Back when it was really bad (It is for the most part gone now). I would absolutely avoid talking to people. There were also other much more serious reasons why people did not want to hang out due to my mother, but people absolutely wanted to avoid talking to or hanging out with me when I had a bad sutter. I was not good at sports and I could not show my humor due to the stutter back then so I had nothing to offer to most people in forms of friendship. Many of my classmates and their parents only acted in self interest so I had nothing positive to offer them or their children (friendships) and I had a lot of baggage (my mother). I was a bookworm and always knew my material for class; the only time I would try talking is answering teacher's questions. The teachers, up until high school, would allow me to speak until I completed the answer and the classmates would love me to speak too because I took up class time so we covered less material. People would still mock me for it but I had too much pride to stop raising my hand. Even though I do not stutter much now, I am much more self conscious about speaking in class and stuttering in college, so I talk less. In general, IMHO, I am too self conscious and avoid talking to people, but my friends tell me I am one of the more outgoing people they know. I do not view myself as an extrovert but other people do and ask me for advice on talking clearly with confidence in debate, public speaking, and dating. My stutter has been a mixed bag.