I’ve noticed that my partner’s stutter fluctuates in interesting ways. He stutters a lot in stressful situations, but he also stutters a lot with people he’s really comfortable with. But then there’s a lot of situations, like school or work or with people he’s friendly with but not good friends with, where he stutters a lot less, mostly because he just talks very little and, when he does, he is really careful to pick words he won’t stutter much on. I recently had a good friend of mine, who he’s known for a few years, ask me if she did something to make him uncomfortable because the last time we hung out he was stuttering a lot more than he usually does around her. But I told her that actually I think he feels more comfortable around her so he’s not trying so hard to hide his stutter.