Interesting. But we say I'm married or I'm single? Or I have a wife - which sounds like ownership to some ears. I'm in a relationship with bipolardom I think it has to do with expectations, what the other person can expect of you. But that's kind of an old-fashioned concept - someone with diabetes can eat sweets if they don't eat a lot of other carbs at a meal, for instance. A married person can do lots of stuff, as can a single. But you can get fired for acting too bipolar. Being more trouble than you're worth, was how my boss put it. After the project was finished tho, and they were cutting personnel.