Part II: Finding Happily Ever After Without a Romantic Partner ft. Melyssa Ford

LOVERS by Shan

Lemonada Media

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Sexuality

5.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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0:00.0	Lemonado.
0:05.9	This episode of Don't Listen to us is brought to you by Booking.com.
0:10.5	I'm looking out my window and spring is in the air. It's time to go travel. I've got to say,
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1:36.5	your listing today. Get seen. Get booked on booking.com. Melissa Ford, welcome back. What happened after we press publish? You don't got time to be decenter in men, ma'am? Your wife and material. You should be off the market. Melissa's like, yo, she's puck and ain't nobody gonna rock with her, mad. They're just gonna use the fuck. You know, when you've been ran through like that, that's what happens. This is what coping looks like. This is not what I want for young black women. You're 50. I'm aging. Look, it's not that tight anymore. I don't give a fuck. I love it. I love it. I'm sorry if this makes you mad. Misandry, you get rejected. She doesn't want anything to do with men. Misogyny, we risk getting killed. I will not go searching for romantic love
2:20.7	when my own lived experiences,
2:23.7	I would get further in life drawing a circle on a brick wall
2:26.4	and smashing my head in the middle of it.
2:31.4	Like I just, I don't want it.
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