Roommate and I want the same room
Both my roommate and I want the same room in a 2B/1B. While she initially asked for the enclosed room (the other is a flex-room) for $2500/$2500, I asked for a $100 discount to account for the flex room only having partial walls and being almost directly in the kitchen. She stated that she'll be having friends over for the summer, so she'd prefer the actual room, but that $2600 is out of her budget. I responded that I will also have friends over for the summer but am totally okay with paying $2600. Then, she responded that she might not have friends over, so to account for me having friends over, she should still have the enclosed room for noise purposes. I am appalled by the two-faced reasoning; it seems she just wants the main room and will use whatever reasoning to keep that. However, she's not willing to discount the flex-room even though she has admitted that the enclosed room is more desirable. My latest response is that I'm okay with both rooms, so long as it's $2600/$2400. I feel like, in this situation, the most normal response is to let the highest bidder take the room. However, my roommate seems to want the benefits of the enclosed room without splitting the rent to reflect that. I do not want to back down because I feel like this will set the tone for the rest of our summer as roommates. What should I do