Near-sighted here. Been wearing glasses since I was 19. Never tried contacts, eyes are too sensitive and start watering if I even think of putting something (besides occasional eye-drops) in them. Went to line bifocals at the age of 58 - like the line as I don't need to "hunt" for the bifocal area, it's right there, quick and easy to find and doesn't peter-out on the edges like progressives do (tried progressives, once).
One time, went in to get new lenses in my very comfortable frames and the guy took them in back and was gone for quite some time. When he came back out, he was apologizing for breaking my the left bow, said he was trying to straighten them out and the left one broke and he tried to fix it, but couldn't. I was incensed! I asked him, why the hell were you even messing with the bows? I had them exactly the way I wanted them and they were comfortable! You were just supposed to put in the new lenses, not mess with bows! At that point, a manager came out and asked what was going on and we took our turns explaining the issue and she turned to me and said "well, I can offer you 50% off new frames?" I told her, I don't want new frames, but obviously I'm going to need to get some. I asked her if they had frames with the solid, one-piece nose bridge (as I hate the kind with nose pads) and she told me no, they didn't carry that kind. That didn't help my attitude. Anyway, I got new frames, took them a week to redo the lenses, so I used an older pair I had and never went back to that place ever again...