Hi there - how are you today?
I'm doing well.  How are you today?
Pretty good. Just hanging out with our group. Looking forward to this upcoming camping trip. It's a college reunion weekend. 
Oh.  That sounds fun.  I'm getting ready to go camping with my family next weekend as well.  It will be the first time that my kids have gone camping with me.
Aw that will be a great time then 🙂 How old are your kids? 
My kids are 14 and 12.  So they're fairly independent - but I also know that they want to do a lot of cooking during our camping trip.  Thus, I think that I'm going to need more firewood as I expect that we'll be having a lot of fires while we're out.  How about you?  What are you planning to do on your camping trip?
Good ages. They should be able to help out. We're planning to do a big bonfire, maybe some smores, and hopefully find a lake. We're looking for extra firewood and water for the bonfire and to keep hydrated
That sounds like a blast.   I would like to propose that you take 2 waters and 1 firewood and I'll take 2 firewoods and 1 water for our respective trips.  Does that work for you?
Yes, we are all looking forward to it. Thanks for being amenable and trying to make this work. That might be okay, but could we take take the 3 packages of food? Since we won't be doing as big of a bonfire, I am sure we'll hike more or swim and need the extra energy
I was hoping to take at least some of the food with me.  As you know, those teenagers seem to hungry ALL the time.  It's like feeding fuel into a bottomless pit.  So I'm definitely going to need some of the food for my trip as well.
Hm okay. Would 1 packet of food be sufficient? I know they are growing but my friends are ex football players and can eat 3x the normal person
Those ex-football players can eat way more than the average person.  I would be OK with that deal.  I will get 2 firewood, 1 water and 1 food.  You'll get 1 firewood, 2 water and 2 food.  I'll go ahead and submit this deal for you to agree to.  Thanks for negotiating and have a great camping trip!