And THAT, 25, brings me back to the aforementioned paradox and the issue that when the WAS has their own place and distance between you - change is hard to observe, quantify and react to.
To your other points - yeah, I did not intially take a deep look into what my role was. Well, scratch that - I DID, but I did so in a very defensive manner which completely negates my W's view of things. I can now say that I don't agree with everything she said about the M, but I can SURELY see how she can maintain that view and how my actions got her there. Now I just need to figure out how to reverse.