How exactly did I misjudge? Someone suggested you bring along a male friend to make him jealous, and you said you'd try it. I'm not judging you like I know you personally, I'm just sorta pointing out what is established.
My honest opinion is if you can't ignore his conduct, then you just talk to him directly instead of trying to play some weird mind games. That means asking something like "Why did you do that?" when he gives you a mixed signal. Chances are you're interpreting things incorrectly.
If you don't want anything that could be interpreted as criticism, then you don't really want an honest opinion do you? That's what you say when all you want is a bunch of people to agree with you.