And the Hello, welcome to Nobody Panic. Please come into my house, Tessa.

Thank you so much, shall I take off my shoes?

Yes, actually, I'm very kind of view.

So okay, very good.

Oh, that's okay.

Oh, I'll go now. Oh, she's gone. Very apt beginning because today we're doing how to be a good house guest.

It was a suggestion from one of you lovely listeners. Tessa hit us with the suggestion.

Absolutely, this one comes from Abigail.

She says, I was wondering, after she says some very nice things about us,

thank you, God bless you, Abigail.

I was wondering if you could do an episode on being a good house guest, capital G, capital H.

I know you've done an amazing episode about hosting, thank you, but I often find myself the guest at a friend's house and upon crossing the threshold

immediately start worrying about touching anything, where to leave my bag, and finding myself

in a room without the host is somehow a nightmare. Any advice greatly appreciated.

Yes. It is a tricky one. You don't know what you just don't know what to do with yourself half the time and also as well that I think there

are lots of things like with hosting which people we've done which is obviously the complete opposite

but like the idea that what you might be like that's fine might make someone else feel

uncomfortable so you and it's similar to if you live with someone and you spend your

whole time being like that was fine and then you realize years later oh my god

I made a massive faux-par you know so it's good to know the sort of general etiquette I think

what you think at the time you thought it was fine then years later you think oh dear I think so yeah

well like when we were talking about how to be a good host and I was like I've realized during that episode that when I host I'm like yeah I don't know whatever like to try and create a kind of chill out, chilled atmosphere.

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