You said -- "It was a very odd evening...one of the first times I've ever felt like a complete outsider. I learned something that night."
You felt like the "outsider" that most deaf people feel like -- just walking around in the "hearing world".
Regards,
Star Traveler
"You felt like the "outsider" that most deaf people feel like -- just walking around in the "hearing world".
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Exactly. I took a couple of classes in ASL after that, so I would be able to communicate, at least a little, in the future.