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Hosts Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer audience questions about modern etiquette, offering advice grounded in consideration, respect, and honesty. As the great-great-grandchildren of Emily Post, cousins Dan and Lizzie look to the reasons behind traditional rules to guide their advice in a wide range 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 634 - A Place of Your Own
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond when young children ask about changes in someone’s appearance, how to host a first-home shower for someone moving into their own place, and whether to give a wedding present when you
Episode 633 - Happy Halloween, Polite People
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle a situation when you don’t have cash to tip, navigating friendships when political opinions differ, and whether a couple celebrating a 10-year vow renewal should have a wedding regist
Episode 632 - Hosting Housewarming
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to apologize when you’ve unintentionally hurt someone, when to host a housewarming party, and whether it’s appropriate to wear rollers or bonnets outside the house. For Community Members, we ha
Episode 631 - Late Night Text
On today’s show, we take your questions on how much time you really need to spend with overnight guests, whether it’s OK to text a colleague late at night, and how to handle situations where a salesperson’s commission could be affected by a
Episode 630 - Remembering Laura Claridge
On today’s show, we take your questions on who should pay when you organize a birthday celebration at an expensive afternoon tea, what to do when you accidentally reveal that someone wasn’t invited to a party, and how often is too often to
Episode 629 - Fruit Peel?
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you really need to peel fruit before eating it at a formal table, whether you should attend a wedding when the person who invited you can no longer make it, and tipping when you’re in a pla
Episode 628 - Blending Traditions
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to blend different cultural traditions around wedding gifts and money, how to prepare for a wedding when the invitation gives you very little information, and how to politely ask your tutor to
Episode 627 - Generous Gift Card
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to tell a friend you don’t want to become their designated delivery address, what to do when someone gives you a generous gift card you can’t actually use, and how to tell a longtime dog groome
Episode 626 - Too Late for Sympathy
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to be assertive without coming across as rude or aggressive, whether you need to make it clear you really wanted to stay when leaving a party early, and whether it’s ever too late to send a bir
Episode 625 - Receipt of Wedding Gift
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether wedding guests need a second thank-you after the wedding if you’ve already thanked them for their gifts, whether graduation announcement etiquette has changed, including when a gift or ackn
Episode 624 - Tipping Technology
On today's show, we take your questions on how to become a gracious host when entertaining doesn’t come naturally, who should give a thank-you gift at a wedding welcome dinner, and whether tipping expectations have changed now that 22 perce
Episode 623 - Zoom Domination
On today's show, we take your questions on how to handle a friend who dominates group Zoom calls, whether it’s appropriate to ask a sick coworker to stay home, and the etiquette of having maintenance workers in your home, including what to
Episode 622 - No Pepper
On today's show, we take your questions on what to say when someone thanks you for a sympathy card, whether a host should ever refuse a guest's request for pepper at the dinner table, and if Mexican Coca-Cola has a place at a black-tie wedd
Episode 621 - Contentious Meeting Courtesy
On today's show, we take your questions on hosting contentious business meetings with professionalism and hospitality, whether it's okay to ask Grandma to leave her opinions about meat at home for an eighteenth birthday dinner, and what to
Episode 620 - Hangout Dinner Party
On today's show, we take your questions on talking about money in polite company and whether old etiquette rules still apply, how to navigate conversations with ADHD while staying focused on the other person, and hosting with confidence, fr
Episode 619 - Boss Cleanup Aisle Seven
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle being asked to clean up after your boss, housewarming party primer, and how to handle a scary movie playdate that didn’t go well. For Community Members, we've got a bonus question abo
Episode 618 - Inedible Dinner Party
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do when friends repeatedly invite you over for dinners that are only barely edible, how to navigate invitations when multiple divorced couples are all part of the same friend group, and whe
Episode 617 - Rather Not Hug
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to handle people who insist on hugging when you'd rather not, when family gatherings become focused on who's missing instead of who's present, and what to do when fellow party guests drink all
Episode 616 - Group Text Step Back
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully step back from a family group text during a difficult time without seeming uncaring, what a new grandchild should call a step-grandmother who joined the family later in life, and
Episode 615 - Moving Place Cards
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you need to respond when an older friend shares their age, how to navigate seating arrangements when guests move place cards at a dinner party, and what to do when balls keep ending up in y
Episode 614 - Waiting To Be Served
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you should wait for everyone at the table to be served before eating at a large hosted luncheon, how families can navigate relationships when one member has become estranged, and whether it
Emily Post Wedding Stories Trailer
Welcome to Emily Post Wedding Stories where each week host, Lizzie Post, co-president at the Emily Post Institute (and Emily's great-great-granddaughter) talks with married couples about how they planned their wedding, what they think looki
Episode 613 - A Stranger's Speakerphone
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you can ask the person in the airplane window seat to open or close the shade, how to handle feeling hurt after being left off a baby shower guest list, and whether it’s okay to jump into a
Episode 612 - Responding Gracefully
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to respond gracefully when people constantly misgender you on the phone, whether it’s polite to add your dishes to a friend’s already overflowing sink, and a networking situation that went a li
Episode 611 - Formality and Family
On today’s show, we take your questions on fast food etiquette—how much cleanup is expected and whether to tip at counter-service spots, whether formal etiquette should always apply among close family members, and how to handle receiving gi
Episode 610 - Ending the Evening
On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully end the evening when house guests stay up past your bedtime, which side of the aisle the bride walks on when escorted by her father, and how to handle troubling behavior from a co
Episode 609 - Questioning Time Off
On today’s show (https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/EPI2414865299), we take your questions on whether wedding invitation addressing rules have changed over time, how to respond when people suggest plans but never follow through, and what to d
Episode 608 - Disagree Well
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to do when a lost dog shows up at your door, whether you should send condolences to a best friend whose ex-husband has passed away, and how to express disagreements in a shared community while
Episode 607 - Public Tumble
On today’s show, we take your questions on what to say when you take a tumble in public and strangers rush in to help, whether there was ever such a thing as formal birth announcements in classic etiquette, and how to gracefully handle a si
Episode 606 - Graduation Party
On today’s show, we take your questions on whether it’s ever okay to “ghost” someone who wants to visit your home, how to handle hosting a wedding shower that’s growing way beyond your comfort zone, and how to navigate graduation announceme
