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Woman Who Went Viral for Leaving Her Ex For A Lesbian She Met on a Cruise Now Regrets What She Shared
This writer left her long-term partner for a woman 26 years her senior. Now, seven years later, she is questioning whether she should have written about it at all.
By Meredith Evans3 min read

Writer Shannon Keating published a messy essay the internet was built to devour in 2019. The story was indeed scandalous. She met and fell in love with a woman named Lynette on a lesbian cruise; she was 26 years her senior. They fell in love and Keating left her long-term partner to pursue a relationship with her.