Episodes
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On today’s show we take on your etiquette questions on exiting a bridal shower that has gone over it’s end time, friends encroaching on your cruise vacation, religious inquiries at work and what to expect when lending out your vacation homes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment from Margaret Visser's The Rituals of Dinner on toasting.
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On today’s show we tackle your etiquette questions on social media hijacking, housewarming invitations and rsvps, confusingly broad wedding invitations and how to teach gregarious children about self introductions. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript on the 6 elements to a dinner party according to Emily Post.
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On today’s show we take your etiquette questions on prompt party pick up, balancing grieving and celebration, 'ghosting' your host, and hurricane etiquette. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and the second half of our Postscript segment on royal etiquette.
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Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions on compliments regarding appearance at work, stripping a bed, paying your way at a rehearsal dinner, not contributing to a shared ride, and how to handle a lot of parties in your honor in a short period of time. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and part one of a postscript segment on royal etiquette.
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Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions on a very specific shoes-on shoes-off household, handling ex’s in the age of Facebook, the clean plate club (...or not), boutonnière judgment - yes, and being invited to pay for a party. All that plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on VPR’s open office environment and why it rocks!
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Lizzie and Dan take on your etiquette questions on obligations. We’ve got questions on airplane aisle seat obligations, invitation obligations, online dating obligations, baby shower hosting obligations, and houseguest/host clean up obligations. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on splitting the bill.
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On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions about names and titles for widows and divorcees, breast pumping rooms being used by non-moms, an inclusive bachelor party request, and responding to assumptions that you’re pregnant. Plus your feedback about the importance of names, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on hospital visits.
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On today’s show Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions on (thank you, thank you, thank you) what to include in a thank-you note, and sending really late thanks yous, daughter in law disputes, and how to introduce yourself to new neighbors. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on “white-tie events”.
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On today’s show Lizzie and Dan take your etiquette questions on why it’s rude to comment on someone being single and pretty, what to do when your team isn’t including you on meetings, and how to handle a guest who won't leave. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a Postscript segment from Emily Post’s Etiquette 1922 edition on Dinner Parties at Great Houses.
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On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions about cutting in line, being asked to sing duets, declining seconds and revealing personal changes about alcohol to friends. Plus your most excellent feedback, an etiquette salute and (spoiler alert) a postscript segment on spoiler alerts.
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Dan and Lizzie take on your etiquette questions about sending engagement gifts after the wedding, how to handle people who talk too much about themselves, mothers-in-law not respecting names, and (it’s baaaaackk) another question about ordering pizza. Plus your most excellent feedback on divvying up the pastries at work, your etiquette salute and a Postscript segment from Dan on The Philosophy of Etiquette
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Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about bridal showers when everyone is far away, when to un-friend a friend’s ex, all the trimmings for encore weddings, and email issues with organizing a meal plan for a new mom. Plus your enthusiastic feedback - we totally get the Zipper merge - a handwritten etiquette salute and a Postscript segment celebrating national cell phone courtesy month - Thank you Jackqueline Whitmore.
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Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about sharing cakes, mic lists at rehearsal dinners, how to both host and participate in a pool party, and how to announce an elopement. Plus your thoughtful feedback, a friendship focused etiquette salute for the week and a Postscript segment on wedding websites.
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On today’s show Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about merging traffic lanes, sharing office space, inviting bad guests back again, and sorry but we're talking about saying sorry. Plus your most excellent feedback on sales emails, an etiquette salute for the week about moving away from friends, and a Postscript segment on setting up your home bar.
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Dan and his mother, Cindy Post Senning, co-host this week's show while Lizzie is away on vacation. They tackle your etiquette questions about dogs on vacation, backing out of a group weekend, sharing costs on the road and plus one wedding gifts. All that plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute for the week and a Postscript segment on the beauty of truth by Emily Post.
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On today’s show Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions on in lieu of flowers requests, communicating about Celiac disease to new friends, how to handle food stealing spouses and inviting your hair stylist to your wedding. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a postscript segment on listening skills.
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Lizzie and Dan tackle your etiquette questions about family only vacations, the use of MBA in a title, divvying up the pastry box at work, and how to tell your sister her house smells. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and a Postscript segment on exiting a party from 'The Rituals of Dinner' by Marg
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Dan and Lizzie answer your etiquette questions on whose name comes first when signing your wedding thank-you notes, upping the ante on cat sitter thank yous, and what to do about dinner guest no-shows. Plus your feedback, etiquette salute for the week and a Postscript segment on family gatherings.
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Dan is back! And he's jumped right back in helping Lizzie answer your questions on bike shares, skipping a wedding reception, no gifts (but college fund contributions please) for a first birthday, and doggie bag dilemmas. Plus feedback from Paris on restaurant reservation time slots, your etiquette salute for the week and a postscript segment on Children’s Visiting Cards, from the 1942 edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette.
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Uncle Bill is back again, co-hosting with Lizzie while Dan is away. The two answer questions about reimbursement for season tickets, whether or not to respond to sales emails, how to balance time with the bride and friends during a wedding week trip, how to handle reactions from coworkers when you announce that you’re leaving your job, your feedback, etiquette salute and a post script segment on traveling with other people.
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