my bf is a Mixed Marshal Arts person but he only does it for fun and stuff, but he is really strong and like this one time he was holding my hand for like 45 min (it was awsome) but the next day i had bruises from where his figures were. so here is the question is he trying to hide the fact that he is protective over me?
So like i am always walkin around and stuff with my best guy friends and stuff and he would randomly walk up and he would slowly get me to walk away from them. And if one of my best guy friend huggs me my bf will get kinda mad, and if i hug myt best guy friend back my bf will tap on random things to get my attention. if i say any of my exs names he’ll change the subject (even though he brought it up, like i’ll be talkin bout how weirdly Dom treated me (one of my exs) my bf would be like “well you know I’d never do that right? any way, lets go over here i need to get a book.(we were at a park and he had his book in is hand)” and when any of my friends get mad me he keeps me away from them thinken they are gonna do sumtin to me.
any who so is he trying to hide the fact that he is protective,or what is like going on? thanks

He lets me talk to my guy friends (and i guess i cant tell if my guy friends are flirting with me or not) but when my bf sees the slightest hint of them begeining to flirt he will litterly call my name (kind of in like protective tone) and walk over to me wrap his arm around my shoulders and be like “I won’t let any one steal you from me” and then he’d walk away. but he would look at my guy friends for a minute patt me on the head (cuz he is like 5 inches taller than me he does that just to be kinda flirty subtly). my guy friends would look back and when my bf would walk away they looked clearly intimidated by the way that my bf looked at them. But there was this one incodent when my ex came up and said ‘hey **** i still love yah, come back.’ i blushed but said no (i blushed cuz i felt awkward) and my bf was standin right beside me and he did absolutly nothing, in fact he knuckle touched my ex (he hates that certen ex)!!!! what was up with that?
is this normal behaivor? pleas answer all the questions that i asked in this if you can. thanks