Buying glasses.

[rivka]

Yay for the glasses-buying experience: After I filled in psychologist where the medical form asked for my occupation, the optometrist smoothly greeted me as "Dr. Wald." That never happens.

I bet it never-happens to him every bit as often as it never-happens to me, which is why he thinks to do it.

Boo for the glasses-buying experience: "These frames all seem so small," I complained to the saleswoman. "With a prescription as strong as mine, I want as much surface area as possible."

"Oh no," she said earnestly. "With that strong a prescription, small frames are good - the glasses won't be as thick at the edges."

"But I'm more concerned with how well I can see than with how they look," I said.

She blinked at me.

(I eventually found a lovely pair in the men's section.)

Boo for the finances of glasses-buying: My health insurance coverage allows the princely sum of $28.80 for single-vision prescription lenses.

Yay for the finances of glasses-buying: Lenscrafter discounts single-vision prescription lenses an additional $91.20 for customers with my variety of health insurance.

Yay for family support of glasses-buying: Michael came home from work early so that I could make a 6pm appointment for an eye exam.

Boo for family support of glasses-buying: Alex didn't go to sleep for him until 8:45.

Comments

Re: I don't follow your optometrist's reasoning entirely

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

My experience is the same as brooksmoses - I wear small oval frames with a prescription of about -3.5 on each side, and I don't find that my vision is perceptibly worse than it was when I used to have large frames. I don't notice the frames unless someone mentions them.