Resizing Column View width

So here's the issue I'm having that sounds like it might be the opposite of what most people are looking for.  Basically, I want to resize a column when viewing in "Column View" but I don't want the subsequant columns to adopt that size.  Right now in 10.8.3, if you resize a column, then click a folder, the new column will be the same size as the one you resized, regardless if it needs the space to display the filename or not.  I've tried right-clicking on the resize button and have choosen all three options, but none seem to change this.  Apparently in Snow Leopard, it did not behave this way.  Any way to bring it back?  Here are some pics of what I'm describing:

Yes, I can confirm that in ML, I don't remember SL.
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