MLM HORROR STORIES #83 | Awkward Pure Romance party, body shaming from an Herbalife hun, #ANTIMLM

It honestly sounds like a bit of a blessing in disguise for Ariel (setting aside her being manipulated into selling her car to join an MLM in the first place) that she wasn’t approved for a car loan. If she and her husband were already struggling with money, getting a luxury car would have been an absolutely awful financial decision.

The mom that let her daughter suffer for six years is absolutely abuse. I’m sorry but that’s just horrible

I'm SO SICK of festivals, craft fairs, and markets letting MLMs take up booth space that actual artisans could use.

I'm a market vendor, it's my whole job. I make sure to attend events that don't allow MLMs. Lately I've noticed when applying for markets, I see a "NO MLMS" clause on applications. 😂

I had a staph infection on my ears when I was 13 and instantly knew that’s what that poor girl had. This is not only neglect but borderline abusive. Wtf.

Another point for the cat is not just neglect but many essential oils that are ok for humans in small amounts are toxic to cats.

For the record, I will be 34 next month and sometimes I still feel like I need a "real adult" even though I am, by definition, a real adult. 😂😂😂

I’ve had severe eczema off and on for almost 40 years. My heart breaks for this child living with eczema without the benefit of medical intervention. 😢 I suspect she may not have had the staph infection the whole time. Severe eczema can cause weeping sores, which then become a breeding ground for staph infections to set in. The irony is that essential oils are a common cause of eczema, so her mother’s “remedies” were probably making her sick the whole time. 😡

Funny story: My husband bought his car used from a local dealership. It was summertime, and we soon saw dust settling on the rear window, where a HUGE Pure Romance banner magically appeared. I guess the woman who had owned the car before us had had a big decal on the back windshield that left some kind of residue behind. We looked up the company and my husband definitely did not want to be driving around with people thinking he sold for Pure Romance! We tried so many different cleaners and solvents and could not get the residue to come off so we finally had to take it back to the dealership, where they worked very hard to finally get all traces of the Pure Romance logo off the window! They were mortified. On another note, I've never been to one of their parties but they sound AWFUL. The idea of being taken into a back room to talk about their products.... And asserting that people "can't leave" without talking to the rep is insane. Who are they to tell me I have to talk to them before I leave? And yet I bet everybody does it because they don't want to hurt the host's feelings. Yikes.

Microbiologist here- I can’t believe those parents let their child have an ear infection that long! Do they not understand bacteria are living organisms & will absolutely leave irreversible damage to human cells & even lead to death untreated! Immunocompromised patients wouldn’t be so lucky. Im glad she got treatment! Gosh.

This Herbalife story is so familiar! I live in Australia and about 6 years ago I had a herbalife neighbour who approached me with the weight loss comment…the thing is I was already very fit and thin and had no weight to lose, I worked full time in a gym and had recently graduated with my bachelor of science degree majoring in nutrition…..whether she thought I had weight to lose or not, commenting on someone else’s body in anyway is not okay with me. I still see her to this day driving around in her car with Herbalife stickers all over it and saw her two separate times last week wearing Herbalife t shirts 🙃

I grew up in the South and good manners and politeness were drilled into me. But, I swear, if I was ever shanghaied into a Pure Romance party, I'd quickly disappear; just smile, wave and walk back out, lol. Pure Romance - bless their hearts.

With the Herbalife hun, I’d have been like, “well, first you fat-shamed me, and now you’re telling me that you don’t even have $10 to your name… sign me up, obviously!” 🤣🙄

Australian here: Young living and DoTerra are RAMPANT in Australia, and frequent craft markets! The person in the story is lucky never having experienced this before 😂

Modern medicine is against my families religious beliefs. hearing the story of medical neglect it sounded so much like how it was for me growing up with eczema, TERRIBLE period cramps, injuries, panic attacks, self harm, sickness, etc and how I’m still mentally healing from it. I really feel for the person who sent in their story. I really hope the best for them.

Mary Kay encouraged reps to NEVER leave the house without being in full MK mode. They also had a tote bag with rows of clear pockets so you could fill it with sample products to get people to stare and ask about it.

It's not necessarily a horror story, but my lil' guy went Christmas shopping with his dad a few weeks back. He came home and told me that there was a vendor's show at the mall, and how they both liked the laser engravers boot. I asked if there were any other cool things he saw, and he gives me a b*tch face and says, "no; just a bunch of fluffing MLMs!" So proud of him! 🥰

I've hosted pure romance parties for a friend before and they absolutely require a private area for sales! They make you have a quiet, private, clean area with a door. The rep sits in there and each person gets sent in there, one after another. Was so crazy and awkward.

Definitely animal ab*se. I wouldn’t be surprised if the diffused oils were the cause of the cats’ lung infections. The majority of essential oils are toxic to pets when diffused in the air (learnt this the hard way after already buying a diffuser 😅).

This is super random - but sometimes I wish your horror stories were posted as podcasts on spotify 😆 because your voice is so soothing that it helps me sleep, but the Youtube ads always wake up back up. Anyways, love your vids !