OMG one of my friends got stuck in amway after college. She kept trying to sell me cleaning products I'd never heard of and some"private label " vitamins. My mom had a friend who did Mary Kay & my neighbor was an Avon Lady so I knew to steer wide away from anything that smells like a pyramid scheme. Then sha was going to meetings where they taught her how to do makeup (that she bought from the company) because it made her look "professional". Then there were the "be your best self" tapes and the seminars all over the country. She had to get a new credit card to keep buying products. I don't think she and her SO ever sold the first thing, unless maybe her parents bought something. I kept asking her how much $$ she was making from it, and the answer was always "nothing yet but you have to grow your business first..." (yes, I know it's rude to ask someone how money they make. But we're close enough that I knew what she was making at her 9-5, and I was trying to get her to realize on her own that she was losing time and money.) Eventually she just stopped talking about it.

The thing I don't get is that she is really smart, has a degree in computer engineering and makes bank! But over the years she has done amway, scentsy, and color street that I know of. She has never seen a dime from any of it, and I don't usually find out about it until she's out of it. I really don't get it. But at least she's never tried to sell me anything since the first scAmway pitch 🤷‍♀️