FOMO, JOMO, and the etiquette of invitations

Awkward Etiquette With Kiki Astor

Did you ever receive an invitation and promptly contact the host or hostess and inquire about further details, including what you should wear? You may worry that Auntie Kiki will label this behavior as rude, but in reality, if the invitation was not clear enough, that is the hosts' fault, not yours. In this fascinating episode of the Awkward Etiquette podcast, we will first take a deep dive into Victorian history and culture- after all, those wacky Victorians had invitations and events down to a science, and we still use some of those formulas and wordings today...and then we fast forwrad to modern times, to cover invitations to events both formal and casual. Etiquette coach Kiki Astor will answer listeners' most burning etiquette and social skills questions, such as, is a digital invitation ever appropriate? How do I phrase my invitation? How do you save money on invitations? How do you curate a guest list, be it for a gala evening, a wedding, a cocktail party or a backyard BBQ? What about RSVP's? And how do I deal with not being invited to an event? Which will lead us to a discussion of FOMO and her glamorous older cousin, JOMO, otherwise known as the Joy Of Missing Out.