Why did my friend suddenly become mean?

[Anonymous]

A few weeks ago we were pretty close, we use to talk a lot and stream videos together and watch it. Now when we play games together or talk he started calling me dumb and stupid. Which hurt a lot. Then started being very cold towards me, started hanging around other people. Yesterday he stated "why do I bother hanging out with you" and "you are weird" etc. I felt like he just didn't like me at all, and then started saying he really enjoys hanging out with X and Y and explained they have the same sense of humour.

Im not the jealous type but I can see what his doing, and it annoys me. I started playing games with a different friend group and he noticed, and stated if I was playing by myself or others. I said with others (cause the game was a horror and I am terrified to play by myself).

I have confronted him about the situation, asked if there was anything wrong or if I had done anything to upset him. He said no and we are fine, but still treats me in a mean way.

I do not get it but I have been spending less time with him for these reasons

[Anonymous]

You already did what I would suggest, and that’s confronting him about his behavior. So my guess is that he doesn’t see anything wrong with how he’s acting, and apparently has no good reason for the change. I don’t know what’s wrong on his end, but if I were you I’d stop being friends with a person like that. Relationships are one thing, like if he was your boyfriend I’d feel like this is a speed bump and if you two love each other you should try to work through it. But just a platonic person? Absolutely not, there’s nothing positive about where you two are now and you’re better off on your own.

[taurusman]

Tell the guy to quit acting like a nine-year-old and go hang out with people who aren’t gonna give you the crap. He is feeling bad for what one person thinks about you. Love yourself and move on.