Relationships and family · 21 scenesYou practice it first, out loud, with a character who reacts the way they would. Kari's 21 relationship and family roleplays cover the conversations people postpone for years: apologizing to Ot, who is hurt but pretends nothing is wrong; asking Pilar the mother-in-law to call before showing up, without starting a family schism; calling Roc after three years of silence and getting him to agree to a coffee; telling a friend what has been bothering you. These scenes reward listening as much as speaking. The report counts your follow-up questions and callbacks, the behaviors research links to being liked and to repair, and flags the ones that undo an apology: the excuse attached to “sorry”, the over-explanation, the silence that ran too long. Kari is a training tool, not therapy, and it says so. What it trains is the craft of the conversation, so that when it happens for real, you have already had it once.
Scene list below is the app's full relationships and family catalog as of 2026-09-12. Every scene is a live voice conversation; you speak, the character answers, and the session ends with a report.
You've spent weeks holding in something that's eating at you and you've finally sat down alone with someone you fully trust.
Someone you trust — a close person who cares about you and is ready to listen, but needs you to be direct.
Mission: Express what you feel with total honesty and vulnerability, getting straight to the point without beating around the bush.
The weekend arrives after a crazy week and your partner has planned things for the two of you from early Saturday.
Your partner — feels work is pulling you apart and wants more time together, pushing back on you making solo plans.
Mission: Carve out a few hours alone to rest without your partner feeling rejected or ignored.
The shared kitchen is unusable again because your flatmate has been piling up dirty dishes for three days.
Guille — a really nice but extremely lazy flatmate who always dodges the cleaning with excuses.
Mission: Get him to own his responsibility and set an exact time to clean everything up, without bad vibes.
There's a recurring habit of your friend's that hurts you, and you've decided today's the day to tell her face to face.
Claudia — she's a dear friend but very thin-skinned, and tends to take any comment as a personal attack.
Mission: Explain what bothers you constructively so she gets your point of view without feeling hurt.
You've found the profile of someone super interesting on social media and you want to send a DM that stands out.
Interesting person — a very busy content creator who ignores almost every DM they get.
Mission: Write an opener so original and tuned to their interests that they decide to reply.
You made a tasteless comment about your friend in front of your whole group and the tension is still in the air.
Friend Ot — deeply offended by your behavior but would rather pretend nothing's wrong to avoid direct conflict.
Mission: Apologize sincerely, fully owning your mistake without excuses and offering a way to make it right.
You've gone three whole years without speaking over an absurd misunderstanding that now feels like utter nonsense.
Ex-colleague Roc — reacts with surprise and some initial distance at getting a call from you after so long apart.
Mission: Break through the frost of these three years and get him to agree to meet up next week for a coffee.
Your mother-in-law shows up at your place unannounced for the third time this month, interrupting your privacy.
Mother-in-law Pilar — disguises her need for control and surprise visits as just wanting to help the family.
Mission: Set the boundary that she has to give notice before coming over, without hurting her feelings or causing a family rift.
You're seriously worried about your brother's lifestyle, since he goes out partying almost daily and drinks too much.
Brother Íker — he's defensive and flatly denies having any problem with alcohol or his nightlife habits.
Mission: Get him to really hear your concerns and open up to you without feeling judged or attacked.
Your closest friend just landed the job you'd spent months secretly preparing for and wanting.
Friend Unai — bursting with joy over his recent win and dying to celebrate his big success with you.
Mission: Congratulate him with total sincerity and share his joy while managing your own frustration and envy.
The difference in money attitudes is becoming a problem, since your partner tends to spend a lot and you'd rather save.
Your partner — defends living in the present and thinks you're too strict and rigid about saving.
Mission: Reach a mutual compromise for managing your shared finances without the chat feeling like a fight or an audit.
Your childhood best friend has asked you to be his best man, but the travel and suit costs are beyond your budget.
Carlos — a groom thrilled about his wedding who puts heavy emotional pressure on you, seeing you as his essential support.
Mission: Turn down the best-man role by tactfully explaining your current finances without straining your valuable friendship.
Your flatmate constantly devours the pricey food you buy, brazenly arguing that everything is for sharing.
Rafa — a smooth-talking flatmate who uses his charm to justify eating food he didn't buy.
Mission: Set a clear rule for splitting food and get him to pay you back for the share he's eaten so far.
Your mom needs to be driven to the doctor twice a week, but your brother always dodges his turn with work excuses.
Pedro — a brother very focused on his career who takes advantage of your flexible schedule to dodge his duties.
Mission: Get him to agree to a fair split of the drives and lock it down in writing on a calendar for the next two months.
Your partner assumes you'll spend all of Christmas Eve at her parents' like every year, but you need a break from family.
Marta — a person extremely close to her family and very sensitive to any change that upsets her deep-rooted traditions.
Mission: Agree to spend Christmas Eve night alone at home and limit the visit to her parents to Christmas Day afternoon.
You've made dinner plans with a friend and, as usual, he shows up forty-five minutes late without warning or an apology.
David — an absent-minded friend who shrugs off being late and shows zero empathy for other people's time.
Mission: Make him see how much you value your time and get him to commit to warning you if he'll be more than ten minutes late.
The bathroom in your shared flat hasn't been cleaned in three weeks and your flatmate insists it's not his job to do it.
Álex — an extremely messy flatmate who tolerates dirt just fine and would rather you clean if it bothers you.
Mission: Set up a mandatory weekly cleaning rota and get him to take on and clean his share today.
A friend is pressuring you to tell a confidential secret that someone else in the group told you in strict confidence.
Julia — the official gossip of your friend group who'll use all her charm to get you to spill a secret.
Mission: Keep the secret you were trusted with safe without straining your friendship with her or coming off cold.
Your dad calls you three or four times a day during work to ask trivial questions about his phone or computer.
Antonio — a retiree who's bored at home and constantly turns to you to solve every little tech question.
Mission: Set a fixed daily afternoon slot to answer his questions and cut down his calls during your work hours.
Your partner wants to book a five-star hotel for your anniversary, but you'd rather save for the flat's down payment.
Dani — a detail-oriented, slightly indulgent partner who thinks on special occasions you shouldn't watch the money.
Mission: Reach a middle-ground deal to book a charming hotel that respects the savings plan you've set for the flat.
You've gone a year without speaking to your best college friend after a silly misunderstanding over a comment at a dinner.
Raúl — your old college friend, hurt and proud after a falling-out that's lasted a whole year.
Mission: Clear up the old misunderstanding, offer him a sincere apology and agree on a day this week to grab a beer and catch up.
Yes. The apology scene gives you a hurt character who avoids conflict, and a mission to own the mistake without excuses and propose a repair. The report catches the excuse attached to the sorry, which is the most common way apologies fail.
No. Kari is an education and training tool for communication skills. It is not a medical or psychological service and does not replace a professional. It trains the conversation, not the relationship.
Follow-up questions and callbacks (the Listening trait), sentence endings and pace (Tone), whether you held your point without over-explaining (Confidence) and one idea per turn (Clarity), plus filler words and silences over four seconds.
21 relationships and family scenes, each with a character who reacts and a report that counts what you did. Five minutes.
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