A Little About Me Part 1

It has to be part 1 because it's almost 11:30pm my time, and I'm tired. But I've been thinking about this ever since I was asked to talk about it at my last business meeting. I thought you all would enjoy it.

I used to be anti-MLM. I was anti-MLM enough to be hostile about it. In fact, I think I was even very rude to some people in my current MLM when I first met them (I'm sorry everybody). One of my uncles was an MLM freak. He joined every MLM on the planet (if he missed one, I'll cut off my arm). He was the stereotypical salesman, the man even wore polyester pants!! He sold everything from weight gain products to weight loss products, trampolines for exercise to pillows for a restful sleep, memory optimizers to meditation techniques to help you forget. The man was insane.

My parents decided to try their hand at one of the MLM's my uncle was involved with. I was only about 9 or 10 years old, but even at that age I remember thinking that the people they dealt with were terribly pushy. They were pushy to the point of being irritating to a 10 year old!

Later in life I found out my brother and sister (much older than me) had tried their hand at it as well. I'm not sure what the details are, but neither of them are very enthusiastic about trying it again.

I met a man, he's now my husband... but let's go back to before he was my husband. I met a man, fell in love at first sight, cared for him deeply enough that it was an immediate "exclusive" relationship. I wanted to know more about this man.

I found out more about him alright! He was involved in an MLM! (You may laugh now) I considered ending the relationship! But, I thought that if I could prove his particular MLM was a horrible nightmare and that all his sponsors and uplines were nothing but conniving liars, maybe... just maybe I could persuade him to be sane. If that didn't work, then he would have to put up with at least 10 of my most major personality faults if I was to put up with his MLM psychosis. That's the gold card baby! It's worth at least 10 normal psychosis, and that's being gracious! (at least in the world I came from). The man was going to pay.

I had plan A in place! I had plan B in place! I was going to carry through with it. It was a plan.....