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The Mail-In Podcast

How Do You Deal With Losing A Parent?

The Mail-In Podcast

The Mail-In

Education, How To

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We're back on The Mail-In this week with Brett Merriman & Sally deFries. Here's what we've got this week: 1. I wasn't invited to a school program party. Should I just show up? 2. How do you deal with losing a parent? 3. How do you build a community as a working mom with no past friends/family around? 4. Should I be concerned about not having as many friends as my fiancée at our wedding? Our Partner: Lola Blankets: Get 40% OFF with code MAILIN at LolaBlankets.com WRITE IN TO THE MAIL-IN FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the mailing podcast. I'll be your host today, Brad Mareem.

0:21.7

To my rights, we have the lovely Sally to freeze in the building.

0:25.0

What is up, Sal?

0:27.2

You know, just live.

0:30.6

I mean, I'm so far behind them.

0:32.6

Everything in my life right now.

0:33.9

One of them weeks.

0:35.5

Well, we had a stomach bug just sweep through our house.

0:38.2

Sure.

0:39.2

Which is really taking everyone out.

0:41.7

I'm sure you know because Will hasn't been basically in the office all week.

0:47.4

And so I've just been like not even really running around, but just like operating like a chicken with my head cut off

0:55.1

I texted you last night it was like totally didn't realize what day it was should we record

0:59.9

tomorrow like I I'm pulling up the rundown right now I'm so out of it I knew you were you all

1:07.6

were going through it so I was just kind of I was going was going to let it let it, let it be delicate.

1:12.3

We're here. We're doing it. We're going to do a great job. I'm not ill. So that's a plus.

1:19.5

Knock on wood. Yeah. But, you know, I mean, it's something like pretty bad birthday for Fritz, who turned turned five and was vomiting his guts out all day long

1:29.7

not what you want on your birthday no not what you want no not what you want but you know we made

1:37.0

the most of it you're celebrating him today we celebrated him last week he's getting a full gamut

1:41.8

of celebrations he's five he's five holy shit yeah that's crazy

1:46.9

yeah that's the first age i remember uh i remember my birthday yeah i was i turned five so now yeah

1:54.7

now he's just now he just gets to remember stuff which is tight yeah um i turned five and I got a Game Boy color.

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