Got new glasses today. As a kid I used to love getting new glasses. My vision would be better, I could get cool new frames, etc. But now, it is just a hassle and frustration. I now have progressives, as I am getting old so now I can't see at any distance, thanks mother nature! So really that means if I get the angle JUST right, then I can see things clearly, otherwise everything is slightly blurry all the time. But it is obviously loads better than no glasses. I get that these are a modern miracle, but good hell is it irritating. I was never a candidate for laser eye surgery or anything because of the shape of my eye and the way my prescription was changing, so I missed out on that, and now at 52 it just isn't worth it when I would need to still wear glasses for middle distance and close up. So now I have to get used to new frames, because it is always an extra charge and they have to send your current glasses away for 2-4 weeks, to put new lenses in your existing frame. I will get used to it, but it is always irritating the first few weeks. Sometimes longer. That doesn't all even take the cost into account. I have a bad prescription, so I have to get the specialty lenses that are thinner, and triple the cost, of regular lenses. Otherwise I am wearing coke bottle bottom glasses like back in jr high, which weigh so much they fell off my face when I was the slightest bit sweaty. I also get the anti-glare and anti-scratch coatings and all that ****, and I add transitions so they function a little bit like sunglasses, although it isn't as dark as real sunglasses it at least cuts the glare to bearable. I try to get cheaper frames, but I have to opt for lighter frames so usually titanium or spring metal, which tend to be thinner and lighter and more flexible, because of course I have a huge head so there are always only like 6 or 8 pair at the optometrist that actually fit my gigantic head, so options are limited. So I shell out $500-$600, AFTER insurance "pays" for anything, and do so pretty much every year because I have wandering prescription that doesn't allow me to just keep the same pair year to year really. Anyway, hate this ****.