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Checking your tone before you send

What the tone check does, what it doesn't do, and why it runs before sending rather than after.

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Tap Check tone before sending. It reads your draft and tells you how it's likely to land, and offers a rewrite that says the same thing without the parts that start an argument.

What it's good at

  • Catching sarcasm, absolutes ("you always", "you never") and old grievances that have crept into a message about this Friday
  • Keeping the request and dropping the accusation wrapped around it
  • Giving you a second read at the moment it still matters — before sending, not after

What it won't do

  • It won't change your message. You accept the rewrite or you don't.
  • It won't tell you that you're wrong, or that your co-parent is.
  • It doesn't see your co-parent's messages, and they never see that you ran it.

You're free to send the original. Many people read the suggestion, ignore it, and still soften one line — that's the whole point.

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If not, email support@calmhandoff.com and say what you were trying to do. A person reads every message, usually within one business day.

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