People don't care about our stutter as much as we think they do. Everyone has their problems to deal with and will have forgotten about us the next day, while we sit at home with a lingering thought of embarassment and self-hatred. You can't control what people think of you nor should you. What you can control is what you think of yourself, you can choose to love yourself by pushing ignorant people out of your life and sticking with good people, friends and partners who see past your speech impediment. The way I see it, if you don't hold back and get what you want regardless of your stutter, you will start feeling better about yourself.