Glasses

[TiK]

I switched to glasses recently, as this past fall was especially bad for my usual contact lens-wearing self allergy-wise. For many years, I hated glasses because even the lightest frames at the time were too heavy. On my most recent trip to the eyeglass store though, I found these frames that were ridiculously light, and barely noticeable on my face. They come in many different lens shapes and a variety of colors. You should check them out.

I also recommend having a girl or girls pick out a frame for you.

[Coffee]

1)Don't dismiss the LASIK thing out of hand. I got it in April, and my vision is better than perfect...seriously...tested at 20/10, and it is the best thing ever, for the simple reason that I don't have to worry about needing to see, if I ever NEED to see.

2)Most eyeglass professionals have a decent idea of what is trendy, so go ask them. The phrase the optometrist always used for me was that the glasses should be there, but not there.

3)Your wife is hot. Stop worrying so much.

[El Diablo]

Boro,

Where do you think you're gonna buy them? If you're gonna go to like a LensCrafters or someplace like that, the people who work there are usually pretty good at giving you feedback on what looks good. I'll come back later w/ some specific recs.

[Alobar]

is that your current facial hair arrangement?

If so that definitely needs some retooling in order for glasses to work IMO.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

Boro,

Going with girls is definitely key. I spent a few months trying to find frames I liked to no avail; I went with a female friend and it took us 5 minutes to pick out frames that I liked and looked awesome. FWIW I see lots of young guys my age (21) wearing frames like these, I think they tend to look pretty good and professional.

If you really can't find glasses you (or your wife) likes, make sure you still fix your vision. When I got my glasses it was amazing how much better I could see - I spent the first few days looking at things with my glasses on, and then taking them off, and then putting them back on just to see the difference.

[Paluka]

Now that I see this picture, it is clear to me who is giving Borodog his information on global warming.

[ahnuld]

[Borodog]

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Boro,

Where do you think you're gonna buy them? If you're gonna go to like a LensCrafters or someplace like that, the people who work there are usually pretty good at giving you feedback on what looks good. I'll come back later w/ some specific recs.

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Please do. I stopped into a place to see about an appointment, and while there I asked to try on some frames. The person there was a complete [censored], and basically told me everything I tried looked "great", and trust me, everything I tried did not look great. In fact, they all looked like [censored].

After I find a different place to go to, I will certainly be taking the wife along, and won't get anything that she won't sign off on. But I'd like to have some ideas ahead of time.

For the person who asked about the facial hair situation, I have a full, but shorter, goatee these days. So yeah, closer to the Johnny Depp/Ninth Gate picture.

[CheckRaise]

the new borodog:

[Borodog]

Was I horribly burned on the way to the eye-glass store?

Include a giant mole on my upper lip and you'll understand why I wear a goatee.