Dear Prudence,
I was laid off last month and have been interviewing for a new job. All these interviews have been on Zoom/video call. On these calls, I usually wear a business casual outfit that includes my glasses. Normally, I wouldn’t wear glasses on video calls because I don’t need them for a screen that close, but I think wearing them gives me a more “professional” appearance. I made the mistake of saying this to my boyfriend, who says I’m being “fake” by presenting myself in a way that’s dishonest. He’s very obsessed with the concepts of “honesty” and “fairness,” and keeps telling me that wearing glasses in an interview is lying, since I don’t actually need them for computer calls. For the record, these are real prescription glasses that I use daily for near-sightedness, just not on the computer. Is he right, or am I correct that he’s being overly nitpicky?