In a viral Reddit post published on r/AmITheA**hole, Redditor u/commercewhiskey (otherwise referred to as the original poster, or OP) said she was discussing her relationship with the woman before a seemingly harmless statement caused tensions to quickly boil over.

Titled, “[Am I the a**hole] for my comment to my neighbor when she told me she met her husband at a club?” the post has received nearly 6,000 upvotes and 800 comments in the last day.

Writing that she recently moved to a new location, the original poster said she has only met and spoken with her neighbor two times.

The original poster said that, during their second meeting, the pair was comparing stories of how they met their significant others when the conversation became contentious.

“She told me her husband lived in another country and that they had met at a club,” OP wrote. “I told her that was pretty neat, and that my husband and I also met at a club.

“At first we thought it would just be something casual but over time we fell in love,” OP continued.

Despite their commonality, the original poster said her neighbor mistook curiosity for hostility and lashed out as a result.

“When I told her this, she was shocked and said ‘how dare you imply that my husband and I had sex right away and that he wasn’t serious about me at first. You don’t support women if you are calling me a sl** who has sex with strangers they just met!’” OP wrote.

For some couples, the perfect how-we-first-met story is imperative.

However, with social media and a variety of dating apps available to singles across the world, those stories often read much differently than locking eyes with a stranger sitting solo across the bar.

Regardless of how a romantic relationship came to be, many couples remain worried about perception, and possibly for good reason.

Last decade, a survey conducted by researchers at Cornell University revealed that couples who met in “traditional” ways—whether through friends, family or chance encounter—receive far more social support than couples who met on the internet.

“More of these couples got engaged and were planning weddings—often with economic support from parents—than those who met in more anonymous settings, like via the Internet,” Cornell Director of Undergraduate Studies Sharon Sassler wrote.

“Perceptions of what others think are socially acceptable ways and places to meet have a lot to do with it,” Sassler added.

So while a blind date facilitated by friends might be considered “socially acceptable,” meeting in a crowded club might not.

But there is nothing inherently wrong with meeting in a club, and like she stated in the viral Reddit post, the original poster’s intention was never to shame her neighbor, but rather to find common ground.

Unfortunately, her neighbor felt differently and accused the original poster of trying to shame her—a move many Redditors suspected was a result of great insecurity.

“[Not the a**hole],” Redditor u/Unhappy-Coffee-1917 wrote in the post’s top comment, which has received more than 14,000 upvotes.

“‘Lady, I’m not a white screen,’” they continued, offering a potential response to the original poster. “‘Stop projecting.’”

Redditor u/Dan_92159, whose comment has received more than 4,000 upvotes, echoed that sentiment.

“[Not the a**hole],” they wrote. “You didn’t judge her….you told her about you and your husband. She decided to take [offense] about nothing.”

“She’s obviously insecure,” Redditor u/Lakehounds added. “You implied nothing about her life when you told her about yours.”

In a separate comment, which has received more than 1,500 upvotes, Redditor u/PhilosopherInside956 attempted to explain what they thought happened between the original poster and her neighbor.

“How…does your relationship have anything to do with hers and at what point they decided to have sex?” they questioned. “This is mind blowing, that was such a reach to find something to be upset about.

“Here’s what actually happened,” they continued. “You told your story, and then she jumped feet first into the Grand Canyon of overreacting and then she implied YOU are the one that sleeps around by keeping it casual at first.”

Newsweek reached out to u/commercewhiskey for comment.