scared
Canada
Menace to society
Today, my elderly mother explained that, "I don't need my glasses to drive, I just need them to see." FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
dangeronpa
Today, I broke my glasses. My eyesight is horrible, I can’t see things that aren’t super close to my face. I'm supposed to drive to another state tomorrow. FML
Glassless
Today, I lost my glasses. I don't have spares but my girlfriend said I could borrow hers. She doesn't understand why this won't work. FML
Kyle
United Kingdom
Today, I searched frantically for my glasses for ages. After giving up, I realised I could see perfectly. I had been wearing them the whole time and neither my mother nor my father told me because "it was far too funny" watching me yell "Where the fuck are they?" FML
Anonymous
Bellingham, United States
Today, while my mother's blind friend was waiting in our kitchen for my mom to come home, I thought it would be funny to talk to her in the nude. Turns out she's only blind in one eye. FML
Four Eyes
United States
Dork
Today, I saw my grandma for the first time since I got new glasses. Wanting to be different, I got crystal colored ones instead of black. She said, "Thank God. You looked so dorky with your giant nerd glasses!" Love you too, grandma. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I saw a woman run down my street screaming, "Fuck you cops! I can drive under the influence if I want to!" It took me a second to realize it was my mother. FML
fedupson
Milpitas, United States
Today, I went driving for the first time with my mom. When she wasn't screaming, she gave great advice like, "Stop at the red light" and "Don't crash into cars". I need to drive 50 hours with her. FML
whateven
Allentown, United States
Today, my boss "borrowed" my prescription sunglasses off my desk. She crashed her car because they made her dizzy, and thinks I should pay for the damages. FML
my dad is blind as shit
United States
Bat out of hell
Today, my dad asked to borrow my glasses to look for his glasses. He then took them off because they were extremely tight on his head, and gave them back to me. Then he turned around and walked into a wall. I sure hope my eyes don't get that bad, although they probably will by the time I'm 40. FML
Anonymous
Sounds reasonable
Today, my 70 year-old mother complained about the patio window being dirty. I asked her why she couldn't clean it, or anything else in the house for that matter. I was informed she can't clean windows because she's not left handed. FML
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A07 48
Time to hide away her car keys, or her car itself, depending on how old she is.
A07 48
I would totally hide the car, hasn't Breaking Bad taught you anything?
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jujuthefroggy_fml 16
If she has only a light Presbyopia, I guess it's better for her to drive without glasses...
Saikon1357 25
Actually, I understand what OP's mother means. I'm nearsighted but don't require glasses to drive. I can't read signs until I'm about to pass them, and can't read license plates until I'm nearly up the other car's tailpipe or just behind them at a red light. But I can identify these things as objects from a distance, so I may not be able to tell exactly what kind of car it is from far away sedan or cop car, van or SUV, trucks are easy; but I can identify that they are cars and I should hit them. And I understand road paws well enough that I can recognize patterns, I can even guesstimate on what the speed limit is of a road I'm not familiar with based on location and the speed limits if nearby roads (I'm usually right, or 5 mph off).
doodlecloud 27
I understand the license plate bit...but I'm pretty sure you need to read signs before you're just about to pass them. That's kind of the point of signs - giving you information so you can make decisions about whatever's coming up a safe distance before they come up.
False_Stupidity 42
I'm in the same boat as #48 but I know all the signs and I can see them enough to know what they are even if i cannot read them. I technically don't need my glasses, but I choose to wear them, mainly for being able to read the plate of the idiot that inevitably almost hits me on my daily commute.
katydid91 31
Oh dear...
animalxcrackers 20
Actually, she's technically right... I can't see a foot in front of me without my glasses, but the DMV said I passed my vision test and don't need them to drive.
Ray_of_midnight 23
I have mild, age-relatedy presbyopia. Some mild drugstore-type reading glasses help with things like books and newspapers and computer screens, but I can pass the eye test at the RMV just fine without them, and did just that last time I went to renew my license.
worldclassrager 41
Maybe she should go to contacts? She'll forget the are in
Fuhkyoo 17
tuck and roll
Ipsum629 13
ever heard of far sightedness? you're going to kill her.
hellphone_fml 37
Maybe she was being a smart ass? She is technically correct, she doesnt need them to literally drive but she needs them to see the road signs and other cars.
Maahnn 5
Not sure if incredibly profound or just sad...