How do men carry their glasses around?

In My Humble Opinion
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I wore eyeglasses from first grade and hated damn every minute of it*!* Got contacts as soon as possible (tenth grade, circa 1980) and never looked back. So when I hit 40-something and I encountered the problem of now being far-sighted and not being able to read print I knew that the only real solution was reading glasses. But where to keep them?!?

Thank god I found these. Folds up to the size of a Zippo lighter and fits in my pocket. Actually I bought mine at the drugstore for $25. Still worth it…

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I hook mine into the neck of my t-shirt.

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If they’re the same script in both eyes, I’d suggest A)picking up multiple pairs at Walgreens, they’re about $10 and keeping them scattered around wherever he might need them just to eliminate carrying them as much as possible*. B)If he must carry them, I’d still go with shoving them in his pocket. If they’re cheap, they can replaced every few months, otherwise get small case to keep them in. Beyond that it’s either on a string around his neck or keeping them up on his head.
He can keep them hooked on his shirt collar but (IME) it’s easy to lose them that way without noticing it. I lost a nice pair of Oakley’s that way, but I’ll notice if my sunglasses are falling off my head.

*For example he keeps a pair at home around the spot he sits the most, another pair at work, and a pair in the car. When you go to a restaurant, he (probably forgets to) grab the pair in the car, when you leave, he tosses it back in the cup holder and uses the one at home to see the remote or read the computer. If it gets left at the restaurant, another pair is another $10.

Of course, if you’re looking at custom made ones, I wouldn’t suggest getting multiple pairs, except maybe through Zenni.

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I always have with me a bag to carry things in. I think of it as a book bag. The convenience store within the building where I work sells bags like it very cheap (given that each one lasts about six months) and thinks of them as shopping bags. It works for me like a purse does for many women.

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My sunglasses get pushed up onto the top of my head when I go indoors. When done correctly, I can scrunch my brow and they’ll drop down into place hands-free when I go back outside.

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My husband uses a shirt or jacket pocket or my purse.

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either in a shirt pocket or tucked into V collar of shirt

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This is one of the extravagances I’d pamper myself with if I ever won a 40 million dollar lottery jackpot.

I’d employ a personal assistant type person who would, among other things, free me from the bother of dealing with my sunglasses when walking inside. (S)he would also keep track of my calendar, deal with acquiring event tickets, clean my sunglass lenses before handing them to me, and take my side in any debate/discussion.

I’d probably need a team of four personal assistants, since there’d be three 8 hour shifts and an overall coordinator to overall coordinate. Yes, I’ve given this a lot of thought.

ETA: of course I’d pay well, and at least feign an interest in each assistant’s personal lives.

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Same here.

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On the same vein, what do you do with your sunglasses when you walk inside somewhere? I see men with them on outside in the parking lot and then they seem to magically disappear when inside a store. Where do they put them? I usually resort to lifting them up and wearing them on my head. There is no way they would fit into a pants pocket without breaking and most of the time I don’t have a shirt pocket. What’s the standard practice?

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GHOD, I keep having this discussion with my man friend. He needs some kind of messenger bag/European Carryall or what the fuck ever for all the stuff he needs to take everywhere with him. RX regular glasses. RX sunglasses. Phone. Water bottle. Keys. Lip balm. Grocery list. Notebook, etc, etc. We get into any vehicle and all the cup holders are immediately filled with all of his loose belongings and I’m staring daggers at him.

I’ve suggested a messenger bag but he keeps saying he doesn’t need it. :rolleyes: Right, and that’s why every time we go anywhere we have to go through the old “Where are my glasses/phone/list?” thing at least once. He’s a dapper guy, too, so I don’t know why he fights this. I’m going to have to start leaving articles and ads from the WSJ and GQ with hot Euro dudes with fancy shoulder bags lying around.

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I go in the case in my back pocket. If I have to sit down I either take them out and put them on a table near my keys (I’m one of those oddballs who puts things near them and never forgets any of it) or just leave them there. My case is hard-shell and up to a lot of serious punishment.

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Yep, or any type shirt.

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Well, now we know what you’re getting him for Christmas.

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Know what you get if you use a backpack in the south during the summer? A sweaty back!

My glasses are for distance vision, and a weak prescription at that. They are Transitions lenses, though, so I wear them as sunglasses. Depending on what I’m doing when I don’t need them on my face they are either:
-in my car console in a hard case
-on the top of my head/over the bill of my cap
-tucked in the front of my shirt
-on a table beside me
-in my grandson’s hands. He loves glasses.

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Interesting that this seems to be an issue for more guys than I thought it would be!

We’re finding that prescription reading glasses sometimes come in a hard case that doesn’t fit into a shirt pocket or jeans pocket. He does have a cloth pouch for them but that offers no protection from bending or smashing them. Perhaps it’s time for us to shop for an attractive (but oh so masculine!) carrier bag.

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This is what I use. Comes in a larger size, too. Plenty of pockets/slots so you don’t dig through everything.

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Foster grant folding reading glasses. I waited for a BOGO sale and got two pairs. Absolutely love them.

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This is an effeminacy issue, isn’t it? Well, maybe not for you in particular, I won’t make accusations. But it does bring to mind cases where it seems to be, for some reason. The more macho the man, the more opposed he seems to be to the concept of bags, sacks, satchels and similar.

I’m reminded of a discussion I had in another thread, where someone came up with a bazillion contrived excuses for why he couldn’t shave his testicles. And furthermore for why, indeed, testicle-shaving should not be practiced in general. He would cut himself! Testicles are sensitive! When hair grows back, it’s itchy! Testicle-shaving requires special, extra-expensive razors, surely? He couldn’t see his testicles from where he was standing! Etc.

Well, dude, I’ve been shaving my balls since forever, in the shower, with a normal razor, and I haven’t had any of those issues. It’s fine. Just try it. It’s not weird! It doesn’t make you gay!

I’ve been wearing backpacks in hot environments on numerous occasions. A sweaty back, you say? Well, maybe a little bit. What you can do if it gets too bad is to adjust the straps, so there’s a slight gap between the pack and your back, providing ventilation. Even if you do get a bit sweaty, that is not a game breaker for most of us. And with a shoulder bag, this problem doesn’t even come up.

It’s fine! Carry your stuff in a bag! It doesn’t make you gay!

(As for the nomenclature issues upthread: I refer to mine as a “murse”, and I will not be shamed for carrying one.)

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Not everyone carries as much around as you do. For example, when he is not actually working my husband carries his keys, his phone and his wallet. He’s never carried a second set of glasses for any longer than it takes to get from the house to the car (and now he doesn’t carry a second pair at all) nor does he carry water constantly. If he stops into a store, most stores will give you a bag for anything that won’t fit in your pocket. When he is working, lunch/snacks/water etc stay in a cooler in the car as his job involves driving all day.People who carry as much stuff as you do all the time usually do use a bag of some sort - it’s not like there are people walking around or on buses and trains holding a laptop, lunch, a water bottle and a book in their hands.