[Jemaclus]

Jesus Christ. This whole thing reminds me of when I was a kid and my divorced parents were having a legal battle over child support payments, and each one was telling me their version of how horrible the other parent was, and why they should get more money (like I had any say in the matter). It was transparently manipulative then, and it's transparently manipulative now.

Can't anyone act like adults these days? Or is this just how adults behave?

[Eleopteryx]

>Or is this just how adults behave?

I'm going to go with this.

[peterwwillis]

This happens any time two parties think they have a good reason to defend their own interests. Often even when a compromise is suggested it'll be balked at, because the offer of compromise makes you seem weak, so the other party thinks they can just wait you out and you'll cave to their demands. It has nothing to do with being adult; it has to do with having something to lose.