On Saturday 29 September 2007, Krissy wrote:
...
> The next day I still hadn't heard from them, and I finally called. My
> best friend of eleven years called me a horrendous name and demanded
> to know why I didn't want to attend their meeting. I tried to be
> polite by telling her I couldn't afford it, but apparently it's only
> $25 bucks to join or some non-sense. She kept pressing me for an
> answer, so finally I responded honestly; it was a scam, a pyramid,
> and I wanted no part of this particular company.
>
> That made her angry, she accused me of lying. She told me I had no
> desire to improve my life, that I had no chance of being successful,
> and she claimed I had insulted her family because they had
> researched. Then she asked if I was really saying no, and I said,
> "That's right, I'm not going."
>
> Her brother calls me ten minutes later and said he didn't think I had
> the ability or desire to do this anyway, but he and his sister had
> wanted to provide me with a chance to be successful.
>
> They haven't spoken to me since. I'm frustrated, angry, and terrified
> for them. I also feel like my heart's been broken, since I've known
> them for so long. They acted like I was dirt, like I was nothing --
> and now they are pretending I don't exist.
>
> So that's my story. Any help or suggestions on how to deal with this?
It would help to know just what MLM you're dealing with, but otherwise,
it seems clear they've been brainwashed 100% on this one.
If it's Quackstar/Scamway, then one thing they were told in their first
meeting was something like, "When you leave here, you're going to want
to tell all your friends about this, but you can't and, you know why?
Because they're going to want to steal your success. They're going to
be jealous of your success and they're going to want to steal it from
you."
It seems your friends have heard something like that from the start and
have been convinced.
Unfortunately, at this point, they will not listen to reason or logic.
All they care about is their dreams. These things are about dreams and
promises and hope, not about truth and reason. They have been sold on
an emotional level and promised they can have everything they ever
want, so anything anyone says to disagree with that sounds like they're
trying to steal their dreams instead of them pointing out the truth.
The bad news is these groups have destroyed friendships, ruined
families, and wiped out people's credit and driven them into high debt.
I'd love to give you hope about this, but at this point, we still don't
know how much about how to "beat" a cult like this -- and yes, these
things are considered cults by the experts.
On the other hand, we're here to remind you that you're sane and to
listen to you when you want to vent.
Hal
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