When I was 12, I got contacts for the first time. Well, technically, contact. I was only nearsighted in my right eye, so they only gave me one for my right eye.

When I was 12, I got contacts for the first time. Well, technically, contact. I was only nearsighted in my right eye, so they only gave me one for my right eye. My mother, absolutely serious, asked why I had been wearing a full set of glasses if I was only nearsighted in one eye. (In her very slight defense, my dad had been the only one to deal with my eye doctor for me to this point.) I thought she was kidding and replied like a smartass, "Mom, monocles haven't been in fashion in a century!" Turns out she really hadn't known only one of my glasses lenses had a prescription. But who are we kidding? I absolutely would have worn one if I'd had the option!