how do you tell a friend bad news

she trusts YOU to tell her the truth. you need to tell her the truth. don't be so worried that she is going to be insulted. she did ask for the truth and is trying out a recipe. you are her friend and most of us count on our friends for honesty.

How about simply "I loved your cookies, but something in them didn't love me" I tell my kids and hubby that they need to tell me flat out if they don't like something because if they go Yum, they are bound to get it again. lol

now,thats a difficult situation!!i think you should tell the truth,that the cookies were lovely but your stomach couldnt handle something that was in it,maybe she could modify the recipe.

Whatever may be our character, one thing we should follow is we must be straight forward to friends. As far as I am concerned, I will just frankly say the bad news without any unwanted emotional build up. Because friends are something special. But this is not the case if we are doing the same thing to others whether parents or neighbors.

I think you should just tell her the truth. You can't eat the food bucause you have a little alleray and if you eat them you will get a sick.But it is deilous for you and for other it is the true.Unforately you can't eat them.i think she will get the advice.A good friend not only admire and including suggestions criticism

if i were you, I'm gonna tell her that her cookies tasted okay but maybe there are some ingredients of her cookies that gave me a terrible indigestion... maybe you better check your ingredients if there are some that are already expired.... well, that's all i can say...

If she trusts you to tell her the truth then you have no choice, but to be completely candid. I would ask her what all the ingredients are in the recipe, because perhaps you are sensitive to one or more of them, thus explaining your upset stomach and indigestion. Also if they were just OK then tell her and offer to help her develop a superb cookie, usually all it takes is a tweak her and there. just do not offer to be person to test them on

If you're really close to that person then perhaps it is much easier for you to tell the truth since friendship is based on trust and honesty. She'll understand and perhaps feel sorry that she made you eat those cookies which cause indigestion. The next time she ask to have some, why not let her have some truth as well. But do it in a nice way.

Well, you can just tell her the truth. Maybe it was because of something that happened inside you that caused the indigestion. You can ask her to give those cookies to some of her other friends and see if they also have the same reaction. If it's the same then there's something wrong in the recipe and it would be good to change the ingredients. Being straightforward is a good option in such cases. Just tell her that they tasted good, but they caused indigestion. Ask her what all she added to that batter and see if it had something you know that causes you indigestion. bourne

Hey pat! Now that's definitely a tough one! I don't know how I would handle it! What could she have put in the cookies that would have given you indigestion? They were only cookies? I don't know how you could smooth this one over gently! You would have to tell her you liked them, they were tasty, and then gloss over the fact that while you really liked them you wanted to know what she put in them because they kind of gave you indigestion? There really isn't alot of ways to sugar coat that!

Always be straight and honest with people, especially your friends.. You don't have to be mean or sarcastic when you explain how you feel about the taste of the cookies. Just explain to her that you like her cooking butttt... and then explain what happened to you. Could be an ingredient that she added you may have an allergy to or your system just doesn't like.. that happens ... I know.. I hope you are able to talk with your friend, straight with respect for each other..

Real friends do not stab each other at the back, so better tell the ugly truth than sugar-coat it with lies. It's better that your friend will learn the truth from you than from anyone else, right. That would really break her heart even more. You don't have to be too harsh, though. Positive scripting would do you good. So you can say that you know that she's a good cook, however, one of the ingredients she may have used did not work well in your stomach and gave you indigestion. This way, she can make her cooking even better.. and lessen casualties! lol! ^_^

I would tell her the cookies were good as was your first assessment, then I would ask her what she put in them and if she ask why I would then tell here there was some ingredient that gave me indigestion and that was the only neg. thing about it, or if she does not ask why and tell you the ingredients I would then assess for myself what might have gave me indigestion and then ask her how important that ingredient was and then she would ask why and then I would tell her. I would think she would find no fault in that, I mean there are all sorts of people out there that love a certain food but it does not love them it cause them to have indigestion therefore they cannot eat it. So there should be no harm.

You should probably tell her as a friendly joke. Just start by saying that you love that new recipe and would have love to try it out and share it with everyone except that it'll give everyone indigestion too.. Just start the topic and you guys can discuss what went wrong. If she know that you didn't mean any ill motive by telling it, she'll probably thank you for it. All the Best !!