>You may not know if he takes a dim view of your tactic or not, and you may not realize that you're slowly being sidelined. Sure, and maybe my manager is sidel

>You may not know if he takes a dim view of your tactic or not, and you may not realize that you're slowly being sidelined. Sure, and maybe my manager is sidelining me because I remind them of their ex. Anything is possible. As I said in the original comment, an objection is a sign of a place you probably don't want to be working at anyway. I would definitely jump at the first sign of trouble, but I would wait for that sign. I wouldn't assume there is trouble without any evidence or avoid trying to negotiate on the assumption that it will cause trouble.