commentr/StutterJanuary 28, 2024

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I've dated or otherwise been with almost two dozen people, women and a few men, and I'm not very attractive at all. I have a morderately severe stutter sometimes that's mild at other times. I've never been turned down or ghosted because of my stutter. I think the "found me unconfident" part may actually be because you're unconfident, as much as I hate to say it. I own my stutter, and I usually tell people that I have a stutter (usually once I meet them in person), and that I understand if it's not something they want to deal with because not everyone wants to date a disabled person and that's fine (pretty much those exact words). Wouldn't apply to people who have a very severe stutter (e.g. I'd say that I stutter in some way about 1-3 times per sentence), but it certainly is possible to date with a stutter. And if someone can't deal with it, so what? It's easy to judge people and call them an asshole for it, but I'm sure that there are some other disabilities that people have that you wouldn't be compatible with. The only time I stopped talking to someone related to my stutter was because she had a pretty severe auditory processing issue, and our combined disabilities made it very hard to communicate.

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Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability

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Dating & RomanceIdentity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & Pride