Do you like to receive bad news sugarcoated or bluntly? Why?

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1. Tell me the way it is, just don’t be an asshole about it.

2. Bluntly, or by singing telegram.

3. Just tell me quickly and then let me get on with being angry about it alone.

4. There’s a difference between sugarcoating and showing some empathy and being compassionate in the delivery.

   There’s also a difference between being blunt and being a cunt.

   Just don’t be an arsehole or look like you’re enjoying the drama.

5. I have an idea. Maybe if you tell hte bad news in a good way it wouldn’t sound so bad.

6. Bluntly but in the right tone of voice. Don’t get my hopes up over something that’s already a lost cause.

7. Blunt is what I’m used to, and honestly, I get annoyed with people who can’t spit stuff out.

8. blunt, in my experience sugar coating is just lying to me and i end up being super pissed at the person who does it

9. I don’t like anything sugar costed.

10. I like it with a blunt. Everything is better that way.

11. You can sugar coat shit but it’s still shit. Might as well not sugar coat it.

12. Bluntly.. I’m a grown ass man, just spit it out

13. I only do one kind of beating around the bush and it has nothing to do with bad news. Give it to me upfront please.

14. Gut wrenching truth straight up

15. Depends on the kind of news it is to begin with :

    If you’re telling me you cheated on me, just be straight up about it ; I’m still going to be extremely upset with you no matter how to try to play it. Don’t waste both our time, and just get it over with

16. Bluntly. I’m constantly telling a girlfriend to stop trying to spare my feelings and be blunt.

    I suck at guessing; don’t make me

17. Bluntly, cause it’s gonna suck any way you put it

18. Bluntly, get to the point and rip the band aide off. You don’t need to be an asshole about it but I despise when people beat around the bush.

19. Bluntly and it’s also always better to give me the bad news first instead of the good news.

20. Bluntly

21. Blunt why bullshit around the problem

22. Tell a man what is going on, don’t beat around the bush. Don’t make things more complicated then it needs to be

23. Blunt in as few words as possible to communicate clearly.

24. Blunt. Honest, but straight forward.

25. Blunt is better, because I feel like the person who is telling me the bad news respects me enough to be honest.

26. Blunt is fine. Deal with that shit every day at work. Sugarcoating has me guessing the details. Blunt is straight forward and gives me the details needed to deal with it.

27. Just tell me.

28. Little Johnnie’s teacher asked him how his weekend was.

    “Horribly, a car hit my dog in the ass,” he said.

    She said, “Rectum.”

    “Wrecked him?” Johnnie said. “Damn near killed him!” ”

    .

    Bluntly, with humor if at all possible