What you recognize when you have +3

Since I was four, I've had glasses and I rarely possessed the unmatched talent to pick the ugliest glasses from the collection. And to break them within a week. Now that I'm getting older, my prescription is going up again. Yes people, everything is sagging and getting worse, but my prescription is going back up. In the meantime, I've got a solid plus three and I can tell you: that's no fun.

1. Makeup

When I wear contact lenses, there's nothing wrong. But I had to manage with just my glasses for an eye exam for a while and man, then you suddenly have old lady makeup. You know, with blotchy foundation, an overly thick eyebrow line, and eyeliner so crooked it looks like you tried to draw the Mississippi River. Not a good idea. The only remedy is the ugliest little reading glasses without arms that you pinch on your nose while you do your makeup, but I warn you: this is very, very bad for your sex life.

2. Shampoo or conditioner

Then you're in the shower without lenses and glasses and want to wash your hair. But what on earth is the shampoo (by the way, my favorite shampoo) and what is the conditioner? Really, a tip for all hair product manufacturers; write big and clear what it is. The glasses wearers won't have a problem, but for us, the sun breaks through.

3. Opening the oven

You have putting peppers in the oven done and checks after about 35 minutes what the status is and whether ‘they’ are ready for the basil to be added. As soon as you open the oven, you have to wait two minutes because those glasses are fogged up and without glasses, you can't see well how far the peppers have progressed. Tsss...

4. Biking in the rain

Also something. Drops. Glass. Lights shining in your eyes. Taking them off is not an option because then you can't see anything.

5. It creates a bond

If you forget your glasses and can borrow someone else's that happens to have the same prescription as you. That's a party, man.

6. You have to keep justifying yourself

If you wear glasses during the day and don't at night when you go out, people are surprised and ask if you have contact lenses in. And then they usually talk about what suits you better, with glasses or without.

7. The sunglasses issue

Then you're sitting in the sun with your glasses and want to put on your sunglasses. Then you have to take off your glasses but you can't read again. I often find myself, which is really a bad idea if you want to stay in a romantic state, fiddling with two pairs of glasses on my head.

8. The which-lens-is-the-right-one struggle

Suppose you have +2 in the left eye and +3 in the right eye and you have daily lenses. How do you know which lens goes in which eye? Then you have to grab your glasses to read the lens label, but you've just showered, so the bathroom is humid and the glasses are fogged up.

Oh guys, what a hassle. I think I'll treat myself to a nice pair of prescription sunglasses.