Hi everyone,
I was out at a bar earlier with a new friend. My friend was encouraging me to talk to women—which I did not want to do. He tapped a girl in the shoulder and started a conversation with her while I was paying attention to something else at the bar. He looped me into the conversation and I spoke to the girl for a few minutes. It turned out that we have a mutual friend. We just talked about general stuff.
However I observed my friend taking a photo of me and the girl. After a few minutes the girl’s friend took her hand and said that they wanted to go the other bar. I exchanged social media details with the girl I was speaking to and they left. The new friend I went to the bar with was also getting the other girls’ social media info.
Afterwards I told my friend at the bar that taking a photo the way he did wasn’t appropriate, especially given that we had a mutual friend. He deleted the photo and said that I was overthinking the situation. As the girl was leaving he gave her a one-arm hug.
At this point I’m at a loss for what else I need to do if anything. I cancelled my follow request on Instagram—which the girl did not accept for about 24 hours—and sent her a message apologizing for my friend’s behavior. After that nothing else.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I’m also concerned about compromising my relationship with the mutual friend.