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 #240: To the Eights
We take your questions on saying yes to being a plus-one, how to dress “to the eights”, door buzzer etiquette and wondering if you were thanked for a wedding gift. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on tricky foods C through H. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about commenting on table manners for YouTube food reviewers.
43 min
327
Episode #239: Buffet Timing
We take your questions on wedding invitation wording, including info cards with gifts, when to start eating buffet style and changing shower plans because of changed wedding plans. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on tricky foods A - C. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about RSVPs when you are the host and guest of honor.
39 min
328
Episode #238: Parties for Twins
We take your questions on generous family wanting to celebrate your very private wedding, dealing with gluten free issues among friends, presents and parties for twins and a mother-in law who wants to rename her daughter in law on an invitation. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on men and women stepping out together from the 1922 edition of Etiquette. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about diaper disasters.
50 min
329
Episode #237: Eggs with a Spoon
We take your questions on wearing hats when getting treatment, a fork or spoon with scrambled eggs, the case of the missing gift, and how long to wear black when you’re in mourning. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on our newest book! For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about diaper disasters.
52 min
330
Episode #236: How to Sign
We take your questions on online photo faux pas, addressing letters to beneficiaries, email signature etiquette, and politely deferring tender topics. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Consideration Respect and Honesty through the eyes of Kindness Gentleness and Safety. For sustaining members your question of the week is about the proper thank you gift for a work trip.
43 min
331
Episode #235: Slacking MOH
We take your questions on a slacking MOH, reaching out to a neighbor’s landlord, following up after RSVP dates and inviting your ex to your wedding. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on six common introduction mistakes. For sustaining members your question of the week considers stopping for pedestrians not in a crosswalk.
44 min
332
Episode #234: No Shoes Off Trouble
We take your questions on eating freely at parties, major shoes off disrespect, turning a family gathering into a baby shower, and a coworker who is seeking spoons. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from How to Behave Though a Debutante. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about destination and second weddings gifts.
54 min
333
Episode #233: Embracing Elopements
We take your questions on embracing elopements, listing ex's in an obituary, pouncing on mispronunciation and what to do when birthdays happen close together. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on preparing kids for being houseguests. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about handling an awkward request for money.
50 min
334
Episode #232: Thanks Coach!
Your questions on word vomit, asking a future son-in-law to call you mom, one guest defining an event, and thanking coach after each practice. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on nursing home etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members your extra question of the week is about managers who don’t cover their coughs.
49 min
335
Episode #231: The Parking Lot
We take your questions on being honest about personal issues, expectations at sip-n-see parties, parking lot etiquette and a question of carrot snatching at the grocery store. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on social media’s changing landscape. For sustaining members the question of the week is about ice cream store sampling.
57 min
336
Episode #230: Creative Place Setting
On today’s show we take your questions on fixing things in front of guests, a shocking place setting, changing others, lunchroom conversation let down, and one dress to impress. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on baby showers. For sustaining members your extra question is about guest rooms.
55 min
337
Episode #229: Phone call faux pas
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on calling out adult children, phone call faux pas, dining out with toddlers, engagement gifts for old friends, and tipping for non-taxi car services. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment inspired by our assistant producer Bridget on week one of a new job. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about about Airbnb for family and Friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
50 min
338
Episode #228: Dress Details
On today’s show we take your questions on delicate dress details, an address conundrum, who gets the armrests, when your host doesn’t serve dinner, and a formal luncheon flop. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment inspired by Dan’s cold. For sustaining members your question of the week considers whether asking about schooling is rude.
54 min
339
Episode #227: Brunch Anyone?
On today’s show we take your questions on gifts that aren’t great for kids, being called out on body language at the table, thank yous for recommendations, condolence cards between family members and how to handle brunch after a wedding when no one’s hosting. Plus feedback, an etiquette salute and a postscript segment on announcing engagements. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about elevator pitches and getting yours right.
56 min
340
Episode #226: No Girls?
On today’s show we reply to ladies being left off invitations, trouble with visitors, thank you notes as gifts, and thanking you for a generous favor. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on travel etiquette. The sustaining member extra question of the week is about interviewing via Skype.
57 min
341
Episode #225: Happy 2019!
On today’s show we take your questions on buying wine for the booze-bus, gift card quandaries, fold over cards, unexpected visitors during naps, and a question about saying thank you instead of I’m sorry. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on thank-you notes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about what you do with your purse at a party.
47 min
342
Episode #224: Family Gifts
We take your questions on the family gift exchange, long lost thank-yous, texting "no" to casual parties, ring around the baggage carousel, and wearing earbuds at home. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on gifting. The sustaining members question of the week is about gifting obligations with neighbors.
59 min
343
Episode #223: New Address
We take your questions on alerting others to your new address, sick kiddos coming to parties, noise and neighbors, saying no to parties, and handling rude comments made by family. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on setting up your guest room. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about guests who take over the kitchen and overstay their welcome.
49 min
344
Episode #222: Here's Looking at You
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.
54 min
345
Episode #221: Gift to Who?
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.
49 min
346
Episode #220: Soup Spoon Sipping
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.
44 min
347
Episode #219: Happy Thanksgiving
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.
45 min
348
Episode #218: Holiday Hosting
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.
53 min
349
Episode #217: Staggered Start
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.
60 min
350
Episode #216: Stationery Gifts
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.
55 min