About this episode

The episode discusses how to gracefully step back from family group texts, naming conventions for step-grandmothers, and the etiquette of congratulating someone on their engagement.

On today’s show, we take your questions on how to gracefully step back from a family group text during a difficult time without seeming uncaring, what a new grandchild should call a step-grandmother who joined the family later in life, and whether it’s truly poor etiquette to say “Congratulations!” when someone gets engaged. For Community Members, your bonus question is about e-bike safety etiquette. Plus your weekly etiquette challenge, an etiquette salute from Allie, and a postscript segment on Hostesses from Emily’s first edition of Etiquette. Join the community - emilypost.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• group text etiquette
• family dynamics
• step-grandmother naming
• engagement congratulations
• e-bike safety
• etiquette challenge

Keywords

• group text
• family etiquette
• step-grandmother
• engagement
• e-bike safety
• etiquette challenge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Emily Post Institute

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