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I remember saying "I don't listen to music" in high school and half of college because I didn't feel I could listen to the music I enjoyed without being made fun of. I basically didn't listen to music until I was in college and I had space to explore what I liked and didn't like without peer pressure.
To this day I don't listen to music in front of anyone other than my wife and kids. I still remember the exact derogatory quote that a person I thought was my friend said in regards to me showing them some music I liked... from about 40 years ago.
That's one thing I instill in my kids, everyone is allowed to like and not like what they want and they should not be made fun of for any of their preferences.
You're taking the one bad experience with a so called friend too far.
"Hey, I know barely anything about you but I can tell your feelings are not valid'.
Trauma doesn't work like that, you don't just get over it on command.
And hes proactively ending it with him by helping his kids learn healthy views about individual tastes and respecting others.
Even if he can't "fix" it for himself, he has already protected others.
Yep I get it now.
I still wish his friends get shafted tho