Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Relationships are tough, they’re rewarding, but most of all, they’re intensely personal. There’s no road map that can make each and every one of them work, but sometimes hearing what works for other people can inspire us to think outside the box in our own lives. If you’re looking to try a new tact at...

Laughter is good for the soul, but sometimes, it’s also a response to stress, awkwardness, or just an overload of cringe. Almost every human being would have to admit that they’ve laughed at something they shouldn’t have at least once in their life, and these 17 people have some stories that are just terrible (in...

There’s a reason the phrase “nervous laughter” exists – and it’s because sometimes our poor, puny human brains get overloaded with awkwardness to the point that all we can do is laugh. If you’ve ever caught the giggles at a totally inappropriate moment – and who hasn’t – you’re going to feel right at home...

There are some lessons you can learn by watching, and others that you’ll just never really grasp until you learn them the hard way – by facing them head on, by yourself. These 16 people are bravely sharing the harshest truths they’ve learned over the course of their lives. 16. We’re all just human. Every...

Life really runs the gamut from amazing all the way to suffocatingly terrible. There are highs you wouldn’t believe, and lessons so hard they take the breath out of you, and one of the truths of the whole thing is that most of it, you have to face by yourself. Here are 15 harsh truths...

Learning how to manage money can be tough, and for a generation that grew up during a recession, did their best to emulate the steps that brought their parents success, but still ended up poorer than any previous generation? Millennials have their struggles, folks. If you’re looking to learn how to manage your money better,...

People don’t like to talk about the black sheep of their families – crime is one of those taboo subjects, I think, because it’s embarrassing to admit you’re related to someone who does bad things. That’s what Reddit is for, though, so come and revel in the crimes committed by these 16 people’s relatives –...

Have you ever noticed that something new will come out, people will freak out about how unfair it is, but then a few years later it’s just part of our everyday lives and everyone seems to have forgotten we didn’t like it? There are a surprising number of things in this world that we actually know...

I think there is a disconnect between many Millennials and their money. It’s different than it was for their parents, or even for the some of the Gen Xers that came before, because the more time that passes, the harder it can be to accumulate wealth. We don’t have time to get into the whys...

There are times when it feels like the future is now. We have instant communication with anyone in the world at the snap of our fingers. There are jetpack men flying through the sky. The military is developing death ray lasers for their fighter jets. Plenty of people think driverless cars are going to be...

I’m one of those people who has always thought that living forever – or even for an extremely long time – seems like more of a curse than a blessing. That said, if we could live a very long time in bodies that weren’t slowly breaking down, betraying us a bit every day, well…that could...

No one would argue that English is a tough language. It beats up other languages in dark alleys and goes through their pockets for loose vocab – at least, that’s the word on the street. Which is why it’s not surprising there are several words that are spelled exactly the same, and mean the same...

There’s a good chance that your family has some kind of tradition when it comes to the movies you watch around the holidays. It might be children’s classics, like Charlie Brown or How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It might be modern favorites like Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story, or maybe you just love marathoning every Hallmark Christmas movie they...

There’s nothing more patronizing when you’re young than someone telling you to “just trust them” because “you’ll understand when you’re older.” Like many things that piss you off when you’re young, though, it’s absolutely true – there are some things that only time can teach a person, I swear. Here are 17 that are right...

If you’re like me, you probably don’t think about glass being particularly strong. It’s pretty, and I guess they can make it bulletproof if you’re the president or the pope, but glass that could actually shatter a bullet? Color me intrigued. It’s called Prince Rupert’s Drop, and no, it’s not some kind of setup for...