Saturday, 9 February 2013
Bifocals
I'm officially old now. It's not the grey hairs or the beard or the boobs I can just about tuck into my socks, oh no, it's even worse than that.....
I took delivery last weekend of my first pair of old lady reading glasses.....*sobs silently in a corner*
I guess I had realised that using the laptop was hard work in the evenings, but I thought I was just tired. The blurring and red rings round my eyes I assumed were just a by-product of having children. I've had glasses for watching TV and reading anything further away than I can fall since I was 16 (yeah, that massively sensitive and self-aware age. Thanks for that eyes, you were meant to be on my side). When he saw my face drop the Optician offered the helpful words, "it's okay, we expect your eyes to deteriorate after 40". Even if we forget the whole thing about the implication that 40 is past it, I'm only just 41 - I didn't think it would be that blooming quick!!
I fully expect to have the vision of a newborn by 45....
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It's a horrible conversation isn't it? I had it last year and now have varifocals :(
ReplyDeleteIt's just wrong. You can pretend wrinkles aren't there, and that you can't leap over fences because you fell over in 1996, but I can't find another excuse for this one!
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ReplyDeleteHahaha :D Thank you. I'll have to get over it - I'll only be older next year!
DeleteI'm starting to think I might need them you know. I've started peering over the top of my glasses when I'm on the laptop. It's sometimes easier without any glasses at all. I'm only 35 though! That can't be right surely?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll be fine because my Optician specifically mentioned 40....honest....maybe...erm...
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