Thank YOU, NotSoFluent, The best way to meet someone really wonderful is to place yourself in the midst of exceptional people. If you want an exceptional person in your life you need to be exceptional yourself. Find a subject you are interested in and become an expert in it. Whether it's cooking, stamp collecting, religion, ancient mythology, computer languages, or raising cats or dogs, become an expert and associate with other experts. Sure, there are geeks everywhere but use your superpower to judge other people’s character. In that group you’ve joined, watch who the group admires the most, who they place on a pedestal. Be sure you learn about this person’s situation. Are they free of encumbrances, are they educated, gainfully employed, etc? Watch how they treat others and especially how they treat those inferior to themselves. How do they treat you? I realize I was fortunate to meet my wonderful husband. He was a career Naval officer who was revered by everyone in that group of young single adults. He went on to earn 2 Masters degrees after his Naval career and be prestigious in his field of municipal finance. We met at a religious group and because of his character and career choice, many questions were already answered. He was a single bachelor whom everyone respected and by the way, attractive too. Each of us has the ability to ‘read’ another person’s character; to go below the surface and determine whether they are sincere or not. Are they really who they purport to be? How do they react to your dysfluency? You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat individuals who have a disability. Anyway, steer clear of posers, people who are phony. If a person comes on too quickly to you be wary. Take the ‘temperature’ of the group toward him/her and use that to judge him/her. Everything I have said is a general rule. Your results may vary! But you need to be the person you are seeking, too. If you are seeking an educated person, surround yourself with other educated people. If you are seeking moral, ethical people, join that group of like-minded individuals. Most of all, remember you are more than your dysfluency. You are the sum total of everything you are. Your fluency is only a small component of who you are. I wish you the best in life, Sue