# Do you take your glasses/contacts off when having sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269 "2003-02-24T23:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/21 "2003-02-25T04:23:50Z")
I can’t believe **samarm** didn’t start this thread. Oh well. The glasses come off. Well, most of the time. If the pants come all the way off, so do the glasses. It’s mostly because they tend to bump into things, which can cause pain in a not-good way, and require a full cleaning afterwards. I can see perfectly well out to a distance of just under a foot, and I find that the fact that things beyond that just become coloured blurs doesn’t affect my visual enjoyment. The cheap jokes engendered by that last sentence may begin now. ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/22 "2003-02-25T15:05:43Z")
I have asked girls to leave the glasses on. I think they can be sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/23 "2003-02-25T15:08:28Z")
Glasses come off. My vision sucks (about the level of **2trew** ’s), but blurriness is nothing compared to having frames press into your face/head in painful ways, or poking my husband with them, etc. Besides, if I can have sex quite well in a very dark room, I think I can manage in a lit room without my glasses on. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/24 "2003-02-25T16:17:07Z")
If anyone left them on, do they steam up? ---
**Author:** ![Theobroma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Theobroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theobroma)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/25 "2003-02-25T16:24:12Z")
Ha! No, they don’t steam up. Don’t want to risk breakage, though, since I’m blind without them. That would put a huge dent in the enjoyment factor. _crack_…honey, can you take off work and drive me to EyeMasters tomorrow so I can see? Thanks! Now, where were we… ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/26 "2003-02-25T16:27:22Z")
My SO has asked me to leave them on occasionally–he thinks the whole librarian with glasses thing is sexy. My glasses fit pretty well so they don’t move around on my face–even with lots of bouncing 😉 But sometimes they do steam up. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/27 "2003-02-25T18:20:41Z")
I usually remove my glasses. The exception is when I have sex in a public place there isn’t always a handy place to set them down. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/28 "2003-02-25T18:31:54Z")
I don’t wear my glasses much anymore, and the contact lens only come out if we’re getting ready for bed anyway. If it is spontaneous combustion, the contacts stay in. I think it would be pretty rude to stop in mid-grope and say “Hey, can we take a short break. I don’t want to be able to see any of this.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/29 "2003-02-25T18:49:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\*If anyone left them on, do they steam up? \*\* Well, if you do it right, sure… 🆒 I take mine off. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Perm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Big\_Perm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Perm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/30 "2003-02-25T20:14:28Z")
Now that I think about it… probably half the reason I purchased Lasik surgery was so I could see better during sex. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/31 "2003-02-25T22:44:58Z")
I take my glasses off for smooching, so it’s a moot point by the time we get as far as having sex. ---
**Author:** ![soulburnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@soulburnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulburnz)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/32 "2003-02-25T23:16:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*The exception is when I have sex in a public place there isn’t always a handy place to set them down. \*\* ::having visions of evil monkeys from Wizard of Oz - swooping in and stealing Zebra’s glasses:: ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/33 "2003-02-25T23:28:37Z")
how do I see the porn on my screen if my glasses are off? [sub]oh, with other people? I don’t do that[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/34 "2003-02-26T12:22:42Z")
Cannot comment I dont wear glasses lol. But if I did I would. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bindrah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Bindrah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindrah)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/35 "2003-02-27T02:57:14Z")
i only wear my glasses while reading or on the pc…i wish my wife would wear hers during sex, she is so hot with them on, you know, that teacher/librarian thing…makes sense being she teaches and what not… ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/36 "2003-02-27T03:02:06Z")
Boyfriend hasn’t seen me in glasses yet. I’m a little worried he’ll turn tail and run. Okay, maybe not. If I was wearing my glasses, I’d take them off. Contacts usually stay in, but I sleep in them anyway. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/37 "2003-02-27T07:57:11Z")
The glasses come off. I don’t want anything between us when we are getting close. Besides, I don’t want to hurt either the other person or the glasses. And my eyesight has been improving the last few years, so I can see clearly almost 6 whole inches. So I don’t have to stay quite so close to see what is going on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/38 "2003-02-27T12:58:47Z")
take off my glasses, but my vision is good enough that I don’t -really- need them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269/39 "2003-02-27T12:58:48Z")
take off my glasses, but my vision is good enough that I don’t -really- need them anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-your-glasses-contacts-off-when-having-sex/157269.md?page=1)