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12 things anyone who grew up with glasses knows to be true

“How many fingers am I holding up?” “This again? Really?”

1. As a child, needing glasses was a fate worse than death

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“B-but… NERDS wear glasses!” Yeah well, guess what? You’re a nerd now.

2. You bullsh*tted your way through the “One or two?” test

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“So which lens is better: One… or two?”
“Ehhh…” SWEATIN.

3. And you weren’t much good at the air puff test, either

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You still aren’t, and that’s because it’s bloody torture.

4. But not to worry, your classmates would organise little sight tests for you too

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Thanks guys!

5. When they weren’t stealing your glasses right off your face, that is

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“WOW YOU ARE BLIND.” That’s sort of rude to blind people. I am merely a bit short-sighted, but okay…

6. Your first pair probably looked like this

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Stylish!

7. And they opened up a whole new world to you

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Look at all this detail! All this colour! So crisp, so clear.

8. Yet still, you forgot them ALL THE TIME

Squinting at the blackboard like:

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9. Or sat on them

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Sure, you got a case with them… But god knows where that went.

10. You imagined that if you took them off everyone would realise you were actually gorgeous

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11. But you just had to deal with them until your parents let you get contacts

12. You see people wearing glasses for fashion now and think “PFFT. Interlopers”

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You did the time with glasses. You deserve the fashion cred.

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