Memorial Day Break: Crashing White House Weddings, Stealing Flowers From Neighbors, Charging Phones In Public, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

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

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Etiquette, manners, and beyond! This week, Nick and Leah are enjoying a well-deserved break, but they'll be back next week with an all-new episode. In the meantime, here's one of their favorite episodes from the archives in which they tackle crashing White House weddings, stealing flowers from neighbors, charging phones in public, and much more. Please follow us! (We'd send you a hand-written thank you note if we could.) Have a question for us? Call or text (267) CALL-RBW or visit ⁠ask.wyrbw.com⁠ EPISODE CONTENTS AMUSE-BOUCHE: Judith Martin and the Nixon Administration A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE: Repetition QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: Is it OK for my neighbor to take flowers from my yard without my permission? Is it rude for a woman to keep eating after her partner has finished? VENT OR REPENT: Blocking traffic, Charging phones CORDIALS OF KINDNESS: A custom t-shirt, A nice email THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW ⁠Judith Martin: In defense of ‘women’s pages’⁠ ⁠A fan's FSR t-shirt⁠ YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO... ⁠Support our show through Patreon⁠ ⁠Subscribe and rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts⁠ ⁠Call, text, or email us your questions⁠ ⁠Follow us on Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Visit our official website⁠ ⁠Sign up for our newsletter⁠ ⁠Buy some fabulous official merchandise⁠ CREDITS Hosts: ⁠Nick Leighton⁠ & ⁠Leah Bonnema⁠ Producer & Editor: ⁠Nick Leighton⁠ Theme Music: ⁠Rob Paravonian⁠ ADVERTISE ON OUR SHOW ⁠Click here for details⁠ TRANSCRIPT ⁠Episode 194 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.
0:22.4	A moon howler. I just want to be a moon howler. I am a moon howler. You are a moonhaller. Yes.
0:27.9	Yes. You are the very definition. You're the model moonhauler. Boy, do I moon howl. Also,
0:32.5	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
0:41.7	either join us on Wolves Plus through Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon. Come Moon Howl. Hey there,
0:48.9	it's Nick. And it's Leah. Real quick thing before we get going, we are on a break this week.
0:53.6	But we will be back next week.
0:55.3	We will with an all new episode, of course, but we wouldn't leave you empty handed today.
0:59.9	We would never. Who are we? Not people who did that?
1:02.9	So we found the perfect episode from the archives just for you.
1:06.5	And let me tell you, Nick suggested this one. I re-listened. I was like, oh, this one's got a real doozy in the middle.
1:12.0	Oh, that question.
1:13.3	Yeah, there was a story about a neighbor who does something and you're like, oh, that's rude.
1:19.6	And then there's a twist at the end and you're like, whoa.
1:22.9	Whole other level.
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