Our apologies for the delay on this episode. There was glitch in our publishing program and we are happy that it is resolved. Please, enjoy! On today’s show, Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on dining in bowls, being unnamed on a wedding invitation, personal favors and professional requests, generous hosts serving generous guests, and family who make decisions for you. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on travel tipping. See omnystudio.com/...
Apr 30, 2018•1 hr 6 min
On today’s show, Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on bridesmaids and bachelorette parties, children playing on your lawn, potlucks that don’t specify on the invitation, not noisy neighbors being blamed for noise and how to answer repeated questions about adoption. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment notching up your business skills. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
Apr 23, 2018•1 hr 4 min
On today’s show, Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions on two finger food questions, is two thirty o'clock a thing?, zits at the dinner table, party guests not paying attention to invitations and gifts that you don’t really like from someone you really love. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on an Emily Post’s theory about the Bank of Life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Apr 16, 2018•54 min
We take your etiquette questions on keeping communications simple, dealing with favors you don’t like, helping kids combat shyness, flying first class when senior business colleagues aren’t, and whether or not to invite your future stepson’s mother to your wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on gift giving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 09, 2018•1 hr 1 min
On today’s show, we take your etiquette questions on rejecting kind offers, how to handle first and middle names on a wedding invitation, a follow up question from episode 182 on belated 2nd receptions, how to handle in lieu of gifts for an 80th birthday, and a very jumbo shrimpy problem. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on Emma Seppala and happiness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Apr 02, 2018•54 min
On today’s show, Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions on pictures of engagement rings, community dinner displeasures, honoring honorifics, yoga class guests and elevator and door chivalry at work. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on breaking up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 26, 2018•1 hr 3 min
On today’s show, we take your etiquette questions on knives as pushers, dealing with questions about homeschooling choices, which job am I interviewing for, no wedding reply card and ski weekend woes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on serving wine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 19, 2018•1 hr 3 min
On today’s show, we take your etiquette questions on babies and weddings all at once, a roommate who thinks your kitchenware is theirs, a manager who dumps a problem back on your plate, asking folks for addresses in the digital age and how to get your bridesmaids to choose modest dresses. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on 24/7 Etiquette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Mar 12, 2018•1 hr 2 min
On today’s show Puja joins Lizzie to take your etiquette questions on 2nd wedding receptions, soap being swiped from the ladies rest room, offering guests your master bedroom, attending only one of two baby showers and how much responsibility is on a host to manage ground transportation for guests. Plus, your most excellent feedback, two etiquette salutes and a postscript segment on HUGGING! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Mar 05, 2018•1 hr 5 min
On today’s show we take your etiquette questions on keto dietary restrictions, thanking folks when travel makes it hard, declining a boss’s casual lunch invite, a wedding guest who is frustrated by a bride’s response, and how not be an answering service for your spouse. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on etiquette for social dances of all kinds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
Feb 26, 2018•56 min
On today’s show, Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on not being the office therapist, when you have too many people to invite to your birthday, who pencils who in when scheduling and is it boasting or not. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Dancing and Balls...like fancy ones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 19, 2018•1 hr 1 min
On today’s show, Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on getting the gifts you want at a shower, saying thanks for a thank you gift, what to do with too many bridal shower offers, and how to handle the age old question about age. Plus your most excellent feedback, some of which comes from Puja Senning, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Emily Post’s How To Behave Though A Debutante . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Feb 12, 2018•56 min
On today’s show, we take your etiquette questions about tiny tummies and hosts that notice them, condolences and contributions to funerals, a very special question from the hosts of the Home Hour Podcast and how to handle gifts when boundaries have been broken. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on replying to formal invitations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 05, 2018•53 min
On today’s show we take your etiquette questions on wedding announcements, managing messaging apps at work, whether or not to write a thank-you note to your SO’s family, how to handle naming a 6th, wedding regrets and finally a very special question. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on meeting etiquette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 29, 2018•55 min
On today’s show Dan and Puja take your etiquette questions on managing multiple birthdays, hand delivering cards, hosting guests with allergies and apologizing for the first mistake. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the meaning of Etiquette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 22, 2018•44 min
On today’s show Dan and guest host Cindy Post Senning take your etiquette questions on wrapping up a party, lending a hand without giving offense, sending condolences during the holidays and how clean to keep a home. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on napkins continued. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 15, 2018•52 min
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on groomsmen expenses, reclining seat backs, bringing wine when you’re already bringing wine and electronic RSVP fails. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on napkins 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...
Jan 08, 2018•46 min
On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions about not getting together with sick friends, a doozy of social awkwardness, travel for bridesmaids and what to do with serious dietary restrictions and food related work events. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Kelly Williams Brown’s book Gracious. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 01, 2018•51 min
Happy holidays from everyone at The Emily Post Institute. On today’s show we take your etiquette questions about medical TMI, haggling etiquette, where to send a thank you gift, how to handle New Years invites when friends aren’t all invited to the same party, gift return guilt and how to not manage your boss’s holiday party budget. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on keeping holidays personal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn...
Dec 25, 2017•53 min
Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions about prime time predicaments, commenting on other’s food, Christmas parties with co-workers (or not), the meaning of "No Boxed Gifts" and how to handle missing a marriage announcement...by 8 years. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on regifting and thank-you notes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 18, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions about junior vs. Jr., standing up for greetings once you’re an adult, booing the refs, reluctant hosts, and how to address holiday cards to families with multiple names. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on gifting well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 11, 2017•48 min
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions about long hallway hellos, how a caregiver can speak up, what to call a widow, sample language for a college student who wants to meditate and season ticket holders who want others to shhhhhh. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on holiday cards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 04, 2017•51 min
On today’s show we take your etiquette questions about gifts with the wrong monogram on them, gifts of gratitude, friends with champagne tastes who complain, and a question about apps...the kind you eat. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment where we catch up with you on Thanksgiving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 30, 2017•57 min
Happy Holidays! On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions about invitation trepidation, what’s a lemon-hater to do?, changing gift traditions and post wedding blues. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Thanksgiving week etiquette prep! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 20, 2017•58 min
On today’s show we take your etiquette questions on being an unexpected host via video chat, honoring wedding co-hosts, handling drama when you’re not dramatic, and quite literally "dude, where’s my car?" Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a concluding postscript segment on 'How to Bungle a Dinner' Party from the 1922 edition of Etiquette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 13, 2017•52 min
Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on breaking up with your hair stylist, setting boundaries during the grieving process, ending evenings out with friends, and bringing up your budget when RSVPing. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on 'How to Bungle a Dinner Party' from the 1922 edition of Emily Post's Etiquette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 06, 2017•48 min
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie answer your etiquette questions on guests inviting extra guests you don’t like, how to bring good scotch to a party but get to bring some home, baby gender-reveal parties, and a classic question about wedding gift obligations. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on HALLLLOOOWEEEEEEEN. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 30, 2017•49 min
Dan and Lizzie answer your etiquette questions about not eating when others do, invitation woes, extending a favor once in a while (not every week) and dressing up for Grandma. Plus we hear your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Emily Post's birthday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 23, 2017•49 min
On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions on neighbors crossing your property, babies in small apartments hoping for "no gifts please", how to be caring but not intrusive when friend are experiencing hard times, and a doozy of a monogram problem with a simple solution. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on preparing for Thanksgiving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Oct 16, 2017•56 min
On today’s show we take on your etiquette questions on exiting a bridal shower that has gone over its end time, friends encroaching on your cruise vacation, religious inquiries at work and what to expect when lending out your vacation homes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Margaret Visser's The Rituals of Dinner on toasting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 09, 2017•54 min
