Don’t worry, your girls have the “good kind” of eyeturn, I explain to their mother. As I’ve written before, I have a small problem explaining eye problems without an air of rainbows and unicorns. I always try to find that silver lining. After all, they had small angle alternating exotropia. Both eyes turn out slightly but they can switch back and forth, like Steve Nash. Therefore both eyes get used at some point and they won’t develop amblyopia. Amblyopia happens when either an eye turn is permanent or one eye has a strong prescription – that eye isn’t really used, so the brain kinda just shuts it off. So Steve and the twins have two viable eyes and since they are slightly out, technically a better peripheral vision.
Peripheral vision is pretty important. It’s probably the reason for Homo sapiens trumping the Neanderthals… or something like that. It allows us to know what’s going on around us without looking directly at it. Like, so we don’t get eaten by sharks or scorpions.
In relationships, peripheral vision would be pretty handy. More commonly the exact opposite thing happens. We decide we really like someone, start working out more… wear tighter jeans and push up bras….. And the most important accessory? Harness winkers! You know those leather patches, otherwise known as blinders, which horses wear in order for them to focus only on the race path straight ahead. For every time he doesn’t call or changes your plans you keep your head straight, eyes on the prize and make an excuse. I guess it just makes life easier. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, well I’ve let a lot of mistakes happen in the hopes they’d work out anyway… but I think I’ll take that harness off for now … and keep my eyes out for sharks… and canadians
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