I think with communication being essential to all relationships, both romantic and non-romantic, stuttering makes it more difficult. My ex was really good at comforting me when I had bad stuttering episodes and over time, I grew very comfortable with her which is why it hurt so much when we split up. Overall, stuttering creates a difficulty with opening up to people, but for the few that we do open up to, I think they will see that we have a lot to share, on all sorts of topics, and that their patience and kindness with us does not go unnoticed. We have a lot of love to share; those who cannot see past our stutter do not deserve it.