Eileen Kelly

1. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Eileen Kelly

   Have You Been Micro-Cheating on Me? (opens the original)

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   I was on Instagram late one night, scrolling through the feeds of various models (I’m always looking for new and exciting ways to experience insomnia), when I noticed that my friend’s boyfriend was all over their comment sections, leaving hearts and emojis on a bunch of different girls’ photos. Ew, I thought. Not because leaving a heart emoji is, in itself, some terrible offense, but because there’s something bleak about seeing a man you know in real life working his way through a stranger’s thi

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Eileen Kelly

   What No One Tells You About Meeting Your Partner’s Kids (opens the original)

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   I remember the first time I met one of my father’s girlfriends. I was 11, which is old enough to recognize when something in your world has shifted, but too young to know what to make of it. Until then, my father had kept the women he dated separate from the life we shared. They existed somewhere beyond the edges of my childhood—in restaurants I never visited, conversations I wasn’t privy to, and the hours when I wasn’t with him. Then, he invited one of them to join us on our summer trip

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