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 #278: Hand-Me-Downs
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on trash day in the neighborhood, feeling obligated to take hand-me-downs, cleaning up after adult step-kids and a wedding budget bungled. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about cranky customers and how to handle them. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on politeness as a tool.
55 min
277
Episode #277: Considering Vegetarians
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on restless roommates, considering vegetarians, thank-yous for thank-yous, partners not included and waiting for baby. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about first names for ever. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on new etiquette trends coming in 2020.
51 min
278
Episode #276: The Buffet
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on unexpected extended stays, buffet etiquette, exes not being an easy topic and group gift credit. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about a very sweet mom to be who wants a baby shower and wants it her way. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on combating holiday stress.
40 min
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Episode #275: Stuck Cooking
On today’s show we take your questions on post-thanksgiving drama, tricky Christmas card last names, being stuck cooking during your party and no shoe households. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about turning down a second-kid baby shower. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on thank-you notes from Emily Post’s Etiquette, 1922 edition.
46 min
280
Episode #274: Secret Santa
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on invitations for exes, less than awesome gifts from family for your wedding, moving on from roommates, a question of gifts for graduates, and titles for widows and beyond. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about office secret Santa registries. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on consideration, respect and honesty for the holidays.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
53 min
281
Episode #273: Serving Leftovers
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on sisters as bridesmaids, shared office temperatures, changing birthday plans, thanking wedding guests for attending, and serving leftovers to guests. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about wedding postponements and the gift questions that come with them. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the spirit of gifting.
53 min
282
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
283
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
284
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
285
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
286
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
287
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
288
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
289
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
290
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
291
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
293
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
295
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
296
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
297
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
298
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
299
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
300
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