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 385 - No Problem
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 using the phrase ‘no problem’ instead of ‘you’re welcome', inviting the wedding photographer to a post-celebration dinner, people who ask for favors when you’re not that close, and addressing someone who has multiple distinguished titles. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about going back on an offer to host due to COVID-19 changes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on happieness.
60 min
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Episode 384 - Introduction Reprise
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 housewarmings when you downsize, belated wedding reception wording, how to handle a business lunch during COVID, And wedding invitation wording for hosts. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about using the Dr. title socially. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we connect to past generations of posts and start celebrating our 100 year anniversary.
55 min
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Episode 383 - Wedding Wording Wondering
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 housewarmings when you downsize, belated wedding reception wording, how to handle a business lunch during COVID, and wedding invitation wording for hosts. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about using the Dr. title socially. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we connect to past generations of posts and start celebrating our 100 year anniversary.
57 min
179
Episode 382 - Wrapping Up
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 setting New Year’s etiquette goals., avoiding taking on new relationships, a covid tipping conundrum, and thank you notes when the gift is money. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about return address placement. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on wrapping up the holiday season.
59 min
180
Episode 381 - To Go Tipping
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 compromising when family members don’t want to travel for weddings, tipping on to-go orders, saying “it was nice to meet you” out of habit, and responding properly when someone you know goes through something difficult or scary. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about sending an RSVP for one person in a couple, but not both. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on thank-you notes.
63 min
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Episode 380 - To Do Gifts
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 getting mixed signals from your neighbors,addressing wedding invites and Christmas cards as a couple,including two occasions in one card, and family members who ask for time together, rather than gifts. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about maintaining a business relationship with a company when you choose to go with a competitor to provide a service. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on receiving gifts well.
55 min
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Episode 379 - Holiday Tipping Season
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 holiday tipping for those who work in your apartment building, being introduced with a nickname on first meeting, who should be listed on engagement party invites, and letters addressed to the “husband’s name” family. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about visiting from another country during the holidays in the COVID era. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on being a good guest.
77 min
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Episode 378 - Holiday Office Party
questions on cashing in a rain check, etiquette when it comes to masks and those who can’t hear, someone using your seats at a sporting event, and writing a thank you note to someone who passes on their books to you. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about buying holiday gifts with employee store credit. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript onhosting holiday office parties.
72 min
184
Episode 377 - Plus None
Questions on a married wedding guest not getting a plus one on the invite, being addressed with titles like Mr. and Mrs., receiving gifts that don‘t match your style, and sending thank you notes when you’ve already thanked someone in person. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about not sitting with your partner at a dinner party. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on holiday gift giving.
66 min
185
Episode #376: Ready, Set
Questions on talking to your friend about their flirty date, family monograms, hosting at someone else’s house, and etiquette for when a neighbor moves away. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about addressing the loss after a miscarriage. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on holiday table setting.
71 min
186
Episode #375: Card Sharp
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 choosing bridesmaids, email thread considerations, another version of a cash bar, and how to handle unnecessary comments when you’re out and about. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members your question is about tacky baby shower gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on holiday cards.
71 min
187
Episode #374: Change for a Tip
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 a rough roommate situation, a question about tipping and change, when help isn’t helpful and a burdened young gentleman who asks about being a good guest. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about hosting maintenance workers in your home. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a  postscript with another of Lizzie’s interviews with end of life specialist Michelle Acciavatti, this time discussing virtual and drive through funerals.
72 min
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Episode #373: Asking for Extras
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 how to say thank you you for an anonymous gift, how to reconcile past mistakes, hanging with work work friends, and when it’s okay to ask for extras like seasonings and condiments. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question of the week is about a dog sitting dilemma. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Consideration, Respect and Honesty.
57 min
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Episode #372: Ghosting Season
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 the how to be a great gift giver, how to raise polite children, whether or not ghosting or a direct approach is better, and how to intercept food other adults are giving to your kids. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about whether or not to order from a restaurant where you have a weekly club meeting. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on getting ready to invite guests for the holidays.
64 min
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Episode 371: Uninvited Infant
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 a donation you don’t want to make, a non-binary honorific, when to comment on weight-loss, and bringing an uninvited infant to an adults-only wedding. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about how to refuse a gift kindly. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript with Lizzie’s Third interview with Michelle Acciavatti on changes and challenges to planning a funeral service or memorial celebration.
64 min
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Episode 370: Spooning Jams and Jellies?
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 the long goodbye, extended family borrowing the lake house, to spread or to spoon jam or jelly, how to handle different budgets between friends. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about managing pictures taken of you so they don’t end up on social media. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript with Lizzie’s second interview with Michelle Acciavati about how to plan end of life ceremonies.
76 min
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Episode 369: Virtual, Not Public
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 helping or not to helping as a guest, virtual not meaning public, multiple graduation parties, and when to send a wedding gift for a delayed, date-unknown, reception. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about responding to sales pitches on LinkedIn. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript with Michelle Acciavatti, on grief and planning end of life celebrations.
66 min
193
Episode #368: Amazon Mystery Gift
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 cancelling your belated wedding reception, how to handle pets and guests, the growing amazon virtual gift opening conundrum, and issuing pandemic wedding announcements. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about ending zoom calls well. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on RSVPing.
58 min
194
Episode #367: Ring Ring Ring
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 who says thank you from a committee, how to balance love marriage and etiquette, how to throw a giftless shower and then a great question about desk phones and how long to let them ring! For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about how handle late colleagues when they are your superiors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on issuing invitations.
66 min
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Episode #366: Ticket to a Shower
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 the use of Dr. as a title in a formal invitation, appropriate neighborhood gossip, covid and weddings and kids, and a Jack'n Jill you purchase tickets to. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members your question is about sharing emergencies with your family. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we conclude our interview with the author of Manners Will Take You Where Brains and Money Won't, Donald James.
74 min
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Episode #365: One a Day
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 birthday gift requests, asking about a loved one’s remains, handling estrangement when not many mutual friends know about it, and a question about whether a neighbor’s request is polite or unrealistic. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about using Venmo and social media to casually crowdsource a bachelorette. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where Dan interviews etiquette author and Nasa scientist Donald James about his new  book, Manners Will Take You Where Brains and Money Won’t.
68 min
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Episode #364: New Child Announcements
Questions on condolence considerations, c amping in the club, a friend who is feeling slighted about not receiving a wedding invitation, and mowing management in a communal garden. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about Reflections on a first date gone wrong. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript announcing a new member of your family.
47 min
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Episode #363: When I Get Old
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 considerate condolences, handling subpar service, notes on dating notes, and a christmas card question, yes in august. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about bridesmaids being able to prioritize studies but still participate. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript interview with author Steven Petrow about his new book Stupid things I wont do when I get old.
65 min
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Episode #362: An Expected Answer
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 helmet safety, tipping at hotels, assumptions about a bride changing her last name, and sending digital thank you cards. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about giving gifts for major milestones. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript job interviews.
52 min
200
Episode #361: The Next Load
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 unique tipping situations, inviting close colleagues to a wedding, addressing letters to same sex couples, and communal laundry room etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about depositing a wedding gift check before thanking the person who gave it to you. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript remote work.
50 min