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 to tell someone about your salute for them,

texting someone during a difficult time, and how to talk to someone about their body odor.

For community members, your question of the week is about what to do when people keep canceling meetings.

Plus, your weekly etiquette challenge, salute, and a postscript segment on entertaining etiquette for the modern world.

All that's coming up.

Awesome etiquette comes to you from the studios of our home offices in sunny Vermont and is proudly produced by the Emily Post Institute.

I'm Lizzie Post.

And I'm Dan Post Sending.

Hey, Cus. Good morning, Lizzie Post. We're recording at the end of the week, and we have no option to

record on Friday because you, my friend, are headed out of town. You're going to be a guest, a group

member. How would you describe your participation from an etiquette perspective

in this upcoming weekend?

It's so funny that you're asking me this because at breakfast this morning, I was acting out

the role that I'm likely to be playing this weekend for my children.

And I was doing it as a little bit of a tease to their mother.

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