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How to discuss (from an ally) So as a greeting to ppl here, I am someone without speech challenges generally other than ADHD which causes me to blank on words in meetings etc. My husband & I are older millennials. My husband has a speech disfluency that was referred to in his life as 'stuttering.' First off, is this an okay word 4 me to use? Secondly, he didnt tell me about this part of his life until Id known him several months, and what i could tell (blocking) seemed much like myself when i blank on words, only more dialed up. From what I can tell, his speech issues started as early as it gets. He was the oldest kid. It wasnt talked about in his family other than making him go thru the therapies. He had great grades thru HS & college. eventually, I discovered many things I wasn't told like the financial dependence on the parents, alcoholism etc. I've had to pick up a lot of responsibilities being married to someone who didn't adult very well & its called 'momming' by him. Anyway, my question for this group is do you tend to notice that people here have been treated like the sick one of the family? If anyone here was infantilized as a kid, treated less than capable, how did it affect your adult life? Do you think it makes you sensitive to just any criticism or suggestions or help? Just trying to understand & support this person I married lol.