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I'm 46yo so I've hit that point in my life where I completely accept that I'm not a young man, enjoy tweaking young men's noses when they complain about approaching 30 and I'm not yet ready to admit that I'm aging. I have no problem with certain physiological changes like silvering chest hair or that old man grunting noise when I get out of a car, however, I just had to bite the bullet and accept one change that's more a blow to my ego than anything else so far:
Bifocals
I've known for some years that they're coming - I was forewarned at 40 and around 44 was told they were only a couple years away. I have noticed, over the past year, some minor difficulty refocusing when going from my kindle to the TV and back again. Yesterday I went in for an eye exam and the doctor and he told me I'm on the cusp and wrote a prescription for new lenses with a single lens and with the double. He said it's my choice but he also showed me how the single lens will look for distance and close reading. When I was at Lenscrafters, I was fighting with myself the entire time over whether to go with a progressive lens or not. It really was all about my ego and admitting that I've reached the point. I really was surprised how difficult it was to admit it to myself. There really was a strong you're-an-old-man-if-you-do-that block in my brain that needed to be overcome.
In the end, I did order the progressive lenses along with some single lens sunglasses and I've admitted to myself that I will need them going forward. When I stopped coloring my hair a few years ago, I had no oldster issues around it even though everyone can see my hair color. But, I still have some serious oldster issues with these glasses even though the frames are cool and youthful and no one but me will know what's going on with the lenses.
Bifocals
I've known for some years that they're coming - I was forewarned at 40 and around 44 was told they were only a couple years away. I have noticed, over the past year, some minor difficulty refocusing when going from my kindle to the TV and back again. Yesterday I went in for an eye exam and the doctor and he told me I'm on the cusp and wrote a prescription for new lenses with a single lens and with the double. He said it's my choice but he also showed me how the single lens will look for distance and close reading. When I was at Lenscrafters, I was fighting with myself the entire time over whether to go with a progressive lens or not. It really was all about my ego and admitting that I've reached the point. I really was surprised how difficult it was to admit it to myself. There really was a strong you're-an-old-man-if-you-do-that block in my brain that needed to be overcome.
In the end, I did order the progressive lenses along with some single lens sunglasses and I've admitted to myself that I will need them going forward. When I stopped coloring my hair a few years ago, I had no oldster issues around it even though everyone can see my hair color. But, I still have some serious oldster issues with these glasses even though the frames are cool and youthful and no one but me will know what's going on with the lenses.
