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I've never been offended by either term, and I use both terms quite a bit because it is easier to say/type than "hearing person" or "deaf person". And I don't wear undies. :D

I've never been offended by that question either. I think anyone who was offended has issues. I mean whether or not someone is deaf is important information. That said, I will admit I've experienced a couple of times where someone asked me that and the tone it was asked in was offensive. It was...

What is the sign for "fluent", or if there is no sign for that word, how would you sign the concept of it? I would like to know how to say "I am not fluent in sign language, only conversational", for example. I wondered if I would use the signs for "exact" or "perfect". Or maybe initialize that...

THAT is a fantastic way of looking at it. I really like that!

I had often wondered this same thing, but eventually I figured out that ASL is arranged in such a way to facilitate speed of conversation and combat fatigue. When it's a word-for-word signed translation of English, it can be confusing and very tiring because it takes a lot longer to sign it out...

I voted "No". My experience has been that if they know I am deaf/hoh, they chuck it. On the few job interviews I've gotten, it doesn't even matter that I read lips really well and speak almost as good as a hearing person, I never get a call back or get hired. The sad truth is, most of the time...

I was with my ex for 14 years and he never used it with me. He learned some of it earlier in the relationship but still didn't use it. I begged quite often, but he still wouldn't. Now my requirements are that anyone I date must take the initiative to not only learn, but USE sign language with...

I don't really get the audiologist part though. Can someone explain that to me?

I had a BUNCH of nerve issues after all three of my CI surgeries (yes, three, one failed.) I don't really feel like getting into it right now and doubt anyone would care of the specifics, I just wanted to respond to the original post because it can and does happen.

Starchy foods, mainly. Potatoes, rice, bananas (I can't eat gluten so pasta, breads, etc is out). I did a 3 months long experiment once, a month and a half with normal amounts of starchy foods along with fruits and veggies and then a month and a half with no starchy foods (this was when I had...

Back on topic, I agree that it is annoying to see people buying junk food on food stamps... but I am on food stamps, and the only way you can have enough to eat while avoiding junk food is if you spend a lot of time and effort in the kitchen. Not everyone has that time or the energy to spend...

Not true in every case. I grew up super skinny and athletic. I never changed the way I ate during those years and my activity level didn't change. Then in my early 20's I started getting sick with some mysterious illness that has yet to be diagnosed and ballooned in weight, even when I cut...

People still play Runescape? lol

Wow, you mean your family has been deaf going all the way back to your great great great great great great grandparents???? Welcome :D

This reminds me of a movie I saw, but I can't remember the name of it. It's going to drive me crazy. Anyway in the movie, everyone only ever experienced the world through virtual reality helmets and never left their homes. "The Surrogate" was a similar movie, but that's not the one I am...

I always thought English Sign Language was just another way of saying Signed Exact English (SEE). That's not the case here? I thought it made sense, since we have American Sign Language, and British Sign Language, both of which are "English-ish" so then logically it would seen that English Sign...

I agree. I am doing both, trying to make friends AND get dates. But at the same time like I said, I don't get out much to meet anyone, so doing this dating website crap is kind of a way of attempting to do so lol

Yeah, I think one of the biggest reasons I didn't get many messages on PoF was because I put that I was deaf on my profile... I didn't at first and got a few messages. Then I put that on there and got none. So now I don't have it on my OKcupid profile. I prefer to let them get to know ME first...

It has been 15 years for me since I've been out on a date. I only ever dated the man that eventually became my husband too. We have not been together for 3 years now, and I'm ready to start dating now that I've had some time to myself to work things out. But man, does it ever scare me...

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