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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Enduring Dishes You Dislike, Managing Ungrateful Gift Recipients, Acknowledging Victories Without Praise, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

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

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about enduring holiday dishes you dislike, managing ungrateful gift recipients, acknowledging victories without praise, 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 you do if your mother-in-law keeps making you a special Thanksgiving dish you do not like?
  • How should you handle a father-in-law who seems ungrateful for a gift?
  • What is a polite way to acknowledge that someone won an election without congratulating them?
  • Is it rude to order someone a drink without asking and then request payment?
  • Should an airplane window shade be closed on a daytime flight?


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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nick Leighton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leah Bonnema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer & Editor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Nick Leighton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Theme Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob Paravonian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode 291

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Nick.

0:01.0

And it's Leah.

0:01.9

A real quick thing before we get going, would you please follow our show in whatever app you're using to listen to us right now? Yeah, you don't even have to listen. You could just hit follow and it would really mean a lot to us. Yeah, there's probably like a follow button or maybe there's a bell or a plus sign. Like there's some symbol somewhere and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode. We would so appreciate it.

0:22.7

We really would.

0:23.3

It makes a huge difference for our show. like there's some symbol somewhere, and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode.

0:21.4

We would so appreciate it. We really would. It makes a huge difference for our show, so please do that.

0:25.9

Thank you so much. And now let's start the show. Let's get in it.

0:32.0

Hey, everybody, it's Nick Layton. And it's Leah Bonema. And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness.

0:38.1

Aoo!

0:40.8

That we've a bonus episode.

0:42.5

So here we go.

0:43.9

Our first question is, quote,

0:45.7

I'm a terribly picky eater, and I have been since I was a kid.

0:49.7

It's not health-related.

0:50.9

I'm just picky.

0:52.4

My wife and I got together when we were in high school and I, of course,

0:56.2

wanted to make a good impression on her family. Her mother makes stuffing for Thanksgiving with

1:00.9

sausage in it, and I don't like sausage. At Thanksgiving when we first got together, her mom may be a

1:07.0

special stuffing just for me with turkey sausage. My mother-in-law thought I just didn't eat

1:12.0

pork sausage, but it's sausage in general that I don't like. This super kind woman made me an

1:17.5

entire separate stuffing dish with turkey sausage just for me without asking and proudly places it

1:23.6

in front of me at the table. I ate it. Of course I ate it.

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