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Five maybe? I lost one nice pair to a wave at the beach, and since then I buy mine at truck stops and dollar stores. It's much less stressful to wear glasses that cost me $1.50 !

Well, I don't wear sunglasses

Grew up in phoenix… my eyes are very sensitive to light. I rarely can find lenses that are dark enough…

SO MANY…. Seriously well into triple digits

I can not count. I learned my lesson about buying expensive sunglasses with a single large wave at the beach. I've been buying cheap polarized wayfarer style sunglasses since. Do they break... yes. Does $5 hurt me at this point no

Maybe 6. One prescription, and two dollar store pairs. I wear sunglasses pretty much any time I go outside unless there's no sun. Year-round.

0, they're like umbrellas to me, I never bother with them

I've owned five, but have worn/used three.

First pair from age 13 or 14 through to 17. Second pair from 17 until 24. Third pair has seen daily use for over 14 years.

I have replaced the lenses in my third pair once, and have a couple of pairs of spare lenses if the need arises. I already have my next two pairs of sunglasses, bought them maybe eight years ago, just in case.

This doesn't include tinted safety glasses that I wear at work, I usually only get an average of 6-8 months out of those.

Probably about three.

I had some cheap (awful) mirror sunglasses back when they were all the rage, and a pair of prescription sunglasses before I started getting reactive lenses. I must have had at least one other pair but those are the only two I remember.

Three. One lost, one broken, one in my drawer.

Thinking about making it four, three doesn't work with some outfits.

I’m more of a hat person. Maybe 3-4?

FIFTY?!

Over my entire life 50 sounds about right. So many sunglasses have either been lost or destroyed by me that the most I'll spend on a pair is $10

One pair every two years, so maybe seven. Estimating of course.

I buy my sunglasses in bulk. I only like one kind, but I want multiple color options. I also break and lose them all the time. I probably have 10 pairs in my car ready to go.

Like 50. I used to have a ridiculous amount of sunglasses I got given as free merch. Nowadays I just have a prescription pair of sunglasses I replace every few years

Why would you have to think about this? Just activate the tism and count them up.

12, if you count transition lenses that I have now.

I might have had 1-2 as a kid, probably because I thought it looked cool. But I lost them pretty fast. Other than that I don't see the need for them.

I know exactly because I need prescription.

11. So that's roughly one pair every 4 years. Of which I have 10, one of them is at the bottom of a lake somewhere

I need prescription sunglasses, I am on my fourth pair.

Previous pair was made by Persol, current pair was made by Lindberg.

I take great care avoiding sitting on my sunglasses, they are quite expensive

I'm going to guess 20. I wear them a lot. I probably buy a new pair every other year. I go for no-brand, but always polarized.

The leading cause of death is getting scratched up while getting tossed around in the car.

Couldn't tell you how many I had as a little kid, but I've probably gone through about 2-3 a year since I was about 16

One time I treated myself to a pair of Oakley's i found an an REI garage sale, thinking maybe more expensive sunglasses would hold up better or I'd keep better track of them.

They got dropped and stepped on within about a week

I will not answer your question, but instead share a detail. When I finally found sunglasses that look good on me I bought two pair. I plan to buy a third of the same soon, assuming my prescription have changed much. Thanks Shaquille O'Neal.

Maybe two or three, I wear glasses and have never had prescription sunglasses, so it's kinda hard to wear them.

I lose them all the time. Here is what I use now:

https://www.harborfreight.com/safety/vision-protection/safety-glasses/smoke-lens-safety-glasses-66822.html

They are wraparound, comfortable, shatter resistant, cost $2 a pair when not on sale, and go on sale for $1 a pair fairly often including I think right now.

I have only ever had two pairs of sunglasses. The first set when I was a child, and the second set that stays in the car. I dont really go anywhere that would benefit from sunglasses, so that has been enough for me.

I have 5 pairs of Oakley square wire sunglasses that I’ve owned for almost 3 decades. Bought most of them with my first paycheck. I just replace the ear socks and nose pieces, and one pair has replacement lenses. I have never owned any other pairs.

If I had to guess maybe around 5 pairs of sunglasses, give or take. I own a pretty reliable pair of sunglasses right now that I have had for over a year. These are high quality polarized sunglasses too, maybe a little under a hundred dollars. I kinda wish I got them sooner because I haven't lost them yet surprisingly.

One.

I wasn't outside all that, I didn't need them until I started driving. By then I wore glasses, so they had to be prescription. I was excited to wear them though!

Who knows how many in my youth. Since then, I've had the one of the two pair I currently have since 2008ish (first time I got vision benefits, they're memory wire) and the other pair I picked up at a thrift store in 96 or 97. The latter is still my favorite.

One, but they're prescription so I baby the heck out of them.

Something between 3-5

Lifetime? Dozens. Hell, I get so many free ones as swag at places it's ridiculous.

I only really wear my one pair though. It's got prescription lenses, so I did kind of splurge on that pair for something nice and would go with everything.

I really like unique or kinda of wild styles though, things that make a statement. So I'd like to be able to wear, afford, and store more. Even as a man, I think accessories round out an outfit and make it look complete. Like a nice watch, the appropriate shoes, jacket, and hat.

Maybe 5, mine have to be prescription lenses so I can't just lose or break them.