So I've been wearing glasses for a week and this is what I've learnt.
1. My eyes really weren't that great.
For years I thought I had wonderful vision. It's only been in the past 6 months that things have gotten blurry. But glasses have changed everything. All of a sudden I don't have to work as hard to focus on things. And TV watching isn't as exhausting. And I can actually read books as opposed to just pretending so I look smart.
2. I keep forgetting I have them on and taking my clothes off with them.
The amount of times this week I've been getting ready for bed and taken off my t-shirt only to feel the frames scrape my face is...7. Because that's how many days are in a week.
3. People that you thought loved you will constantly give you shit, preaching about their amazing 20/20 vision.
Namely, a certain cousin who happens to be my housemate who has used such common insults as "four eyes", to suggesting perhaps my glasses weren't working properly when I couldn't find something in the fridge, and then also exclaiming out loud upon me taking off my glasses in front of him that he "never knew you were so beautiful"
4. They are not sunglasses.
The sun can easily break through. Although because for years the only glasses I've worn have been sunnies, my brain hasn't quite worked out that just cause it feels the same, it doesn't mean that I can stare up into the sky and think that I'll be protected. Thankfully London has turned on the clouds and rain for the majority of this week and it hasn't been too much of a problem.
5. People will assume you've worn them forever.
I met up with a friend who I've known since I was 5 years old and he actually said "but you've always worn glasses". I definitely have not. Others don't make a comment at all, as if glasses have been a common feature on me for years. A photo of me wearing glasses has just gone up on Facebook for all the world to see, so that will be a test as to who has actually been looking at me.
6. They fog up when you cook.
I always used to laugh at mum when she would bend down to look at how something was cooking in the oven, only for her to cry out "I can't see I can't see" as the steam would cover her glasses.
Well I've definitely got my comeuppance as every night this week I've either opened the oven or leant over a bubbling pot only to have my world cloud over momentarily.
8. Pol Pot would have had me killed which is oddly satisfying.
Pol Pot thought that anyone who wore glasses was an intellectual and therefore a threat to his regime, so consequently was hunted down.
9. I finally have all the elements of the saying 'spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch'.
A saying that my Dad taught me about making sure you've got everything before you leave the house. Life = complete.
1. My eyes really weren't that great.
For years I thought I had wonderful vision. It's only been in the past 6 months that things have gotten blurry. But glasses have changed everything. All of a sudden I don't have to work as hard to focus on things. And TV watching isn't as exhausting. And I can actually read books as opposed to just pretending so I look smart.
2. I keep forgetting I have them on and taking my clothes off with them.
The amount of times this week I've been getting ready for bed and taken off my t-shirt only to feel the frames scrape my face is...7. Because that's how many days are in a week.
3. People that you thought loved you will constantly give you shit, preaching about their amazing 20/20 vision.
Namely, a certain cousin who happens to be my housemate who has used such common insults as "four eyes", to suggesting perhaps my glasses weren't working properly when I couldn't find something in the fridge, and then also exclaiming out loud upon me taking off my glasses in front of him that he "never knew you were so beautiful"
4. They are not sunglasses.
The sun can easily break through. Although because for years the only glasses I've worn have been sunnies, my brain hasn't quite worked out that just cause it feels the same, it doesn't mean that I can stare up into the sky and think that I'll be protected. Thankfully London has turned on the clouds and rain for the majority of this week and it hasn't been too much of a problem.
5. People will assume you've worn them forever.
I met up with a friend who I've known since I was 5 years old and he actually said "but you've always worn glasses". I definitely have not. Others don't make a comment at all, as if glasses have been a common feature on me for years. A photo of me wearing glasses has just gone up on Facebook for all the world to see, so that will be a test as to who has actually been looking at me.
6. They fog up when you cook.
I always used to laugh at mum when she would bend down to look at how something was cooking in the oven, only for her to cry out "I can't see I can't see" as the steam would cover her glasses.
Well I've definitely got my comeuppance as every night this week I've either opened the oven or leant over a bubbling pot only to have my world cloud over momentarily.
8. Pol Pot would have had me killed which is oddly satisfying.
Pol Pot thought that anyone who wore glasses was an intellectual and therefore a threat to his regime, so consequently was hunted down.
9. I finally have all the elements of the saying 'spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch'.
A saying that my Dad taught me about making sure you've got everything before you leave the house. Life = complete.