Hi everyone! So my boyfriend (M28) and I (F26) recently started dating and he met my friends. One of them called me to talk about how he was being overly friendly (almost flirty) with her on one of our nights out by touching her knee at one point and her arm. She said he didn’t say anything concerning, but it was more his body language towards her. She said if she didn’t know him or that he had a girlfriend she would have definitely thought he was trying to be flirty. I was there and didn’t see any of this. Both of us were very drunk, but I don’t want to excuse that behavior.
Concerned, I texted my other friend about the situation and she noticed he too was very touchy when they met (like touched her on the arm a few times while talking) but she didn’t think much about it because it seemed like his personality. She said she didn’t bring it up because didn’t see it as anything other than being friendly especially since I was right there. For context he is a very outgoing life of the party guy. Yet, is this a red flag? How do I go about bringing this up to him without being accusing too?
TL;DR: My friends expressed some concern that my boyfriend was overly friendly with them. Should I be concerned? Is this a red flag and how do I go about talking about this with him?