Yea, it took me longer for the other parents of my daughter's teammates to feel comfortable chatting with me. Finally, they are comfortable and the season is over as of today! That's like 3 months of them getting used to me..I really did go out there and greet them, watched and listened to their conversations to the best of my abilities and jumped in when I knew what they were talking about, and initiated conversations but yet it took a while for them to really start coming up to me. In an signing environment, I dont encounter that problem whether the people are deaf or hearing. I have to do a lot of work and sometimes it is worth it like this situation but sucks that it ended when it was just starting to get good. GRRRRR!
Before, when I was assimilated fully in a hearing world without knowing sign language, it was always frustrating working that hard all time time but now that I have my signing part of my life, so it is not as frustrating anymore. It is because I have a good balance now so I dont get really depressed about it anymore. 
