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Write a message that breaks bad news clearly and kindly
You have to tell people something hard by message and dread the wording. Get a clear version that doesn't dump or sugar-coat.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me break bad news by message (or write an opener for a call). News in one sentence: [facts] Who I'm telling: [relationship] Channel: [call first / text / group] What happens next that I know: [optional] What I can't share yet: [optional] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A clear sendable message (news first). 2. A call-first opener if a call is better. 3. Softening lies to leave out. 4. A follow-up line for when they reply in shock. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. Give a sendable version and, when I've pasted a vent, a one-line note on what you left out and why. This is help with wording, not legal advice. If anyone may be unsafe, say to call 999. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. facts: a short note you already have. relationship: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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