It certainly can happen and does. Sometimes though the sub feels she has grown because she can see her growth in the areas she grew in but sometimes the Dom is growing in other way that the sub fails to comprehend.

A relationship can work but it will add strain on both to make it work. I am an old dog Dom and I am still learning daily but some like the feel of comfort that doing the same things over bring. The Dom should want to grow for the sub, to surprise her and have her a little off balance.