u/Celtslap

Context- my son is 12 and in his first year of highschool, diagnosed ASD1. The boy in question has a very big personality- he takes up lots of bandwidth. Honestly, he’ll probably end up being Prime Minister as he’s highly intelligent and charismatic. Unfortunately he’s also insecure as he’s too young for the year (was academically accelerated) and is overweight. So he overcompensates by playing mean power games. My son used to be friends with this boy years ago but I’ve noticed the kid will take any opportunity to put my son down or side against him, especially publicly. Recently he removed my son from a Minecraft group chat which he was enjoying, with a flimsy pretext. I told my son, ‘I’m sorry, but X just doesn’t like you’. I also explained the reason why the boy is insecure and wants to play power games. I don’t know if he’d noticed any of this before. Now I feel guilty that I shouldn’t have pointed this out even though it’s true and I’m worried about what consequences it may have. So my question- is it useful to know if someone doesn’t like you or is ignorance bliss?