Beware of Yee Old Reading Glasses

One of the first markers of middle age is having to buy reading glasses. I succumbed at the early age of 40 while Wayne held out until his 50s.

Reading glasses have made our middle age bearable as we are both voracious readers.  But I do think there should be a warning label attached to all readers.

Let me explain.........

Wayne and I were down to one car this week as the clutch went out on his car (it is middleaged too--for a car).  So Wayne was having to drive me to work and pick me up and tote me to my dental appointment.   When I came out of the dental office and glanced at Wayne, I thought he looked a little funny.  The tip of his nose looked red.  When I got closer, it looked like he had a bruise or something. I wondered if he was getting a cold sore on the tip of his nose.  When I asked him about it---not wanting to make him self-conscious or anything----he said he had noticed it too.  But it wasn't a cold sore and it didn't hurt him at all.  It was a really strange mark.  Just the ball of his nose and a little streak of purply/brown running upward.  (So has he become a secret tipler?????)

Now we come to the part about the reading glasses.  Wayne thinks the bulb of his nose was sunburned!! The day before, he was sitting outside on the back deck and then on the front porch while reading a book.  He thinks the glasses intensified the suns rays in such a way that only that area of his nose got burned.

Thus the need for a warning on all reading glasses:   "Not to be used in direct sun as the lenses may focus the sun and cause severe sunburn to odd parts of your body".

I'll let you all know when his nose starts to peel.   Then we'll know if his hypothesis is correct (or if he's just hiding a drinking problem :)