Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Social customs are usually somewhat of a sign of the times – niceties and other ways of being that rose out of a specific place and time for a very specific reason. Some of them, like washing your hands after you use the bathroom, continue to be helpful. Others, like shaking hands, seems to be...

We know this idea has been around since literally forever, since in the Bible’s Old Testament manna rained from heaven, and there’s at least one song called “Pennies from Heaven,” but where did it come from? I’m not sure about the answer, but I do know that these 17 people have some pretty intriguing ideas...

Most of us have been unlucky enough to have experienced physical pain at one point in our lives or another, and some of them are for sure more memorable than others. Childbirth is an obvious example, and one that we asked for in so many words. These 16 people are recalling the worst physical pain they’ve ever...

Don’t you love when people ask questions that get you thinking about something you never would have considered on your own? If you do, I hope you’re on Reddit because this is one of the things they do best – all sorts of questions, every single day, and answers that will make you reconsider your...

Did you ever hear the thing about putting what you want out into the universe so you can give it a chance to come true? It’s a thing, I guess, and you know what? I say it’s worth a shot. These 18 people latched onto this Reddit thread and decided to do just that, and...

You probably remember a few years ago when the term “dad bod” reared it’s ugly head – it was basically women saying they thought a slightly rounded belly and back hair were actually hot, because they found men who were good dads and good husbands to be the s^xiest around. Women, of course, are not...

I think it’s fair to say that most people have proclivities when it comes to food. Things we love, things we hate, combinations that are peculiar to us and facets of our food personalities that drive those closest to us a bit nuts on occasion. We usually don’t share them randomly, though, because deep down...

I think that people doing the marriage thing every single day are the ones fighting the good fight. It’s not easy to stay in the trenches with the same person who leaves hair in the shower drain or the person who never, ever closes a cabinet, but somehow, a few of us are making it...

Marriage is not for the faint of heart, no matter how many of us are out here making it happen day in and day out. Staying with someone, loving them despite all of the life you deal with together, and just managing to not run away and change your name all takes effort – and...

I think we’ve all been on the end of a weird compliment during our lives. Something that comes out of someone’s mouth before they really think about how it’s going to sound, something a person thinks is a compliment when it really isn’t, etc etc. These 14 people have some space from the original event, which...

You know how Jerry Seinfeld (et al) knew that Kramer’s business ideas were terrible and bound to fail before he even stopped explaining how they would work? That happens in real life all the time, but luckily like Kramer, most people aren’t prepared to actually start a business for one reason or another. These 15...

If there’s a bit about the concept of privilege that can be hard to grasp, it’s that it doesn’t mean your life has been easy – just that your life hasn’t been made harder by the circumstances you were born into. If you’re still a bit unclear on what that might mean, here are 17...

Double standards are all over the place, and though we’ve spent decades pointing out the ones that aren’t fair to women, these days we’re realizing there are just as many that apply to men, too. Most of them are whatever, but we’ve all got those that just really get under our skin – and these...

It probably shouldn’t surprise you that people who spend time in the homes of strangers often see things they can’t forget. I figured it happens every once in a while – gross things, disturbing things, stuff that’s just weird – but honestly, after reading through these 15 stories, I realize I wasn’t giving people enough...

Every house in the world is probably hiding something behind closed doors. Whether people are rich or poor, we all have a few secrets – that said, some secrets are way bigger than others. These 15 people spent time working for the 1%, and the things they’ve seen…weird is only one word for it, to...