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My friends and I joke about my stutter all the time. I know them well enough to know it's lighthearted fun just like when we joke about one friend's "problematic" relationship or another friend's political views. We're all very different people and we all mutually agree that it's okay to pick on each other. On the other hand, if it's someone that I do not have this sort of relationship with, I completely agree with you. One in particular I still think about every once in a while, despite it happening years ago. My former jackass stepfather had a lot of strange friends and acquaintances. This one guy, that I only met once, called everyone "chief" for whatever reason. I think I was doing something in the yard (alone) when he comes up and starts talking to me. He asks my name, and if course I begin to stutter. He hits me with the big one. The ultimate "who do you think you are" of every stutterer. "Did you forget? That's okay, chief". Looking back I wish I would've had a a snarkier, sarcastic response, but instead I just continued through, and the conversation soon ended. I don't know if he was trying to ba an asshole, or if he was truly that dumb, but I could not care less about that man. I'm never going to see him again. Considering he knew my former stepfather, he probably was just that dumb, but who knows. Coincidentally my stepfather also knew someone who stuttered, but that's beside the point. If anyone ever asks me that again, they're getting a piece of my mind.