Coworkers didn’t do anything for my last day due to a rumor

OK, so I have been working at my job for six years as a teacher in a small school. I’ve definitely had my ups and downs and have missed a lot of days due to FMLA leave and other situations, so I can understand frustration from my boss and some coworkers because of that. But within the last year, I became friendly with some of my coworkers. I’ve seen them outside of work and recently went to one coworker’s birthday.
I’ve known it was going to be my last day for a while, and so have some of my coworkers. Typically, on coworkers’ last days, people organize something, get a card and a little gift, maybe a cake, and do something for them at the end of the day. Because of my absences, I had already assumed in my head that wasn’t going to happen for me. Also, because at a previous job they didn’t do anything for me either, I just figured it wasn’t going to happen this time. Honestly, even though it’s slightly disappointing, I was ok with it.
But I was stupid. In my classroom, I work with two TAs, and we got into a conversation about my last day. I said to one of my coworkers in the classroom that I didn’t expect anything from anyone. And that i didn’t think anyone would organize that ( I said it in a casual way not in like a poor me please do something way) I know I probably shouldn’t have said that because it can leave a bad taste in people’s mouths, but we were talking about another girl who was mad that nobody did anything for her, and I responded that I dont expect anything from anyone,”. We left it at that. I also said that I get very emotional with those kinds of things, so I’d rather just leave quietly and leave it at that.
Fast forward to today, my last day, and yeah, nobody did anything. A couple of people said goodbye to me, but that was about it. My boss didn’t even say goodbye to me. I left, and again, I wasn’t too disappointed because it was already what I had expected.
But now a coworker of mine told me there was a rumor being spread to the people I was friendly with that I was expecting them to do something for me and that they were mad about it. Apparently, that’s why they didn’t do anything.
I’m so mad because I absolutely did not say that I was expecting something from anyone. I should’ve never made the comment about how I didn’t expect anything, that was probably a mistake on my part, but I’m really upset that somebody in my room went and spread it around and completely changed what I said, making me look bad.
I know, at the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter anymore because I’ve left and I’m gone. But I hate that my character is being questioned and that I look like this greedy, entitled person. It completely tarnished my last day, and I genuinely feel upset about it.
Of course it stings that nobody did anything. You always hope they will, but I would never once expect it. That’s just not who I am as a person.
My friend said that even if that rumor did go around, if people genuinely cared, they still would’ve given me a card or at least acknowledged my last day. That’s probably the least they could’ve done.
I know it’s partly my own fault for saying what I did in the first place and it was innapropriate, I can aknowledge that, and saying whatever was in my head is not a smart move . I definitely need to be more careful about that. I’m just feeling really down right now and honestly pretty hurt as well.