I have worn glasses since early childhood. I often wished I didn’t have to. Sport was difficult before soft contact lenses arrived. As a rugby full back, I was a determined tackler, but a hapless spiller of the high ball.
The name-calling — “goggles”, “four-eyes”, “prof” — was annoying, but left no lasting scars. The sharp-tongued ripostes you develop are useful in all areas of life.
As a myope, I was part of a small club back then. That is not true of young people today. Of Europeans aged 25 to 29, some 47.2 per cent are shortsighted, according to a study in the Opthalmology journal.
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