Someone is having another demonstration party

no, thank heavens i haven't had any invites to any in a long time. things they have at those parties are higher than cat hair. i'm like u i need nothing to go in this house. need to be having a sale myself. lol

I can't afford them either, and when I do go, I end up buying stuff that I don't need that is too expensive, then paying WAY too much for shipping on top of that. Once I was invited to a jewelry party and my friend told me that I didn't have to buy anything and that it was just a reason to get together. Then afterward, the jewelry lady told her that she couldn't understand why the sales were so low. My friend didn't care, and also didn't have enough sales to earn her her free gift. she must have told a lot of us that we didn't have to buy anything. Either way, I just tell my friends up front that money's tight and I can't afford stuff that I don't need. I am going to a gold party this weekend though. At this party, you bring gold that you want to sell - not good jewelry necessarily, but mismatched earrings, broken chains, etc. They weigh what you want to sell and then pay you the rate that gold is going for that day. Now THAT'S the kind of party I won't turn down. Too bad I don't have lots of gold laying around! LOL!

I feel the same way lately. I only attend when it is a very good friend. And my good friends understand when I don't want to spend much. I go to support them and they appreciate that.

I most often turn them down. Usually whatever they are selling is way too expensive for me. I have gone to a couple where I just simply did not buy anything. I feel bad about it, but not bad enough to buy something I don't need and spend money that I can use in a better way. There have been other times that I bought the cheapest thing I could find in the book. I don't like doing that either. So the lesser of two evils is simply not go! Best wishes!

I get invites to tupperware, candlelite, and passion parties. I usually just say I am busy and can't attend. It can be a real hassle if you do go to one, because usually the person who is doing the selling is also trying to get more bookings, so if you are in attendance, you might get conned into having your own "party" and then trying to convince people to show up at your place.

Everyone has one reason or another to have one of these parties. I had friends who just liked to have parties because they thought they were fun. Because I feel the same way you do and I would not want to ask others to come to a party myself, I have no problem being busy or declining the invite. I just love it when I decline and then they want to give me a catalog to order from. Isn't that fun.