Yea, I usually smile and keep my mouth shut too. It was just that I was working through a school issue, and I thought I was having a "safe" conversation with someone who was a friend and also had a bright child.
But, I think I must have hit a nerve somewhere that I didn't realize I was going to hit. It wasn't so much that the other person got mad as super defensive and started telling me everything her child (5 years older) could also do that was like my child. It just smacked of defensiveness and made me feel bad. I let the conversation drop in its tracks, but still left me feeling crummy.
