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 people who question your choice to retire early, talking to a roommate about their pet’s diet, letting dates down easy and an offer of kitchen use that’s turned into a disaster. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about talking to business clients about their personal lives. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on being a good guest when dining out

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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 the bill before you’re ready to leave, putting first names on cards for children, uncomfortable family dinners, and hotel tipping. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about honoring both someone’s late wife and more recent girlfriend in a eulogy. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on sharing drinks from Margaret Visser’s The Rituals of Dinner

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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 mindful of reserved time slots at public pools, the dos and don’ts of a small wedding, post-wedding wedding showers, and taking a mental health day from work. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about acknowledging that someone has brought you a gift before they’ve presented it to you. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on condolence notes

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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 seating people who don’t get along, etiquette for picking someone up for a carpool, blocking off parts of your home during a party, and asking someone to be a godparent. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about reconnecting when you left on a bad note. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript From Margaret Sherwood’s gilded age etiquette book Manner and Social Usages.

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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 masseuse that talks too much, feuding wedding guests, returning texts you’ve been neglecting, and a confusing wedding invitation. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about left-handed table manners. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript with guest JuliAnn Stitick on self-assessment for optimum performance and being your personal best. 

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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 avoiding touchy topics with hair dressers, not wanting people to hold your baby, responding to people asking if you’re pregnant, and how to leave a guest bed. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about people who prefer formal titles. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the somewhat surprising importance of baby showers.

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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 passing the salt and pepper, dealing with someone who you know has lied to you, selling tickets when your friend backs out of a concert and eating lobster. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about not being allowed to play video games and having friends who are allowed. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on going back to school.

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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 feeling left out, setting boundaries as a host, hosting tiny house-guests, and respecting your roommates. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about grabbing food from a potluck you weren’t invited to. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on Emily Post’s wedding.

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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 Christmas cards for everyone in a household, how to handle a wedding born out of an affair, wedding guest woes, relationships and age difference assumptions. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about an awkward dog situation among neighbors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on top ten table manners.

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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 avoiding a big sendoff when switching jobs, which way the toilet paper should go, considering others when hosting a shower, and talking to people about…pimples. For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining members our question is about taking the leftovers when someone else pays for your meal. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on joining the Post family.

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