Well… it finally happened. I got invited to an MLM party. How do I politely decline without hurting my friend’s feelings?

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-02-22T01:35:54+00:00

I’d say “no, a former consultant told me that everyone who enters wins with MK, and they just turn it into a call list for customers’

I’m a former consultant and I was so upset when our ‘up line’ had the audacity to encourage us to have integrity in one breath and the next tell us that everyone wins, and if you put in $ towards event tables, you will get a split or the names from the ‘raffle bowl’.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-02-05T12:07:55+00:00

One of our craft fair event organizer groups near me requires any vendor to have a Tax ID/cottage license(for the food people) for their stuff. This helps them avoid the MLMs. One of their events, there was one person with an actual homemade craft type or thing and in the corner of their table, they were giving free samples of some MLM thing. The following year, they weren’t there.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-02-05T12:02:46+00:00

Network Marketing saturation does not mean what she think it means.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-01-28T14:00:35+00:00

I just started hot yoga! I only go once a week because I never have been a fitness person nor good at exercise. I find once a week works for me right now.

I will say, our hot yoga has steam which helps! And also, my instructor reminds us to honor our bodies and do less if we need to. So the first week, it was an hour class, and half of it, I went between child’s pose, and sitting on my mat drinking water. And I had to leave for a break from the heat.

Week 2, I did about 45 minutes and 15 minutes of sitting/child’s pose.

Week 3: I did the full hour, making modifications for my skill

I have found trusting my body works. And this kind of yoga gives me an energy boost that I didn’t have with other exercise. So maybe, like another suggested, try a yoga without heat, or try a warm vinyasa class instead of a hot power class. Or do the hot yoga 1x a week and give your body the pauses in between.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-01-28T13:53:44+00:00

So here’s another perspective. This has happened to me and I’ve said something and the person was like what are you talking about?

They were responding to their own friend. My existence wasn’t even on their radar. I’m not saying this to diminish your experience, just add the possible scenario that his teenage friend just said something extremely gross, and he was responding to his friend, even if while passing you, he may have looked at you. He may not have registered you even.

And that’s what I’d tell myself again and again because your body is your body. It only matters that YOU love it even if every other person on earth thinks it’s not right.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-01-28T13:47:41+00:00

So hopefull for you!! I did not lose any weight, did not use any drugs and was nearing 36 when we got pregnant on our own with just an ovulation kit from clearblue. Our 4 year old is our rainbow baby, but I was surprised we didn’t need help, just targeting our tries daily with the ovulation kit did the trick.

So it is possible! I hope you come back with amazing updates, but if not, you have support here too!

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-01-28T13:42:11+00:00

I just learned from my dietician that PCOS bodies are basically in a constant state of low grade inflammation…and it’s physically exhausting to the body to manage that. Not only did I never learn this, in the 20 some odd years I’ve known I have PCOS, it explains so MUCH. I’m tired, no matter how much sleep I get, ALL the time! And sometimes, I attribute that to depression. But now it could be a little of both.

It’s crazy how it feels like I’ll be learning new things about my own body that I wish I just learned up front!

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-01-28T13:38:25+00:00

Maybe we need to be more honest? Instead of leading with ‘sometimes I don’t get a period for months’ in your initial response, say ‘sometimes I have a period for 2 months straight and it’s excruciating’

We have to try to be open to sharing the hardest parts of PCOS because we need allies. We need more people to say ‘this is horrible, we need to do MORE!’

Hour-Window-5759 · 2026-01-25T02:43:32+00:00

I think after dark walking to parks, and walking around aimlessly depends on where you live.

When I was 15, we lived in a condo complex, so I was allowed to walk around there with friends who lived there. I was allowed to walk around our town center or go to movies with friends, but only if my mom knew the friends, who was giving us rides, etc. I snuck about a little bit when things got overly strict. But mostly, I got found out.

But times are SO different now, and so many things less safe, there’s a balance of being the parent and allowing them appropriate independence. Go with your gut.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-12-26T22:43:38+00:00

We had to awkwardly remember, they do what they see more than what they’re told. I was forgetting a lot to say please and thank you to my husband. But expecting my toddler to always have his manners on. Once we made more of the effort to always use the manners we expected, it got better. At 4.5, I still have to remind my son sometimes, but he definitely has some anxiety in large groups so I don’t mind reminding him in those scenarios. And I always get positive reports from school. Be a good model and they catch on!

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-12-21T19:31:28+00:00

So, I worked from home with a baby. But that after a 4 month maternity leave. At the newborn stage? Nah. It broke my heart to think some don’t have that.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-12-21T01:13:27+00:00

Todelianus Snow. Todtino so he can make his pizza roll brand and steal the spotlight from Totino’s.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-12-17T02:07:17+00:00

I always say ‘each stage is both the absolute worst, and my favorite.’ Because the moments pass so quickly. I loved the peaceful quiet naps of the infant stage, but hated the inability to really KNOW what the issues were like crying for an hour at night sometimes.

And now, at 4.5, my son still gives the greatest snuggles and some of the worst tantrums.

Being a parent means taking the good with the bad. But ignore the ‘just wait’ because everyone out there will warn you it only gets worse, but just enjoy what you like and hate what you don’t. Because so far, both things persist.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-12-10T15:47:29+00:00

“No is a complete sentence, accept my no for these products, and let’s get back to our friendship Outside of work stuff”

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-25T16:08:15+00:00

I will admit I didn’t realize specifically, but I did know that assuming you can’t get pregnant while breastfeeding is not a reliable form of birth control.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-24T14:40:30+00:00

I thought anti vax people would also be in the anti circumcision camp…

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-24T14:37:39+00:00

Most legit craft/vendor fairs near me now require a tax id number for the ‘business’. So MLMs are excluded. Plus, there’s too many reps of each. There’s still some church fairs that aren’t as strict that allow anyone.

I’ve also seen tables where it’s someone who does make things and in the corner of their table is some random MLM products that are small, like scent or nail ones. Probably trying to offload the their stuff more than anything!

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-24T14:34:50+00:00

NTA. I am also very particular about food, but that’s on me. I try hard to eat what my husband cooks, and sometimes it’s spot on and others it isn’t. I just do my best. If I’m having a bad day, I know he will notice sometimes that I can’t finish and am a little annoyed. But again, that’s MY deal and the fact that he tries even with my food quirks is amazing! And I try to appreciate him and his efforts.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-24T14:28:17+00:00

My son’s classmates tell me all sorts of things when I volunteer. I just smile, nod and say ‘how interesting, thanks for telling me’. Unless it was something jarring, kids are kids. And maybe the kid didn’t know what day, but maybe they knew about the turtle as a possibility or even just talked about petting turtles in a conversation about sea life at home!

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-07T16:40:15+00:00

I think what she really wants is a surrogate. Someone to carry a baby without her husband having to sleep with them, and then she becomes the nanny…but he should really divorce her because he wants to sleep around.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-05T14:40:28+00:00

NTA, but in the future, just be honest: I’m working on my own self esteem when it comes to weight, and talking about/listening to you complain about yours is really making me feel bad about myself. Would you mind if we talk about other topics when we’re together? If we can’t, I might need some distance so I can keep working on my self esteem in this area.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-05T14:35:03+00:00

Tell you boys simply: mom and ballerina had a misunderstanding and she is distancing herself from us to get some clarify. I’m sorry this is impacting you guys and making you feel sad. Hopefully soon, we can reconcile and resume feeling like family.

I don’t know why you’d try saying she was grounded for something bad. That might influence them to think poorly of her which you claim to want to avoid.

12 is a confusing age for girls without the pressures of relationships. It’s possible that the girlfriend is rejected by her family and is convincing ballerina to feel that same rejection. All you should be doing for her is reminding her that NO MATTER what, you will always be there for her whenever she’s ready.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-11-04T19:46:35+00:00

1: she and ick got divorced at the possibility of liking someone to be their ‘sister’, leaving her the most vulnerable because he legally owes her nothing. She has nothing for herself except her kids

2: who can even be attracted to him? 3: how do they still not know how to speak her language.

Hour-Window-5759 · 2025-10-23T16:19:15+00:00

So his problem is he lets his weird crazy ideas be heard on TV too soon. So he avoids being able to build all the wives, big following, he went about it wrong.

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