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I knew someone in college who had a worse stutter than I did, but he was confident, extroverted, warm, and had some leadership qualities. I worked on hiding my stutter, but he embraced it and just would openly stutter with no tricks to hide it. Had no problem dating. I tended to not stutter in relationships, but I did with my first girlfriend since it was my first relationship, and she didn't care. The only time I hav seen a stutter get in the way is if I use strategies to hide (or move past) a stutter, and people misinterpret it that something more deeply wrong is going on. Like if I take too long of a breath to gain control of my stutter, get stuck for too long without saying anything, etc. I've learned that just openly stuttering when I get stuck is way less confusing to people, and no one cares. Sure, some people might be jerks about it, but I haven't found it to be a deal breaker. To be fair, I don't stutter much with people I am comfortable with.