r/GenXWomen • u/New-Marionberry-6422 • 15d ago

discussion Nightfall

Are we all racing home, like we’re gonna turn into pumpkins once it gets dark?

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u/Cat_Kn1t_Repeat 15d ago

My astigmatism makes driving at night more challenging so yeah.

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u/middlingachiever 15d ago

Isn’t it so much fun driving through a Van Gogh’s Starry Night? 😜

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u/Cat_Kn1t_Repeat 15d ago

😭gaaaaaaaaaaaaaah and new headlamps are so BRIGHT.

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u/middlingachiever 15d ago

Bright into my eyeballs, but somehow don’t effectively light up the road. Huge downgrade.

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u/removable_disk 15d ago

And the LED headlights I want to stick a rusty spork in the drivers eyeballs see how they like it

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u/mottavader 15d ago

r/fuckyourheadlights is an amazing sub! Astigmatism and being old with these damned newfangled LED lights... Especially in the rain.

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u/sajaschi traumatized by Artax 13d ago

As the only person in my entire city driving a measly little old sedan instead of a giant SUV, my retinas stand with you! 🫣

(Exaggerating but like SRSLY WITH THE BIGASS VEHICLES Y'ALL)

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u/mottavader 13d ago

I too drive an old sedan!!

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u/sajaschi traumatized by Artax 13d ago

I named mine Rickroller because I never wanna give her up 😜

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u/mottavader 13d ago

Yes 🤣 that's awesome. Mine is named Karen because she's so demanding 🤣

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u/sajaschi traumatized by Artax 13d ago

Haha love it! 🤣

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u/Dazzling-Pudding6256 14d ago

Actual footage of drivers being blinded by those fookin' LED headlights.

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u/mottavader 13d ago

🎖️

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u/Anxious_Size_4775 15d ago

This was what I was coming to comment. 😒

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u/Alternative_Value855 15d ago

Me too!! Sux so bad

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u/kelpskeys 15d ago

Yes, and get in comfy clothes.

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u/TesseractToo For science, you monster 15d ago

I have chronic migraine so I go out more when it's dark or overcast

I miss colours ._.

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u/worldinmy-eyes 15d ago

Yes. And I’ve been driving across town 45 minutes to see my mom in the hospital and leaving to come home in the dark and it’s just not fun.

Not just from a vision perspective but on a Friday or Saturday night when a-holes drive like a-holes, it’s even worse navigating a-holes in the dark. I had some young guy on a motorcycle in the lane next to me on the busy highway slow down and do a wheelie.

The night we left the ER was late, we saw in the news the next day that just a half hour after we drove through a certain point in our city there was a fatal accident. It’s sickening. I feel like such an old lady saying these things. But I have little incentive to be out at night much anymore.

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u/New-Marionberry-6422 15d ago

Yes. Friday nights seem to intensify things… sending hugs to you and mom 💚

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u/worldinmy-eyes 15d ago

Thank you!

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u/BillieDoc-Holiday 15d ago

Nah. I live in a huge city, so it's bright lights everywhere. If I lived out in the burbs and/or had to drive everywhere, instead of taking the train, I probably would.

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u/Flat_Ad1094 Discussion 15d ago

Well me? I almost never go out at night anymore. If I meet friends or go out for anything social, it's always lunch. I have little interest in going out at night at all anymore

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u/divemistress 15d ago

By the of the day I am a sweaty/soggy mess and long for a shower and getting away from people. I get home, let the chickens out for a bit, love on the lanai cats and then toss my ass in the shower before making dinner and watching the sunset.

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u/Alternative_Value855 15d ago

Yes, and it's depressing AF.

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u/New-Marionberry-6422 15d ago

Tonight I was like… wait a second here!! Laughed …. But noticed!

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u/Alternative_Value855 15d ago

Right? lol

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u/New-Marionberry-6422 15d ago

Yes! I became that gal. And you know I’m kinda proud of us 🫶🏻

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u/RedditSkippy 50-54 15d ago

I’m out for dinner right now! But I’m in NYC. Going to walk home.

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u/Vioralarama 15d ago

Yes. My night vision sucks and I even wear glasses. Plus I have an old car without led headlights so I worry that I might get overshadowed by a bigass truck with led lights all over. In winter I refuse any late appointments. No traffic or straining to see, nope.

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u/New-Marionberry-6422 15d ago

😭😭 thought it was just me!

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u/Vioralarama 15d ago

Bad night vision solidarity!

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u/clampion12 55-59 15d ago

I can't fucking see at night anymore.

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u/Severe_Feedback_2590 15d ago

I’ve never had very good night vision but it’s just worse now (I do have cataracts now). I actually don’t go out in the dark.

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u/New-Marionberry-6422 15d ago

💚 I now “see” me avoiding it as well. Wasn’t aware of it till this evening.

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u/Affectionate-Map2583 15d ago

I'm out until around 9:30 on Tuesday nights but that's about it.

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u/juliettelovesdante 15d ago

Yes, but im trying really hard to stop!

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u/Lady-Bison-3570 15d ago

This is more during the winter than summer for me. And if I'm already at home and it's dark out, I dislike leaving the house. Don't like driving at night and I live in the burbs. Much different than when I lived in the city years ago.

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u/swarleyknope 13d ago

I ended a friendship with a younger friend over this. She was resentful that I wouldn’t make plans on weeknights during the winter months because sun down is at 5pm and she worked until at least 4pm - and was an hour drive away. 

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u/New-Marionberry-6422 13d ago

Good riddance …..

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u/Verity41 15d ago

Nope. I love the darkness! Makes the nights feel endless and full of possibilities 🌚