Mistakes Were Made

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Mistakes Were Made

By: Lizzie Post, Kelly Williams Brown

Narrated by: Lizzie Post, Kelly Williams Brown

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Kelly Williams Brown, author of Easy Crafts for the Insane and the New York Times best-selling book Adulting, and Lizzie Post, co-president of The Emily Post Institute and author of Higher Etiquette, team up in this Audible Original for a hilarious romp through other people’s most embarrassing moments - plus a few of their own. Tapping into years’ worth of etiquette knowledge and experience, Kelly and Lizzie consider stories from friends, family, and strangers alike where things go hysterically wrong. Together, the pair attempts to make sense of cringe-worthy situations and offers advice on what, if anything, could have been done differently. Each vignette is served up lovingly with a healthy dose of sympathy and self-deprecating humor (especially when the stories are drawn from their own lives). Mistakes Were Made is a raucous sendup of life in the 21st century that will have you laughing from here until your next faux pas.

Please note: This audio contains strong language and descriptions of adult situations that some listeners may find upsetting. Discretion is advised.

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Lizzie and Kelly Discuss Etiquette Do's and Don'ts

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About the Creator and Performer

Lizzie Post (Emily Post’s great-great-granddaughter) is a co-president of the Emily Post Institute and a co-host of the Awesome Etiquette podcast. Lizzie has authored and co-authored multiple books on etiquette including Emily Post’s Etiquette, 19th edition, Emily Post’s Wedding Etiquette, 6th edition, Higher Etiquette, and the upcoming 20th edition of Emily Post’s Etiquette, a completely revised edition coming out in 2022 from Ten Speed Press. Lizzie is a regular source for today’s media outlets giving.

About the Creator and Performer

Kelly Williams Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly-Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps, and Gracious: A Practical Primer on Charm, Tact and Unsinkable Strength. A former newspaper reporter, she enjoys giving advice, making scrubby crafts, and being constantly overdressed. She lives in Salem, Oregon.

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Most of what I know about etiquette (the unwritten rules of how to behave) I picked up from depictions of Victorian girls balancing books on their head—it’s about time I learn from some real experts. The great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post (who literally wrote the book on American manners), Lizzie Post, and the inventor of the word ''adulting,'' Kelly Williams Brown, team up in this engaging Audible Original podcast to unpack what went wrong in real-world social situations. Although they don’t cover the basics of seating and silverware (I guess that means I can carry on eating pasta with a salad fork), they do explore navigating social gaffes such as how to graciously rescind a large chunk of an erroneous donation to your local church. Now that’s a finishing school I want to enroll in.

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There were some cute embarrassing stories, but the way the authors consistently interrupt each other in an attempt to spice up the stories, is really annoying and at times cringe-inducing.