Feeling for you BF!! I have noticed in my sitch as we have just taken the next step in moving towards D I feel that my waw has become colder and meaner.
I think its their self-preservation/guilt/fear taking over and they paint us as something so negative that they feel justified to treat us cruel. It is a crazy dynamic, is totally unfair, and hurts like no other but unfortunatly their is nothing we can do.