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Continue being exactly who you are...we all think you’re pretty amazing!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Jul 10, 2022Liked by Melissa Radke

I was surfing around Substack and stumbled on this gold mine of a post. You have my new subscription because of it. Thank you!

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Aug 24, 2021Liked by Melissa Radke

You are the bomb. I love to walk. I joined Planet Fitness about 6 miles from my house but I hate that it’s not as convenient as the room two doors down from my bedroom. I’m going to breakdown and get a treadmill. This app is perfect for that along with the programmed ones that come with the Nordic Track treadmill I’m convincing myself I need. It’s for my health, right? I’m important, right? I have two bad knees so not much more than walking is gonna happen. Thanks for sharing this info Melissa. Signed up for the free trial and year subscription. I’m ready! Let’s step this thing together. We got this, maybe. Haha!

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It is BECAUSE of your brutally honest, rhetorical, crazy, open self that I DO follow you. You speak about things we all deal with but rarely share or say out loud. You bring laughter and joy to days that are often filled with gloom and doom.

Don’t give up, don’t give in, and don’t let the few people who can’t see outside of their one-sighted, critical, minds convince you otherwise. You are a gem Melissa Radke and I’m so glad a random view of social media propaganda led me to you.

You go girl!

Christine with a “C”!

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I confess there have been many MANY times I've walked around just ready for someone to speak up in judgement against me (for my weight, my parenting, my mask-wearing choices, whatever it may be) so that I can get in their face say 'YOU DON'T KNOW MY LIFE!' But alas, it's never happened. And that's probably good because my actual reaction would probably be to go cry in my car (reason #1 why I don't post much on social media). You're a strong woman, Melissa, and I admire you for many reasons. I'm sorry some people don't appreciate your vulnerability or your sarcasm. I love both. And if you talk about something that grosses me out, I might wrinkle my nose and scroll past but I won't unfollow you, or judge you, or send you a nasty email. I'll just laugh and see you next time :)

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Funny the reasons they unfollowed you are the exact reasons I love you. I feel like you are a girlfriend that I can relate to. Thank you for always starting my day off with a laugh. We appreciate you.

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Melissa,

Let me just say from someone that in the past six years has battled cancer twice, buried a spouse after watching him slowly die of Lung Cancer, some days I need to hear your stories! You are hysterical, passionate, real and when it counts aren’t afraid to be vulnerable, so Kathy with a K and Mary Katherine really are lucky if their lives are so perfect that they can take time out to criticize you for being you. Keep being the light for so many of us that love you ❤️

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I normally don’t respond to things. I normally just read and move on! But I must say that I as a woman, a daughter, mother, sister, wife and a friend (cheer leader) always have found great joy in your realistic approach to everything! It has inspired me to change somethings and open up more then normal! If that makes sense. Evidentially some individuals must be married to a Prince Charming with a picket fence and have no issues or worries! Thank you for always being honest and realistic!

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(Well Kathy with a K, from another Kathy with a K, your are a *unt! Rhymes with punt!) In life I have learned we have to have comedy just to make it through a day, life is way too short to be serious all the dang time! NOT all Kathy's with a K are asshats! Melissa we love you and I am wondering will you still be having a show?? I stumbled across your show and absolutely loved it! One day I stumbled across your Instagram account and now here I am following you again! I loved the car wash post, it made me think of my marriage with my David!! Melissa you are a rockstar in your own way and you keep on rocking it, we love you!!

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Sarcasm is my fav language 😜 but it only takes common sense to know you were joking around. Geez 🥴

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I commented yesterday on a FB post, where the author was so excited to let his followers know he was getting married (on some beach, I'm jelly) and you could tell that some miserable trolls were out, and one poor person commented "who cares?" while the rest of us were congratulating him. I had to. I commented "I get it. I once was miserable, and couldn't stand to see anyone else happy".

This will forever be my response to the Kathy's (with a K) and Mary-Freakin-Can-We-Say-Pretentcious-Catherine's of the world. They are either so miserable they cannot stand themselves, and have to bring everyone else down. OR. THEY'RE. KAREN'S. WITH A HUGE K!!! They are attention seekers, and everyone in their life won't listen to them anymore, so they try to find validation & approval in spewing their hate/spite onto everyone else.

BTW--shoutout to your cheerleader on the video! Fabulously done👌👏😎😊

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Ya know, Melissa. Ya can’t fix stupid. Those “K” people need to get a life. Make some Jello and squish their fingers through it for an hour or so. They might lighten up a bit. Obviously they have never had a hemorrhoid or two. We can only wish they get some and then suffer from some constipation for added effect. Speaking of which. I hope. I mean I REALLY hope you are swishing some Miralax in your morning coffee, cause that post-op opioid laced poop can harden up faster than a mosquito on steroids. Ask me how I know. As for those hairs that starting sprouting out of nowhere——the grief is real. You keep doing what you’re doing ‘cause we’re tired of hearing about masks, vaccines and killing grandmaw. Bring on the moles. The falling hair. And what I call “the stairway to Heaven”. We love you and I LOVED the story of how you and David met. That was a CLASSIC! It is so obvious why David picked you

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Be you! That’s the only way YOU can be! Glad to have them move on. They are the kind of people we don’t need around. Like they have never said anything , ANYTHING controversial!! Please, Bi@$# BYE! Done gone and got me riled up too! Love you and the fam! Keep on rollin ’, rollin’ on the river!

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Love everything about this!!! Your honesty and transparency and REALNESS (is that a word??) is what makes you so amazing and relatable! You do you!! ❤️❤️❤️

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I think you and your family and your late hemorrhoids, are fabulous! Keep up the good work!

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Keeping doing what you do. Haters gonna hate. But the real peps gonna love ya.

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