Comments on: Boys Don't Make Passes At Girls Who Wear Glasses, Right?

By: Susan Lewis

Susan Lewis — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:04:09 +0000

Loved your midlife crisis/glasses blog! It was entertaining, well written, and I could relate to everything you wrote. There have been so many little girls on Facebook lamenting about their first pair of glasses and being teased that I wish they could all read your blog. Life does not end with glasses but it sure can affect self esteem at critical ages.

Will look forward to your continuing blog posts!

By: Ashleigh Mitchell

Ashleigh Mitchell — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:05:16 +0000

Hi Cathy, I absolutely luuuuuv those clear cats eyes glass at the top of your page. Where can I get them... I live in South Africa....

Luv ashleigh

By: Tulip

Tulip — Sat, 09 May 2015 08:12:14 +0000

Found you this morning through the Huffington Post -- hurray! Oh, I hear you about glasses! I started wearing glasses at 7 and hard contacts on my 17th birthday. That was in 1965 and I'm still wearing them, though now they're gas-permeable. The soft ones don't correct for my astigmatism. As a teen, my glasses were those cat-eye shape, but in a charming black color. And on my 17th birthday, I spent at least a half-hour in the bathroom, staring into the mirror at my red-eyed face -- seeing for the first time what I really looked like. And my most embarrassing time? I dropped my glasses in the high school gym locker room, breaking them and had to call my mom for a trip to the eye doctor. I needed my schoolbooks, so went to my classroom, stood at the back and asked Mr. Anderson, the German teacher, if I might get them. Unfortunately, Miss McIntyre, the old maid Latin teacher was standing at the front. She said, "Can't you tell the difference between Mr. Anderson and me??" Uh, no. I hate glasses! But did you ever think about what would have happened to kids like us in the middle ages or earlier? We would have fallen off cliffs, been eaten by bears, or have ended up in convents doing those illuminated letters on manuscripts.

By: 1010ParkPlace.com

1010ParkPlace.com — Fri, 01 May 2015 19:40:56 +0000

This is my story! Every detail, nuance, hard and soft lens, beautiful girlfriends with perfect eyesight, my hair, my new flat shoes. Now my astigmatism is too severe to correct my vision, so I'm back to wearing glasses, and surprisingly, it doesn't bother me. It's been a long time since strangers would come up to me and tell me what beautiful eyes I have. Now I spend way too much on thin lenses that "reduce the angle of refraction," whatever that is. From time to time I think about laser surgery, but it gives me the heebeejeebees... I'm hoping your husband is doing well... That must have been very scary. XOXOXO, Brenda

By: Dewy

Dewy — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:13:12 +0000

Hey Cathy,

I used to wear glasses in the 2nd grade as well and mine were very heavy. I remember my nose and ear pain due to the glasses.

However, later - somehow, my eyes got fixed and I don't wear glasses anymore. Even a few months back I went to my eye doctor for a regular check up and he told me that my eyes are all right and does not need any glasses.

However, am pretty much in midlife now and I too don't really care about glasses or contacts - I can wear glasses again if I ever have to ...

thanks,
Dewy,

By: janet tancredi

janet tancredi — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:05:12 +0000

The saying goes, "if only we could start out with all our wisdom, and grow younger. I am perfectly content the way things are. I'm thrilled not always putting on make-up or shaving my legs! You sound beautiful from the inside out just the way you are!

By: Kit Minden

Kit Minden — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 04:03:29 +0000

I am needing my glasses more of late between MS and aging. Being outside, looking at the trees, and needing them to see the leaves clearly saddens me! It's not that I mind how I look, but how they are now a constant in my life.

By: Nancy Hill (@Nerthus)

Nancy Hill (@Nerthus) — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 19:50:28 +0000

What a great piece! Glasses, our reactions to them actually, tell us so much about our self-concepts, don't they? I hadn't thought about it like that until I read this. I have worn glasses since I was a kid, but I refused to wear them in High School. As an adult I wear them and feel like they are a protective barrier between me and the world.

By: Karen D. Austin

Karen D. Austin — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 13:49:27 +0000

I wore glasses started about age 10. I tried contacts for a while, but they are too much of a hassle, and I was always afraid they'd end up damaging my eyes. There are so many cute frames available today that I don't mind at all. I loved your stories and your pics. Oh, meeting your future in-laws while "blind" is a great courtship story! Thanks for sharing that.

By: Barbara Hammond

Barbara Hammond — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:25:42 +0000

Such a beautiful post, Cathy. The changes we go through, oy! I started wearing glasses at two. Yes. Had eye surgery at nine and over time the prescription lessened and eventually I was able to 'get by' without them. I tried contacts in my 30's but was never completely comfortable with them so quit. Now I have computer glasses, reading glasses, and one good pair of progressives that give me such a headache I rarely wear them. I'm just grateful I can see in one way or another, and sometimes it's better to look in the mirror through fuzzy eyes. lol! b

By: shifrachester@gmail.com

shifrachester@gmail.com — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:51:57 +0000

I love you too, dear friend. The best part of midlife - aside from meeting new, dear and wonderful friends - is learning to be comfortable with who we are, from the inside out. MWAH!

By: Toni McCloe

Toni McCloe — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 11:38:50 +0000

I love what your friend said. What a beautiful reflection of who you are.