From the article: Sexual Vocabulary in Sign Language
Has learning and/or using sign language had any impact on your relationships or dating efforts? How did it help or hinder you?
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Hearing Signing Wife, Oral Deaf Husband
- I'm hearing and learned ASL young. I married my deaf husband 8 & 1/2 years ago. I feel our relationship is rocky. Not because I communicate in ASL with him, but because he was raise oral and signs little...he acts more like a hearing person! I say this because he will ask me open-ended questions from another room or ask questions and walk away...I am forced to "work" twice as hard to communicate! "What? What?" Whether I speak & sign or if I just sign. He doesn't even sign with our young children!! They are left frustrated trying to get him to understand. I think if HE had more signing as he grew up, he would sign more now. Truly, it makes me nuts and angry to struggle with him and to have to watch my children struggle too. I think oralism has made him LAZY!! (to fully make a complete effort in communicating). I feel my Oral taught husband has made our life a nightmare. As for me, I love all of my Deaf friends and love the God given ability I have with my ASL."
- —iDance4Himonly
Lack of Signing
- I'm deaf and my wife is hearing, she does not sign. Instead we communicate with my ability to lip read. The result is that it is very difficult. We continually have difficulties in communication and are about to become separated. I have no doubt that it will end in a divorce, due to the inability to communicate effectively. The inability to communicate caused great difficulty and her desire not to meet me part way causes me to realize that there is little to no hope, as it is a one sided issue.
- —Guest robabbott2002
