Awesome Etiquette
512 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 605 ratingsHosts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer audience questions about modern etiquette with advice based on consideration, respect, and honesty. Like their great-great-grandmother, Emily Post, Lizzie and Dan look for the reasons behinds the traditional rules to guide their search for the correct behavior in all kinds of contemporary situations. Test your social acumen and join the discussion about civility and decency in today's complex world.
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Episode #261: Oh Mom
September 09, 2019 19:00 - 55 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on a handkerchief follow up, no invitation extensions please, how to list parents of the happy couple in the wedding program and how to tell mom she’s just not pleasant any more. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about how to block personal and negative conversations at work so you can focus. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on professional communication. See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Episode #260: Searching for Conversation
September 03, 2019 18:09 - 59 minutesOn today’s show (one day late) Lizzie and Dan take your questions on a ghosting mother in law, talking about personal issues at work, funeral flowers with a return shipping request and google searching during a conversation. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about asking for personal items after a funeral. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment roommates and house-guests. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about...
Episode #259: Umbretiquette
August 26, 2019 20:32 - 59 minutesOn today’s show we take your questions on complicated family wedding drama, a habitual handshaker, gifts from clients, and umbrella etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about what the deal is with potlucks. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment roommates and house-guests. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #258: Jacuzzi Jet Manners
August 19, 2019 19:00 - 55 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on not driving everyone home, wearing white to a wedding, Jacuzzi jet etiquette, and departing roommate etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about classmates who use disposable cups everyday. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Laura Claridge's biography about Emily Post as a debutante. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Episode #257: Handkerchief
August 12, 2019 19:00 - 52 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on weird professor emails, handkerchiefs, vaccine question etiquette, and declining invitations. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about checking blood sugar in public. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on the cocktail hour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode # 256: Tag, You're It
August 05, 2019 19:00 - 48 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on nobody showing up to your party, getting married before the ceremony, when a friend complains they aren’t invited, and social media tagging etiquette? For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about clapping when being applauded and the custom of shaking hands. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on “looking” vs. “seeing”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about ...
Episode #255: Flowers for All
July 29, 2019 19:00 - 45 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on late guest requests for a wedding, asking for reassurance on a generous offer, on not being the office know-it-all, a question about who to address a sympathy card to, and an urban workplace myth that is very much alive. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members we talk about whether or not to purchase flowers for all when a vendor comes to the table. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on “pinkies o...
Episode #254: Tupperware Etiquette
July 22, 2019 20:12 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Cindy Post Senning take your questions on thanking coworkers for personal help, being addressed by your spouse’s name, Tupperware etiquette and leaving messes in your friend’s car. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about sending thank you notes after a funeral. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on teaching manners to kids. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Episode #253: Hats and Sunglasses
July 15, 2019 19:00 - 55 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on foul mouthed sports fans, not wanting your ex’s new girlfriend at the party, addressing a transgender acquaintance and splitting the bill after the fact. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we talk about sending “thank you for attending” notes after the wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on hats and sunglasses indoors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more abo...
Episode #252: Potluck
July 08, 2019 19:00 - 55 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on messy summer potlucks, hyphenated names on address labels, shared office space scents and traveling while potty training. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members we look what to do when someone asks to attend the wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on stealing the thunder at someone’s wedding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
Episode #251: Best Society?
July 01, 2019 19:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show we have special guest host Peter Post joining Lizzie and we take your questions on baby name haters, wedding shower gifts for strained relations, expensive hairdressers and using your neighbor’s trashcan. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on a 1934 article written by Emily Post on what exactly is best society. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members passing etiquette is the topic of the day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
Episode #250: Photo Peeking
June 21, 2019 15:57 - 52 minutesOn today’s show we take your questions on table settings at war, too much to eat, peeking at photo scrolling, a houseguest’s guilt and adults at play, children be warned. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on notching it up for those closest to us. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about a house divided, when non family stop by for a visit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about ...
Episode #249: Sharing Water Bottles
June 17, 2019 19:00 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on I accept and I’ve got a vacation, waiting for the invitation, sharing water bottles and other things, and oops sticky bills made me over pay the sitter. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on moms and wedding planning. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about baby-showers and how many thank-yous you have to issue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Episode #248: Smile
June 10, 2019 19:47 - 53 minutesOn today’s show we take your questions on gifts for a second wedding, a worried runner, tips for a solo business owner and preparing when an interviewer is younger than you. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on smiles. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about sending late thank you notes during a time of mourning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
Episode #247: Clutch Goes Where?
June 03, 2019 18:32 - 51 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on being invited to school events for your child when the school is out of state, handling a work issue that doesn’t involve you, what should a widower call his former in-laws and where to put your clutch at a crowded table. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on three goals to improve etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about rehearsal dinners and goi...
Episode #246: Secret Party
May 27, 2019 20:07 - 58 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on forgetful relatives, showing gratitude for a recommendation, keeping a party secret and asking to buy someone’s home. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from twitter on embarrassing situations. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about a birthday party clipboard RSVP at school. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choi...
Episode #245: Baby Boom
May 20, 2019 19:00 - 48 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on hosting as a non-parent during a baby boom, group text dilemmas, tipping at the salon, and an awkward guest bathtub routine. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on bridesmaid attire and its costs from the 1927 edition of Etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about virtual baby showers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more ab...
Episode #244: Host and Gym
May 13, 2019 19:00 - 45 minutesWe take your questions on wind-chime awareness, is it rude to host and gym?, keeping up with the Jones’ at work, and who introduces who to whom with elders. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on housewarmings. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about ordering issues at restaurants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #243: Reading Cards
May 06, 2019 19:00 - 43 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on funeral crashing, whether to get a boss a birthday gift, reading cards out loud in a group and whether or not it’s okay to leave a health class early. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment wrapping up our series on tricky foods. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about mothers and daughters tackling the “you look like sisters!” comment. See omnystudio.com/liste...
Episode #242: Neighbors and Fences
April 29, 2019 19:00 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on neighbor fences and finances, awkward ex introductions, tipping with peer pressure and how to deliver thank you notes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on tricky foods, the S section. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about a dinner party that’s really an engagement party. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choic...
Episode #241: Fussing With Flowers
April 22, 2019 19:00 - 59 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on passing earbuds out like candy, fussing with flowers as a host, electric bill etiquette, housewarming - do we register? Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on tricky foods H-O. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members Your extra question of the week is about bachelor and bachelorette party planning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Episode #240: To the Eights
April 15, 2019 22:00 - 49 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on saying yes to being a plus-one, how to dress “to the eights”, door buzzer etiquette and wondering if you were thanked for a wedding gift or not. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on tricky foods C through H. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about commenting on table manners for YouTube food reviewers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. L...
Episode #239: Buffet Timing
April 08, 2019 19:00 - 45 minutesWe take your questions on wedding invitation wording, including info cards with gifts, when to start eating buffet style and changing shower plans because of changed wedding plans. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on tricky foods A - C. For sustaining members your extra question of the week is about RSVPs when you are the host and guest of honor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #238: Parties for Twins
April 01, 2019 19:00 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on generous family wanting to celebrate your very private wedding, repeated dealing with gluten free issues among friends, presents and parties for twins and a mother-in law who wants to rename her daughter in law on a baby shower invitation. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on men and women stepping out together from the 1922 edition of Etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra...
Episode #237: Eggs with a Spoon
March 25, 2019 19:32 - 57 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on wearing hats when getting treatment, a fork or spoon with scrambled eggs, the case of the missing gift, and how long to wear black when you’re in mourning. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on our newest book! For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about diaper disasters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Episode #236: How to Sign
March 18, 2019 18:32 - 49 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on online photo faux pas, addressing letters to beneficiaries, email signature etiquette, and politely deferring tender topics. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Consideration Respect and Honesty through the eyes of Kindness Gentleness and Safety. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about the proper thank you gift for a very generous work trip. See omnystudi...
Episode #235: Slacking MOH
March 11, 2019 18:32 - 50 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on a slacking maid of honor, how to reach out to a neighbor’s landlord, a debate about follow up after RSVP and inviting your ex to your wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on six common introduction mistakes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week considers stopping for pedestrians not in a crosswalk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn...
Episode #234: No Shoes Off Trouble
March 04, 2019 19:47 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on eating freely at parties, major shoes off disrespect, whether or not to turn a family gathering into a baby shower, and a coworker who is desperately seeking spoons. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Emily’s delightful book How to Behave Though a Debutante. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about destination and second weddings and whether or not to s...
Episode #233: Embracing Elopements
February 25, 2019 19:23 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on embracing elopements, listing ex's in an obituary, pouncing on mispronunciation and what to do when all the birthdays in your family happen close together. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on preparing kids for being houseguests. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about handling an awkward request for monetary contributions. See omnystudio.com/listener for...
Episode #232: Thanks Coach!
February 20, 2019 17:52 - 55 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on word vomit, asking a future son-in-law to call you mom, one guest defining an event, and thanking coach after each practice. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on nursing home etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members your extra question of the week is about managers who don’t cover their coughs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Episode #231: The Parking Lot
February 11, 2019 19:23 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on when to be honest about personal issues, expectations of grandmothers at sip-n-see parties, parking lot etiquette and a question of carrot snatching at the grocery store. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on social media’s changing landscape. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about ice cream store sampling... yup, it’s a first for us and we’re happy to sha...
Episode #230: Creative Place Setting
February 04, 2019 19:32 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on fixing things in front of guests, an etiquette spy who sent us a shocking place setting to decode, changing others, lunchroom conversation let down, and one dress to impress. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on baby showers. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about guest rooms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad c...
Episode #229: Phone call faux pas
January 28, 2019 19:07 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on calling out adult children, phone call faux pas, dining out with toddlers, engagement gifts for old friends, and tipping for non-taxi car services. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment inspired by our assistant producer Bridget on week one of a new job. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about about Airbnb for family and Friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Episode #228: Dress Details
January 21, 2019 19:32 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on delicate dress details, an address conundrum, who gets the armrests, saying something when your host doesn’t serve dinner, and a formal luncheon flop. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment inspired by Dan’s cold. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week considers whether asking about schooling is rude. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more abou...
Episode #227: Brunch Anyone?
January 14, 2019 19:34 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on gifts that aren’t great for kids, being called out on body language at the table, thank yous for recommendations, condolence cards between family members and how to handle brunch after a wedding when no one’s hosting. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from the 1922 edition of Etiquette on announcing engagements. The Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members extra question of the week is about elevator ...
Episode #226: No Girls?
January 07, 2019 19:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on ladies being left off invitations, trouble with visitors, thank you notes as gifts, and a proper thank you for a generous favor. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on travel etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about interviewing via Skype. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Episode #225: Happy 2019!
December 31, 2018 20:00 - 53 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on buying wine for the booze-bus, gift card quandaries, fold over cards, unexpected visitors during naps, and a question about saying thank you instead of I’m sorry. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on thank-you notes. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about what you do with your purse at a party. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more...
Episode #224: Family Gifts
December 24, 2018 19:32 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on restructuring the family gift exchange, long lost thank-you notes, not wanting people to text "no" to large casual parties, ring around the baggage carousel, and wearing earbuds at home around your partner. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on gifting. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is about gifting obligations with neighbors. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
Episode #223: New Address
December 17, 2018 19:32 - 55 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on alerting others to your new address, sick kiddos coming to parties, noise and neighbors, saying no to parties, and handling rude comments made by family. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on setting up your guest room. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about guests who take over the kitchen and overstay their welcome. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
Episode #222: Here's Looking at You
December 10, 2018 20:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show we take your questions on cracking joints in public, saying no problem for I'm sorry, plus one problems, eye contact at dinner, and friends who text favor requests. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on Holiday Cards. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members the extra question of the week is about hosts who can’t guests to stop bringing food. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
Episode #221: Gift to Who?
December 03, 2018 20:29 - 54 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on who should you gift to, what family name to use, greeting guests at the door, not wanting people to accommodate your food restriction and how long you should talk with other guests at a party. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment about Holiday Parties. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about introductions and deducing who is the more important person in the mom...
Episode #220: Soup Spoon Sipping
November 26, 2018 19:00 - 50 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on sipping from soupspoons, getting a gift for a friend’s generosity, a reflection about being asked to host a baby shower last minute and how to handle receiving holiday cards for a deceased parent. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on holiday invitation etiquette. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about asking friends about wedding plans without fishing for a...
Episode #219: Happy Thanksgiving
November 19, 2018 19:00 - 50 minutesOn today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your questions on casual Thanksgiving dinner invitations, saucy knives, who pays for broken gifts, requesting gift cards as payment and hand delivering mail. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Emily Post on "turning the table". The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members question of the week is about turning down a holiday dinner invitation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about you...
Episode #218: Holiday Hosting
November 12, 2018 20:00 - 58 minutesDan and Lizzie take your questions about names on Holiday cards, how to insist on cooking the entire thanksgiving meal, reaching out for recommendations - after a few years time, and communicating cultural differences in wedding plans. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment on “The Courteous No”. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about walking to a table at a restaurant and who should go first. See omnystudio.com/li...
Episode #217: Staggered Start
November 06, 2018 00:07 - 1 hourOn today’s show we take your questions on coffee shop meet-up strategies, debating dinner out "On us", how to respond to unintentionally rude exclamations, stepping in to organize as an in-law, and whether or not to use staggered party start times to manage the guest list. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment inspired by the final section of Jen Doll's Be Better At Parties NYT Article. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week is...
Episode #216: Stationery Gifts
October 29, 2018 19:00 - 1 hourOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on double invitations, buying gifts for the boss’s birthday, eye contact etiquette, should you interrupt your server while they read specials and a question about stationery as a gift. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment that is the fourth installment from our Be Better At Parties NYT Article. For Awesome Etiquette sustaining members your extra question of the week is about how not to have a bridal party...
Episode #215: Who's Invited?
October 22, 2018 20:06 - 56 minutesOn today’s show we take your questions on saying thank you after a raise, how to ask if your partner is invited to a co-workers party, when a chivalrous act feels forced, replying to thank yous, and then even more questions on thank yous. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript segment that is the third installment from Jen Doll's Be Better At Parties NYT Article. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra question of the week addresses the dos and don’ts of wea...
Episode #214: Coffee Favors
October 15, 2018 18:08 - 56 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on offering to grab someone a coffee and what that really means, living in your childhood home and handling your siblings’ nostalgia & attachment, removing someone from your traditional holiday guest list and ungraciously asking for BIG favors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript from a listener on phrases that help and phrases that hurt when discussing infertility. The Awesome Etiquette sustaining members extra...
Episode #213: Mix and Mingle
October 08, 2018 19:00 - 53 minutesOn today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your questions on awkward introductions, the problem with no problem, ooops grandma was upset we opened our wedding gifts early, and how to thank a group at work. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript where we explore part two of Jen Doll's NYT's Be Better at Parties article: mix and mingle. Awesome Etiquette sustaining members, your extra question of the week is about dietary restrictions at large events and how to avoid talkin...
Episode #212: Chilly Warm Wishes
October 01, 2018 18:28 - 55 minutesDan and Lizzie take your questions on critiquing your roommate's cooking, reassuring a bride that yes she can have a second reception, should you call friends before coming to town and what to do when your in-laws well wishes seem cold. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and postscript about 1922 telephone etiquette. Sustaining Members: your extra question of the week is about how long is too long to wait for a doctor’s appointment to begin? See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...