Awesome Etiquette

<p>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.</p>

Episode 575 - Two Parties, Two Gifts?

On today’s show, we take your questions on eating with a retainer, return addresses for families with two last names, and birthday gifts for kids with two parties. For community members, your question of the week is about the difference between baby showers and baby sprinkles. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on when to talk business at a networking event. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-15
48:48

Episode 574 - Gifting Diamonds

On today’s show, we take your questions on gifting diamonds, overhearing racist comments, and when people ignore you in the elevator. For community members, your question of the week is about hosting your first tea party. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript on Afternoon Tea from Emily’s 1922 edition. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-08
42:12

Episode 573 - Nuts With Shells

On today’s show, we take your questions on eating nuts with shells, being confused for your twin, and under-ordering at a business lunch. For community members, your question of the week is about sending a birth announcement with a registry. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment wedding gift giving from Business Insider. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-01
54:27

Episode 572 - Selling a Hand-Me-Down

On today’s show, we take your questions on tipping at gas stations, communication written by AI, and selling a hand-me-down. For community members, your question of the week is about when kids are part of a wedding ceremony but aren’t invited to the reception. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the service counter stare. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-25
01:03:38

Episode 571 - Connection Request

On today’s show, we take your questions on a LinkedIn request just before a job interview, how to respond to nosy questions about finances, and what to do when someone calls you babe. For community members, your question of the week is about planning a garden party. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment. Support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-18
58:37

Episode 570 - Water Signs

On today’s show, we take your questions on whether the host should drink water at a party, an unusual coffee shop conundrum, and titles for lawyers on wedding invitations. For community members, your question of the week is about a certain leaked celebrity wedding invitation. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-11
56:22

Episode 569 - Family Tickets

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond when people ask what church you go to, paying for family tickets to your child’s performances, and whether it’s okay to stop visiting someone who has two large dogs. For community members, your question of the week is about how to end a tradition of dinner parties with friends. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on business social tips.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08-04
54:43

Episode 568 - Armrest Performance

On today’s show, we take your questions on a dinner party seating conundrum, switching back to a former hairdresser, and which armrest is yours at a theater. For community members, your question of the week is about whether two wedding ceremonies means two wedding gifts. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on business etiquette from Emily’s original Etiquette, in society, in business, in politics, and at home.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-28
53:11

Episode 567 - Wedding Text Invitation

On today’s show, we take your questions on whether a graduation announcement requires a gift, an interesting wedding text invitation, and how to use retired military titles. For community members, your question of the week is about bad behaviors in the library. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on manners for business meal guests.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-21
58:12

Episode 566 - Old Fashioned Voicemail

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to proactively handle bad guest behavior before an event, whether it’s now rude to leave a voicemail, and how to get to know the new neighbors. For community members, your question of the week is about contributing to a honeymoon fund on a limited income. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on hosts and guests.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-14
01:01:04

Episode 565 - Not Hungry?

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to comment on a friend’s AI-generated music, a relative who asks you to get a better gift, and commenting on an Ozempic user’s eating habits. For community members, your question of the week is about some drama over wearing white to a wedding. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the people who inspire us to use good manners. Get the Emily Post newsletter - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

07-07
01:10:57

Episode 564 - To Defend a Friend

On today’s show, we take your questions on the phrase ‘this turns my stomach’, whether to jump in and defend a friend, and whether to bring a gift to a ‘no gifts’ party. For community members, your question of the week is about an interesting auto-response email. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

06-30
01:04:45

Episode 563 - Conversation Enders

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to tell someone you gave to their honeymoon fund, which direction to place a folded napkin, and how to end a conversation at a party. For community members, your question of the week is about men’s naming titles when a repeated name skips a generation. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on beach etiquette.  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

06-23
55:16

Episode 562 - Leadership

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to proceed when someone doesn’t pay their share of a gift, how to acknowledge a divorce, and whether you can order from a restaurant where a former employee works. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when a receptionist is listening in on your PT medical appointments. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on leadership from our brand new Emily Post's Business Etiquette.  Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

06-16
49:15

Episode 561 - Anonymous Salute

On today’s show, we take your questions on whether to tell someone about your salute for them, texting someone during a difficult time, and how to talk to someone about their body odor. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when people keep cancelling meetings. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on entertaining etiquette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

06-09
53:41

Episode 560 - To-Go on the Company Dime

On today’s show, we take your questions on 0rdering to-go items when you’re on the company dime, the etiquette of dancing, and a question about questions on age. For community members, your question of the week is about moving abroad and how to tell folks at home you’re going. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we read the second of a two-part look at Emily Post’s engagement and wedding from Emily Post’s Biography.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

06-02
54:09

Episode 559 - Pickleball Anyone

On today’s show, we take your questions on friend requests from coworkers, when guests cancel last minute, and Pickleball court etiquette. For community members, your question of the week is about how to respond when family members send you multiple videos every day. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we read the first of a two-part look at Emily Post’s engagement and wedding from Emily Post’s Biography.  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05-26
59:14

Episode 558 - Home Tour

On today’s show, we take your questions on unprofessional work attire, when a guest shows up to a fundraiser with a different agenda, and whether to offer a tour of your home. For community members, your question of the week is about how to politely opt out of social media. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment from our new business etiquette book. Join the Emily Post community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05-19
58:58

Episode 557 - Group Text RSVP

On today’s show, we take your questions on issues with a group text RSVP, how to end a sympathy card, and table setting tips when you’re serving special courses. For community members, your question of the week is about people wearing mantillas at the Pope’s funeral. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Jane Austen etiquette  Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05-12
55:03

Episode 556 - Congratulations, Graduates!

On today’s show, we take your questions on whether to host a party for a college grad, confusion over a very casual wedding, and etiquette around prescription sunglasses. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when your mother-in-law invites extra guests to your wedding. Plus, your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on graduation announcements. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05-05
50:03

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so. many. wedding.etiquette. I am out

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