Dressing for Vague Galas, Pushing In Dining Chairs, Taking Cookies Prematurely, and More
Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about dressing for galas when the invitation is vague, pushing in chairs after dining, taking cookies prematurely from buffets, 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:
- What should one wear to a bank gala with a vague “Disco Jungle” theme?
- What is the etiquette around asking multiple questions in a single text message?
- Should anything be done when a deceased colleague’s LinkedIn account continues to post automated updates?
- When finished with a meal, is it proper to push in your chair before leaving the table?
- Is it acceptable to take cookies from a birthday dessert buffet before “Happy Birthday” is sung?
- If you ask someone for something, they decline, and then discard it later, is that rude?
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Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
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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. |
| 0:36.5 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:37.3 | It's Nick Layton. |
| 0:38.0 | And it's Leah Bonema. |
| 0:39.4 | And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness. |
| 0:42.5 | Aoo! |
| 0:43.5 | That we've a bonus episode. |
| 0:46.9 | So here we go. |
| 0:47.9 | Our first question is an invitation. |
| 0:51.4 | And this is like my new favorite thing. |
| 0:53.6 | People sending us invitations and are like, |
| 0:56.0 | what's the dress code? So Leah has not seen this. And Leah, I'm going to send this to your phone. |
| 1:02.9 | And I want you to tell me what you would wear. So as Leah pulls this up, basically to protect the host, I will just say that this is a regional bank in the southern part of the United States. |
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