The Glasses Conundrum

   I’ve been wearing contacts since I was about twelve. I had glasses before that, but I never wore them. The problem was that my dad went with me to get my eye exam that day, and after they dilated my eyes I couldn’t see to choose a pair of glasses, so…. my dad picked some for me.

I’m just going to leave it at that. 

  Ever since then, I’ve been wearing contacts. I usually keep a backup pair of glasses, but I hate wearing them. I hate not being able to see out of the corners and sides, but I need something for at night when I take my contacts out.

  Now, I am not an ambitious person when it comes to my style. I find what’s comfortable and I stick to it.  I have had the same style of glasses for the past ten years, because instead of looking around when I go in, I just pick the one that looks like the old pair. I know that it doesn’t look completely hideous on me so I go with it. But hey, it’s just for at nights and early mornings anyways, so it doesn’t have to be flashy.

  All of that brings me to this week. I needed some new contacts and to update my glasses prescription. They haven’t been updated in several years, but I didn’t wear them enough to let it bother me, but they were old, and bent, and it was just time. So off I went.

   I decided this time around that I was going to look around and try to find something different. The eye doctor had a deal where when you buy one pair of glasses, you get a second pair for only $10 more. Yay me! I spent some time looking around and trying on different styles. When all was said and done, I had chosen two pairs. One was completely different than anything I had ever chosen before. I liked it, but it was out of my comfort zone. The second pair was similar to the style I had before, but it was a little nicer and a little flashier. I was confident with my choice and I gave them to the clerk.

  After my exam, I was checking out and the clerk went and grabbed my glasses. When she came back she said “This choice surprises me.” I thought she was talking about the first pair. My out of the box choice. Shockingly enough, she was talking about my comfort zone choice. She said she didn’t see people my age choosing a style like that very often. I put them on and asked “do they look bad?” she said “no, just different.” Then I tried on the other pair, and she said “now that I like a lot better.”  The glasses that I’ve always chosen…. Apparently, not great. Have you ever seen this spaghetti sauce commercial?

 

    It ends with her asking “I wonder what other bad decisions I’ve made.” That’s about how I left the eye doctor that day.

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