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 the tradition of clinking glasses during a wedding reception,

when people ask you if you'll baptize your baby, and whether you can uninvite someone from a French-speaking practice group.

For community members, your question of the week is about the polite time to arrive at a party.

Plus your weekly challenge, etiquette salute, and a postscript segment on thank you notes.

All that's coming up.

Awesome.

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

I'm Lizzie Post.

And I'm Dan Post-Sening.

Cousin, I swear the noise in my

neighborhood is just going to make me have to move and do this podcast somewhere else.

Oh, no. Thank you for bearing with me through this. It was like, I was like, yeah, let's be ready to go.

Let's be ready to go. And as soon as Dan and I hit record, it's like, there's lawnmowers and F-35s and trucks hitting the speed humps. I was just like, oh, my goodness. Lions and tigers and bears. Oh, my. Oh, my. No, for real. Oh, my goodness. So, audience, I hope you don't hear it. Chris, I apologize for all the extra work.

Lizzie Post, welcome to the mic. It's so good to be here with you.

Thank you, cousin. It's we're recording on a Friday, and boy, does it feel like a Friday of a long week?

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