I'm in similar shoes as you. Except I'm 32 and when I was in my early 20s my speech was a little better and I dated 6 girls in a span of a few years back then. I had a understanding ex gf from 24 to 26. Since then my speech has gotten worse which has been a ongoing cycle of getting better & getting worse again my whole life, I haven't tried to date in the past 6 years because the stutter has gotten more severe & I don't have a good job because of it. So not only can I barely speak without sounding retarded anymore I feel like a looser & most women my age wouldn't give me a shit I assume. My advice though is if your speech isn't too severe your only option is to put yourself in the painfull situations & see if any good comes from it....when I was younger I still stuttered & people laughed in my face alot but I was able to date a few good looking non shallow girls at the time. It's always a numbers game man...and I know it's hard especially for my self is to truely not give a fuck what others think and get what you want in life...because someday we are all gonna be old & dying and sad that we let others opinions about our handicap prevent us from being happy. And same man I would prefer to not die alone without loved ones & rot away in my apartment until someone finds me 😂 but if we never push ourselves to conquer this fear we are never going to meet the right woman...its all about forgetting what others think and going after what we want wether we sound like retards or not. Fuck it!