>"... No, it's polite. And I do not think that the suggestion was gender specific. And I simply read your cupboard to hide as a kind of apology."
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>I clearly thanked you for your assistance, and there was no hidden meaning in that either. The comment about "standing in a dark cupboard" is more about removing yourself from whatever is going on around you, i.e. moving out of the line of fire.

And I thought that you put a smile into your face and placed yourself in the cupboard out of pure shame ... gdr

Just let it this way. No harm is done. You don't need to apologize and I don't need one.