I actually never knew any deaf or HoH growing up. But you guys are gonna love this...So I decided to get my signing badge in Brownies (7 yrs old) and over the years picked up a few other signs here and there from Sesame street and books etc...now remember when I tell you this that I only became Deaf in the last few yrs, yes that's right I used to be gasp, sob..a hearie:jaw:
So flash forward and I'm in the bar with my best friend (age 21) and we used to mostly sign in the bar even tho we both can hear. Just way easier and less screaming involved..I see cute guy, cute guy asks me to dance...we dance and as we get off the dance floor Cute guy (now ex husband) screams to me "Wow you dance really well for a deaf girl!"
:-o I lmao and told him that 1) I wasn't deaf and 2) I dance pretty damn good period! Who knew that 20 yrs later I was going to need those signs and yes I still dance really well for a deaf girl!
I've only met another deafie in the past 6 months and as I live in a fairly small city it turns out that there are about 15 of us and they have Deaf club here...been once but I feel kinda awkward cause my signing isn't as good as thiers...all born deaf..so ASL first language to them. But there's an outing (to a bar hee hee) on Nov 13 and I am going to go to that one.