It was a sort of 'don't try it with me or my friends' thing.

Forgot to say that the first interaction I was solo, 2nd time my mate was with me. Maybe the both of us together could have changed the vibe? Or more likely something else happened in the group that was nothing to do with either of us

Thinking about what PostScript said, it could have been educational to plow on but at the time I just thought 'oh well nothing lost' We moved on, got a drink and opened some more