Why wear glasses and not contacts?

I have both, but my contacts are the dailies ones. I can't afford monthlys, so have to wear my glasses all the time, which I hate! I use my contacts for special occasions, like a night out with the girls or an important meeting etc. I love wearing contacts, they make me feel better about my looks as well, but unfortunately being a student, it just doesnt work for me!

at first it was due to astigmatism and they didn't make contacts right for my eyes. But I also tried hard contacts as a teen (1976 ish) and my allergies were so bad in my eyes that I could not wear them. My eyes would itch and this crap would form in my eyes (I call them "eye buggers" cause they are so gross and they itch and actually hurt) and I would be rubbing my eyes and actually pop the contacts out. None of the allergy meds they have tried me on (and I have tried them since the age of 12 and I am now 52) EVERYTHING. I tried soft contacts and it just doesn't work due to the itching, redness, etc.

We have checked with the Dr's about getting lasik eye surgery but that is very expensive and they told me that I would have to get adjustments every few years. Just not worth it. I like my glasses. I have been wearing them since I was 12 and just a lot easier for me. If I didn't have the eye allergy thing, I would have contacts tho.

I love my contacts and I love my glasses. But I prefer to wear contacts because after so many years of wearing glasses and didn't even realized what I looked like without glasses until I was 18. I like the feeling of having no frames on my face. I only wear glasses if I'm not going anywhere or right before I go to bed because I can't sleep in my contacts.

it depends on what I want to deal with that day I have bad allergies so by the end of the day my eyes are really dry......... but I also have a medical problem that causes me to have really oily skin and my ears are weird so when I wear glasses no matter what I do they are constantly sliding down my face so I'm constantly pushing them back up...... and it depends on what I want to look like that day cause it def. makes a difference glasses turn me into a completely different person

I only wear my glasses to give my eyes a break. Sometimes my contacts leave weird red marks on the whites of my eyes. Or if I don't have time to put my contacts in or too lazy.

I hate putting my finger near my eye. When I tried contacts I was working long hours and always had to take them out and swap to glasses before the end of the day anyway and it simply wasn't worth the hassle.

I prefer contacts, but because I lack health insurance this year, I'm getting a new pair of glasses (and paying out of pocket). :grumble: While I love glasses, I'm enjoying wearing contacts while I can. I have a hereditary degenerative disease. One of my cousins lost his driver's license on his 30th birthday because he was declared legally blind. At only 23, I don't know at what point I will be stuck wearing glasses for the rest of my life. I wear a -8.00 right now, and (soft) contacts only go up to -10.00. Some people don't get a choice, so I'm enjoying the freedom of contacts.

I look super good in my glasses. I always get called a naughty school teacher since I dress sexily while I have my dork-i-fied rectangular shaped glasses. A few people like me better without glasses, but I don't care about their opinion. I prefer myself with them on, so that's what matters.

Plus I have smallish eyes, and lately I've been getting less sleep so I'm developing bags; therefore, the glasses help to hide those flaws exponentially!

I'm allergic to most contact solutions so I have use peroxide solution stuff. I don't like when the toric lenses get shifted around on my eyeball. Plus, I am an incomplete blinker...it'd take up all my time for the day to "consciously" blink better. All around makes for non-comfortable wear.

I don't particularly dislike my glasses but there are times I'd prefer to wear contacts.