I feel like my bf is taking over my passion and co-opting it. Am I being too sensitive and personal about it?

[Breath on the Wind]

There are certainly many sides to this issue. Perhaps you are only seeing one of them. It is part of who you are in the business environment that you want to be taken seriously. Perhaps you feel that it is easier for him to step in almost automatically receive the kind of respect you have to work at.

You are not going to get around this issue by wishing it were different or begrudging the state of the world or your relative positions within it. Rather you might try and notice what opportunities and advantages a good understanding of the situation might present. You won't be able to do that while being upset or arguing with "life."

Another aspect you may not entirely see is the possible that imitation is truly a form of flattery. You have worked to make something of yourself. The payoff for this is not simply contacts or a position within an industry. You should begin to feel that secure in the method of your learning. Take pride in what you have accomplished. Take his imitation as a form of admiration.

And yet another... The two of you represent two classic personality types. You will slowly work at something for years building from a solid foundation, one stone upon another for a solid and secure structure. You follow your discipline. He is likely to start with a picture of the finished project and then lose interest because in his mind it has been completed or start somewhere in the middle. He follows his inspiration. You can pay the bills, but he can make you laugh. You want to be sure but he has flashes of insight.

And possibly a darker side... without any of the above being untrue there is possibility for the situation to degrade into not a cooperative effort with each appreciating, admiring, and supporting the others skill set, (yes with love) but a competition where each leg is tiring to prove that it is the stronger. If you question your capacity to make this kind of relationship work then it may be best to find a new relationship rather than try and make a weak one work.