Author: Richie Frieman

The adage is that dating is a minefield. The modern dating scene can be especially treacherous. In this episode of Modern Manners Guy, we get the rules on modern dating from two women who know – from different ends of the maturity divide. How has courting and dating etiquette changed over the years? Modern Manners Guy, Richie Frieman recently sat down with hosts Kim and Grandma Gail from the popular podcast Excuse My Grandma to discuss all things dating. Grandma knows best…about dating? In this interview you’ll hear Richie, Kim and Grandma Gail discuss: What are the rules for being…

As someone who spends a large majority of my week in the car, traveling to meetings, I have become accustomed to using various coffee shops as my secondary office. Whether it’s a charming local establishment straight off the Hallmark Channel or a cookie-cutter international powerhouse, I am all too familiar with the do’s and don’ts of squatting at a coffee shop. Still, some people – rude people – are convinced their $4 drink entitles them to some sort of WeWork office space relationship where they can set up shop for hours. It’s one thing to pop open your laptop or a…

There is a major difference between someone who asks to stay with you for a few days and a freeloader. Unlike a friendly houseguest, a freeloader doesn’t care about what you have going on in your life—only their own comfort. They may even make complaints about the bed they’re borrowing.…Typical. Bottom line, freeloaders stink! But when they come into your life, you must combat them with grace, wit, and as much patience as you can, before you have to put your foot down. Which you have a right to do. I’ll explain that and more with these three quick and…

What is Proper LinkedIn Etiquette? When it comes to manners and LinkedIn, there are many questions to consider: Whom do you accept? Whom do you reject? What title do you use? If you want to make sure your LinkedIn etiquette is up to snuff, check out my top three tips for how to be polite on LinkedIn: Tip #1: Accept the Right People In my article about FacebookClick this, I touched on determining whether to accept or reject an old friend you hadn’t seen in years. Though LinkedIn is a somewhat similar site in nature, its power and influence are…

We are post-mid-terms and gearing up for another presidential race. Likely, you can’t go five minutes without being caught up in the hoopla of politics. When you turn on the TV, it seems that every other commercial is about a political candidate vying for your vote. When you click over to Facebook, chances are the discussion on your wall reads like a drunken ramble of diverging views about various candidates. Even just driving to work, there are signs upon signs posted everywhere about who is the right person for the job. And then, once you get to your workplace, the…

Whether it’s about professional relationships, romance, or everyday life, nothing makes me happier than to know that I’ve got mail from Modern Manners Guy readers and listeners about everyday etiquette conundrums.   Some of the more humorous questions I have received have been about the bathroom. What? You thought I was going to say dining manners? Well, that too, but we are all a little frustrated about what goes on in bathrooms at people’s homes and in public settings. As someone who loves a bit of potty humor, I could write about the foul behaviors found in bathrooms across the world…