>Have a serious conversation with him about how calling his stutter "sexy" makes him feel. If I had to guess, it makes him feel like you don't understand his lifelong struggles at all. This is the key. As soon as I read that you called his stutter sexy, it instantly bothered me and I couldn't figure it out right away until reading this passage. You wouldn't call someone's wheelchair sexy? I know you're trying to make him feel better but that's not the way.