I'm getting contacts

Apocalypse · June 19, 2003, 14:00

Apparently I'm getting contacts.

I just learned my parents scheduled an eye doctor appointment for me, without telling me and it's in less then two hours. They had no plans for me once I get to the optomitrist...my mother just came in as told me and I was like "what for" and she said she didn't know. So I've decided to get contacts.

I've never had them before, I wonder what they are going to be like. Anyone here have any stories or suggestions for me?

FrustratedPoet · June 19, 2003, 14:06

Tried them when I was a kid. Hated it.

Jabbing at my eyeball twice a day seems to me to be creating a problem, not solving one.

Bereta_Eder · June 19, 2003, 14:18

They're ok. Try them out to see how you like them

Just be careful with all the hygiene precussions you must take or
you'll lose your eyes.

scared? good. better than blind.

Harry Seldon · June 19, 2003, 14:23

I like'em. Takes awhile to get used to and they dry out quickly for the first few months you have them as your eyes adjust. It also take awhile for your eyes to be able to have them in for long periods of time without headaches. It's worth it in the long run.

Asher · June 19, 2003, 14:58

They're so much nicer than glasses.

I wear them when I wake up to the moment I go to bed, they never bother me.

Takes about 10 seconds to put them in in the morning, 2 seconds to take them out at night...

Eli · June 19, 2003, 15:03

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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Tried them when I was a kid. Hated it.

Jabbing at my eyeball twice a day seems to me to be creating a problem, not solving one.

Ditto.

BeBro · June 19, 2003, 15:05

Never tried them. Has someone here experiences with laser surgery?

JCG · June 19, 2003, 15:19

They're not bad once you've used them for some time. You do need some discipline for the first few weeks, when you're gradually adjusting to them. Try not to sleep with the contacts on (but if it happens just once in a while, it's ok). In the end, if all goes well, you won't really notice them.

Apocalypse · June 19, 2003, 18:14

I just came home from the optomitrist. I got the left one in less than 10 tries. It was far more difficult to put in the right one though. Taking them out wasn't too difficult.

I love wearing them already though.

Zero · June 19, 2003, 18:31

I miss my eyeglasses. I never wore my glasses cause I was afriad I would look geeky with them on. My parents refused to get me contacts until 10th grade so I walked around blind for good portion of my youth life.

Dont get hard lenses... almost like 99% people use soft anyway (for a good reason too

)

Apocalypse · June 19, 2003, 18:42

I did get soft lenses. Some people say I look scary without my glasses on. This should be interesting.

Provost Harrison · June 19, 2003, 18:57

The idea of contacts makes me squirm

yaroslav · June 19, 2003, 18:59

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Originally posted by Apocalypse
I did get soft lenses. Some people say I look scary without my glasses on. This should be interesting.

It seems to be very common - I wear glasess since I was three years old, and the few times I get off of them (for instance, because I want to be one minute without glasses) people start to look me as I was a troll (well, understand me, even more trolish than with glasses)

FrustratedPoet · June 19, 2003, 19:02

My g/f says I look sexy with my glasses off. I expect it's a Pavlovian response.

Chemical Ollie · June 19, 2003, 19:03

My brother-in-law just got contacts too. It's his new eyes in my avatar. Freaky, huh?

Provost Harrison · June 19, 2003, 19:04

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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
My g/f says I look sexy with my glasses off. I expect it's a Pavlovian response.

Are you trying to say your girlfriend is a dog? Freudian slip methinks

Zero · June 19, 2003, 19:08

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Originally posted by Provost Harrison

Are you trying to say your girlfriend is a dog? Freudian slip methinks

then u missed the joke. Hes saying shes conditioned to be horny when his glasses comes off.

FrustratedPoet · June 19, 2003, 19:08

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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Are you trying to say your girlfriend is a dog? Freudian slip methinks

Har. Har. Har.

You know what I meant.

edit/ Zero: Rich got it, he's just being a smart ass. As usual.

Provost Harrison · June 19, 2003, 19:21

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Originally posted by Zero

then u missed the joke. Hes saying shes conditioned to be horny when his glasses comes off.

Two words: Pavlov's dog

Sometimes I am sure my humour is wasted on some people

FP:

Ecthy · June 19, 2003, 19:57

if I had glasses they'd put it all on them... always some excuse there

alva · June 19, 2003, 20:17

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They're so much nicer than glasses.

I wear them when I wake up to the moment I go to bed, they never bother me.

Takes about 10 seconds to put them in in the morning, 2 seconds to take them out at night...

I don't even take them out at all.

Quote:

just came home from the optomitrist. I got the left one in less than 10 tries. It was far more difficult to put in the right one though. Taking them out wasn't too difficult.

I love wearing them already though.

In a few months you'll be able to do it in the dark.
(and seeing how this thread is going, I do mean the contacts

)

MrFun · June 19, 2003, 20:19

I tried hard contacts when I was in high school, but over a year ago, I use softies now, and never look back.

Soul Survivor · June 19, 2003, 20:29

i wear them about 14 hours a day and 360 days a year, the only time i have problems is when my allergies get really bad but 99% of the time i can't even feel them

alva · June 19, 2003, 20:30

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I tried hard contacts when I was in high school, but over a year ago, I use softies now, and never look back.

That's a very weird sentence when taken out of context?

(on more then one level btw.)

Asher · June 19, 2003, 20:33

Remember that for every hour you wear your contacts, you'll go blind two hours earlier due to oxygen deprivation.

alva · June 19, 2003, 20:34

Then I should have been blind a year or 2 ago.

Asher · June 19, 2003, 20:37

Masturbation counteracts the effects. The hair follicles on the palm distract it.

Zero · June 19, 2003, 20:37

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Originally posted by MrFun
I tried hard contacts when I was in high school, but over a year ago, I use softies now, and never look back.

only thing i like about hard lenses are:

i can put them on without a mirror and can just pop them both in my eye faster than you can start ur first one.

But they sting if you dont wet them enough with solutions. I heard soft are like that too, but the eye is more sensitive wit the hard ones....

MrFun · June 19, 2003, 20:40

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Originally posted by alva

Quote:

I tried hard contacts when I was in high school, but over a year ago, I use softies now, and never look back.

That's a very weird sentence when taken out of context?

(on more then one level btw.)

perv

alva · June 19, 2003, 20:41

Might seem strange and disgusting for some, but a good way to clean them is rinse them down and them put them between your tong and upper [inside of your mouth].
Don't use any product while doing this of course, then put them in a glass with special solution.

Oh, and don't swallow while doing this either