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 #272: Picking Up
On today’s show we take your questions on always paying for the group Uber, gifts for meeting the parents, picking up guests at the airport and travel costs for job interviews. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about personalized nursery gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Thanksgiving prep. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
59 min
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Episode #271: On Holiday Tipping
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on second marriage registries, tipping during the holidays, addressing baby announcements and a follow-up to our segment on family dynamics. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about planning a wedding around family members with children. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on thanksgiving prep two weeks out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
52 min
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Episode #270: Family Reunion Tee
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on forced family t-shirts, congratulations cards and where to send them, thank you notes for engagement gifts and repairing relationships with in-laws. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about flower girls not invited to the reception. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on awkward moments that we can all relate to courtesy of Buzzfeed.com
52 min
254
Episode #269: Hot Enough?
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on space heaters over heating spaces, a precious doll and where she should live, being baby-showered-out and keeping friends-giving adults only. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about taking job A but wanting Job B. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on serving utensils from the wonderful Margaret Visser and her book The Rituals of Dinner
58 min
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Episode #268: Honey's Hygiene
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on deflecting work questions, people commenting on your engagement ring, how to talk to honey about hygiene habits, and whether or not plastic counts as formal. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about exiting smaller social gatherings. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on travel abroad.
60 min
256
Episode #267: Coworker Gossip
We take your questions on workplace gossip about a disliked coworker, a wedding gift for a couple that eloped, how early is too early to begin yard work, and how to nicely say “you’ve told me this story before”. For sustaining members we talk about etiquette for wearing headphones in public. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on cousins once removed.
44 min
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Episode #266: Birthday Cash
We take your questions on hosting someone else’s party at your house, who should cover the bill, setting a dress code for the wedding, and requesting cash for kids’ birthday presents. For sustaining members we talk about sending a condolence card to someone you haven’t formally met yet. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on wedding RSVP etiquette.
53 min
258
Episode #265: Smelly Shoe Neighborhood
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on surgery scar conversations, throwing your boss under the bus, a snoring house-guest, and smelly neighbors’ shoes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about people who are always correcting others. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on RSVP wedding etiquette.
47 min
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Episode #264: Happy Babies
On today’s show we take your questions on rejected baked goods, toilet seats at work, being left on read, comments about chunky babies. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about kids who go wild for bounce houses. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on RSVP wedding etiquette
50 min
260
Episode #263: The Deal With nee
On today’s show we take your questions on What’s the Deal with NEE, Really no plus ones to th wedding, vermont house guests who are breaeking the bank, Last minute bridesmaid addition, and a question that warrents the answer NO NO AND JUST NO For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about houseguests with phobia’s. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from the 17th edition of etiquette on tipping that doesn’t come up every day.
44 min
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Episode #262: Charity Registries
We take your questions on charity donations instead of registries, should you attend your sister in laws high school graduation, how to handle roommate recommendations for someone you had a bad relationship with, and a cell phone apology rule debunked. For sustaining members we talk about extra guests to the ceremony. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the finer points of men’s attire
48 min
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Episode #261: Oh Mom
We take your questions on a handkerchief follow up, no invitation extensions please, how to list parents of the happy couple in the wedding program and how to tell mom she’s just not pleasant any more. For sustaining members we talk about how to block personal and negative conversations at work so you can focus. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on professional communication.
49 min
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Episode #260: Searching for Conversation
We take your questions on a ghosting mother in law, talking about personal issues at work, funeral flowers with a return shipping request and Google searching during a conversation. For sustaining members we talk about asking for personal items after a funeral. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment roommates and house-guests.
54 min
264
Episode #259: Umbretiquette
We take your questions on complicated family wedding drama, a habitual handshaker, gifts from clients, and umbrella etiquette. For sustaining members we talk about what the deal is with potlucks. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment roommates and house-guests.
54 min
265
Episode #258: Jacuzzi Jet Manners
We take your questions on not driving everyone home, wearing white to a wedding, Jacuzzi jet etiquette, and departing roommate etiquette. For sustaining members we talk about classmates who use disposable cups everyday. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Laura Claridge’s biography about Emily Post as a debutante.
50 min
266
Episode #257: Handkerchief
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on weird professor emails, handkerchiefs, vaccine question etiquette, and declining invitations. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about checking blood sugar in public. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the cocktail hour.
46 min
267
Episode # 256: Tag, You're It
We take your questions on nobody showing up to your party, getting married before the ceremony, when a friend complains they aren’t invited, and social media tagging etiquette? For sustaining members we talk about clapping when being applauded and the custom of shaking hands. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on “looking” vs. “seeing”.
43 min
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Episode #255: Flowers for All
We take your questions on late guest requests for a wedding, asking for reassurance on a generous offer, on not being the office know-it-all, a question about who to address a sympathy card to, and an urban workplace myth that is very much alive. For sustaining members we talk about whether or not to purchase flowers for all when a vendor comes to the table. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on “pinkies out” from the rituals of dinner by Margaret Visser.
39 min
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Episode #254: Tupperware Etiquette
On today’s show Dan and Cindy Post Senning take your questions on thanking coworkers for personal help, being addressed by your spouse’s name, Tupperware etiquette and leaving messes in your friend’s car. For sustaining members we talk about sending thank you notes after a funeral. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on teaching manners to kids.
50 min
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Episode #253: Hats and Sunglasses
We take your questions on foul-mouthed sports fans, not wanting your ex’s new girlfriend at the party, addressing a transgender acquaintance and splitting the bill after the fact. For sustaining members we talk about sending “thank you for attending” notes after the wedding. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on hats and sunglasses indoors
50 min
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Episode #252: Potluck
We take your questions on messy summer potlucks, hyphenated names on address labels, shared office space scents and traveling while potty training. For sustaining members we look what to do when someone asks to attend the wedding. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on stealing the thunder at someone’s wedding.
49 min
272
Episode #251: Best Society?
Guest host Peter Post joins Lizzie and we take your questions on baby name haters, wedding shower gifts for strained relations, expensive hairdressers and using your neighbor’s trashcan. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on a 1934 article written by Emily Post on best society. For sustaining members passing etiquette is the topic of the day.
55 min
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Episode #250: Photo Peeking
On today’s show we take your questions on table settings at war, too much to eat, peeking at photo scrolling, a houseguest’s guilt and adults at play, children be warned. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on notching it up for those closest to us. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about a house divided, when non family stop by for a visit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
47 min
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Episode #249: Sharing Water Bottles
We take your questions on I accept and I’ve got a vacation, waiting for the invitation, sharing water bottles, and oops I over paid the sitter. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on moms and wedding planning. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about baby-showers and how many thank-yous to issue.
50 min
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Episode #248: Smile
We take your questions on gifts for a second wedding, a worried runner, tips for a solo business owner and preparing when an interviewer is younger than you. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on smiles. For sustaining members your question of the week is about sending late thank you notes during a time of mourning.
47 min