Thx for the good wishes. Few people know I stutter because I cover it very well. I choose my words very carefully, avoid social situations I know will be unpleasant for me and have developed a whole bunch of tricks to keep people from being able to tell that I stutter. I was able to excel as a contracts attorney by focusing on reading and writing - hiding in plain sight. So I improved a lot from high school when I had a hard time ordering at McDonalds. But the underlying stuttering is maybe 1/3 better since high school, which is something. Some people improve a lot, others improve very little. All this success at dealing with the problem though is based on hiding it and avoiding tough situations - both are bad habits that at this point that tend to leave me isolated with anxiety issues. There are certainly worse problems one can have and in many ways I am very lucky. There are so many young people who stutter badly who can’t see a decent future for themselves. But my route has long term costs that I’m paying now. If your bf can start dealing with the humiliation and anxiety now, maybe with a speech therapist, he can have a life less governed by fear and stress. Westutter.org is good resource. He has to do it in his own time. Sometimes people are too “proud” to get help and I wouldn’t want you to be the prime object for his projection if he is threatened by your attempts to help. Maybe you could visit a therapist once or twice and see what they recommend you do. If your bf can avoid developing bad survival habits he has a chance at a happier life. Also, this sub has a lot of posters and commenters with more wisdom than me. It seems almost a rule that the stutterer cares way more about the disability than the people he/she interacts with - the anxiety is self-generated and unnecessary. Lots of people on this sub have somehow figured out how to embrace this fact.