Not removing sunglasses - unreasonable?

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Met up with a friend yesterday, who introduced me to her sister.

We sat outside, it was sunny.

The sister did not remove her sunglasses the entire time (2 hours).

It bothered me. I couldn't see her eyes.

Aibu?

YABU. It’s horrible having to squint. Her comfort/protecting her eyes comes before you wanting to see her eyes. There’s nothing rude about keeping sunglasses on when you’re talking to people.

My eyes are very sensitive. I like my sunglasses 😊.

Wow! I wear sunglasses all the time outside, I can’t leave the house without them whether bright sunshine or even cloudy and raining. People probably think I’m weird but my eyes stream if I take them off and I get headaches and can’t actually see from the glare (yes, even in cloudy whether). I thought people might find it strange but didn’t realise people would be offended by me protecting my eyes! What a weird one.

Yes op you are being unreasonable!
They were probably prescription glasses, many people wear them, when I have mine on I have to keep them on (unless I have my regular glasses with me)
I also have a droopy eye lid which I’m self conscious of, so I’m happy when the suns out and I can wear sunglasses!
Its not something I’d even worry or even think about!

Yes, you are being unreasonable. I had an eye op and cannot go out into the sun/bright light without wrap around polaroids. I need to protect my eyes. Maybe so does she. Some people can't stand glare and it gives them a headache. Kudos to her for protecting her eyes.

OMG!! Seriously??? Get a grip!

This! I take mine off to shake hands or
say hello and smile to meet someone for the first time that day but if it’s sunny, we’re all wearing them. I wouldn’t keep them on every second, I wouldn’t leave them off for ages. It’s polite to have a proper moment of
eye contact first meeting someone, but it doesn’t need to be more.

My sunglasses are prescription sunglasses. If I take them off I can’t see.

My prescription glasses are transitions so they would be dark as sunglasses if I was sitting outside in the sun. But if I took them off I'd be blind as a bat. My comfort is more important than a stranger's need to look at my eyes.

The whole point of sunglasses is comfort and protection from the sun.

I have no basic manners.

This thread is batshit, and hilarious.

Yabu to expect someone to sit in the sun for 2 hours. Did you offer the option of shade? Was there any respite from the light?

I would not have taken off my very dark sunglasses. I hopefully would have been wearing a hat and brought suncream to reapply. 2 hours in the sun would be a sunburn and a massive headache without defense.

I was out for much of yesterday afternoon and wore sunglasses for much of the time, definitely in excess of two hours as it was really bright. I'd have been uncomfortable without them. YABU.

Oh dear. This is the sort of post tjat reminds me that 'they' walk amongst us..

YABVU.

FGS, you're saying someone keeping their sunglasses on OUTSIDE - WHEN IT'S SUNNY is weird. You have got to be kidding! 😂

I wore my sunglasses today and went for a drive and to the park. Went grocery shopping afterwards and realised that I'd left my actual glasses at home so had no choice but to wear sunglasses indoors else I wouldn't have been able to see at all!
If anyone found me rude - so what!
My point being, you have no idea why she had them on, stop making it about you.

I am very light sensitive so wear sunglasses outside. DH wears glasses to see and they are reactive so will look like sunglasses on a sunny day.

If you are outside and it is sunny then wearing sunglasses sounds completely appropriate. I am quite light sensitive so wear sunglasses through the year.

If she was also standoffish and wearing sunglasses, I might feel a bit miffed but otherwise no.

You were outside in the sun and it made you uncomfortable that someone was wearing sunglasses? That’s your problem, not hers.

I met up with a friend yesterday. We sat and walked outside. It was sunny.

Neither of us removed our sunglasses the entire time (don't know about hers but mine are prescription ones).

It didn't bother me and I assume it didn't bother her either!

Im I missing something here? you was outside in the sun and your mates sister had sunglassess on and you wanted to see her eyes? Wtf why? Did you want to look deep in her eyes and declare your love for her. What an stupid thing to say and I would not embrasses yourself by telling your mate that.

I did that the other day. Was shopping in Sainsburys and lunch out. The reason being they are prescription and I had forgotten my regular glasses. 😂

I'd put it in the same category as men rising from their seats when a woman enters the room - it's the "proper", super courteous thing to do but that doesn't mean it's rude not to. Particularly in a situation where most people would be wearing sunglasses.

WTF!!

You have serious issues!

I hope for your sake this is a reverse or something.

I wear sunglasses alot outside even in winter if its bright, I have an outdoors job and they're invaluable for sun protection. I wouldn't think to remove them if I was outside on a sunny day chatting to someone. The mirrored ones are a bit antisocial as it's like talking to your own reflection but if they're just normal sunglasses can't see an issue.

What a strange thing to get worked up about

Some people are rude. Even if she has eye-related problems, the norm is to lift your sunglasses, even without removing them, to smile and say hello during your introduction and then pop them back on.