Maybe so, or maybe not. Modern societal rules are being made on a continual basis, and while genuine concern may be the emotional rationale for people in support of condemning others who may or may not deserve it, the originators of such new rules have no concern whatsoever for the people they pretend to be protecting.My mates said I had been on a blind date, which was cruel.
Your story was just fine without that little tidbit blasting your ‘friends’ and it had nothing at all to do with the subject at hand.