Just got my first pair of non-prescription reading glasses. I should have done this 3 or 4 years ago! The thing that made me finally decide was trying to read the sodium content on a label at Aldi's and having to ask an employee to read it for me.

Also helps immensely when reading my Kindle. I could have opted to increase the font size, but then you decrease the amount of words per page, so this is better.

I like my reading glasses. I have no self image problem; the only reason I kept putting it off was pure laziness. I hope I am this positive when I have to start getting adult diapers.

Welcome to the club

It was when I could not read the letters on a 19-way 25mm Amphenol plug that I realised that I needed reading glasses, and the guy that I was working with he couldn't read them either, he had to hold the magnifying glass of my Swiss Army Knife over the contacts so I could see where to solder the wire back on to. Now I wear glasses full time and still have a big anglepoise lamp/magnifier on my desk here to read the small print...

Glasses also help to you to see whom it is that you are shouting at to get off your lawn

About 10 years ago went and got my eyes checked. Now I have been wearing glasses for distance since the early '60s but on this checkup was told I didn't need glasses anymore. The downside was my short vision was degraded. Not enough then to require glasses then but over the 10 years has got to the point where I should probably get some reading glasses.

I'm 68 and generally wear glasses for distance,,Tried bifocals for a couple years slowed down my reading...Now I don't usuall put on my glasses unless I go out..Got a 60" TV about 6 feet away and can see it fine,,But need CC for my hearing,,,The VA gave me hearing aids but they die about every year and the place I have to go to is 2 hours away so The heck with it that's two trips one for a test and one for fitting.and hell I live alone so don't have to listen to anybody...
.The computer is an arms length away and with glasses it's blurry so i play with out them..Like KK my last eye test i passed without glasses and like letterboy I can't read the instructions on pill bottles,,So I got a couple hand held magnifiers from Amazom and that's cool..I read just fine without helpers and never use my glasses for that,,I do get some blurriness in my right eye due to having shingles over it a few years back but drops clear it up..Guess they make shotguns for us old timers to sweep our lawn if need be

I've had a light prescription for glasses for many years. Far sighted, its the up close that bothered me.
A couple of years ago I had to give in and got some reading glasses. Held off on bifocals, just out of pride.
Got to where I had to get the bifocals. Tried the progressive lenses and they were TERRIBLE. Very little room to see. Got regular bifocals and I feel like I have a new super power. LOL
Love them! Expensive even with insurance, unfortunately.

I have found that two big rounds of chemo have changed my eyesight. I used to need my glasses for driving and watching TV. Now I don't need them at all. The trouble is, my license says I do. I keep forgetting to put them on when I leave the house. I used to have trouble reading, now not so much. Strange.

I started having to use 'cheaters' about five years ago. My long distance vision is fine, it's up close and small that I can't see anymore. It's really irritating for me because I work on equipment a lot. I'll get grease or oil all over my hands and then need to see some small detail like a set-screw or something. Even worse is working underneath equipment and not being able to get my head and the glasses to line up at the right angle to see something small.

Why not just go to your local DOT office with your latest eye test and have the license changed. That is what I did.

Wow, that is strange. I keep hoping my chemo will give me some sort of superpower, like Spiderman etc.

You think that's an issue?

More to come yet my friend!!!

I've been in glasses since 2nd grade, I know no other way of life. When reading a paperback in bed I have to take off my glasses now. Progressive bifocals and then trifocals took some time getting use to.

Wife was already wearing contacts when we met in 11th grade. She had Lasik in her early 30's and was told she'd probably need reading glasses early 40's or a new Lasik procedure might be available by then. Wasn't a problem until a couple years ago at 48, now she wears non-prescription glasses to read (from Costco). Gives her a bookworm librarian look, I can work with that.

Costco did something really cool a few weeks back, they fixed my older backup glasses with stripped frame by replacing the screw with a tiny bolt and nut. I didn't know such a thing existed, using the smallest nut driver I've ever seen.

I also started using reading glasses last fall.

It's not bad enough that I require glasses to use the PC (if/when I do, most of it will be covered by work thankfully).

but I also noticed a large difference with the stupidly tiny ingredience lists on stuff I buy in the store Grumble!

Been checking up on the regs for driving in Spain as we are off there in August and I need a second pair as a spare, so it is off to the opticians tomorrow to get my eyes checked and get a pair ordered up. My sunglasses are a bit out of prescription now so they will be getting replaced as well.

I'm long sighted and have more problems with close up than far but it has got to a point where I now need a bit of help with distance vision too

I struggle with up close...distance is solid. I've been putting off getting any glasses and the wife got tired of me borrowing hers to read small print...so she bought me 3 pairs for Christmas. They are just cheap Walgreens "readers" so a fashion statement they are not.
I have already broke two of them while working on my motorcycles in the dimly lit garage, so I don't picture myself getting an expensive good pair that also looks good on me since I'm so hard on them.

You can get safety glasses with readers.
https://www.amazon.com/DPG59-120C-Reinforcer-Rx-Bifocal-Performance-Protective/dp/B000646VF8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498684750&sr=8-1&keywords=safety%2Bglasses%2Bwith%2Breaders%2B2.0&th=1

I got some wrap around polarized sunglaases with readers for fishing. Tying knots was a lot easier.

I'm near sighted and have been wearing glasses since I was a teenager. I read way too much when I was young; still do...

Same here nearsighted glasses since 6th grade...Don't need glasses to read and read better with out using bifocals,,Just distance gets blurry

Just started wearing glasses for distance 3 years ago and had to upgrade my prescription to be a tad stronger. They tried to talk me into getting cheaters for near but the price was too high so I declined and now wish I got it. Trying to read some of the small print from work is brutal.

I"m 44 and I still have my 20/20 vision.

I'm a glasses hoarder