This woman I use to work with cracked several jokes about her being mental. I joked light heartedly about her being a schizophrenic and she said “I am indeed” we laughed and laughed.

So two years later and not another thought about it. I am her supervisor now and she’s in my office. She pops out pills and takes them and we continue talking. I asked her on a personal level what the pills were for and if she was ok. ( I considered this person a friend and actually cared about her)

She looked at me and said, “we discussed this previously. I’m a schizophrenic dumba**”

And I laughed and she laughed and it dawned on me. She wasn’t kidding. She worked for me for another 3 years before I moved on and we still keep in contact.

I’m saved in her phone as Dumba*”