Do exactly what you said. Be confident and optimistic man. The key to dating is just to keep doing it until you're so relaxed it's like second nature. I haven't had any particularly bad dates and most girls haven't gave a shit about my stutter. One cute black girl i met at a party found my stuttering cute and I ended up kissing her a few times there. I have been hella nervous before. I remember taking out this banging 18 year old back in September, I'm 23. She was a red head, tall (5'9 I'm 6'0), lifts, 8/10 face. All of what I love in a girl. Way out of my league, I'm average or 6/10 at best but my confidence and body make up for that. I kinda stuttered a bit when first meeting her and she kind of looked at me funny (found her on okcupid, she actually messaged me first), but I pulled some confidence out of my ass and went with it. Made out with her, and felt her up halfway through the date. Fucked it up for other reasons afterwards but hey I'll have gotten further than most guys will ever dream of.