{"id":1509,"date":"2009-12-19T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/does-your-postman-call-you-by-your-first-name\/"},"modified":"2016-12-05T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T10:44:24","slug":"does-your-postman-call-you-by-your-first-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/does-your-postman-call-you-by-your-first-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your postman call you by your first name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our postman &#8211; or at least the one we&#8217;ve had the one for the past fortnight &#8211; has taken to calling me by my first name.<\/h2>\r\nNow, admittedly this postman does deliver quite a lot of post addressed to me. But I feel slightly uncomfortable with this sudden burst of familiarity, particularly as I haven&#8217;t a clue about his first name.\u00a0Should I take the trouble to find out?\r\n\r\nDoes your postman call you by your first name? I&#8217;d love to know what you think.\r\n<h3>Related Article<\/h3>\r\n<blockquote data-secret=\"PPMpS5PCxe\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-black-friday-and-more\/\">Everything you need to know about Black Friday and more<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-black-friday-and-more\/embed\/#?secret=PPMpS5PCxe\" data-secret=\"PPMpS5PCxe\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Everything you need to know about Black Friday and more&#8221; &#8212; KidStart Magazine\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">KidStart<\/a><\/strong> a little help along the way<\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How well do you know your postman?","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3503],"tags":[443,787,788,3491],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-family-life-tips","category-parenting-advice-from-parents","tag-christmas-2","tag-familiarity","tag-post","tag-postman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Does your postman call you by your first name? - KidStart Magazine<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now, admittedly he does deliver quite a lot of post addressed to me. 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