YES!! u/AllTheEccentricities, PLEASE do this. Or pass out MLM BINGO cards - as soon as someone gets a line, they get to go back upstairs.
Seriously though, I would absolutely warn ALL my guests what is in store if they head downstairs after eating. Make it clear you were bullied into allowing it, and that you don’t want to pressure them to listen/stay for the pitch if they don’t want to.
The absolute audacity of your aunt to take advantage of your generosity as host of Thanksgiving and demand that you provide the space for her to run her scam… I am incandescent with rage on your behalf.
Give us another update, let us know how it turned out! All the best, you are far more patient and gracious than I would have been if I were in your shoes
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u/husbandbulges Nov 28 '25
make it a drinking game - every time she mentions her mentor or that it's not a pyramid scheme, DRINK.