I like the cut off your jib. My fluency has drastically improved over the years and a bit of stoicism and acceptance has improved my confidence and attitude. My career has been a struggle because I felt that people kept me in pigeon holes due to my stutter. Maybe that was it, maybe it wasn’t. I’ve always had a military grade work ethic etc. so it was the only thing I could come up with. But keeping that sense of humor and being able to laugh at yourself is the best way to maneuver around the natural feelings we’ll have about our own stutter/fluency. Now I’m doing very well in my career and I run two medical facilities, it just took me longer than others I came up with. Not too bad for a kid who couldn’t keep himself out of the principals office in elementary/middle school for punching other boys in the teeth for teasing me.🙂Boys will be boys. In the end girls rule, boys drool. Maybe someone needs to start a stuttering dating thread. Sounds like there’s some really good folks in here who have quality thoughts and struggles that have built solid perspectives and attitudes.