To see a video of today's introduction visit Patreon.com/awesomeetiquette. Welcome to a special Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on asking guests to dress formally, responding to touchy compliments, declining to host a party, and politely asking people with accents to repeat themselves. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about some tricky ex-wife/ new girlfriend dynamics. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on sticking to the registry, entertaining a lot due to where you live, smelly foods at work, and asking to be paid for the work you’ve done. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about wine at a business dinner. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on folding linens.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on farmers market etiquette, what to do when a nice gesture makes someone uncomfortable, celebrating step children, and separate baby showers with different guest lists. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your bonus question is about inviting coworkers to your wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on vaccination etiquette.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on proper salutations, buying gifts from the registry, leaving a job gracefully, and having a limited ceremony space for your wedding. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about correcting people’s assumptions. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript from Laura Claridge’s biography about the origins of the book Etiquette.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on a meal train mishap, gracefully wrapping up a gathering early, seating significant others at a wedding, and how to go about asking someone to throw you a bridal shower. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your bonus question is about responding to personal questions from your boss. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss anger management.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on turning down being in the wedding party, not wanting people to borrow your expensive items, losing control when others are planning your baby shower and how to politely check on someone’s plus one when they may have broken up before the wedding. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about how to show support when you can’t go to the funeral. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss anger management.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on bringing friends as wedding plus-ones, improving your child’s conversation skills, neighbors who use your property without permission, and repaying family members for their generosity. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is a followup to one from last week about letting people know you’ve received their gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss being a fan.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on title mix ups, a followup question on being an aunty, including non-supportive siblings in your wedding party, and getting confirmation that the gifts you sent were received. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about a dog etiquette dilemma. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss a social future.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on joint greeting cards, LinkedIn messages, a new covid wedding conundrum and making expectations clear to your babysitter. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your bonus question is about writing thank yous when you don’t know who gave which gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss engagement announcements in the paper.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on wearing a mask while running, work emails on holidays, tipping for hotel meals, and the debate over second baby showers. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members your question is about paying someone back for their help with your wedding, years later. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss Entertaining at Home with Lizzie Post.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on the added burden for hosts during a pandemic, tributes to deceased loved ones that include politics, friends who borrow things and don’t return them, and expectations for soon-to-be aunts. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question of the week is about hyginge at the office. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss Emily Post on the radio.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on vaccine access, asking guests to remove their shoes in your home, a bride throwing a shower for herself, and how to politely turn down a pyramid scheme offer. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your bonus question is about posting on the wedding website when plans have changed. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we discuss everyday gratitude and the book 365 Thank You’s by John Kralik.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on family members who are always on you about your weight, whether or not to open presents in front of people at parties, responding to condolence cards long after they were sent, and wearing a wedding ring as a widower. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question of the week is about gift exchanges when financial strain gets in the way. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss looking back and looking forward

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on being unable to afford gifts, condolences around Christmas, American etiquette vs. Danish etiquette and putting a Venmo username on a wedding invitation. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question of the week is about handling Christmas gifts when your partner celebrates it, but their family doesn’t. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss feasting as presented by Margaret Visser in The Ritual of Dinner.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on gift expectations for your partner’s family, politely turning down sweets from a coworker, how to handle multiple people making requests of the smart speaker at once and holiday tipping for housekeepers. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about planning a friend’s baby shower and asking for assistance from their family members. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss spoons.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on increasing tips for servers because of the pandemic, writing personalized notes in books, sending a proper thank you to someone working from home, and signatures on text messages. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about greeting other household members in the morning and saying goodbye when you leave. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss gifting.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on family members who want to visit, but don’t take COVID-19 precautions, the implications of whistling around others, wording baby shower invitations, introducing an old boyfriend. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question is about changing gifting traditions. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss the afternoon tea table courtesy of Emily Post’s 1922 edition.

On today’s show Dan and Lizzie have a big announcement and a special message at the end of the show, and of course take your questions on beauty comparisons between children, the dos and don'ts of any Thanksgiving meal, thanking someone for a job referral when you aren’t sure if they gave you one, and how to gracefully manage a virtual Thanksgiving get together. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about giving gifts for those having virtual weddings. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss Holiday Manners for Kids and a very special message from everyone at Emily Post and the Post family.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on being the entertainment for your friends’ children, expressing your desire not to exchange gifts, the etiquette on saying you’re welcome and a followup question to the Christmas card conundrum from last week. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question of the week is about mispronouncing names. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss table setting before the holidays.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on mentioning social media posts when you see someone in person, responding to generic emails, sending holiday cards at the end of a tumultuous year and how to thank a very generous friend. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question of the week is about differing love languages. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss Children Are People.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on hosting etiquette for those with long-term guests, addressing letters to a couple with a name that includes a suffix, finding a happy medium with the thermostat and writing a thank you for an ambiguous gift. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members, your question of the week is about keeping up a relationship when you can’t offer up your home to entertain. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss what we aren't discussing.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on getting guests to use coasters, distracting smells from neighbors, guests who want to extend their stay, and where candelabras go on the table. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about navigating a tricky wedding funding scenario. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss Holiday Cards this Year.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on sending messages over Slack, sending a follow up thank you note, name tag etiquette, and using girl...friend versus girlfriend. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about making plans with friends who have financial obstacles. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we read about Emily as her son saw her.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on fire etiquette, writing thank yous for boxes with several small gifts, junior and senior titles and asking for more information when you’re invited to a gathering during a pandemic. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members, your question is about how to hint at a ring for your engagement without hinting. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss 1,2,3 gratitude.

Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show we take your questions on throwing gifts away, getting a speeding ticket with friends, a messy mask situation and guests who offer to bring something to dinner. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question of the week is about reposting your registry when you’re already married. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we discuss five elements of a good apology.