Summer Break: Demanding Birthday Cake, Putting Time Limits on Meals, Getting Nosy at the Pharmacy, 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

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 33 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 answer listener questions about demanding birthday cake, putting time limits on meals, getting nosy at the pharmacy, 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 QUESTIONS FROM THE WILDERNESS: Is it rude to ask for birthday cake before the guest of honor blows out the candles? Is it OK to be salty for not receiving any thank you for helping at my friend's wedding? What is the time limit for someone to finish their meal? How do I get people to not send an RSVP to my BBQ invitation? Bonkers: Nosy at the pharmacy THINGS MENTIONED DURING THE SHOW ⁠New York Times: "On Language: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too"⁠ 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 191 THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR: SAILY Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code WYRBW at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/wyrbw 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
0:38.1	bonus content, which you've never seen if you haven't joined us on Patreon. So please either join us
0:42.6	on Wolves Plus through Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon. Come Moon Howl. Hey everybody, it's Nick.
0:49.2	And it's Leah. A real quick thing before we get going. We are on a break this week. This is our final week of summer vacation.
0:55.3	We will be back next week.
0:57.0	We will, but we wouldn't leave you empty hand it this week.
0:59.3	So we found the perfect episode from the archives just for you.
1:02.4	And I would say that this episode has one of our most talked about questions ever.
1:08.5	Yes, I still think about it all the time. It just comes out of the blue sometimes
1:12.8	they'll be thinking about this. Me too. I also have people randomly DM me about it. Also,
1:20.0	I'm pretty sure we met this person. We did. Yeah. So when we had a live show in D.C., this person
1:27.0	showed up. And it was like seeing a celebrity. It was like seeing a celebrity. Yeah. So when we had a live show in D.C., this person showed up. And it was like seeing a celebrity.
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