If these words would have come out of my mouth - and they could have - it would have been meant as a joke to make the climate a little lighter. Not a very funny joke, mind you.

And if my sweetie would have heard me say that, as you did, he would have been a little offended.

And I would have felt bad about it for saying it, and eventually he would have felt bad about it for feeling offended because I was just trying to ease the atmosphere.