Most people will tell you that life is fine until they meet up with a controlling person. Then their whole image of life changes and they book a caribbean vacation to regain the sanity they once knew.
Yes, some people just know how to spoil a party. They lurk around collecting your ideas and tricks, and just as soon as they have enough to branch out on their own they give you the heave-ho.
That is a sad part about this world. People go on about team effort but seem to lose that principle when they don’t need you. However, no idea is new and all ideas have a lifecycle, so be sure that the control freaks will eventually meet their end. The idea will lose steam and they will have to regroup and find another team to steal ideas and force their controlling ways on.
