Last week I went for an Eye Test in Newcastle.
Bad news.
I failed.
I suppose I knew it was coming, number plates were slightly blurred, I had headaches from reading, and I had to hold books and newspapers quite close to be comfortable.
But I am not a lad who is used to failure, I didn't know how to react.
In the optician's I tried to be stoic, I got my stiff upper lip face on, but it was no good, inside I was devastated.
No more squash, no more rugby, my dreams of being a premier league footballer are over.
And girls.
How would I ever find a girl! My school friends will laugh at me.
I will be a nerd.
It is over.
I walked home a dejected young man that day, I had an appointment the following day to go and choose my glasses, my shackles.
I decided that this was going to be a big step, character defining - a 16 (nearly 17) year old lad is choosing his future; that is the biggest step there is.
Since I wasn't going to be in the premier league I had to think of a new career and I decided I better pick that career before I choose the specs because I can choose the specs to match my career.
All sorts of jobs for spectacle wearers were going through my head; fashion designer, maths teacher, thespian, MP, but I finally settled on being an architect.
All I needed to do was choose a pair of architect's spectacles.
Easy.
I saw them straight away, slick, stylish, a touch arrogant, they were sweet specs.
Trying them on made me feel, taller, more important and architect-y.
Oh yes, I was on my way.
These Lindberg Glasses were going to be the making of me, I would demand respect from my peers, people would listen to my words and if I chose to take my Lindberg Glasses off for emphasis, the room would stop, and wait.
Sometimes you should just trust your instincts.
The first day I wore them to school I was called a nerd.
I thought to myself, 'Yeah, an architect nerd, that's me'.
Conclusion - Having an eye test and being told you will need to wear glasses seems like the end of the world for most teenagers, but with the huge amount of choice and designer frames, wearing glasses is often another fashion accessory.