AITAH for getting upset after my coworker told me I should “regret the day I was conceived”?
Today at work one of my coworkers overheard a conversation I was having with another coworker. We were talking about regretting something related to the topic we were discussing, and this coworker chimed in and told me I should “regret the day I was conceived.”
He said it jokingly, but it immediately rubbed me the wrong way.
I responded with something along the lines of, “Joking about someone’s existence is stupid, the fuck?” and then removed myself from the area because I was upset. I went outside for a bit, cried, walked around, and eventually came back in.
For context, I’m one of the leads at work, so I was trying very hard not to escalate the situation. When I came back, I calmly told him to go work in another part of the area because I genuinely didn’t want to be around him after that comment.
Another coworker noticed I was visibly upset and checked on me, and then my supervisor stepped in and sent me to speak with a workplace therapist/counselor. During that conversation I admitted I’ve been under a lot of stress lately involving separation/divorce, kids, finances, health issues, and legal matters, which probably contributed to how hard the comment hit me emotionally.
Now I’m wondering if I overreacted because I don’t think my coworker expected that level of fallout from what he probably viewed as dark humor.
At the same time, I feel like telling someone they should regret being conceived is a pretty awful thing to say at work, joke or not.
AITAH for reacting the way I did and indirectly getting management involved?