I wasn't questioning if it was reasonable, just wanted the whole picture.

When you're negotiating, don't you always start high or low depending on your stance, hoping to meet somewhere in the middle? Don't get sideways about what she's asking for in the first go round. And never take negotiations personally-things I learned from my H.

Me 57/H 58
M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.
Caroline Myss