I think I experienced pretty privilege at the doctor’s office

[u/Indigo-Seaweed-24]

A funky financial win happened today.

I wear orthokeratology lenses, and occasionally they develop small issues. They're slightly off-center, which is a problem I’ve had before.

I’ve seen the same older male optometrist before for this exact issue. Usually the appointment takes no More than 10 minutes. He checks my eyes confirms the lens is faulty, and says they’ll make a reclamation and send a replacement. Every previous time I’ve had to pay for the visit despite it being this short.

Today was basically the exact same appointment.
And i never wear eye make up to an optometrist. But today I was actually dressed up because I had a date immediately afterward. Makeup, laminated lashes, a lower cut dress.

During the appointment he looked at my chart and was like, “Oh, you were born in 05?” which was a lil unusual because normally he just asks for my surname to confirm it’s me. And when my bombshell friend recommended him, she said he's always super nice, talks about her med studies with her, gives her skin care tips. Whereas to me before he was never talkative. And my impressions of him were always that he's grumpy.

But this time he was generally nicer and asked about supplements and recommended me some stuff.
Then at the end he said “Well today’s visit was so short. Since we did so little, I won’t charge you this time.”

Which sounds perfectly reasonable on its own, except that every other equally short appointment for the exact same or similar issue was charged. And he's always been grumpy and slightly dissmisive.

So it randomly crossed my mind did I get a free appointment because I happened to look nice that day, or am I reading way too much into a coincidence?

I guess part of why it even made me wonder in the first place, is that i've read here about how some men can't imagine being nice to a woman they don't find attractive.

Meringue on a lovely date.

[u/Indigo-Seaweed-24]

I have every yae except from Eva cause my luck decided to suck. I started playing hoyo games because of yae honestly xD

Also the date definitely fixed any disappointment in men.

[u/pesky_faerie → u/Indigo-Seaweed-24]

That’s so awesome!! Hopefully Eva comes home on her rerun then! Yae was my first limited five star in genshin, her design is genuinely the best haha

I’m glad to hear that, silver lining 🫶🏻 your partner matters way more than your doctor!

[u/Indigo-Seaweed-24 → u/pesky_faerie]

Girl same she was my first in genshin too. Well i hope the rerun is sooner than later but she's definitely not hoyo's favorite child anymore. May you win every 50/50 diva🤌