I don't think it was meant to be evil. It is really hard to say. Simply meant to make you feel better? Clearly that isn't what happened. It's hard to understand. Asking him will just bring about a R talk. I would suggest changing both back to what they were. I wouldn't change yours to "IL WAS". See if he won't make an effort on his own to show you what he meant by his action.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
