I did not get glasses until I was in college, but the first time wearing glasses is something I will never forget. The first time the optician put them on me I was instantly put into a crystal clear world that felt like it was in high definition. Once I got outside I could not believe how much better I could see: trees had individual leaves, I could recognize people and read things from a distance and colors were much more vivid with greens and blues being so much more green and blue, before they had looked washed out. I was like most people when they first start wearing glasses and that is I felt self conscious and nervous being seen wearing them. I felt as though people were staring at me and as a test I went into a store that I was in a lot to see if anyone would say anything, when no one did my confidence was boosted. However, when I was walking out I ran into a neighbor and she instantly asked me when did I start wearing glasses, when I told her today was the first day, she told me they looked great! and I would remember the next couple days and weeks for the rest of my life and I have. When I got home my sister was there and up till now she had been the only one in the family to wear glasses and had done so for years, she told me my glasses looked good on me, welcomed me to the club and told me she no longer felt like an outcast or different now that I too was wearing glasses.
The next day was the first full day of wearing glasses and I was still self conscious and nervous being seen wearing my glasses, but everyone who saw me complimented my on how they looked and asked how long I had been wearing them and when I told them today was the first real day those that wore glasses themselves gave me some pointers and advice and I felt like I had been brought into some exclusive club. That first day seemed to go on forever, and I was glad when it ended. The next day was easier than the previous one was and each day was easier still and within a few weeks I was completely at ease wearing my glasses, although I still got nervous when I would see family and friends for the first time wearing my glasses and fielding their endless questions, but each day brought more confidence. Within a few months I and everyone who knew me was used to my new look and I thought little about my glasses. The one thing that still bothered my was I was seeing the frame of my glasses in my field of view and it felt like I was looking thru little windows. My eye doctor told me I would get used to it, but I was beginning to wonder if I ever would. Then one day about a month and a half after I started wearing glasses the frame of my glasses simply disappeared and I now longer felt like I was looking thru my glasses anymore and this is when I knew I was completely used to wearing glasses.
