AIBU to expect people to come to my "tupperware" party to spend at least 3 pounds when they come?

[lilasimpson]

I held a "tupperware" type party. The hostess came down with the items and did some demo,etc....I had invited a few mums/friends, including very close friends...to be honest it was meant to be fun and I did not want the mums/friends to feel obliged to buy anything and stated that on my email. However, I never would have thought that out of the 10 people who came, 3 ordered something, which left the hostess really crossed as the guests who hadn't ordered said they would def do that by the deadline...but they never did...even when the hostess phoned them to find out after the deadline...I am feeling really sad and disappointed as I would never have gone to a party like this without buying anything, even if it meant 3 pounds....I feel that these women just came for a free lunch really( I cooked lots of things!)....To be honest, I wanted to enjoy this party and the money did not matter so much but I could have easily got lots of items with all the money that I spent cooking all the food...AIBU?? NB: /my "best friend" even tried to get my discount (as i get points and discount acoording to the sales), so that she wouldnt have to spend so much...in the end, she bought nothing, saying the items were too expensive....

What do you mean by Tupperware TYPE party but you'd rather not say what it was???

Anyway if it was a sex toy/undies party the YADBU-have you seen the price of that shit? Am chuckling at the thought of hostess ringing your guests & trying to force vibrators on them

the latest of this kind of scam (can't call it by any other name) is Stella & Dot. I recently managed to avoid one of their parties. They don't even sell one cheap item for the ones who really don't want to buy anything.

I was getting all excited over a real Tupperware party! Some of my boxes have wilted in the microwave and I would love to replace them. I'm another one who has boxes over 25 years old and are still used daily. My mum has bowls and cups from the first party she hosted in 1963 which are still in really good condition. Hurray for Tupperware!

On the party front I have been to numerous candle parties, aromatherapy parties and tupperware parties where I've bought maybe £10 worth of stuff. Parties where I never part with a penny are clothes, pictures, jewellery and cookware. I just go for the wine. YABU.

I would actually go to a real Tupperware party. You can shove your Virgin Vie/Bodyshop/Ann Summers/Jamie/Pampered Chef up your bum.

Someone threatened to 'take me outside' at an Ann Summers party because I drank lager out of pint glasses - I've never been to another 'party' since

Next time just invite people round for drinks and nibbles and just enjoy it without inviting pressure sales folk round to make everyone feel obliged - people don't like to be forced to buy anything really - do you?

You don't need a theme to get people round - just food, drinks (either non alcohol or booze would do :) ) and a few friends to chat shit and have a larf :)

Ps apologise to your friends and don't feel bad about the hostess -she doesn't give a shit about you - just your cash and your friend's cash

Ps I went to show mu face at a work colleague's virgin vie party - mortified to find all her actual friends had let her down and the sales rep just had me and the neighbour she begged to come.

Poor woman had done loads of nibbles (no good for me being veggie though) and was obviously feeling pants - I had somewhere to go afterwards so had only intended to stay for an hour - bit hard to bow out quietly when you're 50% of the party.

These parties are embarrassing.

So, you let SOMEONE ELSE have a party at your house, which you organised, paid for and you had the honour of cleaning up afterwards? In exchange for some free tat? Really? She saw you coming!

Invite your friends to your house for lunch and a gossip next time.

I won't go to any "sales pitch with wine" again - I've been to a couple and the stuff is always overpriced and lower quality than you can get elsewhere.

The only way it works is on the assumption you will feel guilted into buying because they hostess has gone to so much trouble, they understand you wouldn't go into a shop and think this was a good deal.

I have a 1960s Tupperware box that I inherited from my aunty. I used it every day. I've gone all nostalgic.

However, YABVU OP. You surely know that by now!

That could have been awkward SorryMyLollipop, you think you have gone to an Ann Summers party only to find you have accidentally joined UKIP!

Perhaps Ann Summers should combine parties with Tupperware? All those nice boxes to keep everything tidy and organised!

It was the Socialist Worker Party, so probably as far from UKIP as possible

How dare these people come to your party and just eat,drink and chat! The very cheek of it.