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 Post Senate 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 whether you give a gift at a wedding vow renewal,

if you can ask for cash for a 40th birthday gift, and how to handle an uncomfortable moment

at a memorial.

For community members, your question of the week is about when to follow up after a job

application is submitted.

Plus your Etiquette Salute Weekly Etiquette Challenge and a PostScript segment on the

definition of Incivility from one of our favorite books, The Cost of Bad Behavior by Christine

Porath and Christine Pearson. All that's coming up.

Awesome.

Etiquette comes to you from the studios of our home offices in Vermont and is proud to be

produced by the Emily Post Institute. I'm Lizzie Post.

And I'm Dan Post Sending.

Morning, Cus.

Good morning.

Always nice to get in a use of last week's challenge before we actually record this week's challenge.

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