It sounds bad, but let me explain. I’m(29 M) not stereotypically masculine. I like to dress nice and smell good, I just don’t see a point in dressing like a slob. I am also fairly soft spoken and try to remain respectful. I’ve been described as “metro” by people and I don’t mind at all. That being said, I’m also straight and have never had issues getting dates with women. My last relationship ended because she moved to another state for work, not because of my clothing choice or mannerisms. You’ll see why this is important. Most of my friendships are with women. I don’t see an issue with it and if I get along with someone, I’m not going to refuse to be friends with them. I love my friends and we go out to bars regularly to hang out. Well last weekend, we went out and one of my friends, we’ll call her Amy, brought her boyfriends, we’ll call him Adam. I’ve met Adam a few times and he always has remarks about how I’m “one of the girls” and how I’m a sissy. Honestly I figured he was just insecure that his girlfriend is friends with a man. So I let it go. But last weekend he took it too far. He got PLASTERED. He was acting obnoxious and loud, and he kept grabbing on Amy when she was clearly uncomfortable. She asked him to stop and told him he was being embarrassing. When he grabbed her arm, I stepped inbetween and told him to calm down. He started breathing his whiskey breathe in my face and calling me lots of derogatory names. I pushed him off of me and he pushed me back, then said “I’ll beat your a** you sissy f*****”, and the fact he used those words pissed me off. So without thinking about it, I punched him directly in the nose and he fell out cold. He came to and I left with a few of my other friends, Amy stayed with Adam and told him what happened. Now the group is split. Most think I was right because he was so out of line and rude. Some think I should’ve just ignored him and say I “embarrassed him”. AITAH? Edit: I do want to add that Amy is on my side and has been apologizing profusely for me being in that situation. She’s also been thanking me for standing up to him and watching out for her.