Awesome Etiquette

On today’s show, we take your questions on whether to cut all your meat at once or just one bite at a time, how to graciously accept a generous offer from a well-off relative to help with college costs, and how to make friendly small talk with uniformed Army personnel without accidentally overstepping rank. For community members, your question of the week is about how to navigate tight theatre rows politely—balancing North American ‘face the stage’ etiquette with European customs that favor acknowledging seated patrons as you pass. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where Dan interviews Jennifer Winters, Executive Director of The National League of Junior Cotillions.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on how to follow up on a card you’ve sent without sounding like you’re fishing for thanks, how to respond when someone ends a call with ‘I’ll let you go’, and how to handle bed-sheets after staying in a friend’s holiday home. For community members, your question of the week is about how to respond when friends say ‘you’re always welcome’ in their homes. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on expressions of grief in the digital world.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on how to decide whether a gift card for a friend’s birthday should cover just them or include a guest, when politics and viewing preferences collide at the Super Bowl halftime show, and how to ride the subway without awkwardly staring at strangers. For community members, your question of the week is about the admirable venture of making new friends as a couple. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where Lizzie interviews Jennifer L. Scott the founder of The Daily Connoisseur about dressing well in today’s modern age. 
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On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully ask someone to reissue a check when you go by a different name than your legal one, what to do when a close friend no-shows your party and goes completely off the grid, leaving everyone worried, and how to handle it when you follow the dress code and end up feeling like the odd one out because no one else did. For Community Members, your question of the week is about breakfast etiquette at a diner. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment where we hear from Yale professor and author of Why Food Matters and Ten Restaurants that Changed America, Paul Freedman.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully exit a friend’s book club after a meeting you secretly couldn’t stand, getting your 8-year-old to chew with her mouth closed when gentle reminders—and even peer pressure—aren’t doing the trick, and how to handle valet tipping when your friend says she’s already covering it, but you still feel awkward. For Community Members, your question of the week is about how to navigate bringing wine to a potluck when the host doesn’t drink. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript where we celebrate episode 600 by looking at the past, present, and future of Awesome Etiquette.

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