👆 This. I get your sentiment and wish to comfort him, but you truly wont understand his struggles as a non-stutterer. He feels lonely and unheard in his battle with speech. The best thing you can do is listen and validate his feelings. I dont mean to sound harsh or write off your concerns here....it's a simple reality that comes up in a lot of relationships between a sturterer and non-stutterer. Maybe later in the day, ask him if he'd like to practice answering a few canned questions either with you or by himself in front of a mirror (he may prefer the mirror as not to 'expose' his struggles further to you, as a burden). For me, the repetition and scripting he can do by practicing can be helpful for me. Almost like I know my answers before the questions are even asked. For context, I had a similar experience at his age. I'm 40 now and have been working in corporate settings for ~16 years. That feeling of uselessness never really goes away. It gets better/easier as he learns his own tricks and strategies to manage it but it really just all takes time. Unfortunately, there isn't a quick fix you can give him to just not stutter