nightly negotiations

I should work for the government! Because the negotiations that go on at dinner are a nightly conversation and usually I win.
"Mom, can I be done?"
"Are you full?"
"No, I'm just stuffed"
"Well, eat your carrots and then you can be done."
"How about 2 carrots and then I'm done?"
"No, you need your vegetables even though they have lots of butter and salt to dull the taste."
"So, can I just eat the butter and salt off of them?"
"Ummm.....no that doesn't count."
"Ok, just one carrot."
"Fine, then no dessert!"
"That's fine, cause I don't want dessert anyway!!!"
"Right, like that works."
"Oh, all right 2 carrots."
"Great, thank you."
And then there is bedtime...that's a whole other tangled mess.