After you’ve spoken or emailed a certain peace(or piece?), etc.
Maybe try asking the other person: "Did that make you sad?.. mad? … glad? Some combo?
My point is some people try to have it both ways. Doing this is so turn-key that it’s rhetorical if you need it to be.
I only used it once and was able to punctuate the entire back & forth which was looking quite bad for me.
It was an eBay thing which is how I thought of it. You can buy on eBay but don’t try selling or selling anything that valuable. That’s been my take.