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Thank you everyone for the advice. It's really helpful to me. :wave:

Well, I do plan on talking to him about some of these things, I was just curious. We haven't been dating very long and it hasn't become serious yet. I'm open to advice on deaf-hearing relationships though!

Let me clarify my original post: I am hearing. I can sign well. I just started dating someone who is deaf. We communicate well. I get along with his friends, and he gets along with mine. I don't need relationship advice, I just have a few deaf culture type questions. I guess what I really...

He doesn't go to FSDB, actually he goes to a public school that is mostly hearing. He is kind of between deaf and hearing cultures. He gets along with my friends very well, and it's not hard for me to interpret. I can sign well enough that I'm not so much concerned with the fact that I'm hearing...

I am hearing, and have recently begun dating a boy who is deaf. I do sign, and we were friends before we started dating. However, now that we are dating, I'm wondering if there are any major cultural differences between deaf relationships and hearing relationships that I should be aware of.

I'm in culinary school, and in our restaurant we have a deaf waiter. He has an interpreter but a lot of times she's not around or whatever. There's this woman who always eats in the restaurant and always orders sweet tea, except she usually doesn't have him as her waiter. So on this particular...

Yes. :naughty:

It's funny, because I've known some sign for a while but it was only recently that I developed an interest in learning fluent ASL. As soon as I started really trying to learn, I ended up making a bunch of friends who were deaf, just by chance. Since I've started hanging out with these people on...

I don't see why it would have to be better to use pen and paper than to lipread. Sure, it's probably better for some people, but if you can lipread and don't mind doing it, why shouldn't you be able to? Hearing people usually assume that Deaf/HoH people can lipread anyways. Someone told me...

It depends I guess. I'm 17 and in college, and I barely notice the age differences. 14 or 15 though... hmm I guess it depends on how mature they are.

EWW! What is that on the floor in the bathroom?

I'm sort of in the same boat as you. I've been trying to improve my sign so I can communicate better with my Deaf classmates. They have interpreters, but I usually sign when I can because it just feels more personal. As far as I can tell, they appreciate it. Whenever I mess a sign up, they...

What's it like to be hearing? That's a really good question, and it's hard to answer. It's not something I've ever thought about, just something I've always taken for granted, like being born female. I can't really imagine being any other way. There are times where I wish I could just turn my...

I'm here because I'm trying to improve my ASL and learn more about Deaf culture at the same time. I have several Deaf friends and we communicate pretty well but there's so much more I want to learn. I'm in culinary school and a lot of my classmates are Deaf as well. I think ASL is a beautiful...

I've been in this scenario before. People see me signing to my deaf friends and I overhear them talking about us. I've never understood why people can be so offended by such a beautiful language. I have noticed, though, that people are much more open to Deaf culture here in St. Augustine than in...

I've had a lot of exposure to ASL over the years, but my top reasons for improving my ASL skills now are: 1)I'm in a kitchen with Deaf students every day 2)I'm starting to develop friendships with these people and would like to be able to communicate with them more effectively 3)I have...