I'm stuck going to Mary Kay party, tonight.

[LaraMN]

My SIL is having one, and I couldn't come up with an excuse. I WANT to be supportive of her "venture," but I really don't want to dump money into cosmetics I don't want. I hate these things- candle parties, crappy country "home decor" parties, etc. I always feel obligated to buy crap I don't want, to help out the hostess. OTOH, I've been to a couple lingerie and "toy" parties, and those were FUN, (typically involved alcohol,) and I didn't mind dropping a little bit of change for those kinds of products! Bleh. Should be a riot. :eyes:

[jukes]

1. i *love* those parties

jukes shd sell tupperware...

[LaraMN]

4. Well, you could sell Pampered Chef or Watkins.

Pampered Chef actually has some fun gadgets!

[LostinVA]

12. I am so thinking of you hosting Pampered Chef parties!

You could demonstrate how rolling pins can be used to rake someone's shins!

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA

[bluethruandthru]

2. Yeah, the hostess always says you don't have to buy

anything...but then you feel like a schmuck if you don't. I hate the candle parties the most. Hideously overpriced!

[LaraMN]

5. Exactly.

I figure if I go, I HAVE to buy something. :eyes:

[DS1]

3. I've sat in on a sex-toy party

There were no demonstrations by the hostess, my Giggity-Goo expectations went unfulfilled

[LaraMN]

6. Yeah, no demos at the one I went to either,

but I won ALL the games, and as such, scored myself a penis lipstick, a penis eraser, and a toy which was quite a hoot at home.

[GirlinContempt]

7. Toy parties are the best

We should round up some people and have one :D

[LaraMN]

9. That would be awesome!

A DU toy party! That would be the best meetup scenario, EVER!

[GirlinContempt]

11. Lets do it up, girlfriend

I bet we could get some others on board

[skygazer]

8. I've finally stopped being invited

When I was in my 20's, I had so many friends my age who were always throwing those things and you do feel obligated to support and you do feel obligated to buy something. ~sigh~

Now I'm old and no one invites me to anything but funerals. You don't have to buy anything there.

[tigereye]

13. maybe there should be things to buy at funerals, SG

for some reason that strikes me as funny.

I haven't been to a tupperware or other party like that in years. I did recently go to a design your own bag fundraiser - got to pick the fabric and everything. That was pretty cool and for a good cause.

[Hugin]

10. Oh... It'll be fun!

*giggle*

[Patiod]

14. I hate all parties EXCEPT Mary Kay

And that's only because they have an eyeliner and one particular shade of lipstick that I LOVE.

I make and sell jewelry at a local store, and my friends know this. And yet I'm STILL invited to home jewelry parties. Like I want to spend money on someone else's stuff, which I can buy out in Tucson for 1/3 of the price.

So I just don't go - no Pampered Chef (I don't cook much) no candles (we buy in bulk from HamptonStore.com), no lingerie (sadly, my lingerie comes from Lanz) But am I ever invited to Mary Kay, where I WOULD buy stuff? Of course not!

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I have a hard and fast rule about those parties.

If you wouldn't invite me over without my checkbook, don't invite me over with it.

If I need something, I go to Ebay.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

16. ::points and laughs::

:rofl:

[LaraMN]

17. I'm buying the vanishing cream for you.

*poof!*

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

19. I might disappear, but you'll still be stuck in a pyramid scheme!

:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

18. Yeah, those parties are sooooo fun...

...NOT! :eyes: They're not really parties at all---they're mass sales demonstrations! Watch out when a relative/friend/acquaintance tells you they're now selling whatever line and would love to host a "party" at your house. I've been to a Mary Kay party and some sort of candle sales party, and both were agonizing. I LOVE makeup and know a lot about it, and I had to teach the MK rep a few things. Only bought mascara, and I think she was offended. :eyes:

The only parties I'd even consider going to these days would be lingerie/adult toys. Now THAT I can get into! :D