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18 Struggles Of People Who Wear Glasses

We love to see...but at what cost?

Megan Manning
Oct 26, 2015
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Being visually impaired is such an inconvenience. For those of us who need a little help to see the world clearly, it can be especially frustrating when our friends with 20/20 vision just don't understand what an inconvenience it is to worry about wearing contacts or glasses everywhere you go. Sure, you get to pick out cute glasses, but you are excited about them for all of a week until they, like all your previous pairs, prove to be nothing more than an inconvenience.

1. When your nose gets sweaty and your glasses fall off your face.

It's not that you're particularly sweaty, but your glasses always make the bridge of your nose extra slippery and keep slipping down, so you go around pushing them up all day.

2. You have limited peripheral vision wearing glasses.

You can only see what is in the squares of your lenses, and those don't move with your eyes as you look up and down and your frames block your side views

3. When your prescription is due for an update so you walk around not being able to see anything for a few weeks.

You pretend that everything is okay, but really you are squinting to see the board in class and don't recognize friends from a distance anymore.

4. When people want to try your glasses on.

Yes, I am blind. And no, you do not look cute with my glasses on. Please give them back so I can see; they are not your toy.

5. When your friends steal your glasses.

This is not funny. I NEED those.

6. When you can't find your glasses because you need your glasses to find things.

7. When your mascara gets on your glasses.

You worked so hard to look cute, and now your glasses are dirty and you can't see and all you wanted was to be pretty.

8. When your eye makeup is on point but no one notices behind your glasses.

They're just two pieces of glass, and glass is CLEAR!

9. Trying to put on makeup while blind.

I really tried to look cute, but I couldn't see what I was doing.

10. When it rains and you can't see anything .

They should really make windshield wipers for these things.

11. When your glasses fog up.

All I did was try to eat something hot, and now the whole world is blurry.

12. When people think you wear glasses for the hipster aesthetic.

Yes, glasses are cool, but you were wearing them before they were cool.

13. Trying to lay on your side to watch Netflix in bed.

And you can't just take them off because you need them to SEE.

14. Sunglasses.

You can't wear both sunglasses and glasses so you have to go with the sun in your eyes, get prescription sunglasses, or put in contacts.

15. When people don't recognize you without your glasses.

This is not some teen makeover movie. I still look the same.

16. Swimming.

And I thought I couldn't see right before.

17. Shaving.

18. Headbands.

You will never get to channel your inner Blair Waldorf while wearing glasses because the headache you get from wearing both is unbearable.

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