During my 23th year. For so long I tried to hide it, for so long I didn’t even acknowledge I had it, that was the ‘s word’, something I didn’t even try to say. Things went downhill when just as I turned 23 the girl I had been together with for many years dumped me, that meant that I was again on the market and I was scared because I didn’t know how my stutter would affect dating. For the record I am not an heavy stutterer unless I’m nervous, mad or in a setting I’m not entirely confort in. Dating surely is one of this and so I didn’t know how to deal with it. Something clicked in my mind and now I’m not worried of acknowledging it, else if someone asks I’m indeed happy to tell them about it. Most people have never talked to a stutterer before here and, surprisingly, I never talked with an Italian stutterer before aswell. The journey to be completely independent from the ‘burden’ of being a stutterer is long, I’m not saying it’s easy. But once you’re on the good path it’s just a matter of time