@tinyfaery
I think that if you choose to be self deprecating and poke fun at yourself that’s one thing. But someone else taking the liberty of poking fun at you for something you did not choose and had little control over is another matter entirely.
I seriously doubt you would find it amusing if a fairly recent acquaintance chose to do that to you.
If someone is repeatedly correcting someone else’s grammar mistakes it’s kind of juvenile and annoying at best. And most adults know that.
And most adults also know that imitating or mocking someone’s stuttering is hardly funny because it just makes matters that much worse (since stuttering is anxiety related to begin with).
That’s just plain malicious and unfunny in any context regardless of whether it’s done with a smile or not.
I forget his name, but there’s a young comedian with CP who repeatedly cracks jokes about his awkward movements and speech and it doubtless puts people at ease while addressing the “elephant in the room” type of thing.
However, should someone else start poking fun at him, I seriously doubt others would find that funny and laugh hilariously.
Young kids don’t necessarily realize how hurtful it is to imitate or mock people with disabilities or speech impediments and need to be taught some consideration.
But adults do know what is appropriate regarding this. If they continually mock someone with a speech impediment, they’re just mean spirited not caring whether it’s hurtful or not.
Just because you choose to poke fun at yourself for whatever does not automatically confer the same permission on everybody else around you.
And the OP wasn’t even doing that. This guy just took the liberty of mocking her under the guise of “just kidding”.
Someone’s disabilities or impediments are not automatically considered up for grabs for kidding around by anybody and everybody. It’s just plain mean and hurtful to do so.