If I were to say something like...

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A couple of years ago I was responding to something, I think on YouTube. I really now have no idea what it was about, what I do remember is a part of what I said and the response I got. I said something like: "My wife was vision impaired, or as she preferred 'blind.'" And this person said: "What? She isn't blind anymore?" ..... Honestly, I would've more thought someone would have said something about divorce, but no...that wasn't what I got. I kind of sat there, staring at the comment for a bit. Finally I responded that she was no longer with us, she was dead. I wish comments on YouTube could stress things besides capitalizing. At least he had the grace of apologizing. But it has puzzled me ever since. I mean... no longer being blind? Where did that come from. I guess if it were something like cataracts, but why would she be considered blind before that... In fact, she did have cataract surgery, didn't heal the thing that caused her lack of vision in the first place, it just kept her from becoming totally blind. It did marginally improve her distance vision, where before she couldn't see her toes... okay, she could see the shapes, but not well. She could more clearly see 5 to 10 feet, meaning instead of just a blob where the face is, she could now see that the blob had features, not really able to see if they were smiling or frowning, just features. And it could not fix her color vision, or the lack of the color vision because she did not have cones that are what allow us to see colors. But still, I'm so puzzled by the comment. Have you ever said something and been puzzled by the response? Tell me, I'm dying to know if I'm not the only one who has weird interactions with idiots...