Anna Bannana and everyone else who was so kind in responding to me with such support, thank you so much. I apologize it's over a year later and I am just now responding with a thank you. To be honest, after I wrote a response, I wasn't sure I would get a reply. I feel so silly for not checking back. ...
I am
still with the same man. However, the wedding date has been on hold for quite
some time. I am letting him explore this "opportunity"...
He has
yet to make any money ...
Rather,
what I have realized is that these cult leaders operate on building
relationships and fostering a sort of emotional attachment. They become
mentors. No one wants to dissapoint their greatest "mentors". It
makes me queasy.
My
opinion on the business has not changed. Although, I have tried. Truly. I have
gone to the meetings with him, the trips, met with his upline etc. I just can't
bring myself to trust it. It isn't genuine. ... Genuine people get caught up in
it. They bring other genuine people with them. And the scammers screw all of
them. ...
I
apologize for the lack of a refined description. Luckily, it is becoming less
of a prominent fixture in his life. He is slowly coming back to seeing the
beauty that exists in the life we lead together--- jobs and all! There is
loveliness in the routine of life and so often, we forget to appreciate it.
Soooo,
to surmise WWDB/amway is a sick cyclical cycle of being sucked in and conned.
Every time, I have ever subjected myself to sitting in one of those meetings,
The exit doors become the most prominent things in there. All that being said,
thank you with all my heart to each and everyone of you who showered me with
wisdom and advice. And Anna Banana, thank you for creating this blog. It's much
needed :).
The poster hit the nail on the head with this observation: "...what I have realized is that these cult leaders operate on building relationships and fostering a sort of emotional attachment. They become mentors. No one wants to dissapoint their greatest "mentors". It makes me queasy."
ReplyDeleteAnd that's where their hold is. Time and again we hear how after getting involved in Amway a person's personality changes. And their allegiance changes from the family and friends they have known for years to some new lovebombing group and the family they have always known somehow becomes "the enemy" if they don't give 100% blind support to the same cult masters. Ambots come to this blog and brag how much better of a person they are since joining up, but all brainwashed people say the same exact thing. They are so caught up in the lovebombing they desperately want the approval of their "mentors", all the while they are having their pockets picked. They boast of what wonderful people they have met there, and yet, if they were to ever run out of money to sink into the cult those new "friends" would dry up like water in the Mojave Desert.
I hope that the poster's fiance soon breaks off contact with the cult to allow the brainwashing to slowly dissipate and the illusion of greed cloud to lift. Because until then, getting married would be a huge mistake. All my best to her and their future AWAY from the cult.
~Dave
Good observations Dave. In the real world people sttart a business to make money and make a living. Brainwashed ambots think people start a business to be ome nicer . How fucked up is that. About as fucked up as the love and devotion ambots have for the assholes in thier Amway upline instead of their family.
DeleteHi Anna. Well it seems to have happened again! So I make it to the 2nd date with a drop dead gorgeous lady. Everythings going great. Shes witty, intelligent and funny. Dinners good. Romantic walk on the beach. And here come the red flags! She starts talking about vitamins, books shes read, a book shed like me to borrow. After a while it became painfully obvious. So i asked if she was in amway. Yes. Half of my mind wants to give her a chance because she is otherwise awesome. The logical half is telling me to run like hell because i know she will most likely harangue me to death about the scamway thing, and i should probably just tell her to scram-way. I really am not trying to deal with one of these people ever again!
ReplyDeleteSometimes you feel like an ambot magnet right?
DeleteYou know what you gotta do. RUN!!!!!
There was a post not too long ago about someone's sister and the assholes in the Amway upline counselling the women to pretty much prostitute themselves to sign up prospects.
No freakin way... so what you are telling me is that theres a possibility that the only reason this girl is dating me is to reel me in to the scam!? The last ambot i dated didnt get involved until after we were together. She then became insufferable and i dropped her ass like a backpack full of rocks. But if that is whats happening...wow. A whole new level of desperation and scumbagery!
DeleteHi Anonymous. That's what I'm saying. Ambots are only your friends as long as they can make money off you. Amway = scumbagery! Ha ha!
DeleteI would like to respond respectfully, yet critically, to your post. Not all amway members are as you say they are. I am currently working with worldwide dream builders and we indeed do not beg prospects to join. We actually have a process that they must make it through in order to be extended an offer. If they are not proving that they are willing to work hard, then we do not want to work with them. Again, I just wanted to point out that not all IBOs are the same.
ReplyDeleteNice try but I was in WWDB and the way to qualify any prospect is to make sure the sucker has a pulse. Ambots are so desperate to get anyone to sign up there is none of this bullshit we'll check you out and if you're lucky you can sign up to our expensive social club.
DeleteHave you ever turned someone away who was genuinely interested, but didn't seem to have a work ethic?
DeleteDoubtful.
-Jerry
Damn straight. Dave Severn said over and over, put a mirror under their nose, and if it fogs, 'SIGN 'EM UP!' No exceptions. What? Has all that teaching changed all of a sudden? Hmmm???? Remember, he IS Greg Duncan's upline.
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Damn straight yeah! Its so hard to sign anyone up no matter what those lying ambots with their holier than thou attitudes about how they'll pick and choose who can be an IBO like we really believe that!
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