Thank you for taking the time to write this, It has been very helpful. And I completely understand that I could actually just be an ass. I might need to reevaluate my friendship with this person and whether if I'm taking it in the right direction. I want to empathise that I sincerely, do not want to hurt them -- but if it makes things worse, it may be for the better. As I imagine, it does, still hurt when someone is simply tolerating you. And I don't know, because I don't even have a stutter. I'll extend my patience, and I'm also thinking of asking them what they think about the current state of our friendship. I also have to come clean no matter how scared I am. I think it'll be okay. I sometimes think they don't want to listen to what I share though -- but that's probably another thing outside the scope of this discussion. That I will have to deal with myself. Once again, thank you and profusely.