I hate fighting. I especially hate it when it's to do with a friend -- it feels like we are former friends -- that we are tied up in a business relationship with. We are trying to negotiate a contract and it's non-stop fighting. He is making demands that I cannot meet and we are arguing like a couple about to divorce. I don't want to work with him because I just don't like him anymore but he keeps saying that we have this oral contract. He wants to finish the contract because it will be a boost to his career. I could work with another person. It's not a question of money. I don't trust him anymore and I know that he doesn't trust me. I find him selfish.

The thing is that legally I am not bound to work with him. I want to break it off. I don't know if the reason that we are fighting like cats and dogs is because, ironically, we really want to find a way to, ironically, find a way back to our friendship. However, I find that we have both changed and are moving in different directions.

What do you do when you fight and there's no moving forward in a situation like this? I have to like whom I'm working with. I cannot just bite the bullet and stifle my feelings and feel like I am getting screwed over.

Please help. any advice would be welcome.