I was in San Diego for the July 4th weekend and my friend took me to a nice Irish bar. There was live music and the crowd was going crazy for a certain number they were playing.

I asked a girl standing next to me if she knew the song/artist.

She said "Ofcourse! It is <so and so song by so and so artist>. You don't know this?"

I said "No!" And we got to talking. We transitioned from topic to topic very easily. She was genuinely friendly.

We got to talking about beers as she was drinking some beer and I asked her opinion on the beer that I should try at this bar. So we headed towards the counter and stood behind someone as it was kinda crowded. Out of nowhere, this huge guy came and stood next to us. I saw him through the periphery of my vision but I was focused on our chat as it was very interesting. She was a complete beer aficionado and she knew her stuff. I teased her a little bit about her taste and gave a little rub on her head to mess her hair up after a particularly funny situation.

"Hey! No touching!" the huge guy said sternly!

I was completely caught off-guard to this turn of events and all my senses went numb. I didn't know what to say!

I mumbled a 'Hi' thinking he was her boyfriend.

She interjected "Hey this is my friend Jason" or whatever his name was. He had his eyes fixed on me as if he was going to eat me raw. The girl on the other hand was very very embarrassed.

She nudged him to the side as I made my way to the bar and bought the beer she had suggested. I saw her arguing with him.

A little while later we bumped into each other and I told her that I liked the beer.

"Your friend is very possessive. I am scared of him and so I am going to stay away from you" I put my hand on her shoulder and moved myself backward instead of pushing her away. I learnt this trick from the youtube "how to kino".

She was very flustered and said "I am really really sorry about him". She brought over a friend to convince me that the guy was harmless. I still walked away, smiling, and joined my friend.

What I interpreted from this situation was that guy was obviously an orbiter, an AFC, and was trying to 'protect' her from scavengers like me. When in-fact, he just ended up embarrassing her and fell down even more in her eyes.

Guys, please don't do this! Ever! You are not anybody's bodyguard. If the girl is fine talking to a stranger there is no reason for you to be paranoid and be all protective. Instead of being the protective father figure, you come out as an insecure douche-bag who has nothing better to do than stand like a bouncer next to two people who are having a good conversation.