i also, unsurprisingly for those who know me, really dislike conflict avoidance as a basis for personal or professional relationships
all it does is kicks the can of worms down the road, where it has an opportunty to fester and result in a much worse, now inevitably catastrophic conflict
i've seen this play out over and over during my career thus far and i absolutely refuse to participate. to the extent i did (and i did!) it was awful