Am I the Asshole?

The original post: /r/amitheasshole by /u/DoubleCartoonist2724 on 2025-04-06 06:45:20.

We were both drinking. He jokingly, lightly bit my face close to my eye. I reacted by smacking him in the face.

I apologized, said it was a knee jerk reaction to being bit. But he's still really upset. I understand that I hit him and that is not okay and I apologized. But he is still very upset.

He's always been annoyingly physical while drinking and I've always asked how he will feel if I start to flinch from his touch. Instead of flinching I slapped.

How would you feel? How should I feel? Right now it's guilty like no other. Like I'm an abusive partner. But at the same time my action was in response to his action.