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Highly trained SLPs who specialize in dysfluency and are PWS but now have enjoyment and control in their speech suggest to *always* disclose in some way. Disclose to everyone, regardless of sex or ...

Do any important names, places etc start with the letters you are having trouble with? For example: “My name is Ted and my Dad and I just moved from Tennessee. We live on King street.” The speci...

Anxiety is hell you can be the smartest person in the room but when it gets ahold of you all of that just goes out the window it’s so frustrating. I think You should go with the idea of disclosing you...

Hey! Your feelings are totally rational. People who stutter represent only 1% of the global population. It's not surpise that many of us build negative perceptions about our speech since we're constan...

I'm not deaf but I do have a stutter and when I'm stuttering a word I usually do the sign word of it. I don't care if people don't know sign but it helps me get the word out do then be able to say the...

Do it 10,000 times and realize you won’t die and it’s not the end of the world and no one really cares. I would recommend you start with a preamble about stuttering and having “good day and bad days” ...

Yeah same. As we speak now I'm going to a party but having 5 shots at my place before hand so I can actually introduce myself to people....

Allowing myself to stutter on the phone or whenever talking to colleagues has really made me realise most people don’t mind it. It is liberating....

I would disclose it at the beginning of the date: it frees you from performance anxiety and you can make it cute by saying I stutter more in front of cupe girls\boys...

YES!! You totally should! And you would do it for you not for her. Because when you disclose to her about your stutter, she would obviously know that you stutter and you would know that. So when you s...

Well it is a lot of easier do disclose if your stutter is severe: Girl: it's pretty cold out. You: yeah...am..........i-i-i-i-i-i-i... (i dont need to write it all do i)...

In my experience, I just tried to work it into a conversation naturally. Like if I stutter on something, I just said something like “oh, ‘scuse me, I have a stutter” and just moved on. If you don’t ma...

If someone doesn’t want to go on a date bc you tell them you stutter, there is zero chance of having anything besides a one night stand. Also, if you disclose, thrn the other person will not be confu...

I share this anecdote from time to time. And it is not the same, but it might help: I met a guy through tinder and in the first time we chatted we realised we had a lot in common, we exchanged numbers...

I’ll paraphrase a message I sometimes send before a first date: “Excited to meet up. FYI I stutter so don’t think I’m nervous (maybe just a bit lol)”...

Openness also implies acceptance (on your part), which is a good thing. Disclose and move on. Accept and move on....

If you don’t know the girl and she doesn’t know you, just send her a text and be like“ hey just a fyi I have a small stutter” and go about your Day. And if she ghosts you oh well, move on and find the...

Thanks that is helpful :) I am trying to be more open about my stutter in general so mby its also a good practice :D...

When I was on my first (and only) tinder date, we arranged the date, and I told her over text 2-3 days in advance. That way she could call it off (whatever the reason) if she was really scared of what...

If you are primarily focused on maximizing the chances of starting a relationship with a specific girl, it may be best not to bring up your stuttering unless she asks about it. On the other hand, if y...