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I am a 23-year-old woman with a stutter that I have had since before I can remember. It’s unusual for adult women to have a stutter, so it’s typically the first thing that people notice about me. I got teased a lot in school and, for a long time, my self-worth was pretty low and it made it hard for me to meet friends or attend social activities, but that was a long time ago now. These days, I have a small group of close friends and, until recently, everything has been great between all of us. My roommate “Dee” had been telling all of us about this cool, interesting new girl…

I am 19 years old and in college. I have been with my boyfriend, on and off, since my first weekend here when I met him, two years ago. We broke up last year for a couple months and then got back together and have been together ever since. My boyfriend was my first and only until we went on the break and I played the field. I love my boyfriend very much, but recently — and this sounds so bad — I’ve been wondering if I’ve been in a relationship for too long and I could possibly be missing other things out there. I don’t know how I feel about having…

I’ve been with my fiancé, “Jim,” for seven years and we have been engaged for a little over one year. When I first met him, I knew how much of a family man he was — it’s one of the reasons I fell in love with him. His family is all located within the same area in the state where we went to college, twenty minutes from our university. I am from a nearby state and moved home after graduation. Jim had never left his hometown and had told me he wants to be close to his family when we finally settle down into a house. His mom died years ago when…

“My husband and I have been together almost ten years, and have just purchased our first home. His mother, who lives a few miles away, is driving me NUTS.”