Sorry to hear he's still with Quixtar but it's probably something he
will have to figure out on his own and not something that can be
overcome by your love and concern alone. Keep in touch and let us
know how you and he are doing.
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
wrote:
>
> --- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
> <leslie_smith_
> Leslie,
>
> Thanks so much for your response. Since that post, Matt has moved
out
> and is living on his own. He is working in retail, for a company
that
> has filed bankruptcy and is trying to find another job. Without a
> college education, he is finding it difficult. He is still
involved
> up to his eyebrows in Quixtar, oh I mean Amway, and will not
listen to
> anything that I have to say. I just have to "Let go, Let God".
>
> Jenna
>
>
> >
> > I'm so sorry. I am 28 now and had an experience similar to your
son.
> > I didn't drop out of college; however I only stayed in because
of
> > family and peer pressure to "have a college degree." I felt
college
> > was a complete waste of time. I felt disconnected from my
fellow
> > students. I was going somewhere with my life and everyone else
was
> > going to be stuck with a dead-end job. I pitied them and
avoided the
> > parties and read my Quixtar-recommended books instead. At the
business
> > meetings your son is told that his professors are well-
intentioned
> > buffoons, that nothing he studies is applicable to the real
world and
> > that college is a huge waste of time. He will asked if his
professors
> > all drive sports cars and live in mansions. When he replies
that not
> > all of his professors do these things, your son's upline will
ask him
> > why he is wasting his time learning from such unsuccessful
people.
> >
> > I would encourage you to have your son do his own independent
research
> > on Quixtar. If he is going to business meetings ("functions"
then he
> > will be somewhat indoctrinated into the system and so it will be
best
> > for him to take baby steps. If you can get him to skip a
couple
> > of "functions" and then suggest that he do research it will
help. I
> > believe that if I had not started skipping any functions I may
have
> > never seen the light.
> >
> > The best advice I can give is for you to show him that you love
and
> > support him no matter what his decisions are. When he does come
to
> > realize the lies he has been told and the untold negative effect
the
> > business has had on his life, he is likely to feel betrayed,
> > incompetent and wiill feel as if he cannot make even simple
decisions
> > on his own. I have been out of Quixtar for two years and am
just now
> > starting to feel as if I once again have full control of my own
life.
> >
> > Good luck! Hang in there. You are not the first people in this
> > position and there is hope.
> >
> > --- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
<jennasknnr@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a 20 year old son involved in this scam. He is easily
led and
> > > has spent the last two years throwing money down the drain and
> > > destroying all of his family and personal relationships over
this
> > > "business". He wasted two years of college and now has
decided not
> > to
> > > go back because "he doesn't need to go to college to be
successful".
> > > This decision is supported by his "upline" and the rest of the
idiots
> > > that are making money off a kid. I am at my wits end. He is
totally
> > > brainwashed, we (his father, brother and I) can't get through
to him.
> > > I am heartbroken to see this great kid go down the drain
mentally,
> > > physically and financially. Any suggestions?
> > >
> >
>
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