Awesome Etiquette

The Emily Post Institute
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May 8, 2023 • 1h 10min

Episode 452 - Handwritten

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 addressing wedding invitations with bad handwriting, talking to others about their childrens’ behavior, buying gifts for an exchange at a reduced price, and breaking the news about someone’s passing. For Awesome Etiquette community members your bonus question is about bringing someone coffee. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Awesome Etiquette origins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 1, 2023 • 1h 14min

Episode 451 - Not a Good Match

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 realizing too late that an event is child-free, putting a registry link on the baby shower invite, weeding out who would make a good match on dating apps, and people who take over company meetings. For Awesome Etiquette community members, our question of the week is about getting too much ice built up in your water glass after several refills. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on wine with one of our trainers Nisha Trivedi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 24, 2023 • 1h 5min

Episode 450 - Availability

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 putting the name of someone who has died on a wedding invite, keeping your calendar open, breaking gift-giving traditions, and people commenting on how old or young you look. For Awesome Etiquette Community members our question is about a wedding RSVP dilemma. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on bringing children to restaurants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 17, 2023 • 1h 4min

Episode 449 - Good Grief

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 looking your best at an interview, placing glasses on the table, giving gifts to the host of a bridal shower, and family members who always bring their dog along. For Awesome Etiquette Community members our question is about sending gifts for graduation. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Emily Post and grief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 10, 2023 • 1h 19min

Episode 448 - No Wedding 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 not wanting a kids’ cup at restaurants, sending a wedding gift if you’re not attending, family members who push their politics on you, and waiters bringing out cleaning supplies with your food. For Awesome Etiquette Community members our question is about where to put the date on monogrammed stationery. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on airplane etiquette  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 3, 2023 • 58min

Episode 447 - Imitation

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 making small talk with old colleagues, asking for sensitive information when a loved one is dying, what to wear at a funeral, and approaching someone who is copying you. For Awesome Etiquette Community members our question is about inviting last-minute wedding guests. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on etiquette at concerts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 27, 2023 • 1h 3min

Episode 446 - On Salad Knives

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 overly attentive wait staff, inviting new couples to dinner parties, not feeling like you can ask for help, and salad knives on the table. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about getting cash in condolence cards. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on dining together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 20, 2023 • 1h 5min

Episode 445 - Comparing Restaurants

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 comparing restaurants, belated baby showers, changing your last name at work, and paying deposits for reservations. For Awesome Etiquette community members your question of the week is about wording on a wedding program. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on holding a chair for someone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 13, 2023 • 1h 5min

Episode 444 - Let Yourself In

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 bringing a cocktail to the dinner table, passing by others at a theater, telling a stranger their shirt is inside out, and neighbors letting themselves in. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about calling people Miss, Mrs. or Mr. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript with the second half of our interview with Emily Ladau author of Demystifying Disability, what to know, what to say and how to be an ally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 6, 2023 • 1h 20min

Episode 443 - Cocktail Salt Lick

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 hiring a makeup artist at a gay wedding, getting ready to go through security at the airport, getting a bonus you don’t want, and enjoying what’s on the rim of a cocktail. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about paying the bill when having dinner with your partner’s mother for the first time. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the first half of our interview with Emily Ladau Author of Demystifying Disability, what to know what to say and how to be an ally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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