To want my usually lovely friend to stop harrassing me about Forever Living

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She has recently got involved with Forever Living. We used to be in touch every month or so via email, text or fb (We live opposite ends of the country) but since she has got involved with this it's every single day more or less. She sends chatty messages but always drops in 'Have you thought about it some more' 'They are really good products' etc. Another mutual friend told me she has also been emailing her the same thing, again and again and again. Mutual friend and I have both already told her we're not interested in becoming part of it but we wish her luck and hope it works out.

What has happened to our usually sane and lovely friend? It's impossible to have a conversation with her without Forever Living being mentioned repeatedly. It's like she has been taken over by a cult or something the way she keeps going on about it.

I looked into the company and it seems to be a MLM company. Some of the articles I have read make it seem like a very fine line between that and a pyramid scheme. A lot of people also saying they made no or very little money trying to sell inferior products at an inflated price.

She's not made any money yet but is playing a well off future down to them. Is she kidding herself, has anyone here been selling these products and made any money doing it?

I was looking at this, (old) thread yesterday as a friend of mine has just sent me an invitation to a party "to launch her new business". It specialises in "Aloe Vera and Bee products" and is all about a healthy lifestyle. I am pretty sure it is FL. There will be products to try and a demonstration and about 30 people have been invited.

She is not the sharpest tool in the box and is very much about "thinking positive" and is pretty gullible. I will go, just to support her and help with the drinks and chat but I am concerned for her. As long as she doesn't outlay too much on parties and products I hope that she will be fine.

I've had a terrible experience with a 'friend' taking me through their presentation.

The policy appears to be to ask friends & family to listen to your presentation in order to support you, so that you can gain experience & achieve points or something.

But in reality the 'presentation' is a hard-sell to try & get you interested in signing up as a distributor. That's grossly dishonest to start with.

I am disabled & my daily/weekly activities are greatly restricted by my condition, particularly in the last five years.

So I became very sad & upset by the end of the presentation as it reminded me of all the things I'd love to be doing but cannot physically do.

At which point the presenter had to go & I've heard nothing since, except receiving another link to watch some more sales pitches (Sorry, stories & presentations sounds so much nicer, don't you think? Dishonest but more pleasant on the ear).

As a vulnerable person I feel emotionally used & abused by my friend & by the aggressive marketing techniques they use.

And no follow-up to see if I'm ok. People can become very depressed or suicidal when struggling with limitations of their health.

This has totally put me off ever buying their products again as I cannot be the first or the last person to be manipulated & abused in this way to try to achieve unrealistic targets.

To my mind, it's totally irresponsible & coercive to be aggressively selling to people who are not looking for or cannot even benefit from such a 'business opportunity'.

I'd be interested in any comments.

Best regards