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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] .... None of these are, individually, a big deal. But it does make me feel odd, like I'm being unduly watched.

And no, I don't think I'm a special unique snowflake. But the copycat behavior CAN be unsettling. I think that's because outright copying is outside the norm, and also because it's unacknowledged. There's no "Oh, I love that idea!" or "What a great purse! Where did you get it?" and a normal conversation. She just watches and replicates. [/quote]

Pp. The unacknowledged observations are what I was touching on in my earlier post. If you like something and then copy it you don't have to tell me, but they are personal design choices or unusual fashion styles. When it keeps happening shortly after noticing it in our home or on me it feels weird. And it can be very specific, not like copying a brand of hummus from Wegman's, or whatever the pp on this thread keeps describing.

For example, in our guest room we had a peculiar issue with the height of a side lamp, so I placed it on top of an item you wouldn't normally see there. The next time we visited DH's parents the side lamps were placed on top of the same items. They hadn't mentioned it at our home but it obviously made an impression. [/quote]

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