Good news or bad ,which do you prefer first ?

Bad news always gets there first for me,good news is a bonus for which I am grateful.x

I prefer to get the bad news first. Just for the reasoning that you stated to. I guess also, I have a tendancy in life to want to get the bad over with really fast, so I can move on to the good in life. LoL. It kind of drives me crazy when I tell someone that I have good news and bad news for them, and they want the good news first... then I give the bad news and they don't really like the bad news too much (of course) and then they want to hash over the bad news over and over and over again. I just don't respond to that very well. I try to hang up the phone or get away from that person asap when that happens! Lol. I just think to myself, you should have asked for the bad news first!

Hi ronnyb! Knowing that there is bad news will already make me feel worried and kinda anxious about it. So, I think I would like to hear the bad news first so I could get over and done with it. Then would like to hear the good news so it could soften somehow the blow or impact of the bad news I have just heard. Take care and have a wonderful day! lovelots..faith

A lot of people prefer the bad news first, while some rather the good news.But for me i rather the bad new first,while recovering from the bad new then i want to hear the good news. But in which ever way you take it their is always good news an bad news, and we all have to take it some way some how . But i rather the bad news first so that after being sad, the good news can cheer me up.

i always prefer good news to hear first then the bad one, i think your way is good first to listen bad news and then good news good idea i will try it out, Happy Mylotting

In my opinion,I would like to get the good news first.One of its reason is like what you said. And I don't want to be sad at last if I know the good one first.Maybe it is just a habbit,go through painfulness and then taste the sweet.But sometimes it seems that good news must be heard before the bad one in order to have a surprise.

Another good discussion. I usually want the bad news first so I have time to compute it in my pea brain before being elated about the good news. Then I don't dwell on the bad news since it came last. Don't really know if there is a right or wrong way to handle this kind of situation. Guess it has to do with the individual receiving the news.

I am an optimist for others but an pessimist for myself.So I would Always want the bad news first.

Hi, ronnyb. I think that I like hearing the bad news first. I always want to save the best for last. My husband came at me last week about this. He asked me what would I rather hear first, the good or the bad news. I told him the bad news.. I just want to get the bad news all over and done with.

Each person has their own preferance. It is better for me to get the bad news out of the way and then hear the good news later. This way, even though your mood might be sad, depressed or in a foul mood it will lighten up later when you listen to the good news. The effect of the good news will lessen the negative vibes caused by the bad news.

I would prefer to hear the bad news fiirst just to get it out of the way then hear the good news. I have come across more situations where people would say to me "do you want to hear the good or bad news first?" i wish all situations were good news but i guess it can't be that way all the time now can it? lol

I would rather hear the good news first. If I heard the bad news first, I would be in a bad frame of mind when I heard the good news. If the good news is really good, I want to enjoy the moment. If I heard the bad news first, I wouldn't enjoy the moment as much when I did get to hear the good news.

I prefer the bad news first. I like to get it over with. I always ate my cake last too. I didn't want some horrid flavor to be the one I'd carry with me through the rest of school, I wanted it to be something I liked that I'd be stuck with. Since you couldn't brush during school, that was why I made the decision that way. Same with bad news. Get the worst over with, then it's clear sailing.

If someone ask me which news do you want to hear first- good news or bad news, then definitely i would prefer to choose good news,its because once if i hear to bad news then i might turn to depress of may be behave violently, that depends what the news is for, so i would better choose good news, which will brings joy first and there will be less depression even if i listen to bad news afterward.

I always want the bad new first in the hope that the good new will be so great that I forget all about the bad news or at least it doesn't feel so bad.

I prefer to get the bad news first. That way I can process it and deal with it before I hear the good news. Then I will be able to focus and appreciate the good news.

i'd rather get the bad news first then the good news, have to face the good , bad & the ugly in life.

I prefer having the bad news first; then the good news. At least any sadness or grief I feel from the sad news could at least be lessened by the good news!

I prefer good news first. I always pray that i will never have to receive any bad news if possible.

I prefer the bad news first becaue then I have something to look forward to, being the good news. I would rather hear the bad news, be upset for a minute and know I have good news to hear also than to hear good news, be in a good mood and have that mood crushed due to the bad news.