What's the greatest number of times it has taken you?

The upside of this forgetfulness is extra exercise. I ‘forget’ all kinds of items daily so count the multitudinous trips up/down as daily exercise. I too have specs in each room; the trouble is I usually remove them elsewhere and end up with them all relocated but not a clue where. A game of hunt the specs takes place when I can’t find any of them ?

LullyDully

I have a pair upstairs and a pair downstairs. We live in 3 floors.

I live in a bungalow but still have three pairs of reading glasses, one in the lounge, the bedroom and the kitchen! But I still end up with all three in the same room as I forget to take them off when I move around!

I’ve solved this by keeping one pair by my bed and one pair in the kitchen. Indoors, I just need reading glasses but I wear them all the time, peering over the top when I’m not reading. Taking them off leads to either losing them or putting them down and then sitting on them. ?

My major problem after searching frantically for something is that once I eventually find it, I have forgotten what I wanted it for.

This problem was happening to me everyday. I only use reading glasses, 250 strength, so we ordered 10 pairs of cheap ones online (only about £20 in all) and I put a pair in every room. And in my handbag and shopping bag. And at the 2 old ladies groups I used to belong to - before covid .
But I suppose if you need special glasses this wouldn't be the answer.
Husband has always said he has a very unusual eye problem and has to pay a fortune for his specs, but he tried these and now uses them too.

I often feel I need glasses to find my glasses. We also live in a 3 storey house, so invariably I'm up and down stairs. Our house motto is never go up or down without carrying something, it's bound to belong on another floor. As well as my reading glasses, I also need my distance glasses for driving and invariably they are never where I need them. I believe the saying goes as we age, "The stairs are your friend" not sure about that!

Bellanonna I don't understand why I'm not a size 12 all this up and down stairs!
Pantglas2 I knew there was some adjustment we could make so men were more useful!
LullyDully and Squiffy I have a spare pair somewhere, but it would take me longer to find them. I put them safely away!!

LullyDully

I have a pair upstairs and a pair downstairs. We live in 3 floors.

..... but doesn't that result in both pairs being left upstairs? Plus you have the added problem of which of the two upper floors to look for them! ?

Pantglas2now that would have been really helpful if he could have done that?

This made me laugh Trisher! I suspect it’s because females, generally, are used to doing three things at once with a baby tucked under one arm!

Whenever I asked my husband to bring something downstairs as he was nipping to the loo, he’d huff and puff about sticking a broom up his jacksy and sweeping the stairs at the same time!?

I have a pair upstairs and a pair downstairs. We live in 3 floors.

This is what years of multi-tasking does

Such a relief to know lots of people above a certain age all have this problem. I too try to get what I actually went for and leave it on the landing window whilst I do the other things that have suddenly become important.

All the time Trisher! Do you know what I do now? As soon as I get upstairs I get the item I went for, leave it on the landing, then do the other things I was going to do as well, like visiting the loo, bring the washing down, etc. But at times your solution is the only one that works!

Well it wouldn’t have been glasses retrieval as I wouldn’t see to get downstairs but it can take me a day to get other things.
It comes with advancing years.

Oooh, I can do it loads more times than that!!

Great exercise, though!

What a very reassuring post, Trisher!