Attacks the frame
False compromise
The midpoint between a fair position and an extreme one is called fair.
The first tell
You feel unreasonable for holding firm. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.
What it sounds like
You're selling a bike for 400. The buyer offers 100, then says: Let's be fair and meet at 250.
Say back
Halfway to an unfair offer is still unfair.
If they push
You're refusing to compromise.
I'm refusing that number. 400 is the price.
How this family is disarmed
Reject the premise and restate it in your own terms.
Paid
See it in dating and at work
Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.