I think everyone bp or not is manipulative at some point or another. I do think we may be more prone to be just from what ive experienced from things ive done in my past (hindsight being 20/20) lol.. not that I was intentionally being so but I see now where I could have definitely been perceived to have been that way or definitely was being that way. And recently I housed a friend (or so I thought) who I was warned about who is a master manipulater. Pulled the wool right over my eyes. He has bp as well and he played the victim manipulation card but undercover so well I didnt even notice for 6 months. He used my parents and me for a free ride and free food just to burn another bridge and hop to the next couch. Then trash talked us when he left cuz my dad gave him a deadline a month in advance. Cramped his style. I was warned but having had known him or so I thought for 3 yrs he sure played me. I think its all in the person not the illness. I even got him in a behavioral health hospital and back in good with his parents. He used the illness to manipulate which made me furious.