👉 Stalemates are situations where two or more parties have reached a mutual agreement, but one party is not yet ready to accept the terms of the agreement. In other words, they are "stale" because they haven't made any moves towards accepting their part of the deal. For example, if you and your friend agreed to play soccer together after school on Saturday, but neither of you has played a single game in two weeks, this is considered a stalemate as there's no immediate plan