Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Parenting is fraught with invisible land mines that most of us barely avoid touching some days – and there are plenty of days when we blow everything up, too. Lately, most of us have been keen to help especially our daughters avoid being shamed for their weight, body type, or any other appearance-related pitfall –...

There can be no doubt that there are plenty of things about today’s world that are not the best. The violence, the wars, the weather, the politics, (the covid) – take your pick. Of course, people have had cause to complain no matter where in history they lived, but that doesn’t make the issues we experience...

People have varying pain tolerances, so there’s a good chance that what you find to be unbearable, someone down the street could handle with barely a wince. That said, there are some experiences that rock the human body no matter who is in charge of it and how tough they are when it comes to...

We all know that weddings can be an emotionally precarious time for everyone involved. Whether you’re the bride, the groom, the parents, or part of the bridal party, people can get completely caught up in the moment to the point where they lose perspective. That could be what’s happening here, in the case of a...

Family dynamics can be complicated, and that is even more true when a family is blended or otherwise knitted together differently from the way it began. Stepparents, new siblings, you name it – it all makes navigating life at home a bit more of a challenge. This woman is no longer a child (24F), but...

Weddings are stressful, and part of the thing that makes them that way is the coming together of two different families. Every family does this differently, has their own unique way of interacting, and the new person coming in has to figure out how to roll with the punches. That said, when those punches are...

We all know that when we take a new job, we never know exactly what sort of boss we’re going to get. Will the micromanage us? Give us space to do our jobs and feel like part of the team? Or will they be the absolute worst, and make your life a living hell until...

I don’t know whether or not true crime has always been a big obsession around the world, but these days, it’s pretty much the coolest hobby going. There are countless television shows, books, podcasts, you name it, and people just can’t get enough. If you’re into it then you know there are myriad cases to...

There are literally an endless number of things you can waste your money on these days, and people are more than happy to do just that – even when we’re aware up front that we’re probably wasting our money. Is it really a waste, though, if you love what you get? Read these 17 people’s...

I honestly hope that you read this headline and immediately said “nope,” and figured you could tell how this AITA was going to go even before you dug in. That said, this woman’s story might convince you that there is a small number of instances when clapping back at someone about their body might actually...

Family dynamics can be so hard, especially when you’re including extended or blended family members, and especially when you’re talking about family who has special needs. This young man wanted to take his little brother and some of his friends to an amusement park for his 11th birthday. Since one of those friends was a...

We all have days that we consider bad sometimes, and to be honest, I think we all realize that the word “bad” definitely has a sliding scale. Just because I was impatient and my kids wouldn’t stop talking and the dog got sick on the carpet all in the first hour I woke up, that...

Everyone knows that marriage is much harder than it looks, with ups and downs and all arounds that no one can predict on the day the stand up and promise to love another human being through it all. One of the things that keeps things interesting is messing with your partner (lovingly, of course), but...

Reviews on the internet in general, and on Google in particular, are there for customers to review goods and services so that they can steer others toward or away from places of business they’ve frequented. That said, we know that human beings love the drama, and it can be hilarious trying to determine which reviews...

It can be challenging to undo the years (generations, really) of conditioning when it comes to our relationship with diet, weight, and food. We’ve grown up with certain ideas of what’s wrong and right, and if you’re managed to live in a world where there’s no morality attached to food at all, I’m definitely jealous....