Can I Put Grandma's Diamonds In An Engagement Ring?

The Mail-In Podcast

The Mail-In

Education, How To

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Back on The Mail-In this week with Brett Merriman and Sally deFries. Here's what we've got: 1. Advice for handling a slacker on your work team? 2. My wife and I aren't sure whether to intervene with a couple experiencing parenting inequalities. 3. How do I go about asking her Dad for permission to marry her? 4. I have family jewels that I'd like to put in an engagement ring. 5. I helped my buddy get hired at my company a few levels below me. Our Partners: Green Chef: Get 50% OFF plus a FREE Graza Olive Oil Set with code mailgraza at GreenChef.com/mailgraza Cash App: For a limited time, new Cash App customers can earn $10 if they use code FAMILY10 in their profile at signup and send $5 to a friend within 14 days. Terms apply. Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/95lzqjza #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Direct deposit and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. WRITE IN TO THE MAIL-IN FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mail in.
0:21.9	Mail.
0:23.8	We're in the Mailin podcast.
0:24.8	Welcome back, folks.
0:26.7	Be your host today.
0:28.1	The pilot seat.
0:30.4	To my right, first officer.
0:33.1	Sally to freeze in the building.
0:33.7	What up, Sal?
0:38.7	I'm just responding to a text for somebody that you connected me with. Oh, hell yeah. And then they they texted me and then I fully forgot about it. Oh. So I'm a bad person. Damn. Can I just say that I used to be like when I
0:48.9	was in my mid 20s later 20s, if you texted me, I responded immediately.
0:56.1	And I, like, didn't understand how people just didn't respond to text.
1:00.6	And now I just don't respond to text.
1:03.1	I've done a full 180.
1:04.6	Yeah.
1:05.2	Here's my thing.
1:06.7	I hate having notifications,
1:10.2	yeah.
1:10.5	I, like, I hate having phone herpes. So, like, I hate having phone herpes, so like red dots all over my phone.
1:14.3	Right.
1:14.8	So I view said notifications and either am like impelled, impelled, inclined to respond immediately.
1:24.0	Uh-huh.
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