2024-02-26
21 分钟This is an all ears english podcast episode 21 54 never arrive empty handed american party etiquette welcome to the all.
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What are the two things that you must remember when you attend a party in the united states today learn the things that you should not do if you want to make a connection with the host of the party hey michelle how's everything going today hey.
Lindsey good we haven't recorded in a while so i haven't seen you and i'm excited to record again today me.
Too i'm always happy to get on the microphone for our listeners and to connect with you here michelle but now that we've gotten through the holidays we're past that big part of the year i have a question for you today are you ready yeah okay so did you go to any big holiday parties.
This year did i go to any big holiday parties this year hmm i.
Actually don't did you avoid them at.
All costs no i didn't but we were we were sick yeah one like dan took my son too because the baby was sick so we were home and like it's just been a lot of sickness going around so i actually didn't really go to too many holiday parties what about you well we hosted.
An ugly sweater party so that was kind of fun but i think that's the only one that i actually went to other than family stuff in new england yeah so not a ton of holiday partying this year for me yeah it sounds like both of us yeah.
Yeah yeah oh well that's okay so guys we are going to talk about holiday parties though or really it could be parties in general um but um yeah so i'm excited for today's episode guys if you haven't yet go ahead and listen to episode 21 ten is trashy english vocabulary and then yeah and then today we are also going to be doing a spotify poll lindsey we have so much fun of these right.
Well it's our way to connect with you guys to understand your opinions on things you guys are adults you have lots of experience out in the world so we want to know your opinion on things right and do we have a poll to reveal today michelle from.
A past poll we do so this is actually good for this episode because we're talking a little bit about parties episode 21 23 was bash reception or shindig which word should you choose that was a fun one and yeah so guys if you haven't listened to that one go ahead and listen but the poll was do you think it's better to spend money on a big wedding or save up for a house yeah i wonder so lindsay what did what.
Are the results drumroll our results were very definitive michelle it sounds like our listeners are on the same page as us so 88% of you listeners said you would prefer to save up for a house while 12% are more into the short term bash idea the wedding you'd like to spend that money on a wedding super interesting michelle it sounds like our listeners are kind of long time savers yes well i there was.
A there was like a oh man i forgot what it was called but there was a reality show i think it was on netflix okay and it was about if people are going to spend money on a wedding or a.
House really i think i know what.
You'Re talking about yeah so i feel like a lot of people ended up choosing wedding i don't know why i watched that i don't even really watch a lot of reality tv but for some reason i watched that interesting yeah but anyway it's it's i think in hindsight it's always good to think this way but i think in the moment it's hard for people not to spend on the wedding including myself totally and.
We talked about that in that episode once you start spending some money you have to get the next thing and the next thing it becomes this domino effect that is a good key word for today michelle domino effect yes so let's get into today's topic michelle what are we talking about today are we going back to the party theme the.
Idea of parties yes so we're talking about guest etiquette today so i found this article we're not going to go over too much of it but i'm going to go over a couple points that i thought were interesting from this article and then we can always do a follow up if necessary but the article is from huffpost.com and it's sometimes not helping is the best option here's how to be a good guest and it says share this with someone who needs a little bit of a hint this is by taylor tobin from november.
22 2020 2023 interesting okay i'm curious that title definitely makes me curious right especially the subtitle share this with someone who needs a little bit of a hint they need a clue they need some help right so it sounds like we're talking about american culture today is.
That right and we're talking about two main points from the article that i thought we could get into a little bit talk about our opinions so the first one which i thought was really interesting was don't bring a bouquet of.