Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

For me, one of the best things about life is how there is always something new to learn. No matter how smart you are, no matter how many years of school or decades on the job, life always has secrets to give up if you’re willing to look. If that kind of thing intrigues you,...

It’s funny how fast things change when you’re eighteen. One minute you’re a kid living under your parents’ roof with things like chores and curfews and a few months later you’re in college, free to come and go as you please. Along with the mistakes most of us make while we’re figuring out how to...

Now that we have access to the internet and everyone’s childhood experiences, it can certainly seem as if more people were bullied as kids than weren’t – which is sad, but also somehow comforting. These 11 people are looking back on how far they’ve come and thinking about how being bullied shaped them into the...

Glow-ups are a fact of life, because honestly, I would say that a majority of people do not peak in high school – and that’s good news. Still, some of us were bullied in high school because of our looks, so there can be some truly excellent fallout of becoming more attractive as we age –...

There’s no denying that most of us are living pretty busy lives these days. Work, relationships, housekeeping, kids, screaming into the void – it all takes up a lot of our time. When something catastrophic happens, such as an illness or accident, it can really throw a spotlight on where we spend our time (and...

As cheesy as it sounds, I would venture a guess that there are a good many women out there who have had some kind of idea what they would like their wedding to look like one day. I’m sure men think about it too, but when it comes to things like dresses, flowers, decor, and...

Picking a name for a baby is a long process for many couples, since not everyone likes the same names. Agreements can be hard to come by even in the most amicable relationships, though I think a majority of couples do agree on the fact that the two parents should come to a joint decision...

If we were going to make a list of things that upset relationships, both in the beginning, the end, and in the middle, I have to think that money would be near the top of it. OP here and her boyfriend have been dating for around 9 months. He has two small children who “love...

The older women get, the less likely they are to put up with crap from their romantic (or platonic, for that matter) partners, family, and friends. We learn as we go, and life experience is often, unfortunately, gained the hard way. This young lady is engaged to a man who does not get along with...

Everyone who has children needs help and support, and sometimes even a break to be able to come back to their kids as their best selves. The proverbial village, if you will. That said, I think most of us arrange that sort of thing in advance, and also do our best not to take advantage...

I don’t know many people who aren’t super attached to their dogs – they’re members of the family, after all, and no one wants to give them up without a very good reason. But what if multiple people are attached to the dog, and suddenly they’re not all residing under the same roof? OP took...

I would venture a guess that many people go through a phase in their lives when they are less than empathetic toward others. I would also say that the majority of people grow out of it when they realize no one is going to want to be friends with them if they don’t cut it...

Relationships are not easy, and in this day and age of social media access, we tend to get tricked into thinking they might be easy for other people. You never know what’s going on behind the scenes of someone else’s relationship is always a mystery unless they choose to share, though, and this OP is...

If you’re a regular reader of the subreddit Am I the A$$hole, you know there are a disturbing amount of people who have had their romantic partner take serious issue with their pets. You also know that the good people of Reddit almost always side with the pet, so you can probably guess how this...

Working moms have it rough in America. A majority don’t get paid maternity leave, which means they end up back at work sooner than they would like, only to feel as if they’re looked down upon for having a baby at all. This post that proves that even when a person does get “enough” maternity leave,...