Lately i’ve been bombarded with unwanted advice about how i should quit my glasses and start wearing contact lenses because (and here i quote one of the “experts”): “you look better without glasses”. Thanks for calling me ugly dickhead and go to hell. Whatever. Since i’m short-sighted and i have to wear glasses all the time, some decided to do me a favour with unsolicited advice.
Dear experts i say, why do you think i prefer glasses to contact lenses? Just because? No. I have actually tried contact lenses a while ago when i was young and stupid and i wanted to change my eye colour. Of course i went to the doctor and had all the business set up: consultation, type of lenses, instructions etc. I followed them to the bone but something went wrong. It took me one hour to get those fuckers into my eyes, i couldn’t stand them. I felt like there was something in my eye all the damn time and i wanted to scratch it violently. I didn’t do that because it’s not good. The scratching feeling faded away but not the disturbing sensation. The same week my left eye started watering and the tears turned into a yellowish slime, forming a crust around the extremities of my eye. I started having the feeling that something was behind my eye. The same day towards the evening the feeling became unbearable and i noticed that there was no contact lens in my left eye. No, i didn’t lose it, the damn thing was somewhere behind the eye as it came out in all it’s disgusting splendour when i was washing my face.
First thing next day i went to a pharmacy and told the whole story to the lady there. She gave me some eye drops and cleaning instructions and in few day my problem was gone. Since then i’ve never touched those damn things. I couldn’t go to a doc as my mom would have found out and the whole business would end up in a long and boring lecture on “i told you not to use those things and stick to your glasses”. I guess i was lucky i got away so easily.
So next time dear expert keep your damn opinions and advice for yourself. I’d prefer “not looking so good with glasses” but having both of my eyes.
