About this episode

The episode discusses etiquette questions related to dining, family relationships, and following up after connections.

On today’s show, we take your questions on whether you should wait for everyone at the table to be served before eating at a large hosted luncheon, how families can navigate relationships when one member has become estranged, and whether it's okay to follow up with someone after a meaningful connection seems to have gone quiet. For Community Members, we’ve got a wedding etiquette double-header on handling self-invitations and unexpected plus-ones. Plus your weekly challenge, an etiquette salute from a grateful coworker, and a postscript segment on building habits. Join the etiquette community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The Emily Post Institute

Topics covered

• etiquette
• relationships
• family dynamics
• wedding etiquette
• self-invitations
• plus-ones
• building habits

Keywords

• etiquette
• dining
• relationships
• estrangement
• wedding
• self-invitations
• plus-ones
• habits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: emilypost.substack.com, megaphone.fm

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