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To wonder why some wear sunglasses inside..

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Veryunsure · 31/05/2013 10:58

Just that, away with work went to breakfast this morning, there's no sun and in walked a guest wearing sunnies, maybe this is a trend I just don't get. Oh and also unless you're outside and it's sunny or too bright to go without them I find people talking to you from behind their shades rude.

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PiHigh · 31/05/2013 12:06

I sometimes do when my hayfever is bad. I find it helps a lot.

hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman · 31/05/2013 12:07

I am suffering from recurring bouts of some strange skin condition that is affecting my eyes and surrounding skin. I look infinitely less scary with sunglasses on at all times when out and about. Without then I look like I've been ten rounds with mike Tyson and lost.

freddiefrog · 31/05/2013 12:13

Westie. They stop me absent mindedly rubbing. I can't get to my eyes so easily if you see what I mean. I have to either take them off or reach behind them so I find I don't just sit and rub my eyes. Also, I suppose they're a bit of a barrier to pollen may be? I don't know, but they help

ChasingDogs · 31/05/2013 12:25

Another one with very light sensitive eyes here. I sometimes find them necessary on overcast days (you know those ones with the weird, white light? I know what I mean damn it). They're also good for supermarkets and offices with evil lighting.

I'm aware I look a bit twattish though, so you're not being entirely unreasonable OP

WestieMamma · 31/05/2013 12:26

Sounds like I'm going to have to get my sympathy bypass reversed then.

stopgap · 31/05/2013 12:27

I wear sunglasses every day, sometimes even on rainy days, as I've always been light-sensitive, and it's worse now that I have a thyroid condition. Luckily I'm in NYC and people here wear sunglasses 24/7.

DorisShutt · 31/05/2013 12:31

DH has those transition lenses that change with UV, but not necessarily sunlight. And they don't change very quickly, so he can go into the supermarket, do a full shop and come back out, but they're still be slightly dark.

He likes them as they cut down on glare which he hates.

DeepRedBetty · 31/05/2013 12:36

dtds and one of their friends (all fourteen year olds) have formed a band, and the friend always wears her sunglasses during performances. If she can't see people looking at her she feels far more confident.

ProudAS · 31/05/2013 13:05

I wear reactions which take a while to change colour when I come inside.

Funnily enough DeepRedBetty I don't wear glasses when I'm on stage. Like your DDs' friend I don't like to see the audience.

SquigglePigs · 31/05/2013 13:25

Bright lights trigger my husbands migraines so he needs sunglasses a lot of the time. And bright in that context really isn't very bright to most people.

Myliferocks · 31/05/2013 13:29

My DD has a colyboma (sp.) in her eye so has to be really careful with sunlight. As a result she quite often has to wear her prescription sunglasses indoors if it's too bright for her.

expatinscotland · 31/05/2013 13:30

I used to wear them when stoned.

LineRunner · 31/05/2013 13:33

Venus Yes, the PUVA was very effective.

PrincessOfChina · 31/05/2013 13:36

I'm pretty light sensitive and sometimes wear sunnies inside, particularly when I have a headache, a migraine or if it's a really sunny day. My office is all white with three sides of windows so it can be really dazzling.

UniS · 31/05/2013 13:43

I broke my "real" glasses and have been wearing my prescription shades while waiting for new pair of normals, its very annoying, I'd rather not be constantly wearing sunnies, but with out glasses I can't see far enough to recognise any body or drive or read, or read a clock or do any much at all.

MrsHelsBels74 · 31/05/2013 13:44

I've worn them inside when I've had a migraine.

LadyBeagleEyes · 31/05/2013 13:49

My ex used to wear them inside and on his head.
No eye issues, he was just a twat.

quoteunquote · 31/05/2013 13:59

I wear polarised green lenses, with no gaps around the edges.

Inside and out all year round, if I don't I get crippling migraines which dominate my life, I cannot function, and end in so much pain, I would consider jumping off a cliff, as a good solution.

Nice to know that some people have issues with others wearing glasses, maybe I should wear a t-shirt with an explanation on it.

FryOneFatManic · 31/05/2013 15:39

I found myself wearing my prescription sunnies indoors recently after having had laser surgery for a torn retina. I have a couple of large windows and it was sunny that day.

This was for a few hours afterwards, especially as I'd had loads of eye drops to make the pupil enlarge for the treatment, meaning lots of light going into the eye.

I also read an interview with Amanda Platell recently (Yes, I know, but...). She's had some form of cancer near her eye resulting in surgery, so she took to wearing large sunnies to hide the scarring while it healed.

There could be many legitimate reasons for wearing sunnies indoors

Nokidshere · 31/05/2013 15:44

My glasses are reactor light so I have no idea if they are clear or dark whilst I am wearing them. It doesn't need to be sunny or warm for them to go dark though just light.

BirdyBedtime · 31/05/2013 15:51

Joining the YABU band I'm afraid. I have prescription sunnies as I have fairly bad eyesight and you have no idea what a pain it is to constantly be swapping over glasses. Also I have a medical condition that make my eyes sensitive to light so I tend to wear my sunnies if it's just bright rather than actually sunny IYSWIM.

You may find it rude that people talk to you wearing sunnies but I find it rude when people make sweeping uninformed statements about other people's appearance or choices without knowing anything about possible reasons.

euwa · 31/05/2013 16:15

OP I'd glad you started this and not me I have often wondered it as I assume they can't all wear them for medical reasons but then so many people have allergies that they didn't have many years ago so things do change. from the responses here I think myself lucky I don't have to wear them.

ShadowStorm · 31/05/2013 20:35

Some people have very light sensitive eyes.

I have a colleague like that - he has to wear sunglasses if it's bright or it hurts his eyes and gives him headaches. Even if he's inside, if he's having a bad day, he has to wear sunglasses unless the lighting's very dim. He's been to eye doctors, and there's no solution they can offer him other than advising him to wear sunglasses.

It may look rude, but he doesn't have much choice if he wants to function normally.

And on occasion, I've worn my prescription sunglasses inside because I've lost or broken my normal glasses. I'm aware that other people may think it's odd or rude when this happens, but I can't see properly without glasses.

Startail · 31/05/2013 20:51

Another twit who gets out the car, goes shopping and realises she's left her normal classes, several floors up the multi storey.

My Nan lived in sunglasses because she had mild cataracts and they were better with sun glasses.

TroublesomeEx · 31/05/2013 20:53

I wear them indoors and most of the winter too except on really dark gloomy days.

My eyes and skin are really sensitive to UV light and it's actually painful to be out in any level of sunlight without them.

I tend to take them off if I'm talking to someone though, I don't like the barrier they create.

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