When I receive good news, the first person I'm going to tell is my parents, either my mom or my dad. This is because I'm close to the two of them. I will tell my dad first; automatically my mom will know about it. I shared a good relationship with both of them. But then, as a man to another man, I will just call my dad and tell him about the good news.
I could remember anytime I was in a competition, or I took my athletes to a competition and I won, my dad would be the first I would call and gist with about how everything went in that competition; in fact, he knows some of my students' names, just for you to know how close we both were.
I don't just tell him about my good news alone; anytime I'm facing any kinds of challenges, he will be the one I'm going to call and tell first, and believe me, he has always been supporting me financially, emotionally, physically, and so on.
As for me, I can't receive good news and tell my friends first; it's not as if I don't have genuine friends, but then people get jealous, and this can go a long way by affecting you. There are genuinely friends, but most friends get jealous, especially if you are doing better than them; this will be one of the reasons why I will choose who I will choose over.
I personally believe that someone who will be there for you during the rain and the dry season should be the person you tell everything, although some are blessed with friends like that, but mine is a little bit different.
Meanwhile, I'm also my parents' best friend. My dad will call me anytime just to gist with me about his day; he literally tells me about everything. He puts me first. There's absolutely nothing he will not tell me about. Being someone's favorite, someone you share your emotions, feelings, and so on with, shows how valuable you are, and you can only do this with someone that values you, someone that you know that your secrets are safe in their hands.
Now the question is how would I feel if someone I put first put someone else first by telling them things instead of me? Well, the fact is that I will be sad at some point whenever I find out. Because to me, I will only see it as if the person did not trust me at first, because if he or she actually trusted me, he or she would put me first. I love to give positive energy, and I want the same energy back in return. But at the same time I believe people have different opinions about things. Once I notice things like that are happening, I will just adjust the way I'm close to that particular person; that only shows I'm not valued.
So in summary, regardless of what I receive as good news, I will tell my dad about it. This is just because he trusted me and we are best of friends; meanwhile, we are also very close.
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