I Remember My First Pair of Eyeglasses

Published by Claudia Meydrech under Cloths and Shoes,Firsts,Reading Memories on March 18, 2010

I can remember going to the “eye doctor”, now of course I know he’s really an Optometrist, because I had trouble with my eyes.  I was a young girl in the 1950′s at the time, and got a pair of glasses similar to the frame you see here, light blue across the top, and they weren’t bifocals.  My biggest problem was that I had astigmatism, and only needed them for reading at that time.

I remember how embarrassed I was to remove those eyeglasses from the little leather-like case at school…in fact back then it may have been a real leather case…I didn’t want anyone in the class to see me in these odd-looking things.  I actually managed to get away with not wearing glasses for quite a few years because I hated them as a child, then finally had to wear them for reading, next for reading and distance, and now as a woman well into my 50′s, I wear progressives all the time.

I just got a pair last spring through my optometrist because our insurance covered a pair, but want to get an extra pair that is just for reading, so am looking into getting them through an online site, Zenni Optical, that has them for amazingly low prices, about 1/10th of the price the optometrist offered for an extra pair…some for under $9!  We have purchased through them before and were fairly satisfied.

You can read an article that is basically a review about them here, if you’re interested.

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