they get fogged up when we drink hot beverages.
they get smudged for no reason.
we will push them up using anything in our area (i.e shoulder, whatever is in my hand, scrunching my nose up so they get pushed up, etc.).
they get knocked off our faces all. the. fucking. time.
when we change clothes we either take them off or they fall off when we pull our shirts off.
we have to clean them after being in the rain.
we own multiple pairs of them, not just one lone pair for our whole lives.
most people don’t wear them in the pool, but some have extra old pairs for the pool (like me).
some people take them off during sex, that’s fine! but some people keep them on.
they don’t get squished into your face when you kiss (most of the time. at least from what i’ve experienced and i’ve got some mf big glasses).
if we look down and look back up while you talk/to peek up at something, we will just peek blindly over the top of them.
we clean them on whatever item of clothing is closest.
some of us have prescription sunglasses and some of us wear contacts when we need to wear sunglasses.
please keep some of these in mind when you write characters with glasses cause y’all who have 20/20 vision keep telling me all characters sleep in their glasses and own the same singular pair from age 6-25 and they never clean them.
( there’s this but you missed a few iconic glasses traits – “where’d I put my glasses” (is wearing them) – new glasses getting scratched on basically nothing. where’d the nick come from? we just don’t know. – forgetting you’re wearing synthetic material and just smudge the junk on your glasses around – after doing so, proceeding to hunt down any friend who is wearing a more cottony material – getting eyelashes on your glasses – stabbing yourself in the face with the arm of your glasses – “woah are you blind?” – “how many fingers am I holding up??” – walking into a warm room from the cold and suddenly being unable to see because your glasses fogged up – going outside and everything is Super Crisp 1080p – having three pairs of glasses and putting all of them at once – “aw dude you have transition lenses? lucky.” – the non-glasses scrutinising squint – taking off your glasses and suddenly you’re a different entity entirely – if you’re too good for taking off your glasses when dressing/undressing, realising you didn’t pull the collar of a shirt out enough and subjecting to your fate )
-For female characters wearing eye makeup is pretty much useless
– the reason why is because no matter what we do, the mascara will smear on our glasses
– thinking “Oh, there’s a little smudge. I’ll just clean it quickly”, then taking the glasses off and wondering how the hell you could see with what looks like three layers of dirt on them
– giving your loved one a little kiss but in the wrong angle so their nose touches your glasses
– the look™ when you’re in your bed lying on the side with your glasses on (aka the glasses are skewed)
-sleeping in glasses fucking hurts… well, not anymore, but it used too
-if you have long eyelashes, having to push your glasses down your nose so they dont constantly rub each other, then having to push them up cuz you cant see
-WHY WONT YOU STAY ON MY FACE?!?!?!
-*they tilt crooked slightly* oh wow, And… now Im falling over
-having transitions and right after walking into a building you can’t see because they’re still dark
-forgetting where you put them then having to either ask for help or judge your entire surroundings
-dont like contacts? like cosplaying? guess what! you’re blind now!
-trading glasses with other glasses wearers to see how blind your friends are
-when there’s a smudge that just. Won’t. Go. Away.
-“hey do you have lens cleaner?”
-your old glasses become your back up pair in case your current ones break
-metal and plastic frames are very different and most people have a preference
-*goes to bed* ”Wait. I’m wearing my glasses.”
-the ‘why won’t you stay on my face’ has the inverse of *leans over cliff* ‘oh my god, they’re actually staying on my face. w h a t’
-that moment is usually is paired with instinctively holding onto them.
-those moments are also paired with the thought ‘I should really get one of those neck-holders’
-’why is that so blurry…wait, I’m not wearing my glasses’
-wakes up, puts glasses on, looks at ceiling, sees bug, ‘hahaha nope.’ takes glasses off, no bug. good.
-sometimes? long hair? goes? weird directions? It curls around the frames and is kinda weird? (I’m talking straight hair, idk about curly/wavy) and don’t get me started on hair tangling in the elbow of the frames.
-for people who don’t have prescription sunglasses/wear contacts- sunglasses over glasses is your new best friend or those annoying two-toned glasses that are kinda sunglasses if you look through them right. Otherwise, it’s sun blind or natural blind.
-’this sport requires a helmet/mask’ *raises hand* Can I wear my glasses under it?
-glasses are actually pretty strong and I’ve survived pencils, fingers, pillows, kickballs, and various other things that were (accidentally or not) aimed at my face.
-glasses also break stupid easy and my dad’s glasses fell apart on a whim.
-having a ball thrown at your face while wearing glasses may protect your eyes, but it doesn’t protect your nose and the area around your eyes from getting bruises from the frames being forced into your face.
-*looking at impressionist/abstract painting* *takes off glasses* *soft gasp of wonder*
-when you first get them it’s like ‘wait what the heck, I was SO BLIND BEFORE’ even tho you might not have even noticed at first.
-looking halfway through them and halfway not in order to see things as blurry and not blurry at the same time. IDK it’s amusing.
I can confirm that’s as someone who wears glasses it’s ALL true. I have another point tho.
-*in science class* “so you’ll need to grab some goggle for eye safety” and you’ll hear one of three options. “You have glasses on so you don’t need goggles”, “take your glasses off” in which case then you’re suddenly blind for science class, or the best option “they’ll fit.over your glasses”
I HAD SHOP CLASSES WHEN I WAS IN MY FIRST HIGH SCHOOL AND OH BOY I HAVE HEARD ALL THREE
I would also like to add
Going to push your glasses up but forgetting you’ve taken them off
Going to take your glasses off when you’ve already taken them off
Looking down and they slide down the bridge of your nose. Pushing them back up only for them to slide down again.
“Let me try on your glasses for a second”
Realizing when you need a new pair because you can’t see as clear anymore
Forgetting to take them off when you’re getting into the shower
Getting a case for your glasses and never using it
i imagine getting my own place all the time and going down to the grocery store early in the morning before everyone else and to the coffee shop and having a really small place with wide windows and lots of plants and shelves of books and a tiny kitchen where i can make tea and noodles and a bed with a pile of blankets and just a place i can make uniquely my own or maybe a place i could share with someone but i just think about this place a lot idk
One of my professors is an extremely famous, well-known painter who has been in galleries since he was a young man in the 80s. He once asked me in class, “Alyssa, what are your dreams and aspirations for the future?”
You should have seen the puzzled look on his face when I described something similar to the post above.
“Why so humble?!” He laughed. “You know you’re talented, right? You could aspire to a lot more than that for sure.”
And I had to take that moment to explain to him that this is what my generation is given, this is how low our standards for happiness have to be. A humble existence, a small piece of the world for ourselves, and comfortable stability are just as out of reach for some of us as fame and reknown was for him in the 80’s. His face went somber immediately.
– me, a person who definitely has the time to do that but also has terrible time management skills and most likely to just spend 4 hours getting absolutely nothing accomplished instead of the hundred other things I could and should be doing
I feel personally attacked by the accuracy of this post.
americans think ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN of driving 7 hours. they’ll drive 7 hours just for dinner. they’ll drive 7 hours just for chips and dip
My friend in the UK told me that they only see their father like 2-3 times a year because they live so far away. When I asked how far do they live, they said that it’s a 45 minute drive……. my commute to work, five days a week is an hour.
What I find mind-blowing is that I can drive in my STATE for seven hours and still be in the state, depending what direction I’m going. Hell, I can drive TWELVE hours and still be in my state, because Michigan is huge. But then I went to Belgium once and like…that’s a whole country. That’s a whole country and we drove across it in like an hour and a half.
wupacing 