Before the fight escalates,
pause and find words that can be heard.

Start with the hard conversation waiting for you: write privately, let softbond help you slow down and shape the words, then choose what to share. Private drafts stay private; in a shared Repair Session, only approved messages reach your partner. This English page is for context; the v1 app is Hebrew-first.

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Rephrase · Private draft
What you wrote
I feel like you do not see me when I get home from work. Like I am invisible.
When I come home from work and do not feel noticed, I get hurt and shut down. I want us to pause for a moment and find each other inside the pressure.
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What rephrasing looks like

Do not erase the feeling.
Change how it lands.

does not ask you to swallow anger or make things prettier than they are. Start with the real version, then turn a reactive moment into a message with more clarity, boundary, and a request someone can hear.

What you wrote Private
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Another wording
Thinking it through together…
Why this wording? "You do not see me" can land like an indictment. This version starts with what got hurt and ends with a request someone can answer.

Pause. Refine. Then choose whether to send. softbond does not decide.

This is only one edge of what does.

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The problem

You know
these moments.

The same fight keeps coming back. A sentence comes out crooked. One person shuts down and the other is left guessing. Most of the time it is not one big crisis — it is a stack of small moments that create distance or closeness.

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"His parents said something hurtful. He stayed quiet. I felt like he agreed with them."

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"I wanted to talk about money. It became a fight about who left the glass in the kitchen."

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"We came home and the silence got too heavy. Neither of us knew how to open the door again."

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"I said 'I'm fine.' I meant 'I'm hurt,' and I could not find the words."

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It is not that there is no love.
Sometimes there is just no pause before the next words arrive.

Start alone

Both of you do not need to be ready
before you begin communicating differently.

When a conversation feels too hard to start together, a private conversation with gives you room to think out loud: clarify what you mean, prepare, apologize, set a boundary, or rehearse a possible response. What stays private does not move on.

Private conversation

Choose what you need now: clarify what you want to say, prepare, apologize, set a boundary, rehearse a possible response, or process a conversation that already happened.

Rephrase

Write what came out, then give the words one more moment. Ask for softer, shorter, more direct, or less blaming, and copy the final version to your own messaging app.

Rehearse a possible response

Before saying it, see how the other side might respond. It is not a prediction: softbond is not impersonating your partner and does not know what they really think.

Turn agreement into something clear

After a Repair Session, you can save a Living Agreement both partners approved. Revisit it, update it when needed, and reopen the conversation when life changes.

Shared Repair Session

In a Repair Session,
you do not type straight into the heat of the moment.

When a hard conversation needs to move to the other person, each partner gets private room to breathe, write, and ask for changes. Only after explicit approval does the message cross. It is not monitoring and not a trial, it is a way to stop escalation without silencing what matters.

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Pause and write

Say what you need to say, even if it is still messy. Your partner does not see the draft.

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Find wording that can be heard

softbond suggests a way to say it with less blame and more clarity, without deciding who is right.

03

Shape it at your pace

Ask for changes until it feels accurate: shorter, softer, more direct.

04

Approve before it crosses

Only the message you approve reaches the other side.

"Your partner does not receive the first sentence that came out in anger. They receive what you chose to say after one more moment of thought."

This is the difference between reacting in the heat of the moment and sending a message that got one more moment of thought.

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After the conversation

What you agreed on
does not have to disappear when the conversation ends.

At the end of a Repair Session, you can save a Living Agreement: a small point of agreement both partners approved, with room to update or reopen it when life changes. Not a contract against you. Not ammunition. A marker for the next conversation.

Boundaries that protect the conversation

What
does not do.

A tool deserves trust only when it is honest about its edges. is a communication tool: not therapy, not diagnosis, not a judge of who is right, not a way to monitor your partner, and not a promise that the other person will understand, agree, forgive, or change.

Not therapy or couples counseling

In situations involving mental distress, depression, anxiety, or trauma, softbond can only help with wording and conversation. It does not replace a professional.

When it helps: When you want to say something and do not know how to start.

Not a judge. Not a verdict on who is right.

softbond does not take sides, analyze your partner, or build theories about either of you. No relationship score; no "you are avoidant, she is anxious".

When it helps: When you want help hearing each other, not a verdict.

Not pressure. Not pursuit.

No deadlines, no streaks, no "we missed you, come back!" Your pace stays yours, even if a month passes between conversations.

When it helps: When your pace needs to be respected.

Not a partner-monitoring tool

Two independent accounts. Each person signs up separately, and each person can leave alone. Inviting someone to softbond is not an invitation to a trial.

When it helps: When both of you chose, separately, to join the conversation.

The tool can be wrong

softbond offers wording and structure. It does not know what the other person thinks or feels, and it cannot promise your partner will understand, agree, forgive, or change. The decision is always yours.

When it helps: When you want wording help, not a guaranteed result.

Not an emergency service

For acute distress, suicidality, or violence, turn to professional human help. softbond is not an emergency service.

When it helps: When the day was hard, but there is no immediate danger.
Private drafts. Transparent softbond.

Privacy, honestly.
No overpromises.

Private conversations stay private from your partner until you choose to share. When you ask for help, the relevant text may be processed through the OpenAI API under the applicable terms. The Trust Center explains these boundaries in plain language.

Private vs shared stays separate

What you write in a private softbond conversation stays on your side. Your partner does not see drafts, change requests, or wording you did not approve. In a Repair Session, only an explicitly approved message is sent.

output is checked

Before wording reaches you, it passes an automatic filter: no psychological diagnosis, no speaking for your partner, no promises. If something fails the check, the system rewrites it, or stops and says it is not appropriate.

Consent: one screen, once

One Hebrew consent document at the start explains what softbond does, where the data goes, how OpenAI processes text, and how to leave. No surprise dialogs in the middle of a conversation.

Message-level safety layer

A safety layer may detect signs of acute distress, suicidality, or violence inside a single message. If that happens, the app stops the wording flow and reminds you that softbond is not an emergency tool or a substitute for human help. No automatic calls, no reports. This layer cannot guarantee detection of every risk situation, and we do not try to measure risk at the relationship level.

"My Data": visible and portable

Settings -> "My Data" shows what is stored, which actions happened and when, and what can be deleted. Export in 30 seconds, account deletion within 30 days, no questions.

Strong encryption by default

Messages and drafts are stored and transmitted encrypted, with a couple key for shared conversations and a personal key for each user. Data is protected according to strict security standards.

FAQ

What people ask first.

Can my partner see what I write alone?
No. Private softbond conversations stay on your side. Your partner does not see drafts, change requests, or wording you did not choose to share. If you want to move something from a private conversation, that is your choice.
What happens in a shared Repair Session?
Each person works privately with softbond on their own wording. Your partner sees only the message you approved for sending. Drafts, rejected versions, and change requests stay on your side. There is no preview to the other person before approval.
Can I manually edit a softbond suggestion?
Not by direct manual editing. In a Repair Session, you ask softbond to change the wording: "shorter", "softer", "more direct", "less blaming" - and then approve the version that fits. The point is to slow down before a sensitive message crosses to the other person.
Is softbond therapy?
No. softbond is a communication tool: not therapy, not couples counseling, not mental-health support. softbond does not diagnose, does not give treatment instructions, and does not replace a professional. If you need emotional or professional support, softbond is not a substitute.
Does softbond decide who is right?
No. softbond does not take sides, score the relationship, or diagnose you or your partner. No "you are avoidant, she is anxious", and no "your relationship is 3 out of 5". softbond helps you communicate differently, not build a theory about you.
Can I start without my partner?
Yes. Rephrase, private softbond conversation, conversation prep, and possible-response rehearsal all work without a partner. Shared Repair Sessions and Living Agreements require two people.
How is my data handled?
Messages and drafts are protected in our systems. When you ask for softbond help, relevant text may be processed through the OpenAI API under the applicable terms. In settings, you can see what is saved, export data, and request deletion. The Trust Center gives the plain-language version; the Privacy Policy has the full detail.
Is the alpha paid?
No. Alpha testers use the app for free and help us shape it for launch. When the app launches publicly, subscription plans will be shown. The account is always yours; leaving does not require partner approval.

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"softbond does not promise the conversation will be easy. It gives you a moment to breathe before you respond."