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<p>We all know someone who&#39;s fallen for a multi-level marketing scheme at this point. And one woman is wondering if she went too far after she called out her sister&#39;s involvement with one.</p><p>The woman, who&#39;s pregnant, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/kqcq57/aita_for_trash_talking_my_sisters_company_after/">took to Reddit</a> to ask if she&#39;s the a-hole in this scenario.</p><h2>She says her sister falls for MLMs a lot:</h2><blockquote> <p>My sister falls for pyramid schemes and multi-level-marketing companies a lot. I&rsquo;m currently pregnant with my second baby, who is both an accident and a miracle (my first was extremely hard to conceive.) I ballooned up overnight around week 22. I&rsquo;m currently at 32 weeks and frankly I&rsquo;m huge.</p> </blockquote><h2>She never buys from her sister:</h2><blockquote> <p>Sis hops from scheme to scheme determined to make one work. I don&rsquo;t buy any of her stuff even though she complains that she supports my husbands business but we don&rsquo;t do the same for her&rsquo;s. (My husband has an actual small business).</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She keeps trying to push her essential oils:</h2><blockquote> <p>Her current shill is weight loss smoothies and essential oils (two different companies). She contacted me via Facebook and we got to talking but the conversation kept veering back to her products and my pregnancy. She KNOWS my first birth was traumatic for me and my daughter and has mentioned several times how her oils are so relaxing and good for the mind and body and can help with a variety of &ldquo;ailments&rdquo; and that they are &ldquo;natural and approved for all ages&rdquo;.</p> </blockquote><h2>Then she started tagging the woman in weight loss posts:</h2><blockquote> <p>I kept saying no and she let up but later on kept posting about her &ldquo;postpartum baby weightloss&rdquo; crap and tagged me along with other women who are either pregnant/have newborns that she knows.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t appreciate the implication so I asked her to stop tagging me. She stopped but over the holidays sent me a sampling disguised as a &ldquo;gift&rdquo; of her favorite oils and smoothie flavors. They all seem bullshit to me and I&rsquo;m uninterested.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She told her sister she wouldn&#39;t try these samples:</h2><blockquote> <p>She asked how I liked them and I said I haven&rsquo;t tried them yet and wasn&rsquo;t going to while pregnant (or ever). She kept pressuring me to support her small business during these hard times and said she was just looking out for me and my baby&rsquo;s health.</p> </blockquote><h2>Then she flipped:</h2><blockquote> <p>That sent me off since she is absolutely doing this out of selfishness rather than some phony concern. I posted on Facebook warning people of predatory companies right now that prey on peoples fear of disease and illness and need for cash and posted some articles debunking a few of the popular pyramids, one of my sis&rsquo;s was in the post.</p> </blockquote><h2>Her sister accused her of trying to &quot;sabotage&quot; the business:</h2><blockquote> <p>She texted me upset saying I was trying to &ldquo;sabotage&rdquo; her business and her family&rsquo;s income. She just wants be be her own boss and be an entrepreneur, so she says, but the constant pestering and pressure at a stressful time is not wanted.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Their mom supports the MLMs:</h2><blockquote> <p>Our mother doesn&rsquo;t understand mlm schemes and always buys her crap, and is on her side saying I&rsquo;m being negative for no reason and want her to fail. And of course I should be grateful for the weight loss stuff since I&rsquo;ve gained a lot of weight 🙄.</p> </blockquote><h2>She&#39;s wondering if she&#39;s overreacting:</h2><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m getting sick of all this drama. Sis and I don&rsquo;t always get along but this is some middle school stuff and we&rsquo;re both in our 30s. Am I being overreacting tho?</p> </blockquote><h2>The people of the internet agree that while she could&#39;ve communicated to her sister more directly, there&#39;s nothing wrong with posting information online.</h2><p>User queenoreo says:</p><blockquote> <p>Oils are great, they smell nice, smoothies taste good. But MLM is a scam and she&rsquo;s being seriously rude anyway. Worrying about losing weight while still pregnant is ridiculous and shouldn&rsquo;t be anywhere near your radar.</p> </blockquote><p>And adds a little bit of encouragement:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>FYI, I was huge when I was pregnant, like one day I was normal pregnant and then boom, huge. The morning after my daughter was born I was down 42 pounds. It was basically all water and baby.</p> </blockquote><p>Maleficent_AD_98 agrees:</p><blockquote> <p>MLM are garbage and the people who push their friends and family to subsidize their dreams usually end up having friends and family going [low-contact]/[no-contact] with them and scratching their heads why nobody wants to hang with them anymore. And frankly the only people who really make money are the people at the very top.</p> </blockquote><p>GenericWomanFigure says:</p><blockquote> <p>There is enough information about how bad and predatory MLMs are in the palm of her hands. It&#39;s called Google. You&#39;ve tried to respectfully bow out of the conversation many times. If she keeps pushing, it&#39;s human nature to push back. And honestly, if they&#39;re having money troubles you&#39;re doing her a favor since 90+% of huns lose money trying to be a bossbabe at different pyramid schemes.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Air-Constant says the sister is definitely in the wrong:</p><blockquote> <p>She&#39;s been intrusive and mean. Also, her products are basically snake oil.</p> </blockquote><p>Jillypepper72 says:</p><blockquote> <p> She cares more about the sale and potential for access to your friends so she can sell to them. I&#39;ll sometimes buy cheap items from my friends MLMs to shut them up since they support my legit small business (quid pro quo) but if I say no then they know to back off.</p> </blockquote><h2>So there you have it. When it comes to MLMs, it&#39;s okay to firmly say no.</h2><p>And maybe even post on Facebook about it. Good luck with the pregnancy, OP!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Pregnant woman asks if she was wrong to post negative story about her sister's MLM online.

We all know someone who&#39;s fallen for a multi-level marketing scheme at this point. And one woman is wondering if she went too far after she called out her sister&#39;s involvement with one.The woman, who&#39;s pregnant, took to Reddit to ask if she&#39;s the a-hole in this scenario.She says her sister falls for MLMs a lot: My sister falls for pyramid schemes and multi-level-marketing companies a lot. I&rsquo;m currently pregnant with my second baby, who is both an accident and a miracle (my first was extremely hard to conceive.) I ballooned up overnight around week 22. I&rsquo;m currently at 32 weeks and frankly I&rsquo;m huge. She never buys from her sister: Sis hops from scheme to scheme determined to make one work. I don&rsquo;t buy any of her stuff even though she complains that she supports my husbands business but we don&rsquo;t do the same for her&rsquo;s. (My husband has an actual small business). She keeps trying to push her essential oils: Her current shill is weight loss smoothies and essential oils (two different companies). She contacted me via Facebook and we got to talking but the conversation kept veering back to her products and my pregnancy. She KNOWS my first birth was traumatic for me and my daughter and has mentioned several times how her oils are so relaxing and good for the mind and body and can help with a variety of &ldquo;ailments&rdquo; and that they are &ldquo;natural and approved for all ages&rdquo;. Then she started tagging the woman in weight loss posts: I kept saying no and she let up but later on kept posting about her &ldquo;postpartum baby weightloss&rdquo; crap and tagged me along with other women who are either pregnant/have newborns that she knows. I didn&rsquo;t appreciate the implication so I asked her to stop tagging me. She stopped but over the holidays sent me a sampling disguised as a &ldquo;gift&rdquo; of her favorite oils and smoothie flavors. They all seem bullshit to me and I&rsquo;m uninterested. She told her sister she wouldn&#39;t try these samples: She asked how I liked them and I said I haven&rsquo;t tried them yet and wasn&rsquo;t going to while pregnant (or ever). She kept pressuring me to support her small business during these hard times and said she was just looking out for me and my baby&rsquo;s health. Then she flipped: That sent me off since she is absolutely doing this out of selfishness rather than some phony concern. I posted on Facebook warning people of predatory companies right now that prey on peoples fear of disease and illness and need for cash and posted some articles debunking a few of the popular pyramids, one of my sis&rsquo;s was in the post. Her sister accused her of trying to &quot;sabotage&quot; the business: She texted me upset saying I was trying to &ldquo;sabotage&rdquo; her business and her family&rsquo;s income. She just wants be be her own boss and be an entrepreneur, so she says, but the constant pestering and pressure at a stressful time is not wanted. Their mom supports the MLMs: Our mother doesn&rsquo;t understand mlm schemes and always buys her crap, and is on her side saying I&rsquo;m being negative for no reason and want her to fail. And of course I should be grateful for the weight loss stuff since I&rsquo;ve gained a lot of weight 🙄. She&#39;s wondering if she&#39;s overreacting: I&rsquo;m getting sick of all this drama. Sis and I don&rsquo;t always get along but this is some middle school stuff and we&rsquo;re both in our 30s. Am I being overreacting tho? The people of the internet agree that while she could&#39;ve communicated to her sister more directly, there&#39;s nothing wrong with posting information online.User queenoreo says: Oils are great, they smell nice, smoothies taste good. But MLM is a scam and she&rsquo;s being seriously rude anyway. Worrying about losing weight while still pregnant is ridiculous and shouldn&rsquo;t be anywhere near your radar. And adds a little bit of encouragement: FYI, I was huge when I was pregnant, like one day I was normal pregnant and then boom, huge. The morning after my daughter was born I was down 42 pounds. It was basically all water and baby. Maleficent_AD_98 agrees: MLM are garbage and the people who push their friends and family to subsidize their dreams usually end up having friends and family going [low-contact]/[no-contact] with them and scratching their heads why nobody wants to hang with them anymore. And frankly the only people who really make money are the people at the very top. GenericWomanFigure says: There is enough information about how bad and predatory MLMs are in the palm of her hands. It&#39;s called Google. You&#39;ve tried to respectfully bow out of the conversation many times. If she keeps pushing, it&#39;s human nature to push back. And honestly, if they&#39;re having money troubles you&#39;re doing her a favor since 90+% of huns lose money trying to be a bossbabe at different pyramid schemes. Air-Constant says the sister is definitely in the wrong: She&#39;s been intrusive and mean. Also, her products are basically snake oil. Jillypepper72 says:  She cares more about the sale and potential for access to your friends so she can sell to them. I&#39;ll sometimes buy cheap items from my friends MLMs to shut them up since they support my legit small business (quid pro quo) but if I say no then they know to back off. So there you have it. When it comes to MLMs, it&#39;s okay to firmly say no.And maybe even post on Facebook about it. Good luck with the pregnancy, OP!

We all know someone who&#39;s fallen for a multi-level marketing scheme at this point. And one woman is wondering if she went too far after she called out her sister&#39;s involvement with one.  The woman, who&#39;s pregnant, took to...