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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Bringing Ice to Parties, Ignoring Dungeon Masters’ Quests, Texting at the Movies, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Self-improvement, Comedy, Relationships, Education

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about bringing ice to parties unprompted, ignoring Dungeon Masters' quests, texting at the movies, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)

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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS:

  • Is it OK to bring ice to a party without asking the hosts first?
  • How do I respond to an acquaintance's texts accusing me of ghosting her?
  • When playing Dungeons & Dragons, is it rude to ignore the Dungeon Master's requests?
  • When using a piece of found trash on the ground to remove dog poop from your shoe, are you now responsible for the trash?
  • Etiquette Crime Report: Rude behavior at the movie theatre


THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW


YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO...


CREDITS

Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton

Theme Music: Rob Paravonian


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TRANSCRIPT

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Nick.

0:00.9

And it's Leah.

0:01.9

Real quick thing before we get going.

0:03.7

Did you know that we have a new benefit on Patreon?

0:07.1

I did know.

0:08.1

Yes.

0:08.5

So if you want an ad-free version of our show, you of course can continue signing up for Wolf's Plus exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

0:15.7

But you can now get the same benefit when you join us on Patreon as a moon howler or higher.

0:40.3

A moon howler. I just want to be a moon howler. I am a moon howler. You are a moonhaller. Yes. Yes. You are the very definition. You're the model moonhauler. Boy, do I moon howl. Also, you're not only getting the ad-free version. You're also getting all of our Patreon content. Oh yeah. I mean, there's tons of bonus content, which you've never seen if you haven't joined us on Patreon. So please either join us on Wolves Plus through Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon.

0:47.0

Come Moon Howl.

0:51.3

Hey, everybody. It's Nick Layton. And it's Leah Bonima.

0:53.8

And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness.

0:56.9

A-oh!

0:59.4

That we have a bonus episode.

1:01.0

So here we go.

1:02.0

Our first question is, quote,

1:03.8

Last year at a friend's barbecue, they totally ran out of ice halfway through.

1:08.2

So I volunteered to do an ice run.

1:12.5

The hosts were super grateful,

1:17.8

but to me, it was just a no-brainer. Fast forward to this year, I've got another invitation,

1:24.0

and I'm thinking of showing up with ice, plus the usual booze, of course. Would this be seen as a chill,

1:46.6

thoughtful move, or kind of overstepping? How can I make sure I'm bringing the good vibes without stepping on any toes? You know what's so funny is that my first thought was, of course, bring the ice. Such a great idea. Everybody needs ice for every party. And then I immediately felt why they felt like, oh, no, someone's going to take it like a comment. Yeah. I mean, it could have a little flavor of like, oh, remember last year when you totally blew it and were bad hosts?

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