My best friend got promoted to be my manager six months ago and we're both pretending everything is the same between us but it's not. She has to evaluate my work now and I have to pretend I'm not hurt when she can't tell me things she used to tell me, and we're both exhausted from acting like this shift in power hasn't changed our friendship.
More people experience this than they realize.
A power imbalance has been introduced into a relationship built on equality, and both people are grieving the innocence they've lost while trying to preserve what they can of what they had.
“Where Are You with Love & Power?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.