Well as a beginner spectacle wearer i`ll let you know, I find it hard to make eye contact as I can`t see that close up so am just about to embark on the wearing of glasses for dancing.
I really don't like dancing in my glasses (and thus rarely do it.)
When I do, I'm always bashing them. They've never fallen off yet though.
This is another reason why I don't like dancing in my glasses – they reduce the quality of the connection I can make with my partner, and make it harder to do cool glances and such...
I quite like it...
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Well as a beginner spectacle wearer i`ll let you know, I find it hard to make eye contact as I can`t see that close up so am just about to embark on the wearing of glasses for dancing.
:touch wood: I haven't had any major mishaps so far, although I do agree that even a bump can be uncomfortable as it changes the way they sit on your face
but I have had several minor loses as they fly haplessly across the floor with me and partener in pursuit
1 big mishap is glasses stayed on after impact from another dancer spinning close. I bliked as my partner looked blurred , to cut a long story short one lense fell out and broke, but glasses stayed on
I can see distance with neighbouring partners, but up close I need to almost stare to get focus, else I just do short glancesSlightly off thread perhaps , but does anyone find that wearing glasses changes the way they make eye contact with their dance partner? ...
I can do the cool glances, just have no clue what the reaction is
just hope the glances are as cool as i think they are
I wear my glasses all the time and haven't really had too many problems with them coming off during dancing, but there was one occasion when my partner knocked my glasses off then stood and looked at me expectantly (well, I'm assuming it was expectantly, hard to tell as I couldn't really see, lol), as if to say why aren't you picking them up? I had to explain that I had no idea where my glasses were, so could he please get them for me?
This is really weird, all these people that say they wear glasses to dance, I've never actually noticed that any of you are wearing them. Do you think I need glasses?
I wear glasses - and rather expensive ones too, so its mainly them getting stood on and broken I would worry about (I always take a spare pair to a weekender).
They have come off only twice ever - both times happened to be at Southport but several years apart. The first time was the same as you - a spin and they flew off (only I was dancing with Trampy, not DavidY) and the second time was in September, near the end of a lovely dance (with a non forumite) when they got knocked off - but it was in the early hours so the floor wasn't too busy.
Both times they've been undamaged and I've found them no problem. Maybe some time they'll get broken but these things happen. *shrug*
They do tend to slip down so I don't like endless double handed moves as I can't push them up! I need to include 'glasses pushing up' moments as I dance - I try to fit it in hopefully without being too noticeable.
OK, I know it's not cheap but think seriously about laser treatment for myopia. I wore specs from when I was 12 'til about 16, then contacts 'til I was in my early fifties. I had my eyes "zapped" a couple of years ago and it's one of the best things I've ever done. I still wear specs for reading but distance is no longer a problem - no more itchy eyes and marks on the bridge of my nose.
Trust me, it's worth saving up for.
I agree - and there's a thread here about it, got some useful information and experiences on it.
thanks for digging that thread up David, it made for interesting reading. I've fancied having this done for a while.. have been wearing glasses since I was 5 years old and frankly I'm fed up of them. However I saw a program on TV about this and saw them cutting the flap of skin off the eye with something looking like a cross between a corkscrew and a plane.. and then noticing how the patient is conscious through the whole procedure.
Perhaps when I'm a wealthier and much much braver man I'll get this done.
I think the science has advanced a little since then
I was definitely having second- and third- and fourth- thoughts whilst waiting for the operation. It's only natural - I mean, it's your eyes
I went to Moorfields - expensive but I'm worth it. About £3K in total. Worth every penny.
Can anyone recommend a good place in Glasgow or Scotland that do "Wavefront" laser treatment? Although my eyes probably don't need this technique, I figure it's the best...
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
[QUOTE=DavidY;303691]Ironically I don't think I actually touched Jivebunny's specs until I picked them up off the floor - I think they flew off through centrifugal force* when she span round.
Yeah it was me spinning that ended up with the glasses on the floor, and thanks to David who came to the rescue
i will be dancing tonight in contacts. Nice to no that i am not the only one with a spectacle tale!
I'm far too vain to wear specs outside the house and have a 16 hour a day contact lens habit.
Couldn't possibly dance in specs as I wouldn't be able to see the man's hand without dropping my head (no peripheral vision in specs)
My major incident involved a man's sleeve which brushed the lens out of my eye during a lady's comb. it landed on the floor and was instantly crushed into splinters. That was a very expensive night out. Now I always close my eyes whenever I see any part of a man approaching.
Daisy
(A Shortsighted Little FLower)
nothing my delicate little flower.. just my dirty mind.. again
Pete
(a perverted little wulf-cub)
Just a mention guys, you're eyes are important, I wouldn't trust a "company" like wavefront to do surgery on your eyes..
If you really want it done, go through the doctor/hospital route.. I think you'll eventually get referred to London..
I would be less s(p)ceptical as I know a work colleague who had his sorted in Southampton after a ( minor adjustment )
My concern is that your eyes up to the age of 20 and after the age of 40 (more markedly) tend to change.
This means you could look at a revised laser burn after 5 to 15 years or retain moderate eyesight.
Large precriptions can require significant tissue removal and make yourself more suceptable to eye punctures ( never heard of 1 yet though)
Yesterday when out dancing I had my glasses knocked off for the first time. Fortunately my dance partner picked them up for me immediately; I've never seen him wearing spectacles so I think he was just being a gentleman.
But those few seconds were awful as I had no idea where my glasses were, was terrified of them being stood upon and felt hugely vunerable through not being able to see.
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