Re: Marrying someone deaf/mute etc
It is interesting that nobody is talking about the difficulty of communicating. Only one poster referred to the hearing half of such a couple "getting tired" of it.
A lot of marriage is about communication. So if one were to marry a deaf person, then the hearing person needs to learn sign language. If the hearing half does that, then there is no "mute" person in the equation. You still would have to deal with problems with regard to everyday stuff in the hearing world, but everybody has something "non-standard" about them...bad attitude, poor math skills, can't get along with co-workers, afraid of heights, very shy, poor manners, allergic to this that or the other, whatever.
Re: Marrying someone deaf/mute etc
A very good friend of mine who is pretty by any measure, well educated (MBA from IBA), working in good position in multinational company in Pakistan (to give an idea, making more than 100k per month) married this very sweet guy who lost his leg in an accident (when he was in his teens). Guy uses artificial leg.
Against all odds and against the wishes of family (in fact opposition of family), my friend willingly married this guy and let me tell you, this is one of the happiest couple I have ever seen. Its been more than 8 years now since their marriage Mashallah. She is still working full time. Guy works from home office (he completed his CS degree after getting married). Drives car (modified according to his needs) and pretty much does anything that a normal person can do (except for heavy weight lifting).
This is exactly what I am going through right now. It's only been a month and a half since we got engaged, but now my family (i.e. my mother) are raising objections (even though they knew about his visual impairment from day one). I'm scared that she's going to try to break off our engagement, which is the last thing that he, his family, and I want. My dad knows exactly how I feel about my fiancé. I've been in a state of turmoil for three weeks now because I don't know what's going to happen. I wish she could understand how he and I feel about each other and that we'll be very happy together iA. sigh
PLEASE keep us in your prayers. We really need them right now. Otherwise, we might have to elope! I just don't think it's fair that they introduced us and agreed to the engagement and NOW she's raising objections. She's really out of her mind.