When it comes to sharing happenings in my life with someone, it varies because there are people who know my career life, there are people who know my relationship life, and also, there are people who know my spiritual life. So sharing good news with people depends on the area of attention they have about my life.

I have a friend who relocated to Serbia late last year, and he's one of my closest childhood friends. We talk about life in general a lot, but most importantly, career and family life. He recently got married before he relocated, and I attended the event. Ever since then, he's been rooting for me to get into family life too. The day his wife put to birth, I woke up at 4am to see the WhatsApp message he dropped around 2am. I was filled with joy. I know I'm not the very first person he told because his family could have heard, but I'm very sure I'm among the very first set that he told, and I appreciate that. He tells me the breaking news in his life. I was among the first he told when his visa was granted, and I jokingly asked him whether he wasn't scared that I might bewitch the visa and get it ruined, as we've seen and heard many times when people shared their good news with people and within a few days, the good news became sour. We laughed over it.

The same thing, because he has a deep interest in these parts of my life, I always rush to tell the good news or the challenge I'm facing. Whether good news or life challenges, I share with him, we always laugh it out together, and that moment gladdens my heart a lot. This guy hears a lot of things about me before my parents. Take, for example, if I finally get who I'm gonna settle down with, this guy must have known through all the processes before anyone in my family, and that's due to how close we are.

I also have a friend who has great interests in my life. We talk a lot about life, he shares details of his life happenings and even as far as asking for a little help whenever he's in need, and I always stand with him and the same thing with my life too. He's more interested in the spiritual and religious aspect and any time there's a goodnews in these aspects, I always hit him first before telling other people. He does the same for me, and because many times we've shared secrets we kept till when the event materialised and publicised.

Would I feel bad if these people I share my life happenings with first, snub me to share theirs with others?

Ummm....
It depends on the gravity of the happenings.
Just like I mentioned about my first friend, when his wife gave birth, it could be that I wasn't the first he shared with because his family are the closest to him. So if he shares with them first before me, there's no problem at all. But if he skips me and shares with other friends, and I happen to hear the news outside, I will feel very bad.

Just like a few weeks ago, my immediate younger brother had an accident when he visited home. My dad wanted to keep it a secret, but when he thought of how his siblings (my uncles and aunts) would feel if they happened to hear about it from somewhere, he just picked up his phone and reached out to all of them...to avoid wahala 😅

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