upper hand

mathematically speaking, relationships are always uneven. what a gives to b seldom is the same than b gives to a - regardless of who gives more or less to the other. yet each one of them wants to get the most out of that relationship - and hence why it is pointless for a and b to discuss the subject by comparing their situations with other "similar" cases. and the reason for this is, each part will conveniently forget some details and underline others, in order to get the upper hand.

if i agree that most personal relationships shall not be ruled by mathematics and logics, working relationships cannot work in any other way. we might want to make others think that we're quite honest, but we are always hiding something. for our own sake.