I was thinking it sounded more like a negotiating tactic to wrangle something more out of the relationship from someone who was emotionally involved wanting to

I was thinking it sounded more like a negotiating tactic to wrangle something more out of the relationship from someone who was emotionally involved wanting to move forward. This happened to me, I couldn't do the project and didn't even start because the person wanted it done in 3 months. He went ahead and hired a firm in India. It took him 2 years and he didn't even start from scratch he bought a pre-built product to start from to save time. So I am very skeptical of when people say they are going to outsource something.