On today’s show, we take your questions on whether college students should give a wedding gift, proper RSVP follow-up, and complaints over the office air fryer. For community members, your question of the week is about how to respond to a work email when the intended receiver no longer works at your company. Plus, your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment with our featured trainer, Carissa Uhrmacher. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 4 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on checking if a bathroom stall is occupied, when the bridesmaids are dressed in black, and hosting part of your own birthday dinner party. For community members, your question of the week is about using utensils when dining with people who usually eat with their hands. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on The Suit. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Aug 19, 2024•59 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to address a doctor on a wedding invitation, inviting widows to an anniversary party, and Refusing a host’s offer of food and drink. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when you can’t understand someone through their accent. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on new Wedding and Baby Shower Etiquette. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about you...
Aug 12, 2024•56 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you can disregard a request for charitable donations as gifts, if it’s ever too late to give a graduation present, and how to handle the division of expenses when a friend is in town. For community members, your question of the week is about thank-you notes and weddings. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Emily’s novel How to Behave Though a Debutante. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn mor...
Aug 05, 2024•56 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on when someone shows up with lots of extra food for a party, a refresher on holding-the-door etiquette, and the proper way to eat a cupcake. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when someone wears white to a wedding. Plus your etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Emily’s tongue-in-cheek novel How to Behave Though a Debutante. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad ch...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on who gets first dibs on a room at a vacation house, what to do with a friend who orders a lot at a restaurant and then asks to split the bill, and a fun question on how to get RSVPs to something called a Pig Pickin’! For community members, your question of the week is about speech-to-text etiquette. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Disability and Etiquette with an interview with Emily Vordee. Join the community, support the show - ...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 17 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on really uneven graduation gifts, when to put a rolled napkin on your lap, and how to respond when people always ask if you want kids. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do with a friend who won’t take no for an answer about sleeping at your house. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly challenge, and a listener feedback postscript segment. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad c...
Jul 15, 2024•51 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on graduation gifts for a son’s girlfriend, how long or short to make a letter or card, and attending BIPOC and LGBTQ events as a straight white person. For community members, your question of the week is about rescheduling a baby shower. Plus your etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on funerals and bereavement from Emily’s biography by Laura Claridge. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do with a graduation photo card, whether to let a boyfriend’s parents pick up the check and how to let people know you’ve switched from a PO Box to a home address. For community members, your question of the week is about why people seem to think etiquette is only for aristocrats. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment where we talk about a new survey on incivility in the workplace. 85% Of People Work With Annoying Colleagues, New ...
Jul 01, 2024•54 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to address a wedding invitation when the bride has already taken the groom’s last name, whether ladies should wear hats in a restaurant, and saying thank you too much when dining out. For community members, your question of the week is about whether shower hosts should be invited to the wedding. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment where we interview one of the show writers from Bridgerton. Join the community, support the show - emil...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 5 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on handling an unusual food intolerance at work, whether stay-at-home moms and volunteers should have business cards, and whether you can ask potential wedding guests how likely they are to attend…before sending out invitations. For community members, your question of the week is about honoring parental boundaries at a wedding. Plus your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment where we hear your feedback on our recent questio...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 10 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to wear to a celebration of life event, how to tip on a guided travel tour, and whether to suggest in advance you split the bill on a date. For community members, your question of the week is about when you can order a drink at a business meeting. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment where Lizzie Interviews Former White House Social Secretary Deesha Dyer; spoiler: they did not want the conversation to end! Join the community, suppor...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 32 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you give a gift at a wedding vow renewal, if you can ask for cash gifts for a 40th birthday, and how to handle an uncomfortable moment at a memorial. For community members, your question of the week is about when to follow up after a job application is submitted. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment on the definition of incivility from The Cost of Bad Behavior by Christine Porath and Christine Pearson...
Jun 03, 2024•58 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on bowing out of a vacation you already agreed on, when a board member’s boyfriend is taking over, and whether you should feed the babysitter. For community members, your question of the week is about when an intern takes the cake–literally, takes an office cake. Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript segment with your favorite examples of etiquette in popular film. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your a...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to tip when using a restaurant gift card, how to list multiple family names on a change of address card, and how to handle a wedding shower for a very intimate wedding. For community members, your question of the week is about how to handle gifts at graduation parties. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment where we hear from Emily Post herself. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com ...
May 20, 2024•45 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do with throw pillows when visiting someone’s home, a friend who hosts parties with lots of scented candles, and Rules for visiting a newborn. For community members, your question of the week is about how many times to say thank you for a gift. Plus, your etiquette salute, weekly etiquette challenge, and a postscript segment from Dan on Emily Post on Emily Post! Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on a sniffling airplane seatmate, strangers judging a child with a disability while dining, and friends hosting a dual wedding shower for their kids. For community members, your question of the week is about automation and AI and how it impacts our social behavior. Plus, your etiquette salute and our first feedback postscript segment. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on a money transfer travesty, whether it’s ever OK to say, “You look tired,” and pre-written letters of recommendation. For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when someone asks if you invited them by mistake–and you didn’t! Plus, your etiquette salute and a postscript on a 'standing wedding breakfast' or reception. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...
Apr 29, 2024•55 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on tentative teens who won’t commit to plans, using cash-app on a graduation invitation, and taking photos when dining out. For community members, your question of the week is about being called by an ex’s name at a party. Plus your etiquette salute, and a postscript on etiquette on the big screen. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 22, 2024•57 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on Easter traditions that change without warning, when to use titles and when not to as you get older, and how to handle registries you aren’t fond of. For Community Members, your question of the week is about eating food that is too hot. Plus your etiquette salute and a postscript on our favorite things about Emily Post. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 15, 2024•1 hr 6 min
On today’s special 500th show, we take your questions on why we can’t correct others' etiquette, early RSVP expectations, bridal shower alerts for registry items, and to ask or not about a work issue. For Community Members, your question of the week is on: To correct or not to correct? Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on the past, present, and future of Awesome Etiquette. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad c...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 49 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on preparing for cell phone disruptions at concerts, the idea of asking for recycled birthday gifts, whether you should tip your tax accountant, and whether seconds at the buffet are okay. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, your question of the week is a two-for-one, with a question on when to stop using social titles and tipping practices today. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on Protocol where Lizzie Interviews...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 13 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on preparing for porch pirates, paying for your plate at a wedding, handling salespeople in big box and grocery stores, and what to do when you’re invited to all the wedding parties. For Awesome Etiquette community members, your question of the week is about moving someone to BCC in business emails. Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript from The Rituals of Dinner by Margaret Visser. Join the community, support the show - em...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 11 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on a camping birthday bash, sympathy cards in lieu of funeral attendance, when to begin at a banquet, and how to handle plus-ones for wedding invitations. For Awesome Etiquette community members, your question of the week is about a gift card wedding shower. Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on our most memorable etiquette fails. Join the community, support the show - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choi...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 23 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle a thank you and condolence card, setting hosting boundaries with your social spouse, navigating a very awkward situation with a coworker, and how to handle sympathy you’ve received when there’s no contact information to acknowledge it. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, your question of the week is about needing to deflect well-meaning conversations about hard times. Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a wedding...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 13 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on classroom party participation, a meet the surrogate party, dinner plate decisions, and how to address a patient when calling from a doctor’s office. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, your question is about how to handle gifts for a joint sibling birthday party where you only know one sibling. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on Top Table Manners for Kids. Support the show and gain ads-free access visit - emily...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on hosting gifts, a puzzling wedding invitation, the good reason to ghost, and how to handle one menu for four people. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, our question concerns condolences for a miscarriage. Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on the life of Emily Post by Emily Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 2 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on getting everyone involved at a wedding, the curse of the copy edit, sending acknowledgments to condolences, and a guest of honor who doesn’t want to participate. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, our question is about non-invitation invitations. Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on eating bread and soup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether or not to host a bachelorette party after the wedding, stealing a thank you, some misguided guest requests, and how to handle feeling unwelcome with extended family. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, our question is about season tickets when you have guests in town. Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on keeping your mouth shut while eating from Margaret Vissers, the rituals of dinner. Learn more about y...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 8 min
On today’s show, we take your questions on personal stationery use, sympathy note wording, how to handle that last piece of bread in the basket, and a real speakerphone shocker. For Awesome Etiquette Community Members, our question is about a Vexed semi-vegetarian. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a postscript on professionalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 12 min
