you have plentry of time so go to specsavers or wherever and start getting used to them. If you dont like them, then you know its glasses. I have contacts and have never looked back. H2b is debating glasses or contacts and isnt sure so is going to do a trial run first in a month or two and if he doesnt like them then he will wear glasses.

Thanks ladies. I might go to Specsavers and have a trial. I've worn glasses since i was 8 so nearly 20 years so you may have a point about looking like me on my big day!xx

As a spec wearer since aged 8 I wore mine on my wedding day as I wanted to look like I always do as my glasses are part of me and have been for many years. If you don't get on with contacts when you trial them you could always get some pictures taken of you without your glasses on just to have some different ones. xx

I am extremely short sighted and have a phobia about my eyes being touched (that includes myself). I went to Specsavers and they were amazing! I ain't going to lie, it does take a bit of getting used to putting them in and taking them out, but i can do it without looking in a mirror now. I personally wouldn't like to wear glasses on my wedding day, but then again I'm probably too scarred for life from being called specky 4 eyes You could always just give it a trial and see how you feel. I can still remember how melodramatic I was when they were trying to put it in my eye and the opticion could see I was getting myself so worked up, that he said he had dropped it - when infact he had put it in my eye. It was so funny because I was so amazed that I could now see, as though my vision had been restored. I do agree though, with the other ladies about you looking like you on your wedding day as you don't want people thinking you look odd as they are used to seeing you wearing glasses.

Also if you are going to wear your glasses it is good to mention this to your photographer (mine asked me) as this ensures when he/she takes photos that there isnt a glare or shine from your glasses as they adjust for this. xx

both me and h2b decided we didnt want to wear our glasses on the big day. we went to specsavers last week for our trial.
i will admit, they are a pain to put in at first (especially as i have stupidly long eyelashes that get in the sodding way lol). but the more u try the easier it gets.
i really would recommend doing ur trial asap so u can adjust to them
i wear glasses on a daily basis for my short sightedness and lazy left eye.
specsavers were so helpful and they give a lot of advice and tips as well as plenty of aftercare :) x

Thanks for all the advice ladies! :0) I think i'll bob along to Specsavers and have a trial. I'll post a few pics up afterwards and do a poll maybe. Haha.xx

I will be wearing contacts on the day, but I expect H2B will stick to his glasses. I am a very occasional lens-wearer - used to have them in a lot more but in my current job my shifts are just too long and my eyes start to dry out, so I only have them for special occasions now.

Photos-wise, I'm more worried about my parents as they have those "react-to-light" lenses, which always come up really dark in any outdoors photos, and I really don't want them to look like they're in sunnies in all my pics!

tried contacts but couldnt get them in so went without on the day and did'nt trip over once yehhh !!!!

Both h2b and I wear glasses - although he wears contacts more than I do, but we'll both be wearing contacts for the wedding. Thankfully we're staying at the venue, so i'll def have my glasses and will prob change into them later on - my brother did the same at his wedding.

So i'd try on contacts and see how you feel and get used to seeing yourself without glasses...if you don't like it - there's your answer! xx

The Girls are right, you can try disposable ones at places like spec savers, the sooner you tyr them the sooner you will know if you are comfortable with them. However if you are comfortable wearing glasses then stick with them, it what you are most comfortable with thats important.

You'll be fine with them hun. xxx

For anyone who's wearing contacts on the day, I would highly recommend you have someone (MoH, mum, best man) keep your glasses or refresher drops (or even an extra pair of lenses) on them just in case you get something in the pair you have on that you can't get rid of.
Or you might do something daft like rub your eyes, forgetting the contacts are in, and they'll fall out. Yes, that did happen to me. They also literally jumped out of my eyes when I was backstage before a show and it was pitch black (my eyes tried so hard to adjust to the light, the lenses fell out and I had to do the show blind). But I doubt you'll find yourself in that situation at your wedding.

Good luck! Don't be disheartened if you can't get them in at first- it takes a while to get used to, especially if you have issues with touching your eye.
Generally on the first couple of times (to see the fit), your optician will put them in for you. Although this might differ on the optician and age of patient- I was 14 when I got mine and had it done at Boots.

I had an app on Saturday to try contacts (I always said I would never get them, but here I am really wanting them as am fed up with wearing glasses), it was a bit of a battle for the optician to get them in my eyes and out again haha!

But.. once they were in they were great, I went for a 40 min walk around town and at times I forgot they were in! Feel a bit funny, as he said it feels as if you have an eyelash in your eye, but I am sure that feeling goes away when you wear them alot.

I am going back this week for a hour long teaching session to put them in and take them out. That should be fun haha. Will let you know how it goes..x

I don't know how I cope without contact lenses now! I ran out of spares early last week and still haven't got round to making a new appointment to get more (I'm due my aftercare) - so I've been stuck in my glasses for the last week - it feels so weird!!
There are so many types on the market now that your optician will find one which is comfortable for you, whether you get dailies (so you don't have to worry about cleaning them every night and have a fresh pair every day) or monthly/two weekly. I can't wait to get my new lot through, I couldn't possibly wear glasses much longer, it just doesn't feel right - everyone at work has been asking me when I got them - they don't realise that I've not been able to see for the last 15 years!!

Good luck at your appointment! xxx

I went for my appointment today! Apparantly, I'm the perfect candidate for contacts. I've been wearing them for a couple of hours and I'm already used to them. Eee! It's so nice to see without having to wear glasses. So happy!!! :) Xxx

i'm a glasses wearer i have in the past worn contacts and i have decided to wear them for my wedding. i think there great as long as you can get used to them

I cant wear contacts so its specs or blindness for me :(
Thinking of getting rimless ones

Aww its a shame not many are proud to wear their glasses. I've worn glasses for most of my life, i like the way i look in them and they're part of me!

I am definitely NOT wearing my glasses on the day. I hate having to wear glasses. I suggest you get yourself down to Specsavers as they can give you a free trial. They'll give you one pair of monthly lenses, or five pairs of daily disposable lenses. I find it harder taking them out than putting them in - I always end up pinching by eyeball YUK! x

Just reading this thread is making my eyes water!!

No contest for me, been wearing glasses for 21 years so it'll be glasses for me. As I cannot imagine touching my eye or having to keep them open enough to stick a lens in. I did debate laser eye surgery a couple of years ago, but then watched a programme that really put me off having anything done to my eyes. So the bottom line is that my eyes are useless, but thanks to the magic invention of glasses I can see, and am grateful for that!

:-)

Its not that i mind wearing glasses - but that glasses can ruin pics by reflecting light
I always wear my glasses everyday and have no problem with them

Im not allowed to wear contacts anyway so i either go for v blurry vision or glasses

My photographer does wear glasses himself so he may have first hand advice! Its just funny how you rarely see brides with glasses on

Think its the whole 'special for one day thing'. I used to work in a hairdressers and see all these women come in as brides to be and have hair extensions and things and i used to think to myself... in a way your changing 'you' for one day..on the most important day for being yourself..your wedding day..the day your H2B says 'I do' to the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with... I always think you should want to look and be you, show your personality etc on that day! :)
xx