So I was at work the other day and I went into the break lounge to get something to drink. When I walked in, one of the security guards on break gave me a long stare. In my head, I was wondering what his problem was but paid it no attention and continued to get my bottle of water from the refrigerator. When I was about to leave, he finally speaks up and says, “Hey man, those are some cool glasses.” When he said that, I’ll admit, I felt pretty good about myself. I felt like my confidence was sky high and that nothing could bring me down. Well…I was wrong! He then said, “You kind of look like the black Harry Potter.” Really dude? Just because I have coke bottle glasses, that automatically makes me the black Harry Potter? You know what’s funny about that statement? I can’t even get mad because I’ve been hearing jokes about my glasses my entire life. I guess you can say that’s part of the struggles of wearing glasses.

Okay, let me just say I’ve been wearing glasses ever since the first grade and ever since then I’ve been hearing glasses jokes my whole life. I’ve been called four eyes, Urkel, bug eyes, you name it. I mean, it used to bother me when I was a kid, but over the years I’ve learned to ignore it. It’s funny to think that jokes like that even bothered me. I mean sure Urkel was nerdy and had glasses, but he was still the man! Plus in 2017 calling someone four eyes as an insult is as lame as Donald Trump being president. I know there are people who think that people wearing glasses look weird or nerdy with them on, but the question that I have for you guys is: What are we supposed to do about it?

I’m sorry, but what are people who wear glasses supposed to do exactly? What, do you expect us not to walk around with glasses and just stumble into crap? I’m so sorry that me wearing glasses makes you uncomfortable with your “perfect” 20/20 vision. Hell, I wish I could see from here to Mexico, but guess what? I can’t, okay? Plus, people have to stop asking people who wear glasses why they just can’t get contacts. I don’t know, maybe they just like wearing glasses because they look good in them. Hell, I know I look good in mine. So I guess to wrap this up I just want people who wear glasses to own them the same way I had to do so many years ago. Think of yourself as a superhero and your glasses are a part of your identity. Plus, for the people who still make glasses insults in 2017, how about you “see” your way out of our business (pun intended). Peace.