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- Dear Mia — The Mother-In-Law Reminder — Preview (full episode on Patreon)
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His mother thinks he is thoughtful because his wife has never missed a birthday on his behalf.
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5 min - Dear Mia — The Door I Stopped Slamming
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A listener freezes and over-explains at even the gentlest question from her partner, like he's about to explode -- though he never does. Why does a completely calm 'do you know why the light bill jumped?' still feel like danger?
34 min - Dear Mia — The Fight We Keep Having Sideways
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A listener and his wife keep having the exact same fight dressed up as different small things -- the dishwasher, a text, a forgotten call -- and it always lands in the same place: she feels alone, he feels accused. Why do the small fights never actually stay small?
35 min - Dear Mia — The Apology That Never Arrived
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A listener's husband turned her into the punchline of a dinner-party joke about "managing" him, then apologized so fast in the car afterward that she never got the chance to say what actually hurt. Is a quick sorry the same thing as being heard?
31 min - Dear Mia — The Conversation I Keep Rescheduling
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A listener has spotted small, worrying signs in an aging, fiercely independent parent and keeps losing her nerve to say anything. How do you start a conversation you're not sure you're allowed to have?
19 min - Dear Mia — Cheering With My Teeth Gritted
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A listener is quietly ashamed of the jealousy she feels every time her partner celebrates a career win she once wanted for herself. Can you be genuinely happy for someone and still be undone by it?
19 min - Dear Mia — The Friend Who Isn't Gone
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A listener is mourning a lifelong best friendship that didn't end in any fight, just slowly stopped keeping pace after marriage and kids changed their lives at different speeds. Is this just what happens to every friendship eventually?
20 min - Dear Mia — The Invisible List
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A listener's husband is happy to help with anything she asks — but never notices what needs doing on his own. Is 'he'll do anything I ask' actually the same thing as an equal marriage?
20 min - Dear Mia — We Stopped Fighting
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A listener writes: her marriage went quiet eight months ago, and everyone tells her that's a good thing -- but it doesn't feel like peace. Mia on the real difference between resolution and just giving up on expecting anything from each other, and a simple way to actually tell them apart.
21 min - Dear Mia — Trailer
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Real questions about love and marriage, answered honestly, one letter at a time.
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Real questions about love, marriage, and the parts of a relationship nobody warns you about — answered honestly, one letter at a time.
New episodes weekly.