Carlie has worn glasses for a while now. This year in
5th grade Madi has been insisting that she needed some. We just had
her eyes checked in the summer so I thought she was just thinking it was cool to
get a pair. Granny has always taken the girls to Claire’s Boutique where they
have a 10 for 10 special. 10 items for 10 dollars. While they were there, they
found some designer eye glasses that had no prescription, they were strictly for
fashion. She got all the girls a pair. Madi just LOVED hers. They looked cute
on her and she insisted that they helped her see better.
A few weeks later, I got an email from one of Madi’s
teachers, Mrs. Hearn. Her email said that Madi had been complaining of
headaches frequently at school, and that maybe if she wore her new glasses more
consistently then her headaches would get better. So I emailed her back and
told her that she was going to get a good chuckle, because the glasses that Madi
had been wearing had no prescription and were just for looks.
So fast forward a few months, and Granny took both girls to
the eye doctor for me. And they both needed new glasses. So they each picked
out a pair and Madi started wearing hers to school. Another teacher stopped
Madi in the hall and said “Oh, Madi, I LOVE your new glasses. Do they help you
see better?” Mrs. Hearn leaned over and said “Oh, those glasses are just for
fashion. They don’t have a prescription.” Madi tried to tell her that they
were real and Mrs. Hearn said “Now, Madi, your Mom told me those were not real
glasses!!!”
So I had to email her back and tell her that now they WERE
real glasses.
So while Granny was at the eye doctor with the girls, she
told the optometrist the story about Madi’s fake glasses and the teacher
thinking they were real. He said “You know, I am an OPTOMITRIST and my fiancé
bought a pair of those glasses at Claire’s and she SWEARS that she sees better
when she wears them. I’ve told her over and over that they are totally fake and
she won’t believe me!!”
