My Glasses
I got my new lenses today. It’s taking me a while to get used to the stronger prescription. Growing up wearing glasses was an interesting experience. I’ve worn them since I was in the 4th grade(although I probably needed them even earlier than that). Like many people, I was forced to have the absolute cheapest pair available in the store. My family wasn’t poor, but as people that did not wear glasses all the time, they didn’t see anything other than utilitarian value in them. I’m sure they assumed that I would probably break them too, but the fear was unfounded. I only broke one of the 8 pairs of glasses I’ve ever owned, and that was in the 8th grade.
So my glasses were almost identical to those of Steve Urkel and my classmates made sure to remind me of such at every possible opportunity. Glasses add an illusory intelligence to the wearer. Urkel glasses mean you’re a fucking expert on everything from political science to quantum mechanics. It’s a good thing that I know a little about a lot of things. I hate to disappoint.
Style is very important. People who seldom, or never wear glasses don’t consider it, but when you will be seldom seen sans glasses, it’s something to consider. It seems that vanity forces the…blinder among us to spend more on glasses. Given the number of people that have complained about my various pairs of glasses, and asked me when I’m getting contacts I can’t help but consider having my medical and fashion budgets overlap. My family was shocked when they found out how much I paid for my pair of glasses. My Uncle’s girlfriend said that they looked nice, and she said that my family didn’t get it.
Lots of people, especially women like to dump their glasses at the first opportunity. Glasses can be especially tough for young women. Glasses are a turn on for a lot of men, myself included, but the media would have you think they’re a curse. Ever seen a woman with glasses get a makeover on one of these makeover shows? She’ll always have to ditch the glasses as part of her new look. It’s a shame too. A great pair of glasses can do wonders for a young woman. Fiction is no better for a woman. The tween movies always show the dumpy girl with glasses ditching them as part of her new look and all of a sudden all the hot guys want her. Hey, if glasses make you look smart, what is being said when the dumpy girl has to ditch them to get a man?
I may have to get surgery at one point in the future because my vision is still deteriorating, but I’m happy with my glasses for the time being.
posted by SumThing @ 11:18 PM
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