Why do people have to be so negative when someone shares good news?

[Anonymous]

I’ve noticed this is very common. If I ever share positive news or anything happy to some people I know they have always been so negative about it, they never say anything nice. I was close with my flat mate and I shared something good and he was negative, I noticed he acts like that about everything. I no longer talk to my dad and some family members because they would tear down everything I said, complain about everything and no matter what I did to make it better, nothing changed, he’d just deflect onto me.

I’ve confronted my flat mate about this and he said “not everything is sunshine and rainbows” but that’s no excuse for bringing someone’s mood down. But I’ve noticed it’s quite common, why do people act like this?

[CrimsonAngel09]

Perhaps they are envious.

I was dealing with pregnancy envy in 2019, when my best friend became pregnant with her son. She was all happy, and I just got both angry and upset in the same time.

In short I temporarily ruined our friendship for a few months. She blocked me on Facebook and Twitter, so I had no contact with her except through another best friend. I gave her space for a few months, then after getting her phone number through our best friend, sent her a long apology. She forgave me and we are best friends again, and I'm even a Godmother.

I hope they own up to their mistake and apologize, because they're only making things worse by being envious.

[Anonymous]

Because some people are just miserable and can't let anybody enjoy anything.

[Anonymous]

Not everybody likes hearing good news unless it’s theirs