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Just keep going, man. I think probably everyone in the world by now has a bad story about a first online date. Dating's not always fun or easy. I've had some terribly awkward online dates. Only one of them was because of my stutter though. I remember one date where we foolishly decided to see a movie together, had never spoken before, talked for maybe one minute before the movie, didn't talk through the movie, and then just went our separate ways afterward. You have opportunities to talk to girls - maybe cashiers at the grocery store, other students at college, people at work, etc? I don't mean to try to hit up every girl you see, just practice talking to girls and being out there in the social realm as a stutterer. I'm kind of lucky because I have a very social job so I get constant practice, even when I don't really want it, haha. I'm forced to practice or I don't get paid! Consistently in my life all I've noticed with my stutter is people might have a look of not knowing what's going on for the first 10 seconds or something of a conversation, but they quickly get used to you and everything's normal from there. The online dating environment as I said makes that kinda touchy because so much is wrapped up in that first impression. Sounds like you told her you stuttered ahead of time? Anyway, good luck. Sucks and I feel your pain. You're not the first person who had a bad date and won't be the last, that's for sure.