Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Here’s the thing about losing weight: everyone wants there to be some easy hack, but in the end, there really isn’t. For most people without secondary issues, it’s a simple equation of calories in versus calories out, so if you don’t want to starve, you have to exercise. If you’re looking for a quick, simple,...

Personally, I prefer to sleep with the bedroom door closed for not-getting-murdered reasons, even though I realize that, if someone wanted to murder me, they could easily open a door. It does make my room warmer, which isn’t always a good thing. According to experts, though, my instincts are right (even if the reason is...

We hear often that a wedding is supposed to be one of the best days of your life. The attention is all on you, there’s a great party celebrating the next step in your life, and you get to marry the person you love more than anyone else. If you spend anytime at all online,...

The last two years haven’t been easy on anyone, but I would argue that people who had to figure out how to navigate having their children home with them the entire time had it worse than most. If you were a parent who was trying to suddenly work from home while your children went to...

Kids have a way of just saying pretty much anything that pops into their heads, and because they don’t have enough life experience to realize when they shouldn’t say something out loud, hilarity often ensues. Of course, the hilarity brought on by these blurted comments are funnier to strangers than they are to the mortified parents...

Before I had kids, I remember an older cousin telling me that you never really know what it means to be embarrassed until you have kids – because they will embarrass you more than you’ve ever embarrassed yourself. I can now attest that this is 100% true, but at least people think kids are funny....

I don’t think anyone would say that living with other human beings – whether you’re in love with them, related to them, or just rooming together – is in any way easy. Compromises have to be made, there are plenty of discussions to be had, and honestly, it can be one of the harder parts...

We’re all gullible sometimes, y’all. For most of us, it’s impossible to know everything about everything, and so we might believe something if we trust the source. We can find out later, of course, that what we were told and what we believe were total lies. It never feels great to realize we’ve been duped,...

Relationships are one of those things in life that you can never truly understand unless you’re inside of them yourself, and so I think that most of us try not to judge. If you can manage that, it can be interesting to hear how things work for other people (and how they don’t) – and...

There might only be a few times in our lives when imitation crab meat comes into play – crab rangoon and California rolls come to mind – but if you have a curious mind, you might still spend some time wondering what’s in there, if not crab? It’s one of those labels that tells you...

Falling in love with someone is one thing – you learn what you love, what you can deal with, and whether or not they’re worth giving up your time and attention to other areas of your life. Living with that person is something else entirely, as anyone who has ever moved in together can tell...

There are all kinds of reasons that people find themselves in long distance marriages – there are job opportunities that can’t be passed up, financial issues, kids who want to finish school in the same place, you name it. No matter how good your reasons, though, it can’t be easy – and these 11 couples...

When it comes to relationships, “different strokes for different folks” definitely applies. What works for one couple may not work for another, and honestly, as long as it does work for the people involved, it’s really none of our business. That said, if you’re someone who is thinking about exploring options in your own relationship, you...

Listen, as long as you’re not hurting anyone, I am the last person who will judge the reasons you like to poke around the internet. People come looking for all kinds of things that make them happy – and apparently for some folks, it’s pictures that make them really question what on earth is going...

When you first eat a cheese curl (or a “puffy Cheeto” as we call them in our house), you’re not quite sure what’s happening. It tastes good, maybe, but your fingers are orange and your teeth need a brushing afterward, so…are they really worth it? After decades of love, I’m ready to say that for...