The hardest thing for my mom to do was tell me about a speech course. a guy on a realty TV show made the course famous by his transformation, so she saw heard about it. we paid half each, and it changed my life I then told my gran I had been on the course and she said she saw it on TV but wasn't sure how to tell me.. I also told my friend about it, who also stuttered. took him about a year before he joined. he then met his now wife when he went speed dating to practice speaking! the guy is just trying to help you, and took a risk that talking about it might upset you. he has given you a way out of this stuttering hell.. you should take it