Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

When two people from totally different backgrounds try merging their lives, surprises often pop up out of nowhere. These two people have known each other long enough to get engaged, but before their engagement party, OP had no idea her fiancee had an issue with the difference in their heights. OP is shorter than him...

As parents, we want to protect our kids from the harshness of the world for as long as we can. That can be harder to accomplish, though, when the people they interact with on a regular basis are the ones bringing reality for a visit. This mother wants to ban her mother-in-law from attending her...

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about love and marriage. They’re different for everyone, but suffice to say, whatever you believe, reality will never quite live up to what you expected. For instance, some people think a spouse’s job is to care for you in the same way that your parents did, and...

It’s our job as parents to not only protect our kids, but to know them better than anyone else. We’re the ones who decide when and why they can stay home from school, for example, and we’re the ones who gauge when the situation warrants a day off. This OP’s daughter required a mental health day...

In my experience, anyone who has to begin a story with a disclaimer about how tolerant they are is typically the opposite (or very near it). In this case we get a beginning that goes “I’m not homophobic, but…” and goes downhill from there. OP is a woman living in Romania, where gay marriage is...

While they majority of parents in the world want the best for their kids, some children just get lemons. They end up with parents who just want to boss them around, or who can’t be bothered to worry, or who think their kids were created to serve them and not the other way around. This...

If you’ve ever been pregnant, then you know that for all of the magical moments there are at least an equal amount of things that are not so great. From morning sickness to aches and pains and cravings that won’t stop, it’s a wild 9-month ride. And you can’t get off. That said, we are...

Weddings have a way of bringing out the worst in people. Days that are supposed to be about love and coming together too often turn into power struggles and competitions about who can serve the nicest catered meal. This OP comes across as truly unhinged as she rants about excluding her partner’s twin brother due...

In this day and age, most of us try to be careful about what is said and posted about us online. It’s a crazy world out there, after all. That said, when it comes to friends and family and other loved ones, we probably assume they have pictures of us on their phones and/or social...

Most of us, when we read that headline, are going to be prepared to say yes. No one wants to be kicked out of a house, especially with nowhere else to go, but what happens when an argument leaves one or both parties needing some space? OP begins his post talking about how important adoption...

Bullying has always been a thing with kids. That said, there’s no arguing that things like the internet and social media have made it worse than ever, with parents and teachings scrambling for ways to keep up. This mother has two boys who are teenagers now. One of them has had the same best friend...

There’s a strange sort of catch-22 going on in the world today, where we’re all encouraged to make time for ourselves, to practice “self-care,” and to not feel guilty about it – but in which we also have very little time to get that done in any real, meaningful way. Which is why I think...

Most of us are probably more aware than we’d like to be that there are things that go on behind the scenes at hotels that we’d rather not know. I assume at this point that they’re not always that clean, they’ll try to overcharge me, and someone may or may not try to break into...

If you’ve been in the position of looking for a new job, well, ever, then you know that one of the more frustrating aspects of searching job listings is that you’re almost always going in blind when it comes to the salary being offered. People are expected to take the time to apply and even...

Everyone knows that breaking up is hard to do, but one of the best things about it is that, once it’s done, you never have to see that person again (unless you have kids together, of course). All of that goes out the window if someone in your family or friend group invites that person...