How many people out there, who wear glasses, – not just for reading either – sleep with them on? I spotted a cartoon concerning Bill Gates asleep and it commented that he slept with his glasses on.
So do I.
I got into the habit of it years ago when, as a young man, I lived in a cheap apartment in a not so nice neighborhood. Several times I had to get up in a hurry because someone was trying to break into my place and I hated fumbling for my glasses in the dark. Even leaving a small television or night light on did not help, so I started sleeping with them in place.
My vision is pretty fuzzy without them and at night, things are even worse, so the few times I have had to arise in a hurry, having the glasses in place has saved me many seconds.
No, I never do. But I sleep on my stomach with my face smooshed into the pillow, so I really can’t wear them to sleep.
Remember that MAS*H episode where Radar was up to some sort of shenanigan in the middle of the night. He heard someone coming (Frank Burns?) and jumped into bed, grabbed his teddy bear, and pretended to sleep. Frank looked at him, saw he was asleep, and left. Frank did a huge double-take just as Radar realized he was wearing the glasses. Radar snapped them off just as Frank spun around to take another look.
I always liked that scene, and I have always remembered to take the glasses off if I have to feign sleep in a hurry.
Since I sleep in my chair at my desk most nights, I sleep in my glasses. If I slept on a bed, I’d take them off because they’re wireframes and they’d get misaligned pretty easily.
I try not to, but when reading a book I will fall asleep with them on. I wake up the next morning with my finger on the right book page, and the glasses in place.
I end up with all the sheets ripped off the bed, if I’m sick though. The glasses are half way across the room, if I fell asleep with them on.
I don’t consider this habit strange. Do you?
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I was in denial, did not want to wear glasses, I did not really need them, until one night I woke up and still had my glasses on. So yes I do sleep with glasses on, but not on purpose.
Yikes, never. I’ve broken several pairs of glasses that way, and it just is NOT comfortable. Especially with the nosepad bruises from wire-rims. I now wear contacts, though, and at night when I’m curled up on my top bunk in the dorm room, I let my handy little Viking mascot wear the glasses as he dangles from the nail in the wall.
Nope, not me. They’d end up broken, and I can’t afford to be without my glasses and they take at least 3 days to replace since no one carries my prescription on hand. Too uncomfortable anyway, I like to snuggle up to Mr Bear as close as possible while sleeping. Which could explain why I have fallen out of bed a couple of times since he’s been gone… :o
Surg, dear. I get excited at the fact that VB has 36" of razor sharp cold steel. He has slain many an emotional dragon for me lately with that same sword so I would feel very protected with that nearby.
I dunno. My glasses have plastic lenses and expandable hinges and aside from bending the nose pieces out of shape from time to time and smearing the lenses, it doesn’t seem to hurt them.
I’m so used to sleeping with them on that now and then, when they get uncomfortable at night and I take them off, I wake up hours later and put them back on and go back to sleep.
My glasses are way to thick and heavy for me to even be able to fall asleep with them on. I hated fumbling in the dark for them (and hated wearing them in general) so I got those extended wear contects instead. I can sleep with those in and love being able to see the moment I open my eyes.
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