Not my fault you don’t understand what those words mean. If only there was an emoji for them.
They certainly don’t mean what you’re implying they mean.
That one person was clearly wrong, and OP can feel comfortable knowing everyone here confirns that. He has the power to change what that moment meant to him, and only he can do it. This is what others are telling him in this thread. How is that unnecessary, unempathetic or unrealistic?