Not Seeing Eye To Eye, Part 4
ADORABLE CHILDREN, HEALTH & BODY, JERK, PARK, SCHOOLMATES, STRANGERS, USA | FRIENDLY | JUNE 5, 2018
(I have heterochromia, which means I have two different colored eyes. My left one is blue and my right one is brown/hazel. I’ve had many people comment on them, good and bad. Example
#1 : I’m taking pictures of the wildlife in the park for a school project. We’re taking a break and decide to make small talk.)
Me: “I like your bracelet.”
Partner: “Thanks, it was a birthday gift.”
Me: “Lucky.”
Partner: “Have you ever considered surgery to make both your eyes the same color?”
Me: “Does something like that exist?”
Partner: “Yeah. My aunt hates contacts but loves blue eyes.”
Me: “Unless it’s glaucoma or vision correction, I don’t feel comfortable going through expensive eye surgery.”
Partner: “But you’d look normal!”
Me: “My definition of normal and yours seem to be at different ends of the spectrum.”
(Example
#2 : Same park, weekend, I’m painting the pond.)
Mother: “Go on. Ask her, sweetie.”
Little Girl: “Excuse me, miss?”
Me: “Yes?”
Little Girl: “Are you a witch? Your eyes are odd.”
Me: “Shhh. If my father hears someone figured out my secret, he might give me twice my magic homework.”
Little Girl: “I promise I won’t tell.” *makes a “my lips are sealed” gesture and skips happily to her mother*