The longer this relationship persists in this way before there's a breakup, the worse the breakup is going to be. When you talk to folks about this, um, they know in their hearts that that's what needs to happen, but they just can't bring themselves to actually do it because it feels bad. The closest to equal, you can get the better because it avoids this. A straight 50 50 deadlock is rough. We see that kill companies a lot.
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