It gets easier as an adult. Being 16 is hard by itself, insecurities and self doubt can be tough. Add in a stutter and it's hard. I was sure all anyone heard was my stuttering and rarely spoke. As I got older, more mature, and less self absorbed, I realized that yes, people heard me stutter. However, it wasn't all they heard and, in all but my worst cases, it didn't really hinder what I was trying to say. I'm at a point right now where I stutter and don't care what, if anything, people think about it. Therapy (the talking about your problems kind) and speech therapy helped tremendously getting me to a point where I could stutter confidently. A word of advice, if you're not in therapy and especially speech therapy, start now. I feel like I wasted time by not starting either until I was 21. As for dating, I'm not going to tell you I'm drowning in pussy but that's got nothing to do with speech. I just have a job that keeps me traveling which makes it hard to meet people and keep them. Job interviews can be tough. I always just do the best I can but I will say practice beforehand! Don't have canned responses but think about some questions you're likely to be asked and know the ideas you want to get across. At least for me, the less I have to think about what I'm saying, the more fluently I speak. Since I decided to improve my life through therapy and my speech throb speech therapy I went from managing a McDonald's to furniture sales (doubled my pay) to running classes of 20-30 people teaching new hires to sell. I've gained the confidence to speak in front of a group of people twice my age (I'm 23) everyday and they hang on my every word, despite my stuttering. If I can answer any questions or if you need any advice or support or anything, feel free to pm.