I am just curious if anyone else has ever experienced "temporary mirroring" while in their relationship. I have thought back during the course of my marriage and when my exw would leave town for work training or meetings her personality would change. when I spoke with her on the phone something was always off and I could never put my finger on it at the time. It felt like I was talking to a different person. I think she was mirroring the people she worked with.
The D was also initiated about 4 mos after she took a new corporate job and her personality had changed with it.
Yup! Our relationship went downhill when she started a new job and tried to get in with the "corporate crowd" which included the "power lesbians" (which she always said she didn't like before, even though we were both girls, she hated the whole stereotype).
I hated when she got her new job, she started acting cockier, and more confident, and she cared more about their opinion than her own... . sad.