Any other deaf/hoh gals out there? And does anyone struggle with friends that are very ableist and rude about it? I have a friend who whenever I say I misheard something she’ll just go “well ya you’re deaf of course you didn’t hear” or I’ll ask her what a word was that someone said and I didn’t catch and she’ll just go “oh ya you can’t hear anything they’re saying can you?” And I feel like I’ve explained this to her a million times that yes, I’m deaf. Obviously I can still hear some things. I consider myself deaf because I have moderate to profound hearing loss. But that doesn’t mean I can’t hear a single thing. Idk it probably sounds stupid but it feels so ignorant of her to be like that. Or for her to cover her mouth sometimes and be like “can you tell what I’m saying without reading my lips?” Like she doesn’t know that what she’s doing is rude or offensive even though I have told her to stop commenting on me being deaf if she’s going to be so ignorant and rude about it. Another one of my pet peeves is when I’m in a group setting and I ask someone to repeat a joke they made that I missed they just say “never mind” or ignore me. Or people act like I’m stupid because I don’t understand what they’re saying sometimes and it’s all just so frustrating. I am proud to be deaf and I don’t consider it a disability, but I wish people were less ignorant about it and were more patient with me not hearing them. Sorry this is all over the place it’s just kind of a rant about ignorant and rude ableists who act like I’m less of a person because of my deafness. Anyone else relate?