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 pos...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 22 min
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 postscrip...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 13 min
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 ...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min
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 feedba...
Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min
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 con...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 20 min
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...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 15 min
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 postscrip...
Aug 30, 2021•53 min
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 auth...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 11 min
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 pr...
Aug 16, 2021•58 min
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...
Aug 09, 2021•57 min
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 be...
Aug 02, 2021•57 min
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 for events, a hurried host, when to sing happy birthday and public street parking problems. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about estranged family not acknowledging gifts. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on a sneak peek in to the characters we’ve created for the 20th ed...
Jul 26, 2021•55 min
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 your recycling in the neighbor’s cans, providing meals for houseguests, including your business card in a thank you note to a customer, and responding to condescending comments from a future mother in law. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about approaching your neighbor about their untidy yard. Plus your ...
Jul 19, 2021•58 min
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 titles to use when someone’s marital status is unknown, the phrase “let’s do lunch,” extreme wedding mishaps and feeling overwhelmed when making new friends. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about visiting with friends on a budget. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on ties. S...
Jul 12, 2021•54 min
Welcome to Awesome Etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette through the lens of consideration, respect and honesty. On today’s July 4th show we take your questions on addressing a peculiar, post-dinner party practice, vaccine statuses and planning parties, interrupting someone while texting, and hosting guests from out of town when you’re in the middle of a drought. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about being left in the dark about rescheduled wedding plans. Plus you...
Jul 05, 2021•56 min
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 disclosing that you are bilingual, traveling with lingering concerns over COVID-19, friends who lock you into plans, and asking out-of-towners to get a hotel instead of staying with you. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about approaching your landlord without causing a conflict. Plus your most excellent feedback,...
Jun 28, 2021•55 min
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 playing host or hostess to workers improving your home, using the last of the toilet paper, telling people how to correctly pronounce your name, and sending birthday gifts when you can’t attend the party. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about exceptions to the rules of wedding invitations. Plus your most excelle...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 1 min
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 taking your baby to the wedding, responding to graduation announcements with gifts, inviting people from out of town to a party when you can’t offer a place to stay, and handling less than sanitary behavior by a guest at dinner. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about how long you should stay at a party before lea...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr
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 coworkers asking you to finish their work, who should be invited to the wedding, borrowing trucks to move furniture, and asking for money instead of gifts at your wedding. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about gender inclusive titles. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on Emily Po...
Jun 07, 2021•49 min
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 dietary dinner party dilemmas, disclosing the languages you speak, getting ready for houseguests with a new baby, and how to handle a less than gracious family member. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about how to reply to an apology. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on tricky to...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 10 min
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 giving gifts when you’ve been uninvited, introducing someone to another group of friends, correcting dated language and announcing your name change. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about reacquainting with friends who took the pandemic less seriously than you did. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette sal...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 19 min
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 dealing with questions about being single at a certain age, manners for sharing Charcuterie boards, the line between being friendly with neighbors and being overbearing, and returning the favor when someone brings you dinner. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about sharing baby news with a friend who has miscarrie...
May 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min
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 wearing white to weddings, expensive bachelorette parties, verifying vaccine information for events, and people going through your things when they visit your home. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about your boss following you on Instagram. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on et...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min
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 long should a visit last, crafting compliments, play date hosting gifts, and accepting compliments. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question of the week is about picking up your small pooch in public. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on small dogs. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
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 affordable flowers for a wedding, addressing concerns you have before going on a zoom date, how to determine who sits at the head of the table, and roommates inviting people over during the pandemic. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about people who say they didn’t receive information, when they actually did. Plu...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min
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 bachelor-et back out, turning down offers of help, boxing up leftovers, and a friend who makes not-so-friendly comments. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about dog etiquette. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on what we would do with an etiquette magic wand. See omnystudio.com/l...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min
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 modern wedding quandary, a very overly intrusive neighbor, double last name confusion, and addressing envelopes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members our question is about saying you’re welcome. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on the early days of Dan and Lizzie on the Dinner Party Download. DPD ...
Apr 12, 2021•54 min
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 teaching children table manners, zoom weddings, what to include on accommodation cards, and work friend now boss. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about you're welcome. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on seating charts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn ...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 22 min
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 mail mishaps, making safety suggestions to other parents, sharing success on social media, and introducing etiquette to your peers. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your question is about posting your covid-19 vaccine photos online. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript on virtual parties. See omnyst...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 4 min
To see a video of today's introduction visit Patreon.com/awesomeetiquette. Welcome to a special 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 guests to dress formally, responding to touchy compliments, declining to host a party, and politely asking people with accents to repeat themselves. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about some tricky ex-wife/ new girlfrien...
Mar 22, 2021•58 min