I’ve had the same experience. It’s just as well because when native speakers reply, I can’t understand them. The words are too smeared together for me. OTOH,

I’ve had the same experience. It’s just as well because when native speakers reply, I can’t understand them. The words are too smeared together for me. OTOH, when a non-native French speaker (who may not know English) speaks fluently in French, I can actually hear each word and understand them easily.