Was I wrong to respond on Facebook?

[Mrbluethecatt]

My DH is diabetic. He has been all his life. He usually has good control of his condition and rarely has hypos, they only usually occur when he is ill.

He does not drink alcohol however if his blood sugar levels drop to a certain level he becomes disoriented, sweaty, slurs his words and can look drunk.

Last night we were out with friends and after about an hour I noticed that DH was acting odd, with some of the symptoms explained above. After he had some sugary drinks and food he seemed better and we went home. He woke up this morning with a cough so is probably coming down with something.

So this morning I looked at Facebook and a 'friend' posted about people being drunk and being embarrassing specifically mentioned DH. All our friends know about his diabetes. I texted her to say DH had a hypo last night which caused him to appear drunk but thankfully he is ok now. She then posted in Facebook that 'the misses' (not mentioning my name but posts under her original post about DH) is trying to backtrack and pretend that her husband isn't a drunk. Que people on her wall posting shit. Most of the people posting are not my friends but friends of friends (if that makes sense). I then posted under their comments that DH had a medical issue with his diabetes, he wasn't drunk and posted a link to a webpage explaining symptoms of hypos.

I have now had about 3 text messages from the person who originally posted and another person who was there last night to say I was out of order. I should apologise. I don't think I have done anything wrong just nipped the whole thing in the bud.

So was ibu to respond on Facebook?

They sound absolutely vile. You were actually much more reasonable than I would have been in your reply.

I hope they feel good laughing about a disability. Absolutely disgraceful.

Don't delete your comment.

she has slandered your husband

I think it counts as libel on Facebook.

its not either libel or slander, don't be silly.

Hope your husband feels better now
Tbh I would refer to her 'only a joke ' comment and ask her on FB why she feels you've humiliated her , you've only responded to her post
What was her intention when she posted about your husband then , not to embarrass or humiliate him ?
Then block her

Before reading the post my thought was 'probably.... responding in the heat of the moment is often a mistake'. Then I read your post. You were not wrong at all to defend your husband. So what if your 'friend' now has egg on her face from her thoughtless comments? I also think that by messaging her directly you kindly gave her the opportunity to either delete her comment or politely retract her stayement (e.g. 'I feel like such a dumbass, X is diabetic and had a hypo last night. I am really sorry X'). She failed to do so, you corrected her. Your were not BU.

She sounds nasty. I'd end the friendship over that behaviour.