Yeah, I'd also date schizo waaaayy before borderline, as long as it wasn't paranoid-schizophrenic who saw people telling them to kill me. :p

But why do we say these things? It's a case of self-preservation. i don't think it was right for the girl just to drop you like that, she could have tried to talk it out with you, but I'm sure she was scared of liking you and ending up hurt, the same way we couldn't handle being with borderline people. bipolar is difficult, but not unmanageable with medication, but the fears for "normal" people are similar.

Honesty is important, I guess. I don't really know, though, 'cause I can't tell you what I'd do in such a situation. (Unless it manifested itself in ways that didn't hurt me...)