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The answer is however you want to feel. But from the way your question is phrased, It'd be hard not to feel victimized.

What's so horrible about accepting what you typed as your actions? I assume you were the one at the keyboard? Accept it, "yeah, i typed that stuff, but now I think differently". And move on from there. Being responsible for your actions is not about blame and fault, it's about having the...

Thanks for understanding. I guess things stay frustrating because you don't see a lot of change year after year. We have all this technology available to us and changes happening everywhere else in life, but not in what matters to you.

I'm going to differ with your opinion of frustration. To me, it's all the same emotionally and everyone in this thread wants me to buy in that the Deaf community suffers more than anyone else. Sort of like: Well you have your cross to bear but look at ours. You'd never understand. And the...

What do you mean by meeting you half way? Are you talking about my posts or society in general?

Thanks for the reply. Are you saying all people don't have daily frustrations? That's what I'm dealing with here. The emotional piece. I know the example above was about the frustration of a deaf person dealing with society. How about we change the example to two people having a...

You both think I'm patronizing you? I'm not. I don't feel sorry for you or anything. The suggestions above about attitude and choosing responses are things I work on with my friends/classmates/clients all the time. I'm not giving you anything different than I'd give someone else. You say I...

Chase, thanks for replying. I think you missed my point. If Joe in the story is having the experience of a typical deaf person, I'm saying he, or any deaf or hearing person, can enjoy their life more by changing their response to life's situations without the baggage and frustration of "things...

Cheri, The hearing population experiences this too. It just manifests in a different form. In "Joe's" life he is mainly seeing it around communication and connection with people. Hearing people may see it in this way too, even though they hear. Or, for example, they will feel frustration and...

HIPPA is federal law.

What area of the country are you in? Is it cold where you are? Does it not start in the morning, but will start in the afternoon? Your BF is right about not pressing the pedal to the floor while starting. In a fuel-injected truck, pressing the pedal will bypass the choke. If the choke is...

I always wanted to learn it, but it took having co-workers who sign to get me to enroll in a class.

He's pushing your buttons with his odd humor and unpredictability. You're not used to moving in that way and are putting up some resistance. You could say this to yourself: "I'm asking myself to get over these things inside me so I can experience so much more with this man and within...

Thank you for the transcript, Kalista. I agree with what Mr. Babb is saying, though he seems to be a little confrontational in his attitude. The intent should be for communication and letting go of the expectation of how the conversation will play out. It might go to pen and paper or it...