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

Oh, that's all-fashioned.

Watch how Lizzie Post and Dan Post Senate act as host and hostess.

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

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

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

questions on whether or not to follow up after an RSVP decline, how to handle

being a chronic canceler, the question of what you do for work when you're on a date,

whether or not you should consult your partner before making individual social plans,

and how to handle invitations from familiar strangers.

Plus, your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute, and a post-group segment on The Power of Gratitude.

For Awesome Etiquette Sustaining Members, your bonus question of the week is on avoiding the topic of work at social gatherings.

You can listen to your ads-free version of the show with its extra question by downloading it at

awesome etiquette.emilypost.com or on your phone or mobile device, you can download the teachable app to

access your version of the show. All that coming up.

Awesome etiquette comes to you from the land of banana coconut muffins and the studios of Vermont public radio and is proud to be produced in Burlington, Vermont by the Emily Post Institute.

I'm Lizzie Post with blueberry muffins on the brain.

And I'm Dan Post Sending.

I know. We have banana, coconut and blueberry muffins sitting right here. Do you know how

hard it is to concentrate on our show? I'm pretty sure I inserted them into our billboard or our

banner or whatever that is, the intro. We could be sponsored by muffins. I'm just telling you,

they arrived. There's a basket of them just like half a foot away. They look so delicious.

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