tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592410330087865901.post7238282210495431171..comments2023-05-14T01:57:23.099-07:00Comments on Think Weird Thoughts: Glasses as Non-FashionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592410330087865901.post-32081026508889135472010-01-18T11:30:13.055-08:002010-01-18T11:30:13.055-08:00Totally understand, to a point, I guess. I've ...Totally understand, to a point, I guess. I've needed glasses since I was in the second or third grade. And it was always a need. It was so bad for me that I couldn't recognize faces past about 2 feet, and the big E on the eye chart was unreadable in my left eye, and only mostly readable in my right. Last year it was so bad that my prescription glasses were pretty much giving me headaches and by the end of my work day all I wanted to do was go home and close my eyes to give them a rest. It wasn't until last year that my eye doctor was like "hey, I bet reading glasses would help." Which they did, alot, but it's amazing it took that long for someone to notice how my eyes vibrated (cause every eye doctor did notice) when I read upclose and actually do something about it. So glasses were starting to not work and contacts never worked for me because I was so bad at taking care of them they hurt my eyes more than helped.<br /><br />But glasses had always been a part of how I looked. Part of my identity. When I was in high school or in college I never even thought of getting contacts because I hated the way I looked without glasses. And since I got Lasik last November (last ditch effort to get rid of the headaches and tired eyes, which did work thankfully) it's taken me this long to feel comfortable with the way I look in the mirror. I didn't recognize myself for the first month. It wasn't me in the mirror. I've thought about buying glasses with plain glass in them just so I can FEEL like me again. Which, I guess, would make them a fashion statement to you. But they wouldn't be a fashion statement to me, they would be letting me see myself as I see myself again. 'Cause I still feel weird without them. I do still use reading glasses when my eye get tired, since they have weak muscles that won't ever go away. And I got super awesome brightly colored glasses which make me happy.<br /><br />So yeah, I can understand. Glasses on the whole suck ass. They are uncomfortable, if the prescription is wrong they give you headaches and you don't always have the money to go out and buy another pair, it's hard to fall asleep while watching tv in them, walking in the rain is a pain, etc. But they were part of my image of how I looked and I do still want a pair to wear even though now I have 20/20 vision. It's like suddenly losing my nose or an ear to me, my face just doesn't look right. So I dunno, I understand your frustration and all, just felt like putting in my two cents I guess. :\<br /><br />And I'm liking your blog a lot. Just found it today. Good stuff. :)PMS Rhinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039593134948002093noreply@blogger.com