Thanks I checked out the link. I've tried being more assertive with people lately but they just get upset with me for one reason or another. Maybe I'm doing it wrong? On occasion my emotions get the better of me when certain topics are brought up or when people make declarations of how I think(and are wrong). I feel like a punching bad. I hold back and avoid stepping on ties but almost never get the same courtesy. I'm told I ought a be cable to take it..."toughen up". Yeah I think I'm doing assertiveness wrong lol.