Jealousy + Hatred towards a new student?

Asked by Melody12234 (101) January 16th, 2019 from iPhone

I have a friend who has been acting pretty down ever since a new student arrived. I went to go talk to him about it and he surprisingly opened up to me. He said he hated this new student and yet he didn’t know why. (Although to me, it was pretty obvious.) Yet, I listened to his side of the story. He hated how the new guy just magically popped up out of nowhere whenever he was talking to someone. He would “practically” steal the spotlight. But, this new guy is honestly the nicest person you would ever hope to meet. I really would like the both of them to get along! My friend is pretty much confiding in me because no one else wants to hear about his problem towards the new guy. I would really like to help them get along or perhaps get my friend to the point where he would at least tolerate him. Any ideas? I’d love to have another point of view on this issue. :)