Hosting Surprise Houseguests, Correcting Misspelled Signs, Sending Late Sympathy Cards, and More
Were You Raised By Wolves?
Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about hosting surprise houseguests, correcting misspelled signs, sending late sympathy cards, 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:
- What’s the best way to handle being surprised by four extra houseguests?
- When is it appropriate to tell a business that some of their signage is misspelled?
- Is it appropriate to send a sympathy card four years after the fact?
- What should we do if a server says she'll comp our drinks but then leaves them on the bill?
- Is there a polite way to ask someone where they got their bra?
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CREDITS
Hosts: Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema
Producer & Editor: Nick Leighton
Theme Music: Rob Paravonian
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, Leah, do you know about |
| 0:04.3 | Wolves Plus? I do, but let's pretend I don't for this for our audience. So Wolves Plus, |
| 0:11.5 | and we say it the French way, because it sounds fancier, is this new thing that we offer on Apple |
| 0:16.1 | podcasts. So you can get an ad-free version of our show that also helps support us. |
| 0:21.3 | And you can do that right now in the app. |
| 0:23.4 | So go find our show and click on Wolves Plus, if you want to be all American about it. |
| 0:28.3 | And check it out. |
| 0:29.5 | Wolves Plus. |
| 0:30.5 | Wolves Plus. |
| 0:31.5 | And now let's start the show. |
| 0:36.5 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:37.3 | It's Nick Layton. |
| 0:38.3 | And it's Leah Bonema. |
| 0:39.3 | And we had so many great questions from you all in the wilderness. |
| 0:42.3 | Aoo! |
| 0:43.3 | That we have a bonus episode, so here we go. |
| 0:47.3 | Our first question is, quote, |
| 0:49.3 | I recently had a situation with a family member that I wasn't sure how to respond to. |
| 0:54.8 | Our family member, let's call her Lisa, contacted us to see if in three weeks, she, |
| 1:00.5 | her teenage daughter, and her daughter's friend, could come and stay at our house for the |
| 1:04.5 | weekend. We eagerly said yes, it would be lovely to see them all. Then, about 10 days later, she contacted us again and said |
| 1:12.8 | her husband and younger child would also be joining them, making the guest list increased to five. |
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