Good for you!

When I published a bunch of essays about the fact that my relationship had ended because I'd discovered that the man I'd loved and trusted for 20 years had a secret girlfriend for over a decade many people felt that I shouldn't be writing about that. Don't air dirty laundry! Protect his reputation! Hide the truth!

I did exactly what you've done. I wrote an essay about why I wasn't going to shut up.

It's your story. Tell it!