Why Don't My Glasses Fit Over My Ears?

[DJHawkes]

when i put them on the side bits sit alongside my ears not over them.

[factor-fiction]

Are they upside down?

[Mamyalynne]

They sound like they need adjusting.

[gen2]

Are you still using the pint-sized ones Dot?

[carrust]

Your nose is too big:-)

[Tilly2]

You need to go back to Specsavers.

[aelmpvw]

too warm for a balaclava so it can't be that

[Eve]

Too wide (or have you been drinking haha???).

[stewey]

Dot, you should gently bend your side bits; however, don't adjust your glasses.

[Mosaic]

If you have had them a while the hinges can work loose, especially if you take them on and off a lot (like reading glasses). The optician will tighten them.or you can get a special little screwdriver kit at the pound shop.

[Mosaic]

Don't! Don't try bending anything! Don't! The optician uses a special heater before doing this, if you do it cold you'll snap them or put stress on another part of the specs leading to more visual problems.

[starone]

They don't make them to hook over your ears like they used to. They grasp your head just above your ears. I find that mine are forever slipping down my nose especially when I am bending to pick things up or trying to pull up a few weeds. They have even fell right off my face. The only good thing about it is you don't get those sore places behind your ears caused by wrong fitting.

[stewey]

Mosaic, I wasn't referring to the glasses. I meant Dot's side bits: her ears:)

[gingejbee]

Well, they DO make them to go behind your ears...but you have to choose that style.

[starone]

@ ginge - Do they? I am due for an eye test tomorrow so I shall have a look to see if I can find some. Might stay on better.

[Tilly2]

Do you remember the glasses with wires that went behind your ears?

[stewey]

I remember seeing those, Tilly2. The wearer had to manipulate the curved wire portion until it almost reached the earlobe. If you watch some old movies, you'll observe people making quite a production of attaching their glasses:)

[tonyav]

When I was at Infant / Junior school I remember a few of the kids wearing those wire framed national health glasses, some with one of the lenses covered which I think was to correct a lazy eye.

[DJHawkes]

I think someone must have sat on these the sides don't match

[tonyav]

Are the sides different lengths, dot ?.