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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Escaping Unwanted Potlucks, Avoiding Teenaged Guests, Opting Out of Thank You Notes, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Self-improvement

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about escaping unwanted potlucks, avoiding teenaged guests, opting out of thank you notes, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a handwritten thank-you note if we could.)

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QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS:

  • Should a man wait for a woman to extend her hand first before offering a handshake?
  • How do I get out of my boss' potluck lunches?
  • What's a polite way to invite close friends, but not their teenager, to our home?
  • Is it OK to want a thank you note for a baby shower gift?
  • Bonkers: A dentist wants to know how a husband feels


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CREDITS

Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton

Theme Music: Rob Paravonian


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TRANSCRIPT

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Nick.

0:00.9

And it's Leah.

0:01.9

Real quick thing before we get going.

0:03.7

Did you know that we have a new benefit on Patreon?

0:07.1

I did know.

0:08.1

Yes.

0:08.5

So if you want an ad-free version of our show, you of course can continue signing up for Wolf's Plus exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

0:15.7

But you can now get the same benefit when you join us on Patreon as a moon howler or higher.

0:40.3

A moon howler. I just want to be a moon howler. I am a moon howler. You are a moonhaller. Yes. Yes. You are the very definition. You're the model moonhauler. Boy, do I moon howl. Also, you're not only getting the ad-free version. You're also getting all of our Patreon content. Oh yeah. I mean, there's tons of bonus content, which you've never seen if you haven't joined us on Patreon. So please either join us on Wolves Plus through Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon.

0:47.0

Come Moon Howl.

0:51.2

Hey everybody, it's Nick Layton. And it's Leah Bonima.

0:54.3

And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness.

0:57.0

Ow!

0:59.5

That we have a bonus episode.

1:01.2

So here we go.

1:02.1

Our first question is, quote,

1:04.1

My mother, who has deemed herself as the etiquette please of her social circle in her medium-sized town in Indiana, has deemed it her duty to teach men

1:14.1

that it is unacceptable to shake a woman's hand unless the woman extends her hand first.

1:20.4

When she told me of this first incident, I was understandably shocked that she would do such a thing

1:25.5

and really hurt for the men who have no idea

1:28.1

why in the world my mother is acting this way. So imagine walking through a door that a man has

1:33.2

opened for you and he extends his hand to greet you at an event. She just looks at him as if his

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