We take your questions on cracking joints in public, saying no problem, plus one problems, eye contact at dinner, and friends who text favor requests. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Holiday Cards. The members extra question of the week is about hosts who can’t get guests to stop bringing food.

On today’s show we take your questions on who should you gift to, what family name to use, greeting guests at the door, not wanting people to accommodate your food restriction and how long you should talk with other guests. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on Holiday Parties. The sustaining members question of the week is about introductions and deducing who is the more important person in the moment.

On today’s show we take on sipping from soupspoons, a friend’s generosity, being asked to host a baby shower last minute and receiving holiday cards for a deceased parent. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on holiday invitation etiquette. Sustaining members, your extra question of the week tackles talking wedding plans without fishing for an invitation.

On today’s show we take your questions on casual Thanksgiving dinner invitations, saucy knives, who pays for broken gifts, requesting gift cards as payment and hand delivering mail. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on "turning the table". The extra question of the week is about turning down a dinner invitation.

We take your questions about names on Holiday cards, how to insist on cooking the meal?, recommendations - after a few years and cultural differences in wedding plans. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on “The Courteous No”. For sustaining members your question of the week is about walking to a table and who should go first.

On today’s show we take your questions on coffe shop meet-up strategies, debating dinner out "On us", how to respond to unintentionally rude exclamations, steping in to organize as an in-law, and whether or not to use staggered party start times to manage the guest list. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segement inspired by the final section of Jen Doll's Be Better At Parties NYT Article. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about couples asking for help during baby visits.

We take your questions on double invitations, buying gifts for the boss, eye contact etiquette, interrupting your server while they read specials and a question about stationery as a gift. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment from on working the room. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question is about how not to have a bridal party.

We take your questions on saying thank you after a raise, if your partner is invited to a co-workers party, when a chivalrous act feels forced, replying to thank yous, and then even more questions on thank yous. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment that is the third installment from Jen Doll's Be Better At Parties NYT Article. The sustaining members extra content addresses some dos and don’ts of wearing a tux.

We take your questions on offering to grab someone a coffee, living in your childhood home, your holiday guest list and asking for BIG favors. Plus feedback, etiquette salute and postscript from a listener on discussing infertility. The sustaining members question is about accommodating someone’s allergy.

We take your questions on awkward introductions, the problem with no problem, grandma was upset we opened our wedding gifts early, and how to thank a group at work. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we explore the mix and mingle. Sustaining members, your question is about dietary restrictions at large events.

On today’s show we take your questions on critiquing your roommates cooking, reassuring a bride that yes she can have a 2nd reception, should you call friends before coming to town and what to do when your in-laws well wishes seem cold. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about 1922 telephones.

On today’s show we take your questions on receiving a b-day card, interrupting, posthumous thank you notes, canning jars returns and work relationships. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about being better at parties. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about digital RSVPs for weddings.

We take your questions on they/them pronouns, sending married monogrammed thank-yous before you’re married, handling a couple who is asking you to chip in on their wedding, who should go first walking through doors and how to let those you’ve been talking to for online dating know you’ve met someone. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about dining classics. The sustaining member extra question of the week looks at tipping when your server changes shifts.

On today’s show Lizzie and Guest host Puja Senning take your etiquette questions on informing a host they made you sick, timing for thanking those giving donations, showing appreciation to your boyfriend’s generous family, how long do you have to give a housewarming gift, and what to do when you can’t remember if you already gave a wedding gift or not. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about remaining calm. Your extra question of the week is on a coworker whose constant conversation is becoming a work issue.

On today’s show we take your questions on writing on behalf of your daughter, gifts for those who throw a shower, who gets served first in a family, the 'M' on a reply card and minimizing Christmas gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about bringing babies out in public. Your extra question is about whether or not the table should be set all the time.

We take your questions on gas pump etiquette, separate bedrooms, sending one thank you for all your wedding gifts, hanging out with just one of part a couple, and avoiding the subject of your divorce at your dad’s wedding. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about cell phone rudeness. The bonus question is about canvassers on the street.

We answer your questions on following up a RSVP decline, being a chronic canceller, the question of what do you do, partners making individual social plans and invitations from familiar strangers. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on the surprising power of gratitude.

On today’s show we take your questions on friends and communication, thank you notes for twins, tipping on split meals, a lack of celebration for a college grad and how to handle a moving away gift. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on vacation etiquette.

On today’s show we take your questions on offering additional sympathy, accessible bathroom etiquette, to stand or not during dinner introductions, thanking group donors and gossip or a good story. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the idea that children be seen and not heard. The sustaining member question is about snooping in a guest bathroom.

On today’s show we take your questions on no thank-you but requests for gift receipts, handling major offenses at work, a crisis of honesty, food shaming and rude comments about your young age. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on problem solving using our process based on C.R.H.

On today’s show we take your questions on accepting 'people' compliments, locker room hellos with coworkers, worrying about potential wedding guests’ behavior, and receiving cool congratulations from a close coworker – plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on dating etiquette.

On today’s show we take your questions on asking if your ex is attending a wedding, helping others use your child’s full name, new tipping experiences and asking children not to roam in your home. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about a possible new trend in out of office emails.

Lizzie and Dan take your questions about Wedding etiquette follow ups, when annual parties don’t happen, asking strangers to watch your stuff and leaving a surprise party early. Plus feedback, an etiquette salute and postscript from Emily Post’s reflecting on Etiquette.

On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions about accepting compliments about your dog, how to act as the NEW neighbors, wedding guests wanting to bring their own guests and whether or not to give a wedding gift when you contributed your skill to the wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and part two of our postscript segment on the myth of how Emily’s Book Etiquette came to be! Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members, your extra question of the week is about not assuming you’re on the “B-List” for a wedding.

On today’s show we take your questions about celebrating Mom’s wedding while keeping it low key, living down a bad recommendation, gifts when you decline a wedding invitation, and daters who offer to pay and then ask for half. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on the origins of Etiquette.