I wear spectacles all the time because I'm short-sighted, debilitatingly so; it's so bad that I can't see anything until it's so close it starts affecting my near-vision...
Not just for reading, I wear spectacles all the time...
And I never tried contacts because they seem like a stupid idea; pop them onto your eyeball!!!!???? Are you -blam!- nuts!!!!????
I hope to be able to get laser-treatment (hopefully it won't go the way of Final Destination 5 ;)) but the optician said I might not be elligible and that I must wait till I'm 19 and that they won't know until I'm 19... I'm 17.5, so hopefully...
[Edited on 12.04.2012 11:53 AM PST]