Boyfriend (24M) ignored my (26f) repeated attempts to get us away from a group of men that were making me very uncomfortable

I’ve been with my boyfriend for a few months. I have heard from him on several occasions express that he is intimidated by men that are physically bigger than him or seem more socially outgoing than him (he can be a bit socially anxious). <br><br>We were at a bar together at a table with a few of his friends. There was a group of men standing behind us that were pretty loud. A few of them had clearly had too much to drink. They started to get a bit rowdier and one of them spilled a drink on the floor inches from where I was sitting. I leaned over to my boyfriend and said quietly “Hey, it’s getting a bit loud in here. Mind if we move to a table over there?” (there was one table across the bar that was empty). He said no it’s fine. <br><br>I sat back in my chair and a few minutes later one of the drunk guys behind me shouted in my ear “Well helloooo!”. I jumped and looked over at my boyfriend who just shrugged. I leaned over to him again and said “Hey it’s really making me uncomfortable with all the shouting and getting rowdy behind me, can we please move?”. He said no again, this time saying that he liked the view of the bar from where we were sitting. It was a square bar so every table had the same view. <br><br>I sat back again and a few minutes later one of the drunk guys behind me put his hand on my shoulder and squeezed it. I jumped again and leaned over to my boyfriend and said “Hey, it’s really making me uncomfortable with all the shouting and getting rowdy behind me, can we please move? I don’t feel safe with them behind me.” And he just shrugged again and said “It’s fine.” <br><br>Finally I had enough and got up and moved to the table I had asked to move to and just sat there until he came over and sat with me. He seemed a bit annoyed that I moved without him. <br><br>I don’t really know what to make of this. It made me feel really unsafe and uncomfortable that he wouldn’t remove us from a situation that I didn’t feel safe in. It was also just completely invalidating of my feelings to shrug when I said I wasn’t safe. <br><br>I haven’t mentioned anything to him about it because it was only one night and I didn’t want to jump to conclusions, but it really bothered me. Has anyone else had any experiences like this? How did you handle it?