I , 77year old female who found true love with a wonderful professional man who proudly presented me in every circumstance. We were married for 54 years. His acceptance of my stuttering was instrumental in my self acceptance. Until meeting him at the age of 22 I believed that finding a partner would be impossible with my condition. Please have hope. There are people who will love and accept you even with what you consider a true detriment to a relationship. Their acceptance of you, whether partner or friend, is a litmus test of their character. They see past your disfluency into your authentic self if you put yourself out there to allow the opportunity to meet people of true character. They exist and meeting them will only happen through exposing yourself to many social opportunities. People of true character who will accept and love you do exist. You can only meet them by exposing yourself to many social opportunities. Don’t give up hope.