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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On today’s show, we take your questions on entertaining with odd guest behaviors, kids staying at the dinner table, and how to handle a tricky monogram. For community members, your question of the week is about balancing your social life as you ramp it up! Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a feedback postscript segment.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on whether to join a standing ovation, when to thank your server, and house guests who don’t turn off the lights. For Community Members, your bonus question of the week is about not letting people take your used car seats. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on eating with our fingers from The Rituals of Dinner by Margaret Visser.

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On today's show, we take your questions on a group starting lunch when you’re late, using others’ recipes for a recurring potluck, and how to tell coworkers you’re pregnant. For Community Members, your question of the week is about getting people to respect your children’s bedtimes. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on AI manners.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on whether to end a gift-giving tradition, addressing an envelope to a divorced woman, and how to announce your engagement. For community members, your question of the week is about non-binary pronouns. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on the core principles from our new Emily Post's Business Etiquette.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on when it’s a shoes-off household but the floors are filthy, differing gifting practices among siblings, and a wedding hosting dilemma. For community members, your question of the week is about when to clear plates at a dinner party. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on traditions with writer and teacher Andy Dehnart.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on awkward asks about whether partners are brothers, handling someone who never stops talking, and how to decipher a thrift store find. For community members, your question of the week is about thanking someone for a gift you can’t eat. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, salute, and a postscript segment where Lizzie interviews dating and life coach Michelle Wax.

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On today’s show, we take your questions on interrupting a baby’s stroller nap, skiing chairlift etiquette, and whether you can give gifts to your boss. For community members, your question of the week is about town-home etiquette. Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on using the three principles of etiquette as three goals for your actions.

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