I hope that I can be of some help to you. That part of the post is something I can relate to very well. There are lots of times when I feel like I came up with some brilliant ideas. So many times with my brilliant ideas did I have them slap me right in the face. It was like, "what the hell were you thinking?".

It was that way with my parents. Whenever I felt that they needed correcting, I would tell them so. And boy wouldn't I get it! That's why I have such a tough time being assertive.

I would be hesitant at replying at a post that seems sensitive from the original poster. Because I would be afraid that they would take it all wrong or feel like I didn't reply well to how they were feeling.