15 difficult etiquette questions your parents never had to ask

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Our parents never had to worry about etiquette rules around smartphones.

• Etiquette standards for previous generations look very different than today's.
• Technology etiquette guidelines are murky, leaving people uncertain about acceptable behavior for using devices at work, to form relationships, and for basic communication.
• According to experts, there are at least 15 etiquette questions your parents never had to ask, but you certainly do.

Etiquette adapts to each technological innovation. In the digital age, the ways we communicate seem to be constantly shifting - and standards for politeness change with it.

While our parents and their parents only had to worry about misdialing their dates' landlines or letters getting lost in the mail, younger generations are overwhelmed with questions about texting guidelines, dating app protocol, and email etiquette.

Business Insider consulted two communication experts, who weighed in on 15 difficult etiquette questions your previous generations never had to ask: