Why do people always want to hear the bad news first?

Question

You know when someone says that they need to tell you something and it involves good and bad news, they ask which one you'd like to hear first. I've noticed that most of the time, people want to hear the bad news first instead of the good news.

Why is that?

Answer 1

Because then they will not be just thinking about what kind of bad news you have to tell them and they can enjoy the good news more.

Answer 2

The reason for this is because the bad news maybe bad so they want to hear it first and usually most of the time the good news has something to do with he bad news to turn it around

Answer 3

Because the good news will make them feel better after they hear the bad news

Answer 4

When you hear the bad news you wanna hear what you did not expect. Most likely the the good news is easy to cope with if you expect it or not. I like hearing the bad news first because I would like to hear that problem first and the good news can become secondary because im sure its nothing that is strenuous or not easily hard to accpet.

Answer 5

So that the good news can make the bad news seem a bit better than if you presented the bad news last.

Answer 6

Maybe when they get the bad news they are sad, but when they gt the good news they can be happy again, if it was the other way around it would go good news from already being happy to bad new to being sad for the rest of the day.

Answer 7

because after hearing the bad news the good news may cheer you up rather to hearing the good news and the bad news letting you down

Answer 8

well me personally i would want to hear the bad news first so that way the goo news is hopefully good enough to cheer me up. if you hear it the way around, the bad news may be something really bad/serious like someone dying in the family. for instance say i asked you wanted to hear first and then good news was you were getting 10,00 dollars inheirted to you and the bad news was you were getting fired from your job. wouldn't you rather hear the bad news first?

Answer 9

The good news makes the bad news not as bad?

Or the bad news ruins the good news if it is said after.

Answer 10

any positiveness that would come from the good news would be immediately crushed by the bad news. plus i guess it just feels better to hear something good after you have been let down. and if the person told u the good news and you werent impressed, where do they go from there? good question tho that is interesting

Answer 11

Because if you hear the good news first and then the bad news it would ruin the good news .. You'll forget all about the good news.

Answer 12

Because then the good news can possibly be better or make the bad news not bad anymore.

Answer 13

Because the good news makes you a little more optimistic after hearing the bad news.



As opposed to feeling like bittersweet because your good news was ruined.



It shouldn't make any difference, but perception is 90% of everything.

Answer 14

It gets it out of the way so the good news seems even better. The good news is a little bit of a relief.

Answer 15

Saving the best for last. Once the talk is done, they don't want to leave a bad taste in their minds. They want to remember the good news more than the bad.

Answer 16

Because they are hoping that the Good News will triumph over the Bad News, and make the bad news sound like less of a problem...or at least..that's why I do it! :) Hope this helped! :)

Answer 17

So the good news will be the "pick up"...it'll make them feel a bit better after being hit with the bad news

Answer 18

It will cheer them up if they hear the good new after the bad news.

Answer 19

because after they hear bad news the good news will make them feel better

Answer 20

So the good news at the end will lighten up the bad news.

Answer 21

Because hopefully the good news with override the bad news.

Answer 22

because the good news cheers you up after you hear the bad news!

Answer 23

get the bad part out of the way to hear the good

Answer 24

so that when they hear the good news next it might cheer them up from hearing the bad news

Answer 25

I'm guessing (This is why I would) it's because whichever one they hear second, they'd pay more attention to, so they want to get the bad part out of the way first.

Answer 26

because, they want to be cheered up, after they hear the bad thing by the good thing. instead of being made feel bad after they hear the good thing?

Answer 27

reverse phycology i guess.

i always want to just get the bad news over with FIRST so then after i can easy forget about that and take the good news.

idk that i just how I am about that kind of thing.

Answer 28

If something is good, then it doesn't need fixing or immediate attention. However, If something is going bad then it may need to be addressed as soon as possible, and is wanted to be heard first.

Answer 29

so after the bad news the good news will cheer them up :)

Answer 30

because they get to hear devastating news that may kill something inside of them and then they hear the good news that brings a smile to their face.

Answer 31

Because the good news leaves you in a happy mood when they are done

Answer 32

because its better to get the bad part out of the way, but sometimes the good news is even worse..lol

Answer 33

To get the negative stuff out the way and hte last thing they hear/remember will be something positive.

Answer 34

because the good news after words makes things better : )

Answer 35

too feel better after hearing the good news, basically to balance it out

Answer 36

so the good news can somehow take away the bad thing/feeling that the bad news has brought to him/her

Answer 37

Because the good news often pales in comparison.

Answer 38

the good news will soften the blow of the bad news..u dont wanna be up then knocked right back down

Answer 39

I think a lot of people do it so the good news can cheer them up like

ex;



Your girlfriend cheated on you.

good news. She died. lmfao, well you see what I mean. lol

Answer 40

Because when her the bad news you'll be mad , & the good news will cheer you up :)

Answer 41

After bad news, you can look up to a brighter side...

Answer 42

because it makes the good news better,

Answer 43

So that the good news cheers them up afterwards. =)

Answer 44

because then the good news cheers you up lol

Answer 45

Save the best for last.

Answer 46

To make the good news sound better.

Answer 47

To get it out of the way, and hopefully the good news will make up for it.

Answer 48

It makes some ppl feel better about their own life!

Answer 49

so that they can be relieved with the good news in the end.

Answer 50

It's always better to get it over with. It can only get better from there...

Answer 51

so there's something good out of it in the end.

Answer 52

to get rid of the anxiousness

Answer 53

you ever heard of that old saying the best is only yet to come......

Answer 54

to get it over with