Awesome Etiquette

Hosts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer audience questions about modern etiquette with advice based on consideration, respect, and honesty. Like their great-great-grandmother, Emily Post, Lizzie and Dan look for the reasons behinds the traditional rules to guide their search for the correct behavior in all kinds of contemporary situations. Test your social acumen and join the discussion about civility and decency in today's complex world.

Society & Culture
Relationships
Kids & Family
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Episode #303: Summer BBQ
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 wanting to minimize interactions with people during the pandemic, being worried about not attending a wedding, a messy married name, and a family feud that affects a wedding. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question of the week is about how to respond to criticism from friends about a fast-moving relationship. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript backyard bbqs during covid-19.
58 min
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Episode #302: In the Garden
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on people laughing aloud at their phones, inviting someone who’s separated (but not divorced) to a wedding, sending thank yous for newborn gifts and responding to questions about your engagement ring. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about addressing unsightly objects in the neighborhood. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we look at Emily Post in the garden.
38 min
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Episode #301: Memory Lane
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on feeding extended family for free, addressing racial slurs, invasive questions for essential workers, and addressing an email during difficult times. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about reflecting on past behaviors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we take a trip down memory lane.
59 min
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Episode #300: Not Enough
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on shared spaces in townhome communities, etiquette when entering someone’s home, inviting other people’s guests to an event on the same day, and honoring someone who has passed if you couldn’t attend the funeral service. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our bonus question is about distance dating while living with your parents. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on listening.
72 min
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Episode #299: Show You Care
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on video calls that go way too long, the expectations that come with a destination wedding, followup questions about vaccinations and addressing wedding invitations for families with younger kids. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about post-pandemic protocols. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on stress, and masks.
70 min
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Episode #298: For Everyone
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on a mouthy mother-in-law, post-dated wedding receptions, friends who avoid heavy subjects and being perceived as pretentious. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about invitations to an overseas wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on emotional maturity.
66 min
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Episode #297: A Spot of Tea
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on sending checks with condolence cards, asking other parents if their children are vaccinated, giving gifts when a wedding is affected by the pandemic, and dealing with noise while working odd hours from home. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your bonus question is about being overwhelmed with baby gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript from Emily’s 1922 edition of Etiquette on Afternoon Teas.
49 min
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Episode #296: Honestly
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on picking bridesmaids, using your phone in the bathroom, sending a card to someone who’s terminally ill, titles for older unmarried couples and after party invitations for guests who traveled far. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your bonus question is about keeping your wine glass rim clean at dinner. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Honesty.
55 min
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Episode #295: Eating Out?
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 postponed graduations, giving meaningful retirement gifts while social distancing, unwanted but sentimental gifts and bringing guests to the baby shower, but not the wedding. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our bonus question is about using feeding tubes in public. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on how restaurants are preparing to open up again in Hong Kong and what dining out might look like in the future.
51 min
260
Episode #294: Slacking Off
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on titles for family members when you choose not to get married, contacting your colleagues while working from home, publicly announcing you don’t have time for thank you notes, and getting RSVPs for events other than weddings. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question of the week is about opening gifts in front of your guests. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on saying no to and leaving video calls.
52 min
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Episode #293: Postponed
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on catty coworkers, turning down baby showers due to tradition, changing your RSVP for a postponed wedding and donations for the deceased. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our bonus question is about talking to your partner about poor table manners. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on dressing rooms of old from Emily Post’s 1922 edition of etiquette.
48 min
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Episode #292: Daytime Diamonds
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on wearing diamonds during the day, sending wedding invitations during a pandemic, supporting your friend’s faith and a baby registry with no date for a shower. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question of the week is about responding to a overbearing neighbor. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on number one in our top ten most searched content online, the table setting guide!
51 min
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Episode #291: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
On today’s show we take your questions on having a name that is regularly pronounced and spelled incorrectly, the 15-item limit in the express checkout lane, intrusive breastfeeding questions and children at church. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about planning a big wedding ceremony, when you’re technically already married. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on number two in our top most viewed content.
62 min
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Episode #290: From our Home to Yours
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on birthday wishlists, weddings postponed by the coronavirus, canceling plans because of anxiety and paying respects when you can’t attend a funeral. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our bonus question is about guests who expect hosts to pay for everything. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on number three in our top most searched content, forms of address for correspondence.
54 min
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Episode #289: Changing Fast
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on invasive pregnancy questions, unclear invitations, house guests who don’t want to leave and coronavirus handshake woes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about carefully critiquing how your barista made your coffee. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on social distancing etiquette.
54 min
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Episode #288: Take Care
On today’s show we take your questions on keeping solicitors away, guests asking for food, wanting to eat alone and e-payment etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about rude reactions to lifestyle choices. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a continuation postscript on number 4 in our most searched topics, the attire guide.
58 min
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Episode #287: Keep'm Separated
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on keeping work and personal life separate online, loud chewers in the workplace, workout regimens that get in the way of quality time and a friend who always feels like they’re missing out. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about Messrs. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on number four in our most searched topics, the attire guide.
54 min
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Episode #286: Electric Etiquette
On today’s show we take your questions on extroverts making friends in their 30s, being respectful at religious ceremonies when you’re not religious, sample scripts for soon-to-be mothers trying to stay healthy and electric car etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about at home cards. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on number five in our most searched web topics: the formal place setting.
47 min
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Episode #285: Purebred
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on a coworker’s cologne conundrum, asking others to respect your parenting choices, being invited after the fact and being shamed for adopting a purebred dog. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about who’s invited to the shower versus who’s invited to the ceremony. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on one of our most searched topics: addressing wedding invitations.
60 min
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Episode #284: Sharing at the Pool
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 tipping for carryout, sharing public pool chairs, bringing toddlers to fancy restaurants and showing up late to a wedding. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about the expenses that come with being in the bridal party. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on email do's and dont's.
60 min
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Episode #283: Informal Place Setting
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on wedding hosts who foot the bill, replacing a duplicate gift, an awkward thank you note situation and baby shower RSVP's. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about wedding guests with doctor titles. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on informal place settings.
46 min
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Episode #282: You've Got Mail
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on receiving the previous homeowner’s mail, open office distractions, keeping touch with coworkers who are let go and sending thank yous to those who weren’t invited to the wedding. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about friends who are always on their phones. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on wedding replies.
51 min
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Episode #281: On Robocalls
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on pay raise celebrations, handling robocalls, lost-gift guilt and a post wedding brunch. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about a party incident that left a stain and who should make up for the damage. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on wedding attire.
56 min
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Episode #280: Thank You Oops
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on escalating bad behavior, can the mother of the groom wear black, addressing adults formally and mistakes in thank you notes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about how to handle bridesmaids with babies. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on having perspective in the world of etiquette.
44 min
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Episode #279: Loud in the Library
On today’s show we take your questions on post-holiday fumbles, having difficult housemates, family members who comment on people’s bodies and being loud in the library. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about travel tipping dilemmas. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on politeness as a tool.
46 min