Over the past few years I received more than my fair share of invites to parties that are similar to the Tupperware party. Pampered Chef, Cookie Lee, The Body Shop, Salad Master, Tupperware, and many more companies than I could ever list, hire consultants to present at parties inside people’s homes. These types of parties are fun, but I generally don’t want to spend the money. I have long-since learned to not show up. What’s the point of going if I am determined not to buy anything anyway? So, here are a few methods for saying no, and please do not think that I am trying to put down anyone who would consult for, host, or go to one of these parties….
How to Say No to a Tupperware Party
10. When you get your invitation in the mail, send an invite back to the hostess. Have it read, “You’re invited to a Make-Fun-of-Those-Who-Go-to-Tupperware-Parties Party.” The hostess will likely get the message.
9. Act as if your mother does not like you to go to parties at other people’s homes.
8. Return the invitation. Often, invitations to these parties are on postcards. It’s easy enough to write: “Return to Sender, I’d rather eat worms” on the postcard and drop it back in the mailbox. This is not a good way to keep friends, but it will keep you from getting invited to one of these parties again once word gets around.
7. Tell the host you are a recovering compulsive shopper. Mention that you once went to a Pampered Chef party and spent so much money that you had to sell all the furniture in your house to pay for it.
6. Call just before the party and announce that you decided to go to a Van Halen concert instead. Make this sound more believable by blaring the music in the background.
5. Say something like, “Oh….It’s at 7:00? Yeah…unfortunately that’s when I take my underwater basket-weaving class.”
4. Tell the hostess that you would be happy to go, but unfortunately you have your budget already planned from here until 2008, and didn’t know beforehand that she would be planning a party. Tell her to let you know soon if she will be planning another one for 2009, and you would be thrilled to go if you can work it in.
3. Say that you are allergic to Tupperware (or perfumes, or stainless steel, or whatever else fits that specific type of party.)
2. Use your kid as an excuse. Tell the host that your husband is busy that night and you just can’t leave little Billy at home all by himself. If the host suggests you bring your son along, tell her that Billy has a problem with spitting on strangers.
1. Use your husband as an excuse. Tell the host that your son Billy is busy that night and you just can’t leave your husband at home all by himself. If the host suggests you bring your husband along, tell her that your husband has a problem with spitting on strangers.