The present research examines occurrences of interpersonal feedback ineveryday life. Drawing upon retrospective self-reports from three studentsamples in Germany and the US, we investigate why, how, and with whateffect such feedback is shared. We found that feedback was common,occurring mostly within stable interpersonal relationships, and that positivefeedback was reported to occur more often than negative feedback. Positiveand negative feedback was provided to achieve different goals (acknowl-edgement vs. behavioral change), and feedback senders perceived negativefeedback as less successful than positive feedback. Negative feedback waswithheld primarily when potential senders perceived it as futile or poten-tially dangerous to their relationship with the recipient. However, negativefeedback that was shared was not seen as particularly harmful in thatregard. We discuss potential barriers to feedback effectiveness, whether andhow the exchange of interpersonal feedback in everyday life may be pro-moted, and give recommendations for future research.