Contacts can be both a blessing and a curse. For those of us who are just trying to make it through life without our glasses, we are all too familiar with the many struggles that contacts bring, like...
1. The constant need to put your contact into the correct part of your eye.
You know, that feeling when your contact moves to an unidentified corner of your eye, and it must go back into its place or you risk blurred vision for the rest of the day.
2. People asking if you are winking at them.
I am not winking at you, I am merely trying to regain my
sight.
3. The struggle that is an impromptu sleepover.
The first stage is the fear of whether or not you brought an extra case/have any contact solution. The second is realizing you have neither. The third is daring to ask if the host has any. The fourth is realizing they do not. The final stage is contemplating whether to throw away your contacts or suck it up and sleep with them in.4. When your eyes know it's time to sleep before you do.
When your contacts start to stick to your eyes or your
vision is completely blurry, you know it’s late.
5. The feeling that you have to take your eyes out.
It’s late. Your contacts have told you that. Now you
actually have to go take them out, and the pain you feel as you remove them
literally feels like you are taking your eyes out of your head.
6. Everyone’s surprise when you wear your glasses.
No they are not new
as of this morning. Please do not tell me to wear them more often.
7. The feeling of wearing your glasses versus wearing your contacts.
The prescription is never quite right and they just feel so
disconnected from your face.
8. The pain you feel when you lose a contact.
You were so attached to it in so many ways. Now you have
an uneven number of lefties to righties, and you still feel the need to find it
(whether it be in your eye, on the floor, or, like me once, on the
airplane).
9. Never actually replacing them when you are supposed to.
If we are being serious, you probably do not replace them whether you wear daily, weekly, or monthly contacts—I see you (kind of).
10. When your eyes feel like they are on fire.
‘Nuff said.
11. Having to deal with people who freak out when you touch your eye.
#sorrynotsorry
