Nation Media Group Do you just enjoy wearing glasses or is it recommended?” My friend Helen asked me recently. I almost choked on the water I was drinking. Enjoy? In our conversation, I had told her that I found it easier to read a book to relax than to watch a movie.
If you do not wear glasses, remember to give an extra offering of thanksgiving this Sunday because you live an extremely convenient life. I can read without my glasses on, but I cannot watch TV without them. This means my head has to be in an upright position to watch TV.
And seriously, who wants their head fully in an upright position when all they are trying to do is relax on the sofa and watch a movie? It was in the middle of this conversation that Helen asked me that question that suggested I willingly put myself through the trouble of wearing glasses. “My glasses are medicated items, so no, I don’t enjoy taking medicine,” I replied to Helen with tonnes of emojis. I hoped that would clear the idea that I wear glasses as a fashion statement.
But no, this conversation was just starting. “Why is it that only bookish people wear eye glasses?” she asked me, in Nigerian Pidgin, which made the question both hilarious and sarcastic. “I don’t know about other bookish people,” I said.
“I have myopia, which I think comes from reading a lot as a child. The unintended consequence was that my eyes did not become accustomed to seeing objects that are far from me. In that sense, I agree that reading coul.