Texting has definitely improved the communication between the deaf and hearing communities, but it shouldn't be... a substitute for learning the language to really connect with someone, especially someone you want to date or have a relationship with.
Interpretation
Texting helps bridge communication gaps, but it's essential to learn the language for deeper connections.
Millicent Simmonds emphasizes the importance of not relying solely on texting to communicate, especially in relationships. While technology allows for easier interaction between deaf and hearing individuals, true connection requires a deeper understanding and learning of the language, which fosters more meaningful relationships.
In practice
During a workshop on improving communication skills, this quote was shared to highlight the importance of understanding languages in relationships.
Suicide is unspeakable, and to speak it is somehow to bring it into a human, imaginable sphere, even if only in the moment of speaking. The need to tell is both a need to tell oneself and a need to be heard.... Telling and being heard are the first steps toward reconnection.
only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.
A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.
In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.
So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?
My wife is way funnier than I am. As much as I don't really feel I share a sense of humour with my family, I definitely share one with her - we find the same things funny.
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