first of all, if you're together and you don't trust her going on a trip, then you've got a totally different problem: not trusting her. > she is intentionally going to a place where she doesn't know the language well so she will invariably become dependent on stranger's kindness I assume she speaks English? If so, how would she be 'dependent on stranger's kindness'? She's just going on a trip, what is she going to need from strangers? I really don't see how that should make you jealous. Her stuttering really doesn't have anything to do with all this. You even say that you hardly noticed her stutter at first, then how would that be a problem for her while being on a trip? Like someone else just sad, fix your relationship issues, nothing here has anything to do with stuttering. To answer your literal question: 'overcoming problems in a foreign environment' simply means being able to communicate. Unless your stutter is super extreme, that should be perfectly possible - worst thing that can happen is that it takes a bit longer to say what you want to say. The only thing you need to do is ordering food in a restaurant and get a room at a hotel. If she'd feel uncomfortable doing that, or if that would be hard because of her stutter she wouldn't go on the trip in the first place.