Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 11, 2013

Really worry if he starts wearing a pocket protector.

That’s not a geek, that’s a hipster.

Talk about denial…. I started to wonder how I would react to having to wear glasses…..

I’ve been wearing glassed for about 15 years.

Glasses make people look smarter….

This is so Peanuts (that’s a compliment).

way to be a supportive wife!

What about laser surgery?

Some wear glasses to see; others wear glasses to be seen in.

I’m still putting it off. I can see two miles down the road, just cannot see a hymnal without readers.

a flip phone? … I’m doomed!

After 50 I guess you just have to settle for cataract surgery like this 70 year old will be having :-)?

White socks are de rigeur.

He’s making a spectacle of himself!

I have a cool flip trac phone…

Black frame glasses with mirror lens are also the most…

I’ve had to wear glasses since the summer before I entered 3rd grade. I’m pushing 63 and you can bet the glasses back then weren’t exactly the friendliest for a kid. Nowadays, you can get really classy looking frames that can either enhance your face or frames that allow people to see your face rather than the glasses.

“They’re all gonna laugh at you!”

I have found that when people get their very first pair of glasses, they almost always select the nerdiest, clunkiest frames available. Why is that?

I have been wearing glasses since I was 7. With a new pair on average of 4 years, it has taken 53 years and 13 generations of different frames for me to be the cool, spectacled guy that I am today.

Who are “they”?

I’ve needed to wear glasses since jr. high but, my stepmother thought I wanted them because I saw someone else wearing them. Who WANTED to wear glasses if they didn’t need to? When I finally got grown and went to work I bought my own. Could never wear contacts. I was nearsighted until I had cataract surgery a few years ago. Now I can see miles down the road but, can’t read what’s right in front of me. Go figure

I am flummoxed by Janis’ comment. Kevin Costner in JFK? Was there a recent movie or something?

Been wearing the same frames for 40+ years, they’ve been considered cool a few times.