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Presbyopia sneaks up on you. A few years ago I was teasing my older brother (in his early 50s) about the reading glasses he was wearing. He told me to try the
by dugmartin 5y ago
Presbyopia sneaks up on you. A few years ago I was teasing my older brother (in his early 50s) about the reading glasses he was wearing. He told me to try them out and when I did I felt like a gained a super-power - I hadn't realized my closeup vision had become "fuzzy" until then (I've had perfect vision all my life).
Fast forward to today, my wife and I, both 50, have many sets of dollar store 1.25x reading glasses strewn around the house. I try to only use them when absolutely needed. I imagine an optometrist visit is in my future within the next few years but I'm trying to hold out.
- rootusrootus 5y agoMy wife, who is three years younger than me, used to tease me when she caught me squinting at something, or doing the old 'look through your fingertips' trick to see read some fine print. Now she doesn't laugh anymore. Everyone I've talked to says basically the same thing as you. It sneaks up. You don't realize at first the compensations you are using, unless someone says something. Or when the first thing you do on a new computer is crank up the font size. LOL.
- the_d3f4ult 5y agoYou already figured out the solution. The optometrist isn't going to do much else for you unless you need a distance prescription.