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Were You Raised By Wolves?

Mowing Lawns Without Asking, Coordinating Invitation Responses, Dressing for Theme Weddings, and More

Were You Raised By Wolves?

Nick Leighton & Leah Bonnema

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

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Etiquette, manners, and beyond! In this episode, Nick and Leah answer listener questions about mowing laws without asking, coordinating invitation responses, dressing for theme weddings, 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 do we do about our neighbor who mowed half of our lawn without our permission?
  • Should couples coordinate their responses to invitations?
  • How do I get my colleague to stop knocking on the door before entering our shared office?
  • What to do about dinner party guests who were more than 15 minutes late?
  • Are your outfits supposed to match the theme of a wedding?


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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.

0:01.0

And it's Leah.

0:01.9

A real quick thing before we get going, would you please follow our show in whatever app you're using to listen to us right now? Yeah, you don't even have to listen. You could just hit follow and it would really mean a lot to us. Yeah, there's probably like a follow button or maybe there's a bell or a plus sign. Like there's some symbol somewhere and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode. We would so appreciate it.

0:22.7

We really would.

0:23.3

It makes a huge difference for our show. like there's some symbol somewhere and then you'll get notified whenever we have a new episode.

0:21.4

We would so appreciate it. We really would. It makes a huge difference for our show. So please do that.

0:25.9

Thank you so much. And now let's start the show. Let's get in it.

0:32.1

Hey everybody. It's Nick Layton. And it's Leah Bonima. And we had so many good questions from you all in the wilderness.

0:37.9

Aoo!

0:40.4

That we've a bonus episode.

0:42.0

So here we go.

0:42.9

Our first question is, quote,

0:44.8

A few weeks ago, our neighbor, let's call him Chad,

0:48.3

unexpectedly mowed half of our front lawn while mowing his.

0:52.6

My husband and I were shocked. We've had a neighborly relationship

0:56.4

with them, just the usual, hey, how's it going, but nothing more. To be fair, our grass was a bit

1:02.6

overgrown that day, as we've been busy launching a new business and haven't been home much during

1:07.1

daylight hours. Normally, my husband takes pride in maintaining the yard and doesn't even

1:12.1

let me mow it because he's so particular. My dad's the same way, so I get it. So while the grass

1:18.3

was a little long that day, it wasn't an eyesore. Still, it was a surprise to come home and see only

1:24.4

half of the yard cut. I assumed Chad was trying to be helpful and told my

1:29.5

husband so. My husband disagreed, saying if Chad meant well, he would have finished the job and

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