasses which roam all over the place One set of purse glasses One set of car glasses One set of travel glasses Are they ever exactly where I need them to be when I need them? No.

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Yuck_Few@reddit

No. I wear prescription glasses.

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Retire_Trade_3007@reddit

This made me laugh out loud. I do and yet still can’t seem to find them when I need them half the time.

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beastofhamden@reddit

Yep, and I get them from Micheals of all paces, 3 99 a piece.

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cuttybangs@reddit

On top of the stereo speakers, the end table, my nightstand, and in my shoulder bag and glove compartment. My wife also keeps a pair for me in her purse. I'm finally (born in '70) getting to the point where I think I need a real prescription, and I'm looking forward to just having glasses on my face all the time instead of always looking around for a pair.

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DeeDleAnnRazor@reddit

I did at one time, I have this big basket of glasses in my room, but these days? They don't leave my face. I wear them all the time.

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squirrelsrcool9@reddit

I’ve gotten to the point that I just wear mine all the time. It

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addknitter@reddit

They are never more than an arm’s reach away!✔️

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PurpleGreyPunk@reddit

Nope. I pony up the extra for the no-line bifocals and just wear them all the time. It’s been an adjustment since I never wore glasses before, but I wasn’t capable of remembering to have reading glasses handy. This year I’m going to upgrade further to get the ones that darken some in sunshine.

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