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After accidentally sitting on my favorite pair today and destroying them, it got me wondering how many pair of shades I’ve owned in my lifetime.

I’m just gonna go with a round number and say about 50. I only buy cheap sunglasses btw

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Couldn't tell you how many I had as a little kid, but I've probably gone through about 2-3 a year since I was about 16

One time I treated myself to a pair of Oakley's i found an an REI garage sale, thinking maybe more expensive sunglasses would hold up better or I'd keep better track of them.

They got dropped and stepped on within about a week

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe two or three, I wear glasses and have never had prescription sunglasses, so it's kinda hard to wear them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Something between 3-5

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

One, but they're prescription so I baby the heck out of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Who knows how many in my youth. Since then, I've had the one of the two pair I currently have since 2008ish (first time I got vision benefits, they're memory wire) and the other pair I picked up at a thrift store in 96 or 97. The latter is still my favorite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I will not answer your question, but instead share a detail. When I finally found sunglasses that look good on me I bought two pair. I plan to buy a third of the same soon, assuming my prescription have changed much. Thanks Shaquille O'Neal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

3 in the last 10 years. before that I don't remember

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Over my entire life 50 sounds about right. So many sunglasses have either been lost or destroyed by me that the most I'll spend on a pair is $10

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ok we’re in the same camp here lol. I guess age could also be a definite factor for this question.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Grew up in phoenix… my eyes are very sensitive to light. I rarely can find lenses that are dark enough…

SO MANY…. Seriously well into triple digits

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can not count. I learned my lesson about buying expensive sunglasses with a single large wave at the beach. I've been buying cheap polarized wayfarer style sunglasses since. Do they break... yes. Does $5 hurt me at this point no

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

0, they're like umbrellas to me, I never bother with them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Doctor, why do I have cataracts.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

One, I think?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I mean I just broke a pair and I have at least 5 other pairs in the house right now - although I hate most of them so probably will get a new pair.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Five maybe? I lost one nice pair to a wave at the beach, and since then I buy mine at truck stops and dollar stores. It's much less stressful to wear glasses that cost me $1.50 !

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok I would think you might be somewhat younger. This has been my philosophy for years but you start to rack up the numbers as time goes on!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I'm late 30s.
I can't remember <13. So, at least the last 30+ years I've had 4 pairs of sunnies. Maybe 5 pairs.
I've still got 2 of those pairs.
I'm tempted to get a fancy pair that look good instead of just sunnies that look good enough (ie, more than $100). I just don't wear them enough... Maybe a couple weeks a year?
What's the point in buying good sunglasses, and why would I lose a pair?
I've had the same wallet for 15 years, I've been locked out once, and I've lost my phone about 3 times (all of which I've got my phone back).

I'm recovering from about 10 years of undiagnosed depression. Recently (like a year) it has affected my short term memory, to the point I thought I had ADHD or something else. Effecting my work, my ability to live day-to-day, my socialmlife.
I now realise, while ADHD might be a factor, undiagnosed depression has devastated who I am VS who I think I am and who I want to be.

Are there other explanations for your forgetfulness?
Is it age related? Anything else you find you are forgetting?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Other than the one I lost at the beach, I lost one on a roller coaster, I recall sitting on one, and a few plastic ones just broke. Not counting whatever I had as a kid, no idea there. Not an unreasonable number, I think.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I’m more of a hat person. Maybe 3-4?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Probably about three.

I had some cheap (awful) mirror sunglasses back when they were all the rage, and a pair of prescription sunglasses before I started getting reactive lenses. I must have had at least one other pair but those are the only two I remember.

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