When I was 17, I had no confidence in my future. I thought: "if I even finish college, I'll never get hired for a job because of my stutter. I won't make new friends. I'll never get married. I won't ever be happy!" But, I still went to college. I still applied for jobs and interviewed. I tried to make friends and to date. I didn't give up even though I was sure it would all be fruitless. I was wrong. All these things turned out well for me. I still stutter, but I've made peace with it. As a stutterer, you are developing a great sense of intuition. People who judge you because you stutter are learning nothing about you but you are learning a great deal about them. They are not going to be your loyal friends, your mentor, or your future spouse. The people who can continue to converse with you after a bad block and to hear your message rather than your disfluencies - those are the people you want to surround yourself with. I'm not diminishing your pain; it is painful and I have been there. But, the pain will become less and less over time and you will use the maturity you gain from it to your advantage more and more. Keep moving forward despite the pain and you will succeed!