I (55M) recently visited the doctor. When I left the office, I was confused and embarrassed, but with time to mull over the events of the visit, I am left very angry. I need an unbiased opinion from the internet.

One morning recently, I had an appointment to see Dr. Sarah (not her real name). I was concerned because my blood pressure had been high lately. I arrived and was called back by the nurse. My weight and blood pressure were taken. We went to the exam room where she took some notes. I had brought with me my personal blood pressure monitor in case there was discrepancy. Once the nurse was done with the notes, she asked, "Let me see your device." I handed her the blood pressure monitor, but said "It has been a while since anyone asked me that." I was nervous about my blood pressure and I made an off-color joke, but a joke that could be heard on network prime-time television.

We went on with the questions, and I mentioned that I was on keto and that I was down to 316 pounds. She asked if I wanted to know what her scale read, and I did. She logged back into the computer and told me 320. I said, that it was different because at home I weigh myself naked, and I would not be doing that in the office for comparison. She left. That was the end of our interaction. Other than the comment about the device and weighing myself naked at home, there was nothing else said that could even remotely be considered inappropriate.

A technician came in to do an EKG. While this was going on, Dr. Sarah entered the room and chastised me sharply about how I spoke to her nurse. I was stunned as I had no idea what she was talking about. She very sharply reprimanded me and told, "That is not okay!"

Later after the doctor had concluded her exam, I asked her to extend my apologies to her nurse, not as an admission of guilt, but rather to smooth things over. The doctor then admonished me that I need to apologize to her myself. I left the office.

I don't know what the nurse told the doctor I said, but it must have been far worse than what was actually said in that room. Nothing I said warranted the way I was called down. Anything that was said in that room could easily be heard on a rerun of Friends. That leads me to two possible conclusions; either the nurse lied to the doctor and told what I said was way worse than it was, or the nurse generalized and the doctor just assumed.

So, Reddit, AITAH or do you agree that what I said could be seen on TV any day and it did not warrant their reaction?