Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Society has a lot of ideas when it comes to the “right” way to date and how to decide within a couple of hours if the person on the other side of the table from you is waving a bunch of red flags or not. But here’s the thing: people are all different. While some...

Chances are that if someone asks you to remember the worst thing you’ve ever smelled, two things will happen. First, you absolutely will have an answer, because you’ll never forget that day. Second, it will be re-created by your brain and you will hate the person who asked. So, sorry about that. These 15 people...

Hint: No, it’s not all about the money. When two people have a child while they’re in a relationship, it seems natural to share the expenses related to that child. Both parties are responsible for their care and upkeep, after all, and most couples find ways that work for them. Once a couple splits, though,...

Have you ever heard someone say they were having an “existential crisis?” Have you ever had one yourself? If so, you know it basically means when you learn something or hear something that makes it seem that the fabric of the universe as you understood it starts to (metaphorically) pull apart, and you’re forced to...

I know that all of the best AITA posts really bring the drama. Things go back and forth, you’re on one person’s side and then another, but for me, by the time it’s the end and I render my judgment, I’m pretty firm. This one is a doozy, though, and personally, I had to remember...

Anyone who has ever made the choice to live with another person – be it a sibling, a roommate, or something romantic – knows that the settling-in period can be intense. You’re finding out things you didn’t know about each other, trying to make compromises, and in general just adjusting to life as a couple....

Parenting is the job that never ends. For moms, it begins the moment they see those two pink lines, and for everyone else, it begins when the baby is born and never ends until you die. Seriously. In the current world climate it’s not at all strange for adult children to need to live at...

For most people, the process of naming a baby is one that they take super seriously. It can take months to come to an agreement with your partner – and some people are still struggling after the baby comes out. Many families have naming traditions when it comes to firstborns or naming children after relatives...

When it comes to other people’s parenting decisions, most of us have learned to mind our own business, no matter what we might think or how we would do things differently. That said, what about when it’s your own parents that you don’t agree with? Do you speak up? Toe the line? This girl found...

This might be one of the most ridiculous AITA posts I’ve ever read, and y’all, that is saying something. Then again, we do know that neighborly disagreements can get pretty heated and weird, so maybe it’s not as surprising as I first thought. This man is 40 and single, and lives in a rural area...

People who work in the service industry – retail work, waiting tables, you name it – are the real heroes out there. Because as nice as most people are when they’re in public, we all know there are plenty of folks who act like their mamas never taught them how to behave. If you’ve worked...

Listen, I am not here to judge anyone who is no good at math. I know two things are true: I am a relatively intelligent person, and math makes no more sense to me than ancient Greek or like, non-fungible tokens. And I’ve tried, on all counts. These 16 people feel my pain, but unlike...

There probably aren’t very many people out there who don’t know what it’s like to work for a boss who is less than stellar. That said, most of us keep or mouths shut because we either need our job, or we think we might need a reference for a better one in the future. These...

When it comes to most things in life, I think our human instinct is to try to understand why someone would do or say something that seems totally awful and foreign to us. We look toward their childhoods, to any trauma they might have experienced, or even a mental illness that would help us not...

“It never hurts to ask,” or “you never know until you ask!” are both pretty common sayings, but I think we all know there are times when we would be better served not asking questions. If you’re wondering what exactly we would put in this category, these 14 people have pretty strong arguments for times it...