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 fee...
May 09, 2022•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 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 tab...
May 02, 2022•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 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 postsc...
Apr 25, 2022•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 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 ...
Apr 18, 2022•50 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 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...
Apr 11, 2022•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 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 excellen...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 7 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 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 sal...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 14 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 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 ...
Mar 21, 2022•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 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...
Mar 14, 2022•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 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 salut...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min
*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 i...
Feb 28, 2022•58 min
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 scenari...
Feb 21, 2022•59 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 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, et...
Feb 14, 2022•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 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...
Feb 07, 2022•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 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...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 9 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 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 t...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 7 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 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 fe...
Jan 17, 2022•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 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 p...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 3 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 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....
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 5 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 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, bu...
Dec 27, 2021•1 hr 9 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 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 ...
Dec 20, 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 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 ...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 23 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 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 excelle...
Dec 06, 2021•1 hr 18 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 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 part...
Nov 29, 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 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 set...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 17 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 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...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 17 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 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 anot...
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 18 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 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 p...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 3 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 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 ...
Oct 25, 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 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 interv...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min
