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The Exchange · the namesake
Post a favor, set the reward, let them claim it or counter it. Complete it, bank it, redeem it.
“I’d do anything for you” rarely survives contact with Tuesday. Generosity dies in vagueness — good intentions with nowhere to land and no way to ask.
Posted, claimed or countered, completed, banked. Every step in its own encrypted conversation.
Say what you are offering and what you would love back — or send it one-way, a single arrow, nothing asked in return.
Betty Martin’s quadrants, so an offer always names both halves: who is doing it, and who it is for.
Counter-edits glow, so you can see exactly what changed.
Completed favors, held until you want them. Deposits add up; nothing counts down.
Pick from the vocabulary you have both already marked.
Its own encrypted conversation, so negotiating is part of it rather than a separate argument.
Say what you're offering and what you'd love in return — in your own words, drawn from the Directory or invented on the spot. Or make it a gift: one arrow, no reward asked, just because.
Your partner can take the deal, counter it — their edits glow so you see exactly what changed — or open the offer's own encrypted conversation and negotiate properly.
Done favors land in the Bank. Redeem when the moment is right. The ledger both of you can see is the point — generosity, witnessed.
Most generosity dies in vagueness — "I'd do anything for you" rarely survives contact with Tuesday. Named favors with named rewards turn goodwill into things that actually happen.
The emotional ledgerThe counter-offer isn't haggling — it's two people saying what they actually want out loud, with a structure that keeps it playful.
The Wheel · Betty MartinNo scores, no debt, no who-owes-whom guilt. Deposits add up; nothing counts down. The app describes what happened between you — it never grades who you are.
A hard rule in our designQuestion decks and mood check-ins exist elsewhere. A favor economy between two people, riding an encrypted channel, with a bank — that's the part that's only here.
The namesakeEvery small deposit is banked before it is needed. The Exchange is that ledger made literal — posted, claimed, completed, redeemed.
Two questions, asked separately: who is doing it, and who it is for. Answer both and the four quadrants appear — which is why an offer in The Exchange always names both halves.
The emotional bank account is Gottman's, and it is the reason the Exchange keeps a ledger rather than a scoreboard — every small thing you do lands somewhere you can both see.