Vympel wrote:I'm short sighted. It's not acute, but enough that I drive/ watch movies/TV with glasses on.
That's my situation too. I can move around, interact with people, use my computer if I sit a little closer, catch a football etc. without glasses, but I can't read street signs and TV images look blurry.
Should I get contacts?
I wore contacts for a few years. They're hard on the eyes, and the aggravation of taking them out and cleaning them is not really worth it. When you stumble into bed and you're exhausted, the last thing you want is to turn on bright lights in the bathroom and pick things out of your eyes before hitting the sack.
If you get the disposable ones, you still have to pick them out of your eyes but you won't have to clean them. However, you're stuck paying for an endless supply of disposable contacts, which really adds up.
Reasons for:
1- Just got a cool pair of sunglasses, but need to change the lenses to prescription if I'm going to use them for anything, especially driving.
The sunglass situation is a bummer; the coolest shades are not prescription.
2- Girls apparently prefer guys without glasses + a few girls have told me I look better without them (confirmation from forum females would be appreciated)
It all depends. Rebecca says she thinks I look smarter with glasses, and she likes smart guys.
3- I'm told that you can see things more clearly with contacts than you can with glasses (from girl who had worn both)
I've worn both; glasses give you vision which is just as clear if they're prescribed properly. Your peripheral vision is blurry because your glasses don't correct that, but how often do you seriously need razor-sharp peripheral vision? If you see something in your periphery and you want it sharper, turn your head.
Besides, I frequently take my glasses off for small detail work, because one advantage of short-sightedness is that you can see very small things very clearly by getting close to them. You can't do this with contacts.
Reasons against:
1- I will look less intelligent
2- Are they expensive?
3- High maintenance
4- How often do you lose them?
I once got a contact stuck up above the eyelid line, so it was squirming around on top of my eyeball. That was fucking awful. I'm very happy not to be wearing contacts any more; ultimately, the only reason to wear contacts is vanity, no matter what anyone else tells you.
