Well you're rare, stuttering is 1% of the population. I grew up with a friend who stuttered and met someone in highschool that stuttered - both pretty severe, but mine is so mild I could only feel empathy for him. Luckily when I grew up (i mean of course there was one incident or two) no one made fun of us for stuttering or atleast not to our face which was nice. It's my opinion that being friends with stutterers will likely make yours worse, I heard that from someone I respect and he said to kind of avoid making pacts with stutterers. It's just an opinion though but, I would just say keep this forum for any potential advice and to be relatable. I don't really think you will boot your confidence by having a friend who stutters but who knows right.