Maybe it's just that you don't know how to use social courtesy.

Oh, that's old-fashioned.

Watch how Lizzie Post and Dan Postsson.

Act as host and hostess.

They know that courtesy means showing respect, thinking of the other person,

real friendliness. Hello. And welcome to awesome etiquette, where we explore modern etiquette

through the lens of consideration, respect, and honesty. On today's show, we take your questions on

being a guest to a host you don't like, opening birthday gifts at a child's

party, talking about wedding plans with friends who aren't invited, hosting an apartment warming,

and how to avoid explaining why you don't drink. All of that, plus a postscript segment on

post-electioniquette coming up.

Awesome etiquette comes to you from the studios of Vermont Public Radio and is proud to be part of the Infinite Guest Network from American Public Media.

I'm Lizzie Post.

And I'm Dan Post Sending, and we're from the Emily Post Institute.

We have like 10 different topics listed in our intro topics today.

I think I was feeling very like,

I don't know, there's a ton of stuff going on. What the heck do you want to talk? We got holiday

plans, baby names. I got a gift from someone and I didn't have a gift to give back to them,

even though we were at a little birthday exchange lunch with each other. And we have a question on the show about something just like that. Yeah, I think so. We, but no, it's, it's been a, I, I am running around like a chicken with my head cut off right now. It feels like two weeks in the last week. It feels like, yeah, like it feels like my entire year is being shoved into one week. And with the holiday season coming, yes, holiday plans being the top item on the list, I will say that it's only going to get busier from here on out, at least for a couple of months.

For a couple of months, we're going to be pretty slam.

But I have to say, the holidays are always the time I really look forward to.

I know a lot of people dread them.

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