Dr. Lilly Jay on Her Divorce From Actor Ethan Slater
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As a therapist, I try to keep my personal life private. After my public split, that was no longer in my control.
Photo: Molly Matalon This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. No one gets married thinking they’ll get divorced, in the same way we don’t board a plane expecting to crash. But I really never thought I would get divorced . Especially not just after giving birth to my first child and especially not in the shadow of my husband’s new relationship with a celebrity. In this season of shock and mourning, over a year after the end of my marriage was made public, I deeply miss the life of invisibility I created for mys
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