I started needing reading glasses in my mid-forties.
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memory
老花 ('old-blurry') is the Chinese name for presbyopia — the age-related blurring of close-up vision. So 老花镜 = 'old-blurry glasses,' i.e. reading glasses. Compare 近视镜 (jìnshìjìng, 'glasses for nearsightedness').
culture
A common gift from adult children to aging parents in China — picking up a pair before a parent's birthday is a small recognized act of filial piety, like the Western 'Mother's Day' card.
