Negotiations.

Griffin and I do not fight. We negotiate.

I want to go somewhere now. He wants to sleep. We go and he sleeps there.

He wants his text book. I want milk and a back rub. He brings me milk!

Oh, wait, this sounds like we compromise...I should be a little more clear:
We do not compromise. We negotiate.

It’s the day of Thanksgiving Feed and I’ve slept at Random while Griffin was up all night as Nightwatch (getting paid to make sure the dorm doesn’t burn down during the night). He came to bed at 8:30am and wanted to go to sleep. I wanted to go to 4E and start cooking for the feed (I didn’t do anything the night before). I had no faith that Griffin would come over for the feed when he woke up—ok, I had no faith that he would wake up in time for the feed on his own—so I wanted him to sleep in my room while I cooked and then be there when it was time for Deep-Fried Turkey Goodness.
He wanted to sleep right there, right then.
An hour and a half later we reached our terms:
I would not tickle him until the end of IAP
We would leave for 4E right away and he would sleep there

Last week I acquired a Textbook for Griffin (long story short, he’s a dumbo who didn’t pay attention to Book Exchange to see that he could save over $50 and then was a lazy bum because he couldn’t be bothered to e-mail the guy that was selling it at the Exchange...at any rate, I took his money, bought the book, and brought it home with me—that really wasn’t that short, was it? )
About Thursday Griffin calls me asking when he can have his book. I tell him when he brings me a gallon of milk and a back rub.
He wants to take a nap...that boy needs a better sleep schedule!
End Terms:
He brings me milk now.
We postpone the back rub to the next time we see each other*
We eat dinner & cuddle (I’m not even sure how this worked it’s way in)
He naps (while I work) and takes his book home when he goes

It's kinda cute if you think about it....we're both so stubborn that everything is a negotiation and neither of us just compromise without a ‘fight’

*For the Record:
I did get that back rub the next time we saw each other.