phprogrammer
02-07-2011, 01:43 AM
Hey all -
I've been thinking lately about how much of a stigma stuttering is socially and if it might be advantageous to have a significant other who shares the same problem.
I feel that a girlfriend who stutters would be someone who truly understands the problem and sympathizes with it, something that nobody else can do. And it would be someone who you could talk about your speech problems with freely. You could help each other work through your problems.
Those are the pros. But the con is that it can be awkward to be around someone else with the same problem. On the flipside, maybe it would help me come to terms with it and /not/ find it awkward.
Are any of you dating another stutterer?
More importantly, how does one go about meeting a stutterer of the opposite around the same age (18)?
I've been thinking lately about how much of a stigma stuttering is socially and if it might be advantageous to have a significant other who shares the same problem.
I feel that a girlfriend who stutters would be someone who truly understands the problem and sympathizes with it, something that nobody else can do. And it would be someone who you could talk about your speech problems with freely. You could help each other work through your problems.
Those are the pros. But the con is that it can be awkward to be around someone else with the same problem. On the flipside, maybe it would help me come to terms with it and /not/ find it awkward.
Are any of you dating another stutterer?
More importantly, how does one go about meeting a stutterer of the opposite around the same age (18)?