I was at a dinner with family recently and a family friend was introduced to me. He asked, about my meeting my husband (of 8 years), "did he warn you about all the mental illness in his family?" He then proceeded to laugh at his "joke," as did several at the table who don't know about my mental illness. For me and those who know, it was plain awkward. How insulting! And, it does also bug me when people use bipolar lightly! They have no idea what they are saying.