Need to wear my glasses for everything but reading but am kind of embarrassed....

[Francesca]

...How to introduce them? After a fairly large increase in my prescription my optician advised to wear the new glasses for all distance but not reading. Now I have them I realise that they make a huge improvement. One problem - I don't know anyone who went from just wearing glasses occasionally to all the time and am really quite embarrassed about what people might say (or think but not say).
If this has happened to you did you introduce glasses gradually and work up to wearing them all the time or just go for it and wear them?

 

[k8 n]

this happened to me too. i was worried about the exact same thing. now i don't wear them unless i really need them (for example, to see the board, at a football game, etc). if your eyes are really bad, just wear them all the time. people shouldn't judge you. and if they do, they're at a loss.
also, you could consider contacts

 

[Chr?s??è]

It's no big deal

I've been wearing glasses since 4th grade, only in class and for TV though. Just the first day the kids were like "Oh, she got glasses", "that's nice!" and stuff.

Now, ok, I've been wearing them for like 6 years, and everyone was used to me with glasses, and now I've decided to start wearing all the time. Noone noticed the difference.

Ok, my glasses are too discreet, you might not even notice I wear glasses. If yours are very obvious... ok idk...

Just don't be embarrassed about that. Glasses look good on most people. If you chose nice glasses, noone is going to say anything. If you don't like them, try to convince your parents to get you a new pair. This will boost your confidence

And don't care what people will say/think. Those who will say something bad/embarrassing are the last people whose opinion should be taken into account.

 

[Amy Cohen]

I don't wear glasses anymore (I wear contacts) but in 7th grade when my optician advised me to wear glasses for everything, I just started wearing them. The first day at school wearing them, people were just like "Hey! You got glasses!" It wasn't a huge deal... People will get used to it.

 

[hippo37]

I had to swop from contacts to glasses for some months due to problems and a lot of people had never seen me in glasses. I don't know if this is the case for you but I won't pretend it wasn't awkward as some people didnt' recognize me. Some people make nice compliments and say how nice glasses look - others say things like " I didn't know you wore glasses " , which is kind of a conversation stopper. Whilst there is no reason to be embarassed one does feel very conspicuous. I would say it takes about a week to stop feeling self conscious. I didn't get the choice to introduce this gradually - without assistance I simply can't manage. If I were you though I'd just jump in and start wearing them as much as you need - it'll be over quicker as you will get used to it at a faster rate. The worst thing that happened was my friends children screaming the place down tilI I took them off.

contacts ought to be an optican for you if you have to wear all the time and they give massively better vision than glasses.

 

[cdabexx]

The people who really matter won't criticize you for wearing something that is good for you.