Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

I feel like we need to start this post out with the statement that there is nothing wrong with traditional roles in a relationship…if both parties agree and are happy with the arrangement. In this couple’s case, OP (the wife) says she would be ok with that arrangement, but her spouse doesn’t make enough money to...

Most of us realize that there are some unspoken rules when it comes to attending or being part of a wedding. Some of those rules revolve around clothing (mostly for other women), like never choosing to wear white or picking an outfit that would potentially upstage the bride. In this case, though, OP is the...

If you’re a parent reading this headline, you might think that the answer is never – and honestly, I think I secretly agree with you. Even when dealing with family or super close friends, bringing up each other’s kids can be a touchy subject. This woman thought she was justified in telling her cousin that...

We all know by now – or we should know by now – that people aren’t always themselves (or on their best behavior) when it comes to weddings. I don’t know what it is about brides and grooms and the like, but Reddit has taught us all that things often get out of hand. For...

I would love to report that everyone in the world has an amazing family who deserves nothing but the highest praise, but as most of us sadly realize, that’s just not reality. Sometimes people are awful, even if they’re family, and when they cross a line we need to call them out – but are...

Relationships are tricky, and when one or both parties has children, the stakes – and the disagreements – get higher and more frequent. Even when people grew up in the same family with the same parents they may choose to raise their kids in completely different ways, which can cause additional friction. These two sisters...

I think it’s a good rule of thumb to always beware when someone tells you they’re planning the “perfect” event of any kind. It’s a red flag to truly believe that anything a human being is putting together is going to come off “perfectly,” and I would say that goes at least double for an...

In certain lines of work, we accept that there are risks associated with clocking in every day. There are safety meetings, protocols, and any violations are taken seriously – but accidents still can happen. Even if you work a rather innocuous job, there’s always the chance that something bad could happen…and for these 14 people,...

In my personal experience, a majority of people who go into the teaching profession do so because they love kids and are passionate about education. I’m not sure why the rest of them do it, but we’ve all had teachers in our day that definitely don’t belong in the profession, and dealing with it is...

No matter how good your relationship is with your spouse and their family, everyone struggles sometimes fitting into to a group that was established before you came along. Your ways are not their ways, of course, but in the best of cases, everyone is kind and inclusive and finds ways to get along. In not the...

It has been a tradition in Western culture for some time for a woman to take the last name of her husband when they get married. Not everyone does it, and there are plenty of different reasons why people choose not to. If you’re a woman, you might never have stopped to think about what...

There’s something about believing a fact for a long time – or being told something is the god’s honest truth by someone you trust – that makes it hard to un-learn, even if you hear more than once that it’s been proven a hoax. It’s just the way the mind works, and if you think...

One of the coolest things about facts (at least as far as I’m concerned) is that there are facts for absolutely every occasion. You can impress your friends, you can learn new things, you can follow them down rabbit holes, you can horrify yourself – or yes, you can find comfort in the small truths...

Dating is hard work, and if we’re being honest with ourselves, we’ve all made a gaff or three in our time that probably cost us a second date. Being a human is hard, and sometimes our mouths get going without checking first with our brains. If you’re wondering what some of the worst things people...

At some point in most of our lives, we will live with another human being. While co-habitating with a romantic partner offers life lessons of its own, there is also plenty that can be learned from just having to share space platonically with another human being. Some of these are funny while others are more...