Episode #198: Recommendation for the Dogs

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On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions about celebrating Mom’s wedding when she wants to keep it low key, handling a friend who won’t let you live down a bad recommendation, how to handle gifts when you decline a wedding invitation, and dealing with daters who offer to pay and then ask for half when the check comes. Plus your most excellent feedback, etiquette salute and part one of a two-part postscript segment on the Myth of how Emily’s book Etiquette came to be! Awesome Etiquette sustaining members, your bonus question this week is about declining to recommend someone on social media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode was published on June 25, 2018.

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On today’s show Dan and Lizzie take your etiquette questions about celebrating Mom’s wedding when she wants to keep it low key, handling a friend who won’t let you live down a bad recommendation, how to handle gifts when you decline a wedding...

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