I have the same great combo: borderline mother and bipolar on my dad's side of the family. I have to say that even though I inherited the bipolar, the borderline caused by far the most psychological damage beyond that. I don't really resent my dad but I do resent my mom for the things she did. Thankfully I don't have borderline myself but growing up that way did **** me up pretty bad. I can't work on that right now though because I first have to get the bipolar stable enough to work on other issues without messing me up even more. Always nice to have something to look forward to, eh?