Declining Double Dates, Gifting Unwanted Jams, Bailing on Weddings, and More
Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about declining to go on double dates, gifting unwanted jams, bailing on weddings with no warning, 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:
- My husband would rather not socialize with my friend's husband...what do I do when asked to go on a double date?
- How do I stop my sister from gifting jam to my parents that they don't like?
- What's the etiquette around belated condolence notes?
- Is it rude to RSVP "yes" to a wedding and then bail the day before without informing the hosts?
- Vent: Buying treats for children that are not yours
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CREDITS
Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton
Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, Leah, do you know about |
| 0:04.3 | Wolves Plus? I do, but let's pretend I don't for this for our audience. So Wolves Plus, |
| 0:11.5 | and we say it the French way, because it sounds fancier, is this new thing that we offer on Apple |
| 0:16.1 | podcasts. So you can get an ad-free version of our show that also helps support us. |
| 0:21.3 | And you can do that right now in the app. |
| 0:23.4 | So go find our show and click on Wolves Plus, if you want to be all American about it. |
| 0:28.3 | And check it out. |
| 0:29.5 | Wolves Plus. |
| 0:30.5 | Wolves Plus. |
| 0:31.5 | And now let's start the show. |
| 0:36.6 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:37.4 | It's Nick Layton. |
| 0:38.3 | And I'm Leibonima. |
| 0:39.3 | And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness. |
| 0:42.3 | Owoo! |
| 0:43.3 | That we have a bonus episode. |
| 0:45.3 | So here we go. |
| 0:46.3 | Our first question is, quote, |
| 0:48.3 | I have a friend whose husband really wants to be friends with my husband. |
| 0:52.3 | We've gone on a couple of double dates, and my husband is not interested in spending any more time with my friend's husband. My friend's husband hasn't done anything offensive. My husband just doesn't enjoy spending time with him. I've continued to see my friend on my own, but she keeps suggesting more double dates. What do I tell her? I feel bad coming up with excuses and I really value her |
| 1:12.6 | friendship. I hate being in the put in the middle. This happens though. Oh, it does. This definitely |
| 1:18.6 | happens. Yeah. So horrible when you have to be in the middle. Yeah. Because you feel like you have to |
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