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    Whats your ethnic background?

    WOW!! That's just blown my mind!! I've met royalty!! :P Haha what a moms for to be fair... to bring you back to earth with a bump! :) Nice to meet you by the way :)
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    Whats your ethnic background?

    Your great great grandfather was a rajah?... surely that must make you some kind of royalty?!? :P
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    Whats your ethnic background?

    Wow, that's quite a mix. Have you ever been to Malaysia?? I've always wanted to explore Malaysia... looks awesome! :)
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    Whats your ethnic background?

    Singaporean/Australian :)
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    Christmas... ahhhhhh!!

    cheers guys Just really nervous I guess. I'm used to being the loud, sociable one who likes to be involved in all the conversation and know what's going on but from what you guys have said if I try do that I'll struggle and end up frustrated??
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    Christmas... ahhhhhh!!

    No I'm not Scrooge just dreading Christmas Well actually I'm dreading the large family gathering... lots of people talking over each other, background noise/music, lots of noises but none of it meaningful, speech completely indistinguishable.... ahhhhhhh!! I've a severe hearing loss and...
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    Come to join the party :)

    Hey y'all! I'm Jakey and I'm 18. Was born with a mild hearing loss and wore hearing aids as a little kid but stopped wearing them cos I got really self-conscious about it and didn't want anybody to see them. I've always done my best to pretend theres nothing wrong with my hearing - basically...
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    Christmas plans?

    That sounds great :) This probably goes against everything I should believe in as an 18 year old guy but Handels Messiah is an absolute classic!! At our school Christmas concert last year our choir and orchestra peformed the Hallelujah Chorus... it's awesome! :)
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    Obama's Legacy

    And people wonder why the US is in trillions of dollars worth of debt!! Thats some heavy spending!!
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    I live in the UK, I'm 20, I'm male, I want a deaf girlfriend

    Man, why you so keen on finding a girl who's deaf?!?! Just look for a nice girl you have similar interests with and get on well with. You can treat her like a princess. Don't get so hung up on finding a girl who's deaf... no offense, but to me that's just odd! By all means look for a girl you...
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    Newbies: Quick FAQs

    Hey buddy :) I'm new here too. I'm 18 and have a severe loss. My loss used to be mild and I didn't wear aids but I'm getting new ones in the new year since my hearings dipped :) I second what you say about the change being hard but hang in there buddy :)
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    'Deaf people can do things'

    Didn't even need to read the thread just LOVE the title of it!! Hell yeah we can... lacking in hearing does NOT equate to lacking in intelligence/ability :)
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    Okay thanks for the advice Yeah communications a BIG issue at the minute and it feels like a heck of a adjustment but things'll get better I'm sure.*I've got a lot to learn and this seems like the place to do it :)
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    Do you guys embrace your hearing loss/deafness?!

    No, but I'd like to!* I'd like to be able to embrace my hearing loss and just be me. To accept that hearing loss is (and always will be) a part of me. To be less self-conscious about my hearing and be more confident about it! Hoping this is the best way to go... don't want to be...
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    Hey, nice to meet you guys! I've spent my whole life so far trying to do my best to ignore having a hearing loss. I stopped wearing hearing aids and I've never had any help in school - just did my best to avoid acknowledging I didn't hear as well. Now my hearings worse and I can't ignore it...
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    Hey :) Oh okay I see where your coming from. Maybe another terms better then sorry :)
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    Adjustment to late onset deafness

    Hey folks, bit about me... I'm 18 and was born with a mild hearing loss (bout 30-40dB) on both sides and started wearing hearing aids when I was a little kid. Stopped wearing them when I started high school cos I convinced myself I wouldn't be able to make any friends while I had them. I...
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    What are you thinking about? Part V

    thinking... I've been here about 5 minutes and I already know I'll love this place :) thinking... I've so much to learn :)
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