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Do I enable my SO, or am I helping? My SO has had a stutter his whole life. We've been together a few years and I love him to death. When we first started dating he did his exercises, practiced a routine to help him improve his speech. For the last 2 years he's fallen out of the habit and I can't help but thinking maybe it's my fault. I wouldn't call myself an enabler, but sometimes I catch my self doing too much. If we go through a drive through I'll order for us through the passenger seat. If we're at a restaurant and they ask for drinks I generally look at him and say "water?" So he just had to sort of smile and nod (always has a block when ordering water). I don't know. What do you guys think? Is it natural for a partner of someone who has a stutter to help fill in the blanks a little (without filling words in, I make sure not to do that), or am I enabling him?