Rima is a full-time writer who loves penning down all things health, beauty, celebs and facts. She loves working at BrightSide because she gets to spread joyful words across the world. When not writing, she can be found cooking up a storm in the kitchen, or with her nose and all other senses buried in a book.
Most of us are a bit nervous when we head to a job interview and want to put our best foot forward. But what happens when the interview itself goes south in unexpected ways? Here are some such stories from Redditors and Bright Side readers that tell you that even after your most awful interview, somebody has had it worse. So take heart and gear up for your next job search, and enjoy the giggles below.
Goldie Hawn recently made a dazzling appearance on the red carpet for a movie premiere, accompanied by three of her grandchildren. As she posed lovingly with her granddaughter, 12-year-old Rio, fans couldn’t help but notice an uncanny detail.
Not everyone who is a parent is biologically related to you, but that doesn’t lessen the love; it just honors it more. This is the case with stepparents. Getting acceptance from stepchildren is often an uphill battle and a source of many stepfamily conflicts. But what if the conflict is spousal, and you turn into your stepchild’s only protector? This is exactly the situation one of our readers, Mike, is facing. Scroll down to find his letter and the advice we felt would work best for his situation.
Many movie or TV plots often have a climax where they catch the bad guy, using nothing more than handwriting comparison. But does your handwriting actually reveal things about you? The art of studying handwriting, graphology, certainly thinks so. Experts can read your handwriting and get an insight into your personality. So let’s flip the script, and learn how you could use your handwriting to score a top-notch job, or blow people away.
Jason Momoa just dived into a new look, and while his new girlfriend, Adria Arjona, seems to love it, he “hates it!” While the star transformed himself for the filming of Dune: Part Three, he also had an environmental message to share. Meanwhile, his transformation seems to have sparked a rather fierce debate among his fans.
Paulina Porizkova turned 60 in April 2025 and celebrated a rather belated birthday on Instagram by posting two bikini snaps. The post by the model, who underwent double hip replacement surgery in January 2024, generated buzz from many of her fans, as well as a few critics, with many lauding her honest portrayal of aging.
Time flies on fleet wings, they say, and they are right. But as the years go by, love tends to get a glow up, as it is obvious from these beautiful and evocative images shared by many Redditors. Scroll down to see how a picture can be worth a thousand words of love.
When you become a parent, you expect your parents to support you the most. But sometimes, these expectations bite the dust, and your parents turn into your biggest critics. One of our Bright Side readers, Gemma, shared her disturbing experience, when her own mother, publicly shamed her and drove her to make some hard decisions.
Parents love their kids, there’s no doubt about that. But what happens when that love corrupts into control, and then changes into fury when the child tries to break free and be independent? A young Bright Side reader, Sarah, faced a similar situation and reached out to us for guidance.
Relationships may start with butterflies and adrenalin rushes, but as time goes on, life gets busy. Kids, careers, routines, physical changes in your body and health, everything competes for time and that spark you felt can slowly fade away. This is exactly what happened to one of our Bright Side readers, who shared his story with us, and got us all starry eyed. Here’s how.
Marriages may be made in heaven, but the work done to keep your relationship alive is done in this realm only. A Bright Side reader, Raine, recently shared a heartwarming story with us, showing how she was able to defuse a potentially explosive situation by using a somewhat hilarious, if petty revenge. Here’s her story, and the advice we felt we could offer her.
As parents, it’s normal to feel protective towards your kids and help them out whenever they are in trouble, no matter their age. But what happens when the help turns into constant expectations? One of our Bright Side readers, Justin, wrote to us about how his adult son wanted him to help out financially, for the umpteenth time. Justin refused, and what his son did next came as a shock. Scroll down to read about this father’s dilemma and guilt.