Every time I go to my annual checkup I ask the doctor to check my vision. Why? Because it’s terrible! My night vision is particularly bad; I have literally bumped into walls in the middle of the night when trying to find the bathroom.
I never realized this might affect my dating life, but now I have a new story to tell my doctor when he asks why I think I have bad eyesight. I was on OKCupid mindlessly clicking through the site and decided to try the “Quick Match” feature. I had never used it on a PC before, so was checking out the differences between that and the app on my iPhone.
Anyway, I scrolled to the “Quick Match” section and noticed that they offered three different photos and you could click on one that you liked. Interesting, I thought to myself. I guess you choose your favorite guy and it will “like” him before going to the next group of pictures.
Right. Right. Middle. Left. Middle. Right.
I clicked through about ten groups of photos until I realized the system was glitching.
Why are there three pictures of the same guy? I wondered to myself. Am I supposed to help him enhance his profile or something by choosing one of his profile photos? My thoughts of helping him in his dating endeavors immediately trailed off as it all clicked.
“Oh no!” I exclaimed to myself. I had just liked ten profiles in a row — the photos weren’t of different guys, but rather they were offering me a small sample of one man’s profile photos to see whether or not I was interested in him. I saw a small “X” in the corner and realized you “like” a profile by clicking on any of the photos, or you can “pass” on it by clicking the small white “X.”
I laughed awkwardly, embarrassed at my mistake.
I’m not sure whether these gentleman had mixed in old and new photos, making the photos all look fairly different from one another or if I was just terribly unobservant. Either way, this might explain why I sometimes have trouble recognizing my dates when we meet up.
Today’s lesson: My doctors have been lying to me for years now. There’s absolutely no way I have 20/20 vision.
Krista Lauren 
I have worn glasses since I was in 1st grade and bifocals for well over half my life. I am at the point of life when I need glasses to read small print among other things. Glasses are also a part of my style and personality.
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I like glasses! I definitely wouldn’t mind getting them. Every single time I tell a doctor I need them they counter with a, “No you don’t; you have 20/20 vision.” I really don’t think I do, though!
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