Ready to dive into respectful disagreements over friendships, feelings, and passive-aggressive punctuation? Em V, Jessie, and Holly unpack the chaos that is modern social etiquette—where Gen X holds open doors, Millennials send stressy texts, and Gen Z? They just ghost.
We’re asking the big questions:
💔 How late is too late to bail on plans?
💋 Is PDA ever okay—or are we all just pretending not to see it?
👰 Can you actually say “no” to being a bridesmaid without becoming a social pariah?
From awkward goodbyes that last six minutes to the secret power of a well-placed exclamation mark, we're unpacking the unspoken rules of social etiquette — and which generation is completely ignoring them.
This is an episode where we listen and we do not judge (much).
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