Awesome Etiquette

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 gender neutral titles, dressing for a concert and how it might impact a friend, apologizing for misgendering someone and the neighbor’s plants affecting your property. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about what items you should keep in your guest bathroom for guests. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on cringe-worthy wedding trends that we’ll explore with Lindsay Jones of the Woman Getting Married website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tipping on a discounted service, sending gifts when you can’t attend a wedding shower, delivering welcome bags to out of town guests, and how to solve the mystery of who sent a wedding gift that arrived with no card or sender information. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about rude behavior from family members at a wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we consider slowing down with Christine Porath and Christine Pearson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 contributing to a trip as a birthday gift, fielding rude messages from clients, asking for a father’s blessing after the ceremony, and thanking friends for letting you live with them. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about voicing concerns about pets you are pet sitting for. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on punctuality and patience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 politely getting out of conversations when you’re trying to work, responding to comments about being dressed up, preparing your home for younger guests, and people who bring their dogs to your house. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about dishes served with shrimp tails. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on meeting etiquette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 what to wear when working out at work, giving cash at weddings, and eating when not everyone has their food. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about following up after interviewing for a job. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Wedgwood Ware and it’s impact. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 people who interrupt your conversations, tracking monetary gifts from your wedding, old family feuds, and handwritten cards on tablets. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about unwanted company. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on using someone’s second home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 politely ending phone calls, leaving a job without knowing what’s next, family members who comment on what you wear, and telling family members you’re not ready for marriage. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about writing thank you notes for gifts you know have been purchased but have yet to receive. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Emily Post from the book Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things by Charles Panati. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 group graduation parties, giving older relatives car rides, speaking another language in a public space, and sharing one family member’s news with the rest of the family. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about paying to replace something you didn’t break. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the history of etiquette books. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 gifts at gender reveal parties, answering questions about having a baby in a same sex relationship, etiquette for editors, and graduation announcements and gifts for grads. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about asking for gift cards at weddings. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Garden Parties from Emily Post’s Etiquette the 1922 edition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 mishaps with save the dates in the mail, what to do with your winnings at a charity event, awkward office lunchtimes, and thanking people who write letters of recommendation for you. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about telling the host you didn’t attend because you didn’t want to. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Revisiting episode one postscript 'pinkies out'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tipping overseas tour guides, when it’s appropriate to bring a plus one, drifting apart from friends, and connecting with clients on LinkedIn. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about photo-bombing humor at a wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on defining places at the table from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 asking people for contact photos, asking for “no gifts” at your child’s birthday party, a followup to a question about names on a wedding invitation, and some foul fowl. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about not feeling social and how to manage it. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on thank-you notes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 being asked to share the cost of a trip after it’s ended, baby registries and old friends, family members who don’t take care of your cookware, and out of towners asking for tourism advice when they’re visiting for a funeral. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about handshakes after COVID. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on thinking forward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 letting people “sneak” behind you into secured areas, conveying race through emojis, text message thank yous, and napkin etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about talking to your partner about their table manners. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Gilded age etiquette from Mary Sherwood who would have been Emily’s etiquette advisor . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 acknowledging who is paying for the wedding on the invitation, whether or not RSVPs are a thing of the past,new houses that are full of stuff from previous residents, and a sample script for a canceled wedding. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about if spouses should always be invited too. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on serving butter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tipping when service is sub par, which side of the table to sit on when meeting someone new, answering questions about no longer drinking alcohol, and how to handle encouraged profranity at work. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about dealing with a pushy landlord. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Emily writing the 1922 edition of etiquette See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 calling a newly wed by her new last name, how to have conversations about genealogy without bragging, addressing families with multiple names as well as address parents vs babies, and a question about bringing your baby to a baby shower. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question of the week is about how to be a friend not a customer when friends are involved in Multi-Level marketing. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on family gossip and Bruno-no-no-no. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tipping the dog park staff, addressing noisy neighbors, a followup question to our plant-based dinner discussion, and addressing a sudden change in someone’s appearance. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about making etiquette around attire more gender inclusive. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 tipping the dog park staff, addressing noisy neighbors, a follow-up question to our plant-based dinner discussion, and addressing a sudden change in someone’s appearance. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about making etiquette around attire more gender inclusive. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on retirement parties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Aired one week early. 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 stacking plates at restaurants, writing thank you notes for gifts given to your small child, responding to suggestions from others about your career choices and addressing a repeat mistake by a business. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about expressing sympathy for someone with a chronic illness. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript where we go meta and look at the power of your etiquette questions and salutes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest co-host Kelly Williams Brown, joins Lizzie post for a special edition of Awesome Etiquette celebrating the launch of their joint project Mistakes Were Made. 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 etiquette for save the date responses, consumable gifts arriving in non consumable fashion, signing thank you cards for you AND your partner, and a complicated tipping scenario. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about sending thank yous for gifts that were never received. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the launch of our fun book Mistakes Were Made which is coauthored by Kelly Williams Brown who is also co hosting today’s show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 not wanting to pay for a second group wedding gift, not wanting to discuss your health with a family member, giving Emily Post books as gifts and not wanting to eat around others. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about keeping coffee around for guests when you don’t drink it. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Dining etiquette through the years from Margaret Visser’s, The Rituals of Dinner. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 asking people to adjust their face masks, asking someone to pay you back for a ticket to an event you invited them to, whom to address gifts to at a baby shower and how to handle a meat conversation as a vegetarian. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about responding to others’ well-meaning comments about a child’s diagnosis. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on etiquette in regards to, diversity, equity and inclusion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 responding to religious comments respectfully, whether or not it’s okay to serve a plant based menu at your wedding, a question about a brother’s problematic body odor and habits, and marriage without a traditional engagement. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about choosing to take one friend’s offer over another. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript reading from the Laura Claridge Emily biography on debutante balls, 1920's style. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 having two baby showers, officially introducing yourself to someone you’ve already seen a few times, making professional phone calls, and announcing a change of address following your divorce. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about thanking a work mentor as you transition to a new job. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on holding utensils. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 on hosting holiday office parties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apologies for the late publish date. This went up last week to the wrong playlist and showed as available in our system. Please enjoy two episode this week. 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 paying back generous family members, firmly defining dietary restrictions when attending parties, using ‘best regards’ when corresponding with strangers, and adequately thanking your host for giving up their bed. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about people who borrow things and don;t put them back where they belong. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript from etiquette Kindergarten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices