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Originally Posted by albertGQ
Okay, so I know this thing is borderline a pyramid scheme. But one of my good buddy's mom is relentless in calling me to set up an appointment so we can sit down and talk about my investment possibilities. I've told her I wasn't interested a couple dozen times. She kept pressuring so I stopped answering her calls. She then started to call me from different numbers. So I finally just said "okay, we can meet on saturday afternoon". When saturday afternoon came, I didn't answer my phone from any unrecognised numbers. I thought she'd be mad that I stood her up and wuold stop calling. Lo' and behold, she calls me every couple days now. My buddy's mom is super nice so I don't want to be rude, but how the HECK do I convince her that I'm not interested. I've told my buddy countless times to get him mom to stop calling me, but it's not working!
Help please!!!
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Make up a reason she can't argue with. I find the easiest way to deal with my mom (who is always coming to me with this stuff) is to tell her I don't sell stuff, and I don't recruit my friends/family/co-workers into business deals. Just say you never, ever mix business with friends, and because she's your friend's mom, you're steering clear. Don't be afraid to just stick to that point over and over again.