Can’t get into the habit of using reading glasses

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My eyesight is getting much worse as I’m getting older (mid 40s)
I’ve got some reading glasses from the optician but having never used them before I can’t get used to keeping them nearby and so end up not being able to see things (like now I can hardly see what I’m typing even with the font size turned up)

I manage to use them ok at work because they stay in my laptop bag but I don’t tend to carry a handbag the rest of the time.

is this ridiculous? I know I could just get up and go and get them out of my work bag but any tips on getting into the habit of keeping them nearby?

String round your neck?

tbf, as your dependency grows on them with age, and it will, you will find they become your go to item and will be with you wherever you go. In your pocket, by the cooker, in the loo. Then you will just wear them permanently on the end of your nose, looking over the top for normal distance.

😀

I think it really is just habit 😁

I'm pushing 50 and starting to struggle, so saw an optician who did a mild script for reading fine text.

I haven't yet bothered to fill the script or get the glasses!

Don’t worry. It won’t be long before you can’t do without them and have at least 10 pairs from Home Bargains all over the house….I speak from experience as someone who is now both short sighted and long sighted.

What prescription do you have? If equal in both eyes, you could get off-the-shelf reading glasses. Get several pairs of cheap ones and leave them around your house.

i also struggle, i need them for reading but not for computer use, so on off,
i guess i will get used to them

You can get several pairs from Amazon for about £20. I have them round the house. Usually wear varifocal specs, but with contacts I can’t read my phone, maps, chop veg… basically anything!

I always wondered why people did the end of your nose thing. Now I know!
is more than one pair the answer?
dies laser eye surgery work for this issue?

I got two pairs, one at home and one in the office. I remember to use them because I need them.

sorry missed a few replies saying that multiple pairs is indeed a solution!

I have 4 pairs, 2 with strings. Look for online glasses, send your prescription and get a 2for1 offer.

I have a pair in my handbag, a pair next to my iPad, a pair with my Kindle and several spares. Cost about £20 for five pairs.

Laser surgery in theory is possible, but pretty pointless.. it's age and they will keep deterorating.
Trust me in a few years you will have a cheap pair in every room in the house plus a pair on the top of your head!
I'm very short sighted and wear contacts, so just use amazon cheap readers (and my optician said it was fine to do so) and wear varifocal glasses in the evenings at home.

Eventually they become too essential not to remember them!

Soon you'll have no choice.

This!

I have a downstairs pair and an upstairs pair. The upstairs ones are my old ones from 2 years ago but they are close enough in prescription to do me for reading in my bed.

I did order varifocals from Glasses Direct too but find them a bit weird to wear

Multiple pairs it is. Definitely need some for kitchen so I can read food labels and some by bed for reading.
I don't think I’m ready for string round neck though 😭.

I'm in the same position - I have an old pair with a weak prescription which helps with reading but doesn't affect my distance vision much, which work quite well as it's much easier to wear them all the time. I think varifocals will be the way to go once this doesn't work any more.

I took had difficulty wearing glasses but as my eyesight has got worse I need them more.
I've got used to wearing them at work as I need them but not at the stage yet of taking them shopping to read labels, I use my phone photo on zoom 😂
Like a pp said cheapo readers from b and m and home bargains are great. I must have 4 pairs and still lose them.
Also any ideas for a nice glasses chain for someone who is far to young to be wearing one? 😂

Bi focals - wear all the time. Put on as you get up and take off at bed time then you can always can see

even if distance vision is ok and top lens is plain glass you always have your readers.

before you know it you’ll be needing varivicsks (as eyesight typically deteriorates with age) and I found the transition from bi to vari very easy !

varifocals!

you can get them with 'window glass' (no strength) on top.
and a cheap pair for bedside as you don't want to break the prescription ones falling asleep reading.

My problem is I can't generally see non text with them. They are only good for reading. Normally reading on my tablet and watching TV at the same time and can't wear them for both.

I second this suggestion. Pay as much as you can afford for good quality varifocals then they will be easier to adjust to.

I've decided just to be the woman who always has her glasses on top of her head (and is still always looking for her glasses).

I've also embraced the peering over the top of my specs look which helps with reading/ watching telly multitasking. I knew my long nose would come in handy one day.

Several options in use here.

1. have half a dozen pairs of prescription glasses dotted around the place and your caravan/boat/ either car/ hand bag and work.
2. at least one pair on a cord.
3. at least two pairs of varifocals - one prescription being just the previous script.
4. one pair of the first set of reading glasses is half moon - if all else fails wear those as I can pear over the top easily.

I employ all the above, invariably they all gravitate together and I can’t find any of them,
decide to do some housework and discover they are all beside my chair or the front door.

Gosh, I’ve just worked out how many pairs of glasses I have!

I do have issues with my vision following a TIA a couple of years ago which has left me with partial loss of vision in one eye but my brain compensates well.

I have a pair of bifocals in the car for driving and reading the computer screen, sat nav and dashboard. I have a pair in my handbag for reading things like menus, filling in forms or leaflets when shopping. Then there is a pair in the kitchen, another in my bedroom and another in my lounge so I can watch tv and crochet. Oh, and I have a pair of sunglasses with my reading prescription lenses for those rare sunny days when I sit outside.

So 6 in total which I use pretty much every day, these all have my latest prescription in or the previous one which was only slightly different. I also have some older ones in a drawer for emergency use, good enough to use for reading for just an hour or so.

I pay £20 a month on a plan at my optician and so get 50% off all my glasses - which is good value for money as even though I try to buy cheap frames, my prescriptions are expensive.