Were my Mum's "Tupperware parties" just a cover story?

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underhand_toss@reddit

I can't say for sure whether your mother was using Tupperware parties as a cover for some other activity. (No disrespect intended) What I can say is Tupperware parties were very real. My mother hosted several when I was little. Like others said, it was mostly an opportunity for women to get together. And also provided some moms a source of income or discounted goods.

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Fit-Olive-4680@reddit

Just like Mary Kay, Avon or Pampered chef.

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Fancy_Use_6813@reddit

Luv me a Tupperware/Avon party! Get my Skin so soft oils & tops for my pastel tumblers.

On a serious note, US women started working corporate jobs, that type of home based business died. Both companies are struggling & price of oil/plastic is way too high.

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2PlasticLobsters@reddit

Yes, the big hook was that a woman could bring in some money without upstaging her husband as the breadwinner. For guys of the "no wife of mine is goign to work" mentality, that was important.

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JerseyTeacher78@reddit

Why have we stopped doing these things?? Jesus. Give moms back Tupperware and Mary kay and whatever else. We need that shit.

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ShortySmooth@reddit

The MLM market is saturated with so many products now that it’s impossible to really sell something that will make money.

Plus they are much more predatory and women who sell it are expected to make a successful career out of it, not just “pin money.” Mary Kay, for example. Now it’s put yourself in debt, bother all of your family and friends, just to sell sell sell and maybe you’ll get a “free” car that’s taken away as soon as your sales dip.

It’s not an easy job that you can do in the evening after spending all day with your kids, either; it’s all day working with product, selling because you can’t really stop, and if you have a team you’re also talking, training, and encouraging them to sell, too. Then in the evening it’s either a party or a “sales meeting” with your team, or your upline’s team, or her upline’s team, and so on. I don’t think you get to rest until you’re a National Director, but you still have sales goals to meet and personal goals, too, or poof! It all goes away.

It’s a full time job with NO benefits. None, but that doesn’t stop team or area directors from telling new consultants that yes, of course the company provides benefits so please give me $250 - $350 (that you may not have) to get a “starter kit” and start your “journey”.

It’s horrible. No, I wasn’t a consultant. I actually worked for Mary Kay corporate at the headquarters in Addison, TX. I spoke to consultants all the time about lack of insurance for them and most of them would be so upset because either I was lying to them or their new director lied to them. Of course their new director couldn’t have lied, that’s terrible.

MLMs are just total garbage.

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Ok_Profession_990@reddit

I think we replaced it with sex toy parties. Ive been to quite a few of those. Never even been invited to a Tupperware party.

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JerseyTeacher78@reddit

I have not been to such parties. One bachelorette party had dildoes but that was years ago. I want to go to these parties!

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rckblykitn14@reddit

I think things like it still exist, just different products and more "shove this mlm down your throat for 3 hours" ish.

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2PlasticLobsters@reddit

Possibly it was a Tupperware party with wine.

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ionchannels@reddit

lol my mother threw them — they appeared to genuinely designed to sell Tupperware. Some guests would bring 100s of dollars to them, which was actually a lot of money in the early 80s.

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texachusetts@reddit

“Fuckerware parties” aka sex toy parties. Where a thing starting in the seventies and into the nineties. The availability of sex toys that were made with women in mind were mostly available through mail order. The in person social marketing aspect added to the purchasing process given the restrictions to normal sales channels.

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WhiteExtraSharp@reddit

I went to many Tupperware parties with my mom and church ladies. They made me feel so grown up.

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YoshiandAims@reddit

It was an MLM party. A bunch of snacks, sometimes wine, product demos, you sat around with other women and socialized... maybe bought something you thought was useful.

It was an excuse to socialize and get out for the night. They weren't, and aren't horribly interesting.

My neighbor did a ton of mlm parties that I went to.

My aunt went to a lot of mlm party nights, good living, whatever pantry, there were tons. A bunch of moms from the school. She'd come back happy, ordered stuff, had wine, bitched about the teachers or whatever. I went a few times, it wasn't my scene, but, definately not a cover for anything else.

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SolomonGrumpy@reddit

It was an orgy. Tupperware to hold the condoms. Two actually.

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YoshiandAims@reddit

Lol, that would have been horrifying but more entertaining than the ones I had to go to.

I got dragged to some as a kid, 80s/90s, and the ones listed in the early 2000s to 2017. They definately were not orgies. Went to the sex toy one, too by accident, and it was remarkably boring. (My boss, and neighbor asked me to come to her party... I'd been there for her Halloween parties and stuff, didn't think anything about it. She did not specify... and lmao, it was a sex toy mlm party. The snacks sucked and it was remarkably boring.)

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SolomonGrumpy@reddit

Yeah me too. I was a child of a single parent so I was sent to the backroom to watch TV while the adults had fun. They smoked a lot. A LOT. And they really did have Tupperware. Ok sometimes it was vile smelling make up.

I got to sleep on the bench seats in the back of the car on the way home. Nice!

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YoshiandAims@reddit

Same! Omg... memory unlocked!! Cigarettes and that horrendous make up, it did stink!! Women were putting that crap on their skin, in their hair... One lady gave me a "lip something" once? what's now concidered a lip balm and it was gross in scent and texture... it was worse than play makeup from the dollar store.

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Anonymous_fancypants@reddit

Oh!!!! I totally remember my mother having a party in Chicago 💕

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Laundry0615@reddit

Perhaps it was just MLM parties. There were lots of those party sales pitches back then. Mary Kay, some sort of glassware sales parties (one of my sisters got into that, forgot the name), even investment club parties. The product you bought would be shipped to you or to the hostess, who would deliver it to you.

She might have called them all Tupperware parties, to keep things simple. So, did Tupperware or other products start showing up at your house?

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Candid-Stay-2397@reddit

Princess House! Loved that stuff. So pretty.

Also Silpada jewelry early 2000’s.

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heatherbabydoll@reddit

Home Interior? My cousin sold that so all of us have/had lots of it. Lol she did make a career out of it

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Laundry0615@reddit

That was it.

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SushiGirlRC@reddit

Avon as well.

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fireflypoet@reddit

Yes. I never bothered with Avon, until Skin So Soft became renowned as a mosquito repellent, and I was going to the Everglades. It really worked too!

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

A few people have asked me that and I just can't remember try as I might... I am pretty sure there was a lot of Tupperware in the house but where or when it arrived was not on my radar at that age. I am sure it was all wholesome though 😄

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Clear-Succotash3803@reddit

I think it was a true thing, but it was mostly a reason to get together with a bunch of other women and socialize.

I recently learned that’s pretty much what a book club is nowadays. Hardly anybody anybody finishes a whole book and at least half the people have read 0 to 5 pages.

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79forks@reddit

They did exist but I think most or many of them were a cover for ukherwear parties. Lingerie, sex toys, etc…

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Perfect_Ball_220@reddit

I hosted a Tupperware party when my children were small. My two year old, struggling with a speech impediment, went to the lady and told her that he liked the blue and white bowl the most. It was precious! She peered down at him and said, "Your Mother needs to teach you some manners because it is rude to interrupt an adult who is talking."

I stood up, scooped up my baby, and told her to pack her shit up and get out. She received ZERO orders due to her nastiness. And right or wrong, this is who she was talking to...❤️ (he's 24 now and speaks just fine 😂)

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GrumpySnarf@reddit

What a b!tch. He was a TWO year old.

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PsychologicalLab6637@reddit

That's legit 👍

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Entire-Flower1259@reddit

Don’t blame you. Never met a rude Tupperware saleswoman, but that’s probably because they only lasted one party.

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elliepelly1@reddit

That’s horrible! Rock on for being a great mom!

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GrumpySnarf@reddit

I always thought it was a way for women to interact and have some wine away from their kids. A little social time and rest.

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Redhead514@reddit

They were a night out with drinks, snacks, talking etc. Buying a piece of Tupperware was just the cost of a fun girls night out.

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DubiousPinkUnicorn@reddit

Cocktails, shopping, and socializing with friends at a home party. What’s not to like?

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MichaelHammor@reddit

My mom did one that sold toys in the early 1980s.

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CollectionFlat9095@reddit

Discovery toys!!

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Deedoodleday@reddit

I've been to several Tupperware parties. Usually a bunch of women, lots of food, lots of wine, and at the end, you bought some Tupperware. The best were the Pampered Chef parties. The things they did with crescent roll dough to convince you that a piece of stoneware was worth 3x what anyone else charged.

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Bigsandwichesnpickle@reddit

Yes! The pinwheels with cream cheese were so delicious!

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TheRabidBadger@reddit

The Princess House stuff was worth every damn dime, tho.

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UtahSpartan80s@reddit

Hard disagree. My sil sold EVERYTHING before turning into a beanie baby collector. That Princess House cost me a chunk of change, and only one beer stein left. She, on the other hand, made a decent enough graft to complete her collection of worthless Princess House glass.

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TheRabidBadger@reddit

Fair enough. The only pieces i ever bought were cook/bake ware with removeable handles. I use them all the time, and they are the absolute BEST!

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bitchywoman_1973@reddit

My pizza stone is 26 years old and we still use it!

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NedRyerson92@reddit

Same! I bought mine as soon as the world didn’t end on NYE. Best investment.

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Normal-Maximum5184@reddit

Seriously though—every Pampered Chef thing I have is still going strong. The stoneware is the best.

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DreadGrrl@reddit

It could have been a Tupperware party. It also could have been a sex toy party.

You’ll never know!

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RetroBerner@reddit

Yeah they were real, it was a pyramid scheme

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spartygw@reddit

I don’t think you understand what a pyramid scheme is.

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fbombmom_@reddit

I went to a Pampered Chef party once. It was all booze and appetizers served using Pampered Chef gadgets and containers. I'm guessing the Tupperware parties were like this. A good excuse to drink and buy crap away from spouse and kids.

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OwslyOwl@reddit

My mom used to sell Tupperware in the 80s (mostly because she liked the discount, lol). She held multiple Tupperware parties and I remember going to them. They really were just women showing off different kinds of tupperware containers.

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Bigsandwichesnpickle@reddit

My moms main source of income in the 90s was selling Tupperware. She sold so much she got a navy blue Chevy Lumina minivan. She didn’t get to keep it forever though, when she got too low in sales they took it back.

I went to a TON of Tupperware parties. Some were fun, if there were other kids around and hoarded off to an adjacent room. I was usually the oldest, so I was in charge of babysitting the little ones.

My favorite memory of Tupperware is the answering machine messages that we would come home too. Long, detailed messages of what the order was and such. My mom’s best customer was named “Gay”. It was the 90s so of course my sister and I thought this was hilarious! “Joan, it’s Gay. I’m gonna need to change that Servalier Mix-it bowl from peach to light teal!”

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Owlthirtynow@reddit

I am 63. Still have a Tupperware container out my cats food in I got at a party in the 90s. Appetizers and drinks and some cool storage containers to buy.

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ImNot@reddit

It was just a Tupperware party lol

I remember going to these and Mary Kay with my mom. She never had anyone to watch me but I was a quiet well behaved kid. It was just a bunch ladies drinking a little wine, eating snacks and visiting. They might buy a container or two, but it was just a nice hang for the ladies. Plus, in the 70s/80s, it was little pocket money for housewives that sold it.

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pinelandpuppy@reddit

Depending on your social circle, pretty sure there was a fair amount of coke at those parties.

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HollowpointNinja@reddit

I will say it again, the 80's were way more debauched than people want to admit. Odds are the guys mom just had a fun night. What that could consist of is a much wider spectrum than people think.

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Masters_domme@reddit

Clearly I was in the wrong circles. 😆

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okaybutnothing@reddit

My mom went to all of the parties. They were a massive thing in the 70s and 80s. Tupperware, makeup, wicker furniture (WTF?), clothing, you name it.

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Money_Engineering_59@reddit

Mary Kay?! My mom did that one.

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randallwade@reddit

How about the Avon lady?

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OddAdministration677@reddit

I do not remember wicker furniture, but I do remember princess’s house

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traveledhermit@reddit

I remember wicker baskets, not furniture.

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Bratbabylestrange@reddit

Princess House, those candle things, lingerie, you name it. My mom went to a bunch of Princess House parties and then started hosting them herself and ended up with so much crystal that she had to buy a hutch and a set of china to go with all the crystal stuff

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fireflypoet@reddit

I knew someone who got invited by coworkers (female) to a few sex toys' party. Included some explicit reading material and DVDs (It was a long time ago).

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CatPurrsonNo1@reddit

I went to one of those sex toy parties! It was hilarious and a lot of fun.

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magic592@reddit

Aka fuckerware parties. Hopefully, I am not offending anyone.

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brandysafinegirl@reddit

Honestly, she probably came home happy because she had a nice evening away from her husband and kids.

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lmyr422@reddit

You had an actually pty...

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lmyr422@reddit

You had an actually party...Tupperware lady brought samples and mini sale catalogue s..placed your order..and it would be delivered by Tupperware lady...easy peasy and fun was generally had by all..

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metallikitty818@reddit

My husband and I sold Tupperware as a second job in the early 00s. It was boring as shit. I feel incredibly old right now!

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fireflypoet@reddit

I think we cannot overestimate the enormous thrill of a gigantic collection of well-designed plastic storage containers, plus the additional obsession of encasing everything in sight inside of one or another of them

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minicpst@reddit

The Container Store is a magic place.

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fireflypoet@reddit

I don't think I have ever been to one! I might not survive...

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Boom_Gate_Lady@reddit

A sales person would bring all the Tupperware to sell and someone would host.

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cowgrly@reddit

They were parties where you bought food storage stuff. Friend who hosted the party got free stuff if the guests bought enough. Then they’d try to talk everyone into hosting a party at their house. Good quality stuff, but just another pyramid scheme.

There was sometimes wine, but no they weren’t a cover.

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KaetzenOrkester@reddit

My mom sold Tupperware. It was plastic bowls.

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oldfarmjoy@reddit

It's like "book club" now. An excuse to get together, eat snacks, drink wine.

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hajoet@reddit

Yep those books are really great wine coasters.

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meatwads_sweetie@reddit

When I was little, my sisters and I thought it would be fun to spy on my mom’s Tupperware party. It was boring as shit. They really were talking about Tupperware.

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Whybaby16154@reddit

Maybe they served wine at OP’s Mom’s Tupperware

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meatwads_sweetie@reddit

Yeah probably.

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Big_Animal7655@reddit

She always came home with Tupperware but also drunk so - perhaps it was both retail and social

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Street_Cod_4336@reddit

I went to a real life tupperware party a few years ago. There was a lot of wine. I bought an overpriced jug and signed up to host my own (because: drunk) and then had to dodge their calls for months.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Oh man, don’t dodge their calls. Be kind and tell them you’ve changed your mind.

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Street_Cod_4336@reddit

This was years ago. I also don't think dodging their calls is unkind. Its just business.

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Big_Animal7655@reddit

So the tradition lives 😂

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Suspicious-Bread3338@reddit

My Mom hosted a LOT of Tupperware, interior design, and Avon (which she sold) partys from the 1960's thru 80's. She'd spend 2-3 days making noshies. It was really just an excuse for SAHMs to get out of the house and be with other people, to socialize, and have fun (and maybe have a little wine).

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MysteriousDudeness@reddit

My mom sold Tupperware and had parties. Yes, they are women sitting around discussing plastic storage containers.

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Mistermxylplyx@reddit

It’s the same as now, they just grouped together at someone’s house instead of Pinterest.

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BeautifulChaosEnergy@reddit

My mom used to sell Tupperware in the late 80s and 90s and she let me sit in on one or two. It was just her demonstrating how they worked and giving the sales pitch. She did pretty good for herself. Nothing nefarious going on at the ones I went to

Lady down the street from her now does it, and mom was cleaning out her Tupperware stash a few years back (the foundation leaked under the basement stairs where she stored it. So nothing was damaged as it was all plastic lol) and found a ton of the mini Tupperware keychains that were little giveaways. So she gave them to the lady who was thrilled for the vintage Tupperware tchotchkes

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Reasonable-Mousse666@reddit

Those mini keychains were so great for weed 😀

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sprocket1234@reddit

I loved them.

I was just at Costco and they are selling sets there

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ReallyGamerDude@reddit

Tupperware parties, back in the day, were real, and actually sold a good product. They originated in a different time, for different social reasons. There also really was "The Fuller Brush Man," and a great number of other door-to-door salesmen, who tried to sell you everything from shoes to vacuum cleaners simply by coming to your door. (Again, it was a different time.) There were also "milk and egg" men, who delivered them to your door every day (or when needed). Society has changed, and these once normal things don't even seem real anymore.

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BestDevilYouKnow@reddit

Showing my age, but Fuller Brush had decent things. Now need to head over to the over 60 forum to see if anyone remembers Watkins products.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Fuller brush, Tupperware and I think Watkins all still exist.

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BestDevilYouKnow@reddit

I actually found their site awhile ago and ordered some vanilla. Great stuff. We drank gallons of Watkins juice mixes when we were kids.

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Prudent_Baker_2851@reddit

Under 60 here, and I remember them in part because a couple at our church owned a franchise or however they did it. They had a small storefront at one of the local malls for several years.

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Jewggerz@reddit

They were a real thing. I don’t know exactly how it worked, but I believe Tupperware was only sold in bulk and not in stores.

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cheyannepavan@reddit

Yes, you could only get Tupperware by going to a Tupperware party, so people loved going to them. People also loved going to Avon parties and bringing home the tiny lipstick samples!

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Motomegal@reddit

And Amway. Don’t forget them

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AnyCryptographer3284@reddit

Nobody loves an Amway party.

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GoodLuckBart@reddit

We had a lot of Tupperware. Tupperware was about the only product of that type available then, and if you didn’t buy it at a home party I’m not sure how you would have acquired it. Your only other options were corningware or pyrex glass/ceramic that came with a matching glass lid (durable but not a leakproof seal), thermoses, empty cool whip containers, or a regular bowl/plate from the house with some aluminum foil slapped over it.

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ohkatiedear@reddit

We had these short, kind of conical plastic bowls when I was really little. Years later, I found out that they were sold with honey in them and when empty, just wash and voila! Free cereal bowl. Otherwise, yeah, Tupperware was king.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

People today don’t understand how revolutionary that airtight, watertight seal was.

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Sensitive_Note1139@reddit

For my mom, it was a way for her to hang out with the ladies without her kids or husband. My father was very controlling and didn't let her do much without him. He didn't like sitting through those parties. He also didn't like "babysitting" his kids and would sometimes leave us home alone. I wasn't even 10 years old when he would ditch us. He always made sure to be back before mom got home. She would just ask if we were fine and we'd say yes. Let's face it, she really didn't want to know. Dad forced the "tradwife" of not having her own car or money on her when we were smaller. She usually only bought something small so he wouldn't go ballistic.

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ntyperteasy@reddit

This whole thing is sad. Hope you’re doing ok!

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Perfect_Ball_220@reddit

I hosted a Tupperware party when my children were small. My two year old, struggling with a speech impediment, went to the last and told her that he liked the blue and white bowl the most. It was precious! She peered down at him and said, "Your Mother needs to teach you some manners because it is rude to interrupt an adult who is talking."

I stood up, scooped up my baby, and told her to pack her shit up and get out. She received ZERO orders due to her nastiness. And right or wrong, this is who she was talking to...❤️

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Hdmre1972@reddit

This just made me think of a recent incident my daughter and I got put in. Lady in our subdivision does nails. Great. Got my daughters done then she sent us an invite for a free facial. Was supposed to be a "party" spa type thing. We are new to the subdivision, sure why not. We are the only two there. Two med dressed in suits and the wives. Freaking Amway scam and not even a good facial. We couldn't get out of there fast enough after we gratefully realized we weren't gonna die.

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External_Reporter106@reddit

My grandma was a Tupperware lady. She was extremely serious about it and a top seller in her region. She came from the generation where women gave up their careers and independence when they married and she was very unhappy in her marriage. It gave her independence, pride in her work, and a chance to stay on top of all the small town gossip. She passed away 50 years ago and my dad still has unused Tupperware she gave to him. We found old letters she wrote to family and they are filled with talk about her Tupperware business.

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Brilliant_Echidna_10@reddit

🥺🥹🥹

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DrHarryWolper@reddit

Yep. Your mom was going to sex parties.

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Brilliant_Echidna_10@reddit

Omg 😅😜🤣

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Creative-Ad-3645@reddit

I was, very briefly, a Tupperware rep in the late-00s. I'm also a nerd, so the context may be more than what you're looking for, but...

Back when Tupperware was invented (1950s, and I think by a woman?) the shops wouldn't stock it and homemakers were suspicious of it because plastic was new and weird. So the inventor/woman who was determined to sell the damn stuff came up with the idea of selling it directly to the intended audience: housewives.

Door to door sales were very much a thing at the time, but the Tupperware model quickly because about getting a bunch of women together for a couple of hours to relax with drinks and nibbles while they were shown what this stuff was, how useful it was etc, and persuaded to order it, host parties of their own etc. Yes, this did end up becoming how MLMs trap and scam people, but I think in the beginning the intentions were genuine.

Fast forward to when I was hosting and you'd have a kit with the latest items and some classics in new colour ways. You'd get a friend or friend of a friend to invite their friends round and you'd set up a fun display, the host would have nibbles and drinks available, and you'd run a giveaway game or two, get people relaxing and talking, show them the gear, and take orders.

By the time I was doing it it was petering out. There are too many other options out there now at a far lower price point, and given how easily kids lose stuff I can totally see why no-one wants to order fancy, expensive stuff. Plus it turns out the original audience was right to be suspicious because microplastics . I still have some of my kit, and it's holding up well, but I wouldn't buy more.

So yes, your mum was probably going to Tupperware parties, but as I said the model was pretty widely adopted, and the 90s was pre-internet so there was a lot of cool stuff that was only available through this kind of model. Amway ('Scamway' lol) did all manner of household stuff. Avon was makeup and jewellery. Scentsy is one of the most recent candle and essential oil ones I'm aware of. 'Fuckerware' was sex toys and lingerie (I'm not sure if that was the actual name, but that's definitely what it was called). There are heaps more in the USA and they're pretty much all dodgy AF.

With the rise of the internet this model has mostly gone by the wayside. But it was most definitely a thing and, with the exception of the fuckerware, it really was just pretty wholesome fun with a bit of shopping thrown in.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Wow, thank you so much for your answer, my mum was actually an Avon lady at one time so this all now makes total sense, I guess she was taking it in turns with her friends to do a bit of social marketing. Great info, thanks again 😁

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Creative-Ad-3645@reddit

You're welcome. For your mum and her friends it was probably a chance to take a break from mum duties and socialize, make a bit of extra cash, and pick up a few useful things and the odd treat. The hostess also often got a gift or credit towards purchases from the distributor, so that was an additional incentive to host and to support your friends who were hosting.

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MichaSound@reddit

Haha, in the UK we had ‘Ann Summers parties’ - Ann Summers is a female-friendly sex shop brand, selling mostly vibrators, naughty outfits and risqué lingerie, but also novelty items like edible panties and novelty thongs for men.

They’re still going as a brand, but have mostly moved to high street retail now.

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Notreallybutohwell@reddit

Undercoverwear was a lingerie one from the late 80’s, I got a great little babydoll with glow in the dark stars on it and it’s matching undies.

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JeannieBugg@reddit

All the Tupperware parties I attended were dry. But, the host really could do what they wanted, I suppose.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

As somebody who sold Tupperware – they are very real. As a matter of fact, they still happen.

The parties were pretty fun and the hostess would get a ton of free gifts. There’s almost always some really good food.

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Otney@reddit

I would have loved loved loved to go to one of these. Would have bought so much Tupperware! No one I have ever known would have ever thrown one. My mom was very social but also very che—-thrifty. Very thrifty. Unlike me. So she never went to one (that I know of;) she was 100% part of the original target audience, 1950’s, 1960’s suburban mom.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

It's a shame because she could have gone to one, agreed to host one (which means that hostess would get more free stuff) and then got a ton of free stuff herself for hosting. She was definitely target demographic.

I know a lot of us would have been able to do any other 'job' and dared not even call it a job. But we made money!

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Otney@reddit

In her own way, she resisted certain social pressures.

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shedwyn2019@reddit

I went to one. It was so much fun! Tupperware also created some truly ingenious stuff.

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Hamiltoncorgi@reddit

The last Tupperware party I went to was around 2006. And yes, this is how people bought Tupperware. That stuff is great for keeping food fresh in storage. It fell from favor because it's not (generally) microwave safe.

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Ms_ankylosaurous@reddit

There was a catalogue and order form pre internet and you had to know a Tupperware person or go to a party.

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ContemplativeRunner@reddit

My mom never went to them because it was expensive and Tupperware would also get this gross sticky feel after a while.

However, fast forward to the 90’s, and my mom had Pampered Chef all over the place. My sister’s friend also sold it and my now ex-husband’s cousin became an absolute Pampered Chef nightmare (who even passed out literature at a funeral….graveside!!!)

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StepUpYourLife@reddit

MLMs attract the worst people.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Other Tupperware ladies were the most supportive group of women I’ve ever met in my life. Instead of treating you like competition when you succeeded, they cheered you on. Everyone was legitimately happy for you.

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StepUpYourLife@reddit

I’m sure they were. I’m talking about modern day MLMs.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

The Tupperware ladies are still that way. :)

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Ordinary_Sail_414@reddit

I still use some of my moms Tupperware from the 70s. None is sticky...

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tammigirl6767@reddit

I was thinking, you do have to wash it. 😅

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What_if_I_fly@reddit

Just startled my cat laughing at the gravesite MLM bandit!!

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ZenRage@reddit

You can clean tupperware so it literally sqeaks with a solution of washing soda in ammonia with a few drops of dish soap.

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kvanteselvmord@reddit

Tupperware consultant here. They're still a thing. And it's more than just bowls these days.

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wraithsonic@reddit

My mom sold it in the 80s and it was more than bowls then. I remember getting popsicle molds. Saved our summer. LOL

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Telecommie@reddit

Pickle Elevator is the bomb. Still use three to this day.

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kvanteselvmord@reddit

The Pick-A-Deli is so versatile. We came out with a mini one for a limited time that's perfect for olives or pickle chips. I missed that one, unfortunately.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

It comes back around every so often. If you no consultant, ask them to let you know when it comes back around.

A lot of of the ‘seasonal’ items that come back around every once in a while are because the molds are so expensive that they get shared amongst several countries.

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kvanteselvmord@reddit

I am a consultant. I'll catch it if it's released again. It just went out of stock in the last couple of months, just before I signed up again.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

If you fall off the consultant roll some time before you get it remember to have your manager keep you in mind when it comes in stock. I go in and out and that's what I do for specific items.

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Marino325@reddit

We had that- probably still have somewhere! It really was the best idea! Also those iced tea/juice jugs that I’m sure my mom still uses…

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Shortstack1980@reddit

The pick-a-dilly!

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WheelsOnFire1973@reddit

Every kid in my school had the red lunch box with the handle/straps and the little matching containers inside.

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wraithsonic@reddit

Had that one too for a while.

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nietheo@reddit

We had those, and salt and pepper shakers and a deviled egg carrier.

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Unfair-Ad7378@reddit

Oh damn I remember the popsicle molds. They were great.

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pgeho@reddit

Tupperware personal massagers?

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Kaiser-Sushi@reddit

Schtupperware?

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Dramatic-Selection20@reddit

I have a friend who does upper dare parties these days 🤣🤣🤣

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Apprehensive-Try5554@reddit

What is that?

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Dramatic-Selection20@reddit

Upper dare is like a Tupperware party but with sx toys, candles in "shady" forms, spicy lingerie etc

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Apprehensive-Try5554@reddit

Ah, ok. I never knew the name of them.

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

Maybe a key party. But seriously, there were tons of products like that that sold MLM style thru reps selling in homes. Boomers loved that crap and got suckered into dreams of big bucks by selling MLM crap on the side.

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Open_Confidence_9349@reddit

What I remember from my mom’s Rubbermaid parties that I was definitely not sitting on the steps listening to… it was a chance for a bunch of women to get together without kids or spouses, have punch (sometimes spiked - guessing that was the reason I wasn’t allowed to have it) and junk food. In the beginning, they’d oooh and aaah over the products, by the end they were usually bitching about husbands in that slightly tipsy but polite way they did back in the 70s. I assume Tupperware parties were similar.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Oh, believe me, we sold it to make money.

In the 80s, you could sign up for, say, $50 and get $150 worth of Tupperware in your kit. They give you all the catalogs in order forms, things you needed to get started. Your discount was 35%.

And those parties were fun! At every party, I would just mention that if anybody else wanted to do what I was doing, they could let me know and I could help them get signed up. And then I even got $40 bonus money for it.

I recruited a lot of people, and that was always how I did it. I never asked for certain person, I just invited everyone at the beginning of the party.

I got to drive a Tupperware minivan, made a decent subsidy for our family, and still set my own schedule and be there when my kids got home from school.

Plus, my job was great because I was selling things people wanted, giving away free stuff, and helping other people do the same.

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Otney@reddit

PLUS Tupperware was really good quality!!

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tammigirl6767@reddit

And it still is today! You can't say that about many things.

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ACrazyDog@reddit

Ummm don’t use the older Tupperware

From an article —-

Like many daily practices of yore that are only now being discovered as harmful, plastic containers, including Tupperware, were earlier made using dangerous chemicals. One of the most widespread is Bisphenol A (BPA), which is found in a variety of plastic products, including kitchen containers. While Tupperware stopped using BPA after 2010, vintage containers manufactured prior to that will still have it. Plus, older Tupperware containers were also found to contain harmful chemicals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury.

Read More: https://www.chowhound.com/1981264/vintage-tupperware-danger-what-to-know/

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tammigirl6767@reddit

If you have really old Tupperware, the company wants to replace it for you.

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ACrazyDog@reddit

I know they used to do that, but Tupperware company is either gone or on their last legs. Too much cheap competition from Glad and Rubbermaid and Dollar General and such I think. And new generations that have other social outlets than the neighborhood Tupperware parties.

I don’t even know if they know their neighbors

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tammigirl6767@reddit

All that said, Tupperware is still going.

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gatorgopher@reddit

That's unfortunate but you'll have to pry my lettuce keeper out of my cold, dead hands. It's 34 years old now and still the best thing.

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carseatsareheavy@reddit

she was cheerful because she got out of the house, got a chance to socialize with other ladies, did a little shopping and ate some snacks. Maybe she drank a little wine too.

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zoppaTheDim@reddit

Did she come home with Tupperware?

Because by the 80s, the companies which operated using “parties” included sex toy parties.

Such parties were also the “book club” excuse to drink wine.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

I went to both Tupperware and Pampered Chef parties in the early 90's. You didn't come home with Tupperware, you ordered it.

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Snoringdragon@reddit

I sold lingerie in the early 90's at home parties. Funny as hell, raunchy fun. However you get to try stuff on and that includes the grandmas. Oh. Boy. Any artists out there want to study the human form, sell lingerie to grannies. Its...startling. Ahaahaa! (Hey, Edith! Great fit but you are gonna have to kick your boobs out of the way when you walk! AHAAHAA! Grannies are MEAN, man...!)

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Chemical_Author7880@reddit

Tupperware used the MLM model to sell to customers. Like Avon and Mary Kay.

You went to get product and listen to the pitch for you to sell that stuff, too.

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borborhick@reddit

I was just thinking of this the other day while filling my 1988 modular mate with sugar. Though it was an MLM, it was more "legit" than they are now.

We had a circle of half a dozen women who rotated bi-monthly and had parties at their place. (You got the free hostess gift I'd two people booked parties at your party). We all joked that we had the house that Tupperware built.

It's almost 40 years later and I'm still using my stuff. Hell, my mom has gone into care and now I'm using her almost 60 year old stuff!

As a young mom, I loved Tupperware parties. They were a social event, you got snacks, and you had saved for the last two months to be able to buy another item or two for your collection.

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EBBVNC@reddit

Tupperware parties were legit. I don’t have a beef with Tupperware because it’s a legitimate good product.

Tupperware parties sold a difficult to get, at the time, item that had a genuine use in the house for food preservation.

I know it’s hard to believe/remember but up until the mid 80s, there weren’t factories in China making things. China was completely closed. Wal-Mart had a different footprint then it does now. Target wasn’t a thing and the Sears catalog was everything.

Tupperware was hard to get, it’s why our moms saved glass jars with good lids. All of these places to get stuff and the stuff itself just weren’t.

There’s another MLM whose name I’m forgetting that sold household goods like soap and the like. It was very popular in rural communities because there wasn’t anywhere to get stuff.

For so many communities for so long, there was one store and whatever the gas station sold, if anything. If you wanted something, you either ordered it from a catalog by filling out the order page, adding everything up, writing a check and then putting it in the mail and waiting 4-8 weeks or you just lived without it.

Yes, I have grey hair. Not get off my lawn.

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Great-Attitude@reddit

There was also The Fuller Brush company

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Knoxmonkeygirl@reddit

I remember the Fuller Brush man coming to our neighborhood.

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charliefoxtrot9@reddit

Amway

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pprchsr21@reddit

Watkins? We had a lot of stuff from them growing up in the country

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MadGeller@reddit

Amway. The other evil MLM was Amway

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EBBVNC@reddit

That’s right!

I’ve always thought most MLMs, especially in this day and age are the prefect vehicle to launder large amounts of money.

It will now be Kalashi and Polymarket.

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RhodeReddit@reddit

Add Silpada jewelry and Arbonne skin care products to these mlm get-togethers. Got this brand of jewelry from a sister a lot bc her friend sold it. The Arbonne was awkward bc our mail carrier sold it on the side. Like, visions of 10% of my mail being tossed if I didn’t put in an order w her (for overpriced underwhelming product).

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ghjm@reddit

The difference is that Tupperware was fairly priced and good quality. It shouldn't be lumped in with scams like Arbonne.

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themewedd@reddit

Dont forget Avon. Door to door! My gramma and mom both did that for $

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RzrKitty@reddit

No. Tupperware parties were real and extremely common. She probably had a really good time with girlfriends eating fun appetizers and maybe drinking a glass of wine (or even a wine cooler).

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Strange-Win-3551@reddit

My friends and I used to have them in our 20s (somebody’s older SIL was a fun Tupperware lady). We ate a lot of fancy little appetizers and drank a lot of wine and played games for Tupperware prizes. Sometimes we even bought stuff. We were pretty hard partiers and club goers in a large city, and still enjoyed our Tupperware parties!

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No-Transition8014@reddit

This. She probably came back happy because she finally got some time to do something different with friends.

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Fritz5678@reddit

And was probably a little tipsy.

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ElYodaPagoda@reddit

Tupperware served a lot of us GenX kids well, the ubiquitous pitcher (with the button on top) served us Kool-Aid, the containers held flour and sugar, and the bowls saved leftovers for another night. They lasted for decades! My mom still has a lot of the Tupperware that she had when I was a kid, and it still holds up.

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Upbeat-Bake-4239@reddit

They were the same as Longerberger baskets, Pampered Chef, Party Lite, and other direct marketing home sales. I got dragged to a fair few. They were some poor lady showing off products in hopes someone would order something so she can make pennies on the dollar. It suspect they were mostly an excuse for these women to gather together and not feel guilty. After all, they were there to learn about products for the home.

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phalangepatella@reddit

No, they weren’t the same at all!

Selling Tupperware through home parties in the 70’s and 80’s was a legitimate way that people (almost exclusively women) could make decent money.

Yes, it was an MLM but most sellers made most of their money on the actual product sales, and not by aggressive hustling and online of suckers to sell for them. The products were actually quality, sought after goods.

It was a far more legitimate situation than what the MLM world would become, which was focusing on brining in suckers to pay membership fees to for the opportunity to hawk junk to unsuspecting people.

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phalangepatella@reddit

Selling Tupperware through home parties in the 70’s and 80’s was a legitimate way that people (almost exclusively women) could make decent money.

Yes, it was an MLM but most sellers made most of their money on the actual product sales, and not by aggressive hustling and online of suckers to sell for them. The products were actually quality, sought after goods.

It was a far more legitimate situation than what the MLM world would become, which was focusing on brining in suckers to pay membership fees to for the opportunity to hawk junk to unsuspecting people.

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grayandlizzie@reddit

We had a lot of Tupperware in the house so it seemed legit. Later I remember my mom had a friend selling pampered chef. One of my friends moms did Mary Kay. Also remember the Avon catalog

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teriKatty@reddit

Wasn’t Tupperware one of the 80s MLM brands?

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lidder444@reddit

Tupperware was huge. It was an MLM but one of the most successful.

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IcedHemp77@reddit

I’m pretty sure my mom and her friends were mostly sitting around smoking weed when she went to her Tupperware parties

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beepbooponyournose@reddit

Well, she had to show them how to keep their weed fresh!

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Curious_medium@reddit

Tupperware parties happened in the 80s and 90s still, and there was definitely boxed wine that my aunties and mom drank. I think it came out in the 60s because I remember the commercials as a kid in the 70s too.

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Jmckeown2@reddit

IIRC, it wasn’t box wine, it was more like huge glass bottles.

I recall some commercial where it was this rich dude entertaining some gold diggers. When one of them commented on the jug, he went into some explanation of the low price and high “quality.” Then another gold digger says something like why are you so frugal when you’re so rich? The part I remember was the rich dude replying, “How do you think I got SOOooo rich?”

It never made a lot of sense to me, but looking back, the commercial aired a lot during “daytime television,” so really they were targeting day drinking housewives who wished they had a rich sugardaddy.

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Curious_medium@reddit

Just checked in with my mom and it definitely was Franzia Rose in a box they would drink - we’re talking ‘84/‘85 and on. We’re in a major city, so maybe it got to us sooner than other parts. She said they did not like the big gallo jugs. Too easy to spill after you’ve had a couple pulls 😂

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Jmckeown2@reddit

I knew a sorority that would place various boxes around the house when they partied. The goal was to increase mingling. The game was to get a glass, well solo cup, from each box. The name of the game was “Tour de Franzia”.

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Glum-Thought620@reddit

LOL. Unlikely. Tupperware parties were super fun when you weren't hosting!

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raerae1991@reddit

For those who hosted parties, a lot did it because the loved to host. There’s a whole segment of the population that get joy out of planning and organizing events and get togethers

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Glum-Thought620@reddit

I was kind of joking. I know people like hosting.

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raerae1991@reddit

Lol, I am not one of those people, so I have to keep reminding myself the so exist out in the wild

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shotsallover@reddit

Tupperware parties were a thing because they were an excuse to meet up, hang out, have some wine and hors d’oeuvres, buy a few plastic storage containers and go home.

In the late 90s/early 2000s here was also a trend of “Fuckerware” parties which were very similar but you’d go home with some plastic that served a completely different purpose.

It’s possible your mom could have gone to either one and come in a good mood. As yea, there’s some overlap of using the name of the first one for the second one. But there were also other names for it so people could be clear without letting people think they were going to the first one.

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JenMartini@reddit

Mary KY parties.

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Oily_Bee@reddit

mlm scam.

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Educational_Bench290@reddit

Yeah, but a legitimate high value product was sold, and the company in general did not bankrupt the party givers. The recruiting pressure was pretty minimal. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 most evil), they were maybe a 2. For comparison I'd call Amway about a 7. Other opinions?

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asyouwish@reddit

If Amway is a 7, then what is a 10??

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Educational_Bench290@reddit

I was thinking Herbalife and Lularoe, but a quick Google puts Amway right with them, so make that a 10

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asyouwish@reddit

Oh I forgot about Lularoe. What a scam!

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roctavious@reddit

I mean if the “Tupperware” part was the bowl guests were putting their car keys in then…

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scragz@reddit

for people blissfully unaware, this is how swinger parties work.

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Cautious_Artichoke_3@reddit

Swinger parties are where people buy swing sets for their children

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HungryMenu8627@reddit

No.. my aunt did that and my mom hosted a party when I was a kid. It was legit (sort of). It was a bunch of ladies they both knew that came and my aunt presented all the tupperwear pieces and then took orders. The reason I say sort of…. All the invited ladies knew that my aunt was doing it because she had left her job to have a baby and her family was tight financially. Same reason everyone on our street purchased a set of encyclopedias from our one neighbor, everyone knew he was selling them door to door after losing his job and it was a way the community could support one of its own without it just being outright charity… although that’s really what it was for both situations.

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Otney@reddit

Mutual aid, 1973-style.

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Bazoun@reddit

This was the good thing about small town life. I can remember my father watching out the window while the neighbour he hated struggled with their vehicle in the snow. If it went on long enough he’d put on his boots and jacket and go help. Even tho he hated the guy. Bc that’s what you did.

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bradatlarge@reddit

I did this when I lived in downtown chicago. Winter in the alley behind my condo was the scenario. People I hated would get stuck. If they were stuck long enough I would get suited up and go help unstuck them. It’s. Not a small town thing.

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DcubedWY@reddit

I went with my mom to some Tupperware parties, they were rather fun. I often got a free Tupperware keychain. There were snacks and games with Tupperware as the prize. Lots of socializing, too. I went to Pampered Chef parties as an adult that were the same.

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caught-n-candie@reddit

The tiny bowl keychain omg! I’d love one again!

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tammigirl6767@reddit

If you really want one, you can DM me. I have a box with some different ones.

I still dabble in the Tupperware on and off it’s so fun.

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Possible_Editor_371@reddit

eBay has them!

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RoseyGray@reddit

I have one! It was my grandmother’s.

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Icy-Plantain-1719@reddit

Came here for the reference to Pampered Chef. I have many quality kitchen gadgets from them.

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pickyvegan@reddit

I mean they were real things. Now MLMs are all your high school frenemy blowing up your DMs on Facebook, but back in the day they really were just an opportunity to get together with your friends, drink wine, have some snacks, and talk while maybe the hostess earns enough that she gets some free product. "Tupperware" probably did become the euphemism for all types of products, though, including lingerie and sex toys.

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tears_of_fat_thor@reddit

Haha, yeah — kind of a fascinating shift in sales of that sort.

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cross-i@reddit

There was a Tupperware party at my home when I was three years old and dad was at work. I was too young to understand and they probably put me in my room with toys after everyone got to see me for a few minutes, I only remember standing on the kitchen counter for a while.

But we definitely had a bunch of Tupperware that we used for the next 15+ years, so I guess she bought some that night.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

If the party was at your house, she probably got that load of Tupperware for free.

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RespondOpposite@reddit

Ma used to host Tupperware parties. They are like all other ladies nights. Ladies, drinks, snacks, gossip. No men.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

When men came to the Tupperware parties, the sales would soar! Lots of times the women would buy some things and have a list of other things they wanted, but didn’t want to buy because they didn’t want their husband to get upset. They spent too much money. Taking your husband to a Tupperware parties like taking him to the grocery store. You will have spent a ton of money.

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endosurgery@reddit

I can see why OPs mom came home so happy. LOL I like to be out with the boys and to be ourselves. My wife enjoys the same. As much as we like being with each other everyone needs to have some separate time. Sounds like OPs mom did too.

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I-invert-the-y-axis@reddit

When I was very small my mom hosted Tupperware parties. She'd make finger sandwiches and ladies would visit. I thought it was so elegant and grown-up.

I miss early 80s Tupperware. The colors and designs were so cool.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Some of those retro colors are back right now.

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Material_Extension72@reddit

I've been to one (or maybe even a couple) my friend arranged when we were around 20. Knew about the products because we had them in my childhood home. The Tupperware demonstrator was also quite a young lady, and she told us that there are even Tupperware festivals and everyone there goes crazy screaming when new products are announced etc (like instead of bands or something).

That almost gave me a cult vibe but damn that one expensive dish for cooking in the microwave I got is a good one, still in frequent use today!

(This was in Europe in the 90's BTW)

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Stack cooker?

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AnneChovie264@reddit

Tupperware was my mom's generation, but Pampered Chef, Longaberger baskets, and Lia Sophia jewelry were the home parties that I would go to 20-30 years ago.

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smpenn@reddit

I love the origin story of the Tupperware Party.

The products were not doing very well in stores when they came out because folks really didn't grasp the concept of "burping" and such.

One lady, Ms Brownie Wise, however, understood and loved the product so much that she invited some girlfriends over to see how wonderful the items were.

When the ladies saw them in action, they were equally smitten, and Ms Wise took orders from the girls and had them delivered.

Realizing she was on to something, Ms Wise began throwing Tupperware parties and encouraged her new converts to the brand to do likewise. She encouraged them to not just sell the products but to make the event a fun evening out for the ladies. She became the mentor and regional expert.

Mr Tupper, who again was having very limited success moving his products, realized that some lady down in Florida was his best customer, having far more orders than any store, and visited her to see what was going on.

He loved her concept! He pulled his products from stores, adopted Ms Wise's method of selling strictly at Tupperware parties and promoted Ms Wise to Vice-President of the company!

The rest is history.

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Realistic_Fact_3778@reddit

I watched an interest documentary about her awhile back. She was a legend!

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tammigirl6767@reddit

She was, and what he did to her was unforgivable.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Wow, this is fascinating, I love the detail, thank you so much. It feels as if we live in a less gentle and wholesome world now. Good on Ms Wise and Mr Tupper 😄

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imightbeadud@reddit

When it’s time to go to the dispensary, I tell people I’m going grocery shopping, yeah going to a Tupperware party could easily be a period appropriate euphemism

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CommentIndependent32@reddit

I was always so happy to find tiny little Tupperware containers to hold my bud so these activities could go hand-in-hand!

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Flacuckold@reddit

Back on the day we used 35mm film containers for our dope.

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CommentIndependent32@reddit

I personally liked those little containers that held candy rings from a gumball machine so I could differentiate strains by cap color.

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imightbeadud@reddit

I still shoot film and have thought about using the film containers for my stash but I don’t know if the smell would be absorbed by the weed.

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Flacuckold@reddit

Probably not. Weed today is so strong you can smell it a block away

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RonaldRaygun84@reddit

Have you seen the movie "Airplane!"? The scene where they are reminiscing on their time spent in Africa for the Peace Corps, and Elaine is showing the women how to use "Supperware"... it's a riff on the Tupperware party.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Aha!! I love that film but I did't notice that, I shall watch out for it next time, thank you 🤣

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RonaldRaygun84@reddit

My mom used to host Tupperware parties, so I've seen a few. It helps to have that frame of reference to get the joke. We thought it was hilarious when we were kids to see that Supperware will "help prepare storing food for the up and coming monsoon months." These sorts of mlm parties were the highlight of my mom's social calendar - no husband or kids, just gathering with the girls for party food and drinks. My grandparents (and their generation) were involved in several social and civic clubs. It's sad to see the boomer generation had that social aspect of their lives replaced with mlm parties, capitalism pretending to be community.

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SubjectEssay361@reddit

For OP, did your mom actually buy any Tupperware ? I think your true answer is there.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

I wish I could remember! There was Tupperware in the house, but I think that was true of pretty much every house back then

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Well, it could only come from a Tupperware party during that time so it sounds legit.

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PreviousGolf9541@reddit

Yes, they were real. This got me thinking—I was a young boy in the late 70s and early 80s in a small town with no stores besides a small grocer. I’m realizing now how important at-home selling was to the women in our community. My mom loved Tupperware parties, Avon and Mary Kaye visits, and the Schwann man. We loved the Schwann man and would start jumping and screaming when we saw the truck! This was a way to get things we normally would have to travel long distances to get, and it provided some income people in the community. Just now appreciating this.

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GeneralPatten@reddit

And the Electrolux vacuums. Those things were tanks! Driving by my neighbors house the other day, I looked over and he was using one to clean out his truck. Thing has to be at least 50 years old!

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tammigirl6767@reddit

They are still out there selling Kirby door-to-door.

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AndiPandi_@reddit

My grandma’s Electrolux vacuum is still working from the early 80’s. My mom (88) got it after Gma passed. She did have some work done on it in the 90’s but it still works great! A big bulky thing but that thing’s gonna outlive two generations lol!

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psychoholic@reddit

Oh man I miss the Schwann truck! They had this already cooked chicken in strips that was tasty as hell. Since my brother and I were pretty much left unsupervised for most of our childhood (he's 6 years older than me and practically raised me) it was a staple of our food while our folks worked.

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PreviousGolf9541@reddit

Our nearest real grocery store was over an hour away so the Schwann truck was the only way we got ice cream and other frozen treats at home. The worst was when you came home and there was a sticker on the door that the truck had been there, we missed it, but the sticker said the date he’d be back. Such a bummer. Sometimes my mom would start calling folks in other parts of town to see if the truck had been there yet and if it hadn’t we’d drive to try to catch up with it. I think Schwann’s finally went out of business last year.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

They rebranded into Yelloh! and promptly shut down. Grocery stores' own delivery (like Peapod) couldn't have helped, and HelloFresh and Blue Apron nailed the coffin shut..

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PreviousGolf9541@reddit

Wow, good to know. It’s a bummer for very rural areas like where I grew up (Catron County, New Mexico) where there won’t be any delivery options any time soon, unless something has changed. I haven’t lived there in a while.

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FamousChemistry@reddit

Anyone’s mom go to Longaberger basket parties? $100 For small cracker basket! Wild

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CheesecakeSea6471@reddit

Mom was a consultant. I'm still rocking this 2004 model. It's lasted 22 years. Not many other hampers last that long these days.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

Oh, they sold quality stuff, even if it did cost an arm and a leg.

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DogOfSparta@reddit

My stepmom collected those. I’m not actually sure when/if she stopped. She has a lot of them. I didn’t know there were parties but it doesn’t surprise me.

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Such-Kaleidoscope147@reddit

Tupperware part is worth a thing. And that could be a lot of fun because the women would all sit around chitchatting and there’ll be finger foods appetizer type things serve served. And then you’d be kind of expected to buy a couple things, but it was kind of worth it for the fun they got to have hanging out with each other.

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jjillf@reddit

It was an MLM basically. Women selling products they “really use everyday” from home or to their neighbors was the draw. But that said, if I liken it to other MLMs like pampered chef parties, there are only so many of those one could go to without being the seller. So maybe it was a euphemism for something way more fun. I really hope so…

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Confident_Win_5469@reddit

It wasnt always an MLM. It started as door to door sales, like vacuums and other things at the time. 1 sales lady developed the party and her sales were so good, Tupper used it. It moved to MLM in the 90s when the other ones started.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

It was always MLM, ever since Brownie Wise started getting new sales associates, which the company would call consultants.

But it never required people to put money upfront, like most of the other MLMs.

As a matter of fact, anyone can sign up to be a Tupperware consultant right now for free.

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jjillf@reddit

Honestly even the door-to-door was an early form of MLM

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Yeah, we didn't do Tupperware in our family, but I've borne witness to a couple of Avon, Stanley, Friendly Home Parties and Home Interiors parties and it was the same basic thing every time. Not very exciting if you weren't in the market for a bottle of Try-It, that new Skin-So-Soft or a new wreath.

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DeCoyAbLe@reddit

I loved going to Tupperware parties. I would imagine sales sucked but it was such a fun gathering with always something to chat about. For housewives or working wives it was an amazing social outlet and relief from everyday crap.

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analogpursuits@reddit

Well, I've attended a similar party, but for lingerie. Those parties are fun! Drinks, fancy finger foods, and gal pals "shopping" at their friends house. Then you place your order and it arrived in 6-8 weeks.

We valued human connection and it was an excellent excuse to make some.

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Apprehensive-Log8333@reddit

That was before you could buy plastic kitchen storage in stores, so it was the only way to get plastic containers with tight-fitting lids. Leftovers were stored in Corningware with glass lids at my house. I remember seeing Tupperware kiosks at malls and my mom being excited and showing my dad the burp you did to get more air out. Then Rubbermaid/Walmart became a thing and Tupperware lost their market share

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tammigirl6767@reddit

People they don’t understand that plastic was a new thing when Tupperware was invented. It really was revolutionary.

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cursethedarkness@reddit

Yes, Tupperware was really expensive (at least to our poor household), and we didn’t have any. Leftovers were usually stored by putting the pan in the fridge with a plate on top. Smaller amounts would be stored using a plate with an upside bowl as a lid. Or vice versa. Aluminum foil and ziplock bags existed, but we didn’t have any money for those either.

We didn’t have any containers until Rubbermaid became available. It was still expensive, and my mom prized the set my stepdad got her for Christmas.

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KatJen76@reddit

I mean, it could have been a cover. But actual Tupperware parties are sales events. You gather every woman you know, serve snacks and drinks, and the Tupperware rep does a sales pitch. There's stuff to buy that night and you can order from them. Tupperware is one of the original multilevel marketing companies. The idea is you sell to people's social networks. Your contact gets an incentive for offering up her connections that way. Ultimately, you're supposed to recruit others to sell under you (where multilevel comes from). You're also supposed to encourage the partygoers to host their own parties or become one of your reps.

It started as a destigmatized way for middle-class 50s housewives to make extra money and spend their days. It's kinda morphed into something more sinister, a scam in every way but the legal definition. These companies proliferated in the social media era. Most people don't hold real parties anymore, just a never-ending online one where they try to sell and recruit at the same time. 99% of people who sign up lose money. Of that leftover 1%, very few of them actually earn enough to represent any kind of real income.

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tammigirl6767@reddit

I’d love for you to talk to people who sell Tupperware and find some that lost money. They let you sign up for free now. And even back in the day when you had to sign up, it was a minimal amount and they gave you three times more free product than the sign-up fee. Along with gifts to give out at parties and all the paperwork you needed. Plus, you didn’t pay out-of-pocket. It was half of your commission for the first party/parties until you paid the kit cost.

I know there are some terrible MLM’s out there, but having had inside experience with them for decades, nobody is paying out-of-pocket to join Tupperware.

As a matter fact, Tupperware was never intended to be sold at parties. Earl Tupper was having a difficult time selling it in stores because people didn’t understand how it worked. So a woman named Brownie Wise approached him about selling it door-to-door for him because it needed a demonstration.

She was so booked that she started turning customers away because she didn’t have enough time and lady started inviting their friends when she was going to come over as a way for more people to get the opportunity to see the product.

Of course, you’re going to give gifts to your hostess, who helps your business.

That’s the history of the Tupperware party.

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ideapit@reddit

It was MLM.

Maybe she was drunk, high or had good sex.

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Airlik@reddit

There was definitely a fair bit of tippling going on at the ones my mum went to. It was like lady’s night out, only … in. And yes, she often came home with a new piece of Tupperware and some hot tea to dish.

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Plane-Assumption840@reddit

There were so many companies back then that sold through these hosted parties. Rubbermade, Longaberger, Home Interiors, Melaluca, Mary Kay, Stanley, etc. A lot are still around. I attended a couple in the 80s that were for lingerie. Some of the lingerie were on the level of Frederick’s. Those were the fun parties. After a few glasses of wine things got pretty bawdy. One of the parties was also a bridal shower. We bought for the bride and for ourselves.

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HeavyDutyJudy@reddit

Yep, as a child I was dragged to so many of these parties. Tupperware, Pampered Chef, soooo many Mary Kay parties. The weirdest one was like an in home glamor shots type experience.

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Plane-Assumption840@reddit

Step-dad called them Hen Parties.

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Pais08@reddit

They were legit Tupperware parties, my mom took me with her.

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What_if_I_fly@reddit

Home Interiors prices were ridiculous. And mostly tacky.

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bmiller218@reddit

at where the 3 foot tall wooden fork and spoon came from?

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tammigirl6767@reddit

I’m not sure, but I don’t think so.

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What_if_I_fly@reddit

😂😂😂😂😂

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countered_measures@reddit

First rule of Tupperware club: don't talk about Tupperware club.

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Hefty_Principle700@reddit

Now I’m envisioning a bunch of middle aged moms beating the shit out of each other in Joyce’s basement, and covering it up with makeup they bought at the Avon party.

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countered_measures@reddit

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about and I'm going to keep it that way.

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MiaZeta@reddit

Remember Fight Club?

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Oh, I see, I didn't realise, sorry 🤣

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ebeth_the_mighty@reddit

I sold Tupperware (briefly) in the 90s. There were also jewelry parties, candle parties, and leggings parties that I attended. Oh—and I also sold children’s books in parties.

It was a thing, for sure.

I sucked at the sales thing, though.

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pchandler45@reddit

My mom and I attended many Tupperware parties. Usually the friend group would to around with everyone having a party to earn free products

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Better_Decision_6620@reddit

I doubt she was swinging or anything.

Kid free time with her girlfriends. Maybe a glass of wine. A chance to vent, or talk about anything other than being a wife and mother....

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SheWho2000@reddit

KID FREE TIME. ADULT CONVERSATION.

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Emz423@reddit

💯

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MakeASwallow3@reddit

You mean did it really mean she was out swinging? Maybe! One time in the 70s my parents were newbies to the neighborhood bridge group and SHOCKED when everyone put car keys in a basket and invited others to pick them out--whoever you got, you'd go home with lolol!

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FAx32@reddit

My mom hosted and yes, they were about selling product in what seemed to be obviously to me as a kid/teen a MLM system. They were also quite social which was the real reason a lot of women went to them.

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BearPorto@reddit

My mom is still using original pieces from the 70s. The tea picture is in her fridge.

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Upset-Principle-3199@reddit

I saw new sets with two pitchers and four cups with lids at Costco this week!!

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thelaineybelle@reddit

I went to Costco for work earlier in the week and those new Tupperware sets caught my eye too!

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BravestBlossom@reddit

For people a little bit older than you, it was probably more Pampered Chef, Interior Designs, and Princess House parties than Tupperware.

If you were crafty, then Stampin' Up! and Creative Memories home parties 😋

A good time with friends and some fun usually. Definitely snacks, maybe drinks, and no husbands or kids 🎉 There were good products and helping a friend make a little money.

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Current-Climate-5856@reddit

Mary Kay, tote bags and the adult entertainment toys one (where you went into a separate room to purchase in private and items came out in a brown paper bag or so I have heard) also.

Basically they were an excuse to get together with a group of friends.

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BravestBlossom@reddit

Omg yes!! How could I forget!!! Thirty-One bags, and Pure Romance or Passion, I've been to one of those adult parties, can't remember which company it was. Good ol' Mary Kay!

And Longaberger baskets. Thank God I never got into those ($$).

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Current-Climate-5856@reddit

I forgot there was a hair product one also. Friends quickly learned I was not the big money maker for them. I would get one of the cheapest things in the catalogs and enjoy the evening with friends.

I did throw a Tupperware party once, for myself...I wanted some containers to organize the pantry and figured I may as well have a "party" to get the free stuff. I did tell friends they are welcome to order but only if they needed something. I was not doing the party.

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HJSlibrarylady@reddit

Let's not forget Home Interior parties.

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mladyhawke@reddit

Did she come home with tupperware?

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amnichols@reddit

I went to a Tupperware party back in college and am still using what I bought (canisters and storage items). So much better than what you can find at the store these days

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tammigirl6767@reddit

And those things have a lifetime warranty against breaking, cracking, chipping, or peeling.!

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No_Apartment_4551@reddit

They were real - I went to a good few. They were a shopportunity combined with a chance to get together with a raft of women of all ages for a chat and a glass of wine.

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JasminJaded@reddit

Tupperware parties were legitimate, though I’m sure some people did… something else. You could only buy Tupperware through certain people, so someone would get that person to come to their house for a party, show off the latest wares, and get people to buy stuff.

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ritakuz@reddit

She came back cheerful because there was alcohol at those parties. Inebriated guests buy more 😄

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cpbaby1968@reddit

I miss Tupperware parties.

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MaleficentMousse7473@reddit

Did she get Tupperware a few weeks later?

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Flat-Leg-6833@reddit

Got to attend one as a wee lad of 6. No lesbian swinging going on.

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Nanojack@reddit

The modern equivalent would be a Pampered Chef party, not a key party.

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MathematicianNew760@reddit

And I went to at least 4 or 5 of those

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MwminNC4@reddit

Have several Pampered Chef products. They're fantastic 👍

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MathematicianNew760@reddit

Best can opener ever 😂

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MwminNC4@reddit

Pizza stone & casserole dish 👍

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fleetiebelle@reddit

Was gonna say, OP's lucky to not have a cousin or neighbor trying to rope them into an MLM.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

🤣

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EnigmaticJones@reddit

My mom would send us out all day to play in the summer, to come back home when streetlights were on. Sometimes I would come home to pee, but the door was always locked, and often she would not answer the doorbell.

Why?

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L_wanderlust@reddit

Wow wtf? Shitty parent is why

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EnigmaticJones@reddit

Other than having to pee, it was glorious.

I biked over the whole city with a quarter in my shoe in case of an emergency. Played in the forest. We arranged baseball games on our own.

My kids have never experienced a time without some adult hovering over them.

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I_do_not_post_here@reddit

Same reason we do it, masturbation. Sorry

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EnigmaticJones@reddit

Oh hell I now wonder if the neighbour wasn't visiting

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Cisru711@reddit

I didn't mind when my mom went to one, but she would also host some at our house and that was a real pain. We'd have to spend hours cleaning and then we couldn't watch tv during the parties but would just have to hang out in our room. You definitely didn't want to go near the party lest you be dragged in for questioning.

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iknowyou71@reddit

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claytionthecreation@reddit

That’s not your average run of the mill Crapperware

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Chibi-Skyler@reddit

I remember going to these with my mom. All the ladies would bring their kids and we'd all be in one part of the house with games, snacks, etc., while the moms were in another part of the house having their party.

As an adult, I remember going to jewelry parties (I remember one that was Contempo Fashions). The hostess would have demo pieces to try on, there'd be games with prizes, tons of food. It was great for those like me who never liked social events because I could focus on the products.

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CoDaDeyLove@reddit

One person at the party sells Tupperware. The host of the party gets a free piece of the plastic and the guests are expected to buy. It's kind of like Pampered Chef or Mary Kay parties.

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EatingBuddha3@reddit

And like any MLM party or book club, there was booze! OPs mom was lit! 😂

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_sunshinelollipops@reddit

Tupperware parties were a thing and served as an excuse for the ladies to get together for drinks but sometimes it wasn't Tupperware at all....lol. In addition to Tupperwear my grandmas sold Undercover Wear. These were the lingerie and "toy" parties and both sales kits lived in the trunk of the car. My grandma called all her parties "Tupperware parties" when in reality she was hosting sex toy parties too 🤣

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LightFlaky2329@reddit

Grandma! 😆

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_sunshinelollipops@reddit

Hahahah, I found her kit while snooping in the car one day. Looking back I am a mortified that my grandma was selling supplies for sexy time but in the 80s , XXX shops were the only place you could gets these things. This was the alternative for discreet shopping if you wanted something more sexy than what you could find in the Sears catalog and didnt want to get caught buying accessories at the sex shop.

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Agreeable_Peak_6100@reddit

My Mom had a rotating monthly event called “Club” where it was basically a get together with 5-6 women friends, drink wine, and BS. They’d get pretty tipsy and loud and it was always fun when she hosted.

My Dad had a rotating monthly cash poker game. Had seven players (including him). They’d drink and talk mad shit! I always helped him with the setup and cleanup, but had to stay in the shadows otherwise.

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ted_anderson@reddit

One thing I learned in adulthood is that parents need a break from parenting. And when they spend 2-3 hours being themselves prior to having children, that can be rejuvenating. There was this time when my dad's friend was in a water purifier MLM. And when we went to their house, everyone in the meeting would laugh, joke, talk trash, etc. and everyone had a good time. And I remember how it was in those moments where my parents seemingly said "yes" to everything and stopped scolding us for anything for the next day or two after the party was over.

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Reapr@reddit

I've been to a few - some of them wine was involved, people are much more loose with their cash after a glass or two - but besides that, they usually had prizes, competition, quizzes etc. just to liven things up and create that party atmosphere

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Sarah_withanH@reddit

I used to have a “friend” who did a ton of MLM’s including Tupperware. I say “ friend” because pretty quickly the only time she asked me to do anything was to go to one of her MLM parties. But for a time I’d go, have a good time.

Anyway, my mom did Tupperware and Mary Kay for a bit in the ‘80’s as did some other women in my life. The parties usually have snacks and maybe drinks and they’re usually just a hang with a bunch of women. I think there weren’t a lot of opportunities for that kind of thing especially back in the day for a mother. You leave happy because it’s fun to hang out with other women like that. Had the same energy as family gatherings where all the aunties and moms would end up in the kitchen doing dishes then playing cards and talking shit. I used to love being in that room. Different kind of energy. Again especially back then when I don’t think they got a lot of chances to socialize without men.

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IM_The_Liquor@reddit

You’re thinking too much into it. It was literally not different than any Avon party. Or those stupid candle parties. Or one thing my ex sister-in-law got into, dildo a sex-toy party. Basically, as well as being a giant pyramid scheme sales organization, it was a way for bored women to make a few bucks while getting together to blow off some stream.

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imightbeadud@reddit

I still shoot film and have thought about using the film containers for my stash but I don’t know if the smell would be absorbed by the weed.

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Curious_medium@reddit

It was probably the box wine.

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Low_Cook_5235@reddit

Tupperware parties were legit. And before boxed wine. Moms were drinking some fancy cocktails.

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Bl00p_3r@reddit

Tupperware and MaryKay were MLMs that encouraged women to have parties to sell their products. My mom and her friends also had bunco night at rotating homes. People were more social then, I think.

I have a pile of my mom’s old Tupperware.

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DMFD_x_Gamer@reddit

If it was daytime, it was an actual Tupperware party. If it was nighttime then it was a Naughty Nighty Party.

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Curious_Owl78@reddit

Not true. Most women in my area worked through the 80s. They had their Tupperware and Mary Kay parties at night.

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DjinnaG@reddit

Definitely a both thing. They were actually buying Tupperware, but it was also a cover to get out of the house without their husbands and drink and play silly games with their friends

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optimal-gold976@reddit

My mom hosted a few. Just a bunch of the neighborhood moms drinking wine until tipsy, then the rep gets the drunk ladies to buy shit they don’t need, but they’ve had fun, so why not.

I enjoyed those nights because I’d be stuffed down in the basement with the portable 11” tv and my Nintendo with a bunch of sodas and snacks. Often a friend whose mom was at the party would stay over.

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UKophile@reddit

Just a scam/grift-y social network. No scandal, nothing like you are thinking. Housewives were very trapped.

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IslandGyrl2@reddit

Well, here's the question: Two weeks after she went to the Tupperware party, did new Tupperware show up in the kitchen?

Seriously, though, these parties were a thing when I was a kid. It started with Tupperware, then it ws other stuff -- but it was a get-together for ladies. An evening out, snacks and drinks, a chance to socialize with friends.

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Tikimom@reddit

I was in my 20’s during the 80s and live in a summer tourist area. Back then there wasn’t much going on in the off season, so Tupperware parties were an entertainment and cocktails excuse for mostly women to enjoy. I have a huge cabinet in the basement full of 80’s Tupperware I don’t use. 😂

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WPI94@reddit

The old good stuff is worth money!

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AltFacks@reddit

My mom bought so much Tupperware (and I still use it) that my dad joked we were going to bury her in Tupperware- and burp it.

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sneakyDoings@reddit

Omg I really want a Tupperware coffin

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chnkypenguin@reddit

Didnt they also just say Tupperware party for all parties? Including dildo parties?

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Bentbutnotbroken111@reddit

Early 90’s … I remember going out to see male strippers…..of course my friend told her bf at the time it was a Tupperware party…. It was always a Tupperware party lol

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BigMommaSnikle@reddit

Correct.

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Acrobatic-Hat6819@reddit

I don't think it was a euphemism, just an excuse for a girl's night. Snacks, drinks, gossip; and maybe order a food storage container or two from a friend MLM scheme. Tupperware parties were definitely before my time, but I did go to a couple pampered chef parties

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Beach-Queen-0922@reddit

Pretty sure most moms were conned into hosting a Tupperware party so everyone just bought from each other, and got a free bowl.

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beaushaw@reddit

I call these "Make your friends buy shit they don't need parties."

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oi_that_nander@reddit

Yes and no. It was the origination of the MLM at home parties, so a lot of the time they were absolutely doing that. But also as a mom who sometimes tells my kids where I'm going in a creative way and as a former teenager who used to babysit parents absolutely tell their kids "cover stories"

My aunt and uncle that I babysat for went to meetings at night on a fairly regular basis. They were not going to meetings that's just what they told their children

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crankgirl@reddit

I’m buying up Tupperware. It will be worth a fortune when we hit the peak of the oil crisis.

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DeviantHellcat@reddit

Not a cover. My Grandma had a Tupperware party at her house one time in the 80's. All the kids were sent to bed, but I snuck and sat at the top of the stairs to see. Drinks, conversation and Easter pastel colored Tupperware were flowing, lol!

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alwayssoupy@reddit

My mom was a Tupperware Lady for a bit. She would "host" parties with women in the area and demonstrate the products and take orders. I don't know how successful she was, but it was a way to socialize and we got a lot of samples. I remember they gave her this gray/blue carrier that looked like a double-wide suitcase to transport the goods to the parties. We later used it for all our Barrbie stuff.

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QueenRotidder@reddit

There were legit tupperware parties, my mom took me to one once. There was usually booze there though, and knowing my mom’s crowd, they were definitely in the basement passing a joint around.

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makebadlooksogood@reddit

Those Tupperware parties were real. I remember my mom hosting a few when I was a kid. There must have been some female drama at these things because it seemed like every time my mom had a Tupperware party, there was this one friend who ALWAYS seemed to get upset & run crying into a bedroom. Even when I was 5 or 6 years old I thought she was an overly dramatic pain in the a$$. On another note, my mom still has all her Tupperware.

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phoenix762@reddit

I believe my foster mother had a few. I’m sure it was an excuse to get together and drink.

I think one of her friends was into that amway mess, because my foster mother had a bunch of amway dish soap. I liked the smell of the soap …

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El_diablo_blanco_27@reddit

Tupperware meant vodka.

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phoenix762@reddit

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ER_Support_Plant17@reddit

They were real but I also think they were the “book club” of the before times

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gameraturtle@reddit

If mom went alone, it was a Tupperware party. If dad went with her, it was a key party. Both of which would justify coming back happy.

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SpazDeSpencer@reddit

If dad went it was either a key party or amway.

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Zealousideal-Bite735@reddit

It was an excuse to have a cocktail, get away from the kids and husband. Sometimes buy a pice. It was good for women to get out and socialize.

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Asleep-Marzipan3822@reddit

I remember the home decorating parties being a thing back in the mid 80s too. Keep in mind that a lot of these women were homemakers. They didn't have a regular 9-5 job and where I was from, a lot of those women were under-educated. Not saying they weren't intelligent but they weren't educated in a way that allowed for them to get anything that paid a meaningful amount.

These parties were a way to support one another, get together and have fun away from the husbands and sometimes even the kids & make a little money for themselves. You could say that it maybe started marking where the foundation would eventually go for women to eventually gain some independence and autonomy.

Tupperware, Avon, home decor was absolutely sold but it was really just a fun way to gather and story one another. Things were very different for most women back then.

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Sense_Difficult@reddit

This is so true. I just posted about my mom being really business minded about Avon. She would often try to find work but with 5 kids at the time, she'd mostly wind up baby sitting. Avon gave her a huge out. She could never afford to go to the conventions even though she was a top seller. Wish I could go back in time and give her the money. She deserves it.

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Asleep-Marzipan3822@reddit

I think that's something a lot of the younger generations don't grasp. I live in the US and within my lifetime women were not able to have credit cards, they had to have a man on their bank accounts and it was virtually unheard of for them to buy their own homes.

My mom was well educated, came from a good family and had a really good job back in the 80s. She also married into my dad's family who owned a prominent and successful business in our area. My dad was also an abusive alcoholic and growing up I could never understand why it took so long for her to leave him (she finally did in like 1986). We were talking a few months back and I again voiced my frustration that she kept us in that environment for as long as she did (I was around 12 when they spilt) and she began to tell me the number of times she went to talk to divorce attorneys and how dismissive they were and told her she needed to think of what she would be walking away from and also waking into financially. To think of the life she would be taking away from her kids. And in one instance the male attorney came onto her and kissed her. I wanted to throw up listening to her experience. She said it took years for her to lay the groundwork to be able to leave my dad - and again she had a good, well-paying and professional job and was well connected through her own family around town. This was not the girl that got pregnant and married during high school and had to drop out and marry her high school boyfriend like so many others where I was from. When she did leave she said she was one of the only women in town that owned her own house and even had a lot of support from her parents to make it. The shenanigans my dad pulled in terms of not paying child support and other financial obligations he had to us really added to the overall disdain and lack of respect I had for him.

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Ok-Dragonfruit-715@reddit

My mom hated that sort of thing, so she never went to them. My mom didn't like socializing with women. Kind of ironic, since her daughter turned out to be a freaking lezbo. 😂

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Miami_Cracker@reddit

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

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Ok-Dragonfruit-715@reddit

It's a total rush when somebody gets my user flair 😜

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Pathphinder@reddit

Hey man, just be glad I had fast reflexes

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Ok-Dragonfruit-715@reddit

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MarcusAurelius68@reddit

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59apache01@reddit

Mainly just an excuse to get out of the house and socialize. And order something they "needed" while they were there.

I remember one of my mom's friends was an Avon rep. She would order something small about once a month just so she could collect her commission.

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Sense_Difficult@reddit

My mom was a hard core Avon rep. She would do really clever things like use her discount to buy bulk powders to make a bonus pack if people bought two bottles of Skin So Soft. Also she'd get tons of the mini lipstick samples to add in as a "bonus" for her regulars. My sister and I were her delivery agents and also her catalogue droppers. We'd be drilled to never leave them on a door step. Either roll them up and put them in the door handle or put them between the screen door and the door just in case it rained.

She would get annoyed at the Tupperware parties and Avon parties because most of the women there were just there to drink and buy something from a friend. She had business angles all over the place they didn't really care about. LOL

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yarn_slinger@reddit

My mom’s Avon lady used to sit with her and each time mom would say “oh that’s cute”, Avon lady would put it on the purchase form. My mom would get all kinds of junk she never meant to buy but was too polite (embarrassed) to return. We found bags and bags of unopened stuff when we cleaned out her house.

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Sense_Difficult@reddit

Awww. That's true. I bet quite a few Avon ladies pulled that trick to make sure they hit the quota for the month.

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59apache01@reddit

The friend of my mom's I mentioned used to get really annoyed at me because I would have her say the cheesy "Avon Calling!" jingle when she would bring my mom's order by the house.

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Sense_Difficult@reddit

LOL Thank goodness she never made us do that!

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d4sbwitu@reddit

A bunch of women, bitching about their lives, finding out gossip, and if you're lucky, a bottle of wine or two to go around. She may have been having an affair, but likely as not she was enjoying a couple of hours with the girls.

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damutecebu@reddit

And buying plastic storage dishes in the process.

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Altruistic_Relief189@reddit

As a kid I went to a few with my mom. There was also some home decor line they sold in parties like that too. Nothing scandalous happened. It was closer to a book club gathering today. Women get together, eat, drink, gossip and eventually get around to the reason for the party. And the sales rep actually made a few sales. Good times were had by all.

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Realistic_Fact_3778@reddit

Probably Home Interiors. I had an aunt that sold that line back in the day. So much product in her house...

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Vir4lPl47ypu5@reddit

Don’t forget Avon.

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Artistic-Deal5885@reddit

And Longaberger baskets. And there was a clothing line too that looked like the saleslady made the shorts and shirts herself. Wild 80s colors, lime green, purple, Fresh Prince prints and colors

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SandraMort@reddit

Lularoe? I used to sell it and most of my clothes are still from the stock... though I was fussy about the colors/ prints.

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Artistic-Deal5885@reddit

Was LulaRoe big in the late 80s, early 90s? I thought it was more of a 21st century thing but I bowed out of the home parties thing right about then

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Altruistic_Relief189@reddit

Avon then and in the 90s we ended up with to Mary Kay ladies in our circle.

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Free-oppossums@reddit

Was it Princess House? My mom decorated the house with a lot of over priced brass wall things.

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Altruistic_Relief189@reddit

I think so. Lots of brass stuff and figurines.

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Greentigerdragon@reddit

Hah! "Get together, eat, drink, gossip and eventually get around to the reason..." - Sounds like me and my mates meeting up for Dungeons and Dragons. :)

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notguiltybrewing@reddit

They weren't just a cover story. Tupperware was not sold in stores originally, that was an alternative marketing path. I'm sure it was as much a social occasion as anything with a sales pitch thrown in.

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vwaldoguy@reddit

Tupperware was the “thing” in the 80s.

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yarn_slinger@reddit

80s? 50s, 60s, 70s. My sister’s first “adult” job back in the 70s was sitting watching a machine press Tupperware containers. She said she’d sit and cry from boredom. (She went back to school and got a professional degree. )

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nietheo@reddit

My mom loved them, I think mostly for the socializing.

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weepandread@reddit

In the 70s my friend’s older sister became a Tupperware dealer, we all had a party, each friend. I bought so much Tupperware as a teen, I’m in my 60s and still using some of it. Each time I take out my yellow kool aid pitcher I think of the fun we had at the parties, laughing, food, silly games for little prizes. My mother had a party in the 60s she sent my brother and I upstairs in her room to watch TV and told not to come downstairs. We were jumping on her bed, I pushed him and he split his head open. I ran downstairs and that was the end of the Tupperware party.

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Tackybabe@reddit

I was a Tupperware lady.

The parties are for real. I had a large demonstrator kit with the most recent items, that I bought at a discount, and I would go to people’s homes and tell them about the products and pass out catalogs (that I also paid for).

The hostess of the party would receive steep discounts and free items if her guests bought for certain thresholds of sales. There were little party favours or gifts (that I had to buy) for the guests and there were little games we could play where they could win last season’s pieces or they could buy them at a discount. The hostess would offer drinks and some light food (not a meal).

We had a good time.

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yarn_slinger@reddit

My friends have been suckers for these parties for years except they do the candles or jewelry parties. They always get drunk. Personally the most fun I’ve had was at a sex toy party.

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CSILalaAnn@reddit

I have been to a sex toy party a couple of times. Once was a bachelorette party and the other was to help someone get a new side gig going. Never attend one of these with a significant other's family. Awkward!! Although I did find some body oil mist that I still use!

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Govinda74@reddit

"We had a good time" (that I had to buy)

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Ryokurin@reddit

It's similar to a lot of "Book Reading Parties" today. Yes, they do discuss the book a little but it's more a socializing event than discussing the latest Emily Henry novel.

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therocketn00b@reddit

I was shocked to learn that Tupperware was apparently an MLM, as was Avon (which my mother sold), hence the parties.

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nietheo@reddit

I went to one maybe 10 years ago. I wanted that shape sorter ball that we had as kids for a friend's baby. I ended up winning a big pile of stuff so it pretty ok for an MLM party (which normally I avoid).

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SubjectEssay361@reddit

The tea helper was the object I always wanted.

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Professional-Mess-98@reddit

It probably was an actual Tupperware party. They used to pretty popular. I’ve been to so many MLM type parties over the years and there was always food, socializing and usually wine or mimosas. For some women it would be an excuse to get out of the house and get together with friends.

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bpositive223@reddit

The happy part could be that jug or box wine was often served at these parties. It would lower inhibitions and possibly make ppl buy more. I’ve been to a few, as well as Mary Kay makeup parties.

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ShakespearianShadows@reddit

Sure, my parents used to go to them. I’d hang out with my friend playing video games and they’d order pizza for us. Mom and Dad would drop his keys in the Tupperware bowl at the door and go hang out for several hours. Must have been fun, because they’d get together every few weeks.

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Sense_Difficult@reddit

I saw what you did there. LOL

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HistorianLiving@reddit

Tupperware Key party’s = Swingers

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TellThemISaidHi@reddit

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Nervous-Cricket-4895@reddit

They were legit…more so than the tamale making events my mom attended and needed to call my dad for a ride home after so many margaritas 😆

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Best-Masterpiece8987@reddit

To be fair, that sounds amazing

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fireyqueen@reddit

I went to a few Tupperware parties with my mom. That and Mary Kay

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Iam-WinstonSmith@reddit

I think she is implying..they were swingers ...but that's just me.

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Commercial_Can4057@reddit

I don’t really get that. They never said both parents attended. I went to a few of these with my mom as a kid (she was a single parent). They were legit. My mom always left cheerful too because they were fun - it was a social event. There were usually snacks, some beer or wine coolers, and a solid 1-2 hours just hanging out with her friends. Sometimes they would joke about the products, but mostly they just politely listened for a little bit then did their own thing hanging out.. That makes anyone cheerful. Everyone would order a cheap item as a thank-you and so the host could get a small commission.

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Ancient-Sink5239@reddit

My grandma sold Tupperware. The women at those parties were really excited to not be at home a they were really into Tupperware.

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LadyNorbert@reddit

They were a real thing. I vaguely remember my mom attending maybe two when I was a kid, but I'm pretty sure she didn't enjoy them much.

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activelyresting@reddit

My mum hosted Tupperware parties and sold Tupperware in the 80s. Tbh I don't think she made any money out of it, just subsidized her own seemingly endless collection of plastic tubs. And unless you go full on commercial and turn it into a business where you get loads of random people to host their own parties that you can sell at, there's no way really to make anything of it once you already milked all your own friends and family.

As you said - there's only so much Tupperware you can really need. Unless your mum was selling Tupperware herself, it's possible she was doing something else. Or maybe she was just good friends with someone who sold Tupperware and going as an extra guest to boost numbers. Or both... I've heard a few stories of women using it as a cover for lesbian shenanigans with a friend. That, and book clubs.

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JoeNoble1973@reddit

My wife does a 6 girl book club about once a month should i be worried

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activelyresting@reddit

If it's the book club I go it, yeah you probably should be

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speedier@reddit

Do you see her reading books the rest of the month?

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HavBoWilTrvl@reddit

My mom did Tupperware, Princess House, and attended some Mary Kay parties but never signed up for that one. She went hardest on the Princess House. So much glassware with that distinctive design.

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DivaJanelle@reddit

Princess House was the Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter plates.

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

They were code for adult toy parties a lot of the time lol

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Ha, That was kind of where my mind was going, that or maybe a performance from the Chippendales

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Next_Possibility_01@reddit

The 80s were fun, and yes, we were the first with Chippendales, but you did not call it going to a Tupperware party. There was no reason to use a code name for Chippendales.

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

Maybe that too haha

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Next_Possibility_01@reddit

No, although there were adult toy parties, not all of them were - baskets, candles, makeup, cookware, etc.

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PeppersteakPi@reddit

There was this version of "Tupperware Party" as well, but that normally resulted in cheerful behaviour in the days that followed.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

hahah - good on them for that too!!

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SnowblindAlbino@reddit

My mother went to "Naughty Lady" parties in the 70s, which had no code. She brought home a little wind-up, hopping penis one time.

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

Haha

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PeppersteakPi@reddit

They were a chance to enjoy some wine and take a break from family responsibilities for a few hours.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Did you go to them? Was there a genuine element of Tupperware? If so, how did that work - was it selling the stuff, comparing each other's, bringing food to eat together (that was in tupperware) ? Just curious ?

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Next_Possibility_01@reddit

You have never been to an MLS party of any kind, they are all the same. Drinks and food were usually included along with the sales pitch....the person who hosted got money towards items depending on spending level

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BabalonBimbo@reddit

Basically a person holds a party and invites their friends. Wine and munchies get the friends loosened up. The Tupperware salesperson gives the group a sales pitch. They had samples to show you and a catalog to pick from. You are peer pressured into making an order. The hostess of the party usually got some free Tupperware for having the party.

The same thing happened with Mary Kay, Avon, Amway, some dildo company, it’s a real phenomenon. I’m too young for Tupperware but have been to Mary Kay parties. My mom never came home from those things happy and relaxed, more annoyed by the social expectation to buy something.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Ah, I'm getting a clear picture now, interesting thank you. Seems quaint looking back on it but pretty wholesome

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PeppersteakPi@reddit

No, my mom hosted a few when I was growing up.

The wine and chat were part of the process. After a few glasses of wine, people were more likely to buy Tupperware.

I recall exactly, but it was either that you were given a guide on how to plan and host evenings, or someone higher up the pipeline would help you plan and host your first few parties.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Interesting, thank you. Nice to think that it was so wholesome - a bit of wine and chat away from the kids, good on them 😁

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dae_giovanni@reddit

Tupperware parties existed, for sure.

...... that said, we have no idea what your mom might or might not have been doing. it is still possible her Tupperware parties were just a cover story... lolol

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

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pixeequeen84@reddit

It was honestly very similar in structure to the online MLMs of today. My grandma was a sales rep for Tiara glass, then she did Christmas Around the World/House of Lloyd, then there was some candle one, I feel like Tupperware was a similar structure as well.

Some lady would host a party at her house and invite all her friends. My grandma would go and give her sales talk, people would buy stuff, the lady who hosted got some kind of commission and would sometimes be invited to also become a sales rep. It's just morphed into all online bullshit instead of in person. I had some of the best baklava I've ever eaten at one of those parties.

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Kwyjibo68@reddit

Yeah, it was a cover for getting away from the house, the kids, hanging out with friends and having fun.

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Simplisticjoy@reddit

Shooot. My mom was an “entrepreneur” like this - she sold some kind of ceramics, copperware, Home Interiors, Mary Kay, and..one other one. We had so much of her stock tucked away around the house. I was always grateful for Home Interiors, because she had enough stock to fill the car, but the majority of the stuff was ordered from the company only after the party.

In exchange, we went to other people’s Tupperware parties, Pampered Chef parties, Avon parties, etc etc. It was a common side hustle for women in my church community, and it served as a great means of socialization too. I had my first facial at her friend’s Mary Kay party after she stopped selling it. I also remember the veggie pizza at a Pampered Chef party - it had ranch dressing as the sauce, with onion, broccoli and carrots on it, and my mind was BLOWN at how delicious it was.

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AccomplishedIgit@reddit

My mom did Christmas Around the World too

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HistoryGirl23@reddit

Yes, the fruit pizza was good too. I've used a love of my Pampered Chef stuff for thirty years and it's still working great

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Simplisticjoy@reddit

Oohhh yes! I also remember that one. I was so suspicious of it, because damn was I a close minded kid sometimes. And then it was delicious. I wanted a pizza stone for a loooong time because of those dishes.

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Tess47@reddit

So, sometimes the parties were real and sometimes we would meet at a restaurant and have wine and salads.

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Living4Adventure@reddit

I was a kid when I went to one with my mom. The best part was when they sent a goody bowl around where everyone got to choose a little gift. I chose a magical tiny miniature Tupperware bowl key chain. ✨✨✨

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Silver_Breakfast7096@reddit

Been to and hosted one. It was a thing.

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No_Bookkeeper_6183@reddit

I went to one when I was a kid. We had cherry cheesecake. The women would sit around and the hostess would present different types of Tupperware and how they were used, etc..

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sometimesnowing@reddit

There were sex toy parties, Avon parties, Tupperware parties, costume jewellery parties.

Honestly I think it was mainly just getting out of the house for a few hours after the kids were in bed

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Second_City_Saint@reddit

Poker games for moms

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afaerieprincess80@reddit

Also Home Interiors. My mom sold that in the eighties. Pictures, sconces, candles, fake flowers. It was a whole thing.

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roadtwich@reddit

Oh yes, the Home Interior set of three white butterflies everyone had in their bathroom!

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in-a-microbus@reddit

Sex toy parties!?

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AreYouDoneNow@reddit

Typically beyond just socializing there's also food and drinks.

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industriousalbs@reddit

Tupperware and Nutrimetics parties were a real thing

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puddncake@reddit

Tri chem liquid embroidery too. Fondue parties! Sarah Conventry jewelry.

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Aggravating-Ear2647@reddit

No mem, no kids. Alcohol was involved. Of course she was cheerful when she got home. Today we have book clubs.

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ScheanaShaylover@reddit

And Bravo 💛

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DeaddyRuxpin@reddit

Until recently that’s how Tupperware was sold. It was an MLM product until they went bankrupt a few years ago. Now some areas countries (like the USA) are transitioning to direct sales through retailers like Target and Costco.

Your mom came back in a good mood because these events likely had all her friends there, snacks, and lots of alcohol.

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BravestBlossom@reddit

Friends, snacks, and no kids or husbands.

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emeraldandrain@reddit

My mom was a Tupperware lady in the 70s when we lived in Hawaii. She did pretty well, and it was probably a great way for the military moms to get together.

I accidentally became the highlight of the evening when my mom was hosting a party at our house. She told us not to come down, but my 8 year old self had to tell her that my two younger sisters had "cut the hell out of my crayon box" and I was upset about that.

Good times, good memories, and lots o' Tupperware.

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ProseccoWishes@reddit

Apparently it’s still a thing. Consultants. Parties. They’re celebrating 80 years!

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PahzTakesPhotos@reddit

My aunt was a Tupperware lady. When we got married, she gave us SO much useful Tupperware. My kids still use some of it themselves (I passed some on to them when they moved out).

My mom was an Avon lady, actually walked door-to-door on her "route". She did that long enough to get the entire porcelain nativity set at whatever the discount was for active Avon ladies.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Awww, my Mum did Avon at one time too. It's all making sense now, thank you

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Rich_Group_8997@reddit

Lol no. There were actual Tupperware parties. My mom used to take me with her to some, and I've attended even more as an adult (that's when i realized i reached the 'adult' stage). 😬

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blumpkinator2000@reddit

Totally a thing, and besides Tupperware there were also clothing and makeup sales parties, plus of course Ann Summers. Drinks and nibbles would usually be served, and there might be a game, icebreaker or freebie involved too.

It wasn't just about moving product and earning a commission, it was a social thing too. My mum would sometimes get invited along; she wasn't particularly fussed about plastic containers, but it was a way for women to get to know their neighbours, earn a little extra cash, and do something that didn't revolve solely around the house and kids. I think that's why, back in the day, it was so popular amongst forces wives; also, not many jobs fit in well around that sort of lifestyle, but party plan selling does.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Excellent answer, thank you so much for that. It makes sense now, my Mum was an Avon lady at one time so I think it's just as you described. Cheers 👋

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Bay_de_Noc@reddit

After my Mom died at age 100, the one thing of hers that my son wanted ... was her Tupperware cereal bowls. My son is 59 years old, and has fond memories of staying at Grama's house when he was a child and eating his morning cereal out of those bowls.

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tkkana@reddit

I flipping love my cereal bowls. They will bury me with one. The others can go to family if they want.

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caniac99@reddit

I have her little cups I used to drink juice from. Still use them and remember the times fondly.

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Normal-Sun450@reddit

There was a point when the only time suburban women socialized without men and children was when they were selling shit to one another- mlm.

Then we invented book clubs.

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kgrs22lbug@reddit

"Then we invented book clubs" has made my morning.

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Hefty_Principle700@reddit

It’s an old MLM thing like Amway and Avon etc. Gave the moms a night away from kids and lazy husbands. Book clubs are the same thing.

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Important_Hunt_1882@reddit

I remember Tupperware parties as a kid at our house (almost 50 years ago, Belgium). I assume you could earn a nice little extra income with them if you sold enough.
Plastic wasn't as ubiquitous back then as it is now, and those items were very new and handy at the time.
I still have some Tupperware items from that era, so the quality was really good.

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AntheaBrainhooke@reddit

I've been to a Tupperware party. The thing that made your mom so happy was wine. So much wine.

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maddog2271@reddit

Definitely a thing. My mom used to go to them and would buy stuff sometimes. and it was actually really good quality stuff. might have been MLM but at least tupperware delivered the goods. Though I will note that in Wisconsin in the 1970’s cocktails were definitely served…might explain the happiness.

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sangvert@reddit

Tupperware, the product was so good, the company put itself out of business

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la_winky@reddit

My mom still has Tupperware from when I was a kid. And it’s in great shape.

It’s good stuff.

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DevolvingSpud@reddit

We still have one or two of the yellow ones kicking around.

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eltoraxico@reddit

Habitualmente se limitaba a eso, a compartir, concursos y premios entre las señoras, me tocó acompañar a mi bisabuela, a mi tía y a mi entonces novia a visitas de esas reuniones, no paraba de eso. Y ganaban buen dinero si eran constantes.

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Objective_Joke_5023@reddit

Those MLM home parties were the bunco and mahjong nights of their era.

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Crazy_Raven_Lady@reddit

They actually did have Tupperware parties. It’s just like how they had Mary Kay makeup parties and longaberger basket parties. I’ve been to many of them with my mom while growing up.

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AccomplishedLine9351@reddit

Tupperware is on Amazon.

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helpitgrow@reddit

Not in the 80’s.

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

I don’t think Tupperware parties were a thing here in the UK.. but I definitely remember my mother going to a lot of Anne summers parties!

How’s that for trauma…

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Aromatic_Occasion317@reddit

They were a thing in the UK in the 1980's, my Mum would talk about them and we had sh!t loads of Tupperware.

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StereotypicallBarbie@reddit

I do remember we had a lot of Tupperware.. but the parties I only remember hearing about in American films. Definitely remember kids clothes parties though..

Maybe my mother was the type to only get invited to Ann summers parties!

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Skeptikell1@reddit

Two hundred dollars worth of Tupperware sold.

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Squibit314@reddit

They were real. If you ever want to experience a Tupperware party to the extreme…find a Dixie’s Tupperware party. She found an incredible way to do them and take them on tour.

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Sean_theLeprachaun@reddit

Did mom have a lot of pineapple art around the house?

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

😂😂😂😂😂

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spoilederin@reddit

Tupperware parties had alcohol so the women would buy more. Mom was happy and it wasn’t because she bought the newest plastic cake dish.

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Ok-Limit-9726@reddit

She was so a swinger,

Did she always take her keys?

She was hitting it, boomers knew how to fucken party

Took Mellinials to be more Alcoholic!

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A_friend_called_Five@reddit

LOL. Keys? You are alluding to key parties, but that proves nothing. Don't you always take your keys when you leave your house? Oh, then you must be a swinger.

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iamgazz@reddit

Same thing with my book club 😉 🍷

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Illustrious_You_6210@reddit

I'm going to have to find me a book club...

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

They still exist. Usually on line parties. I am currently in one for a fundraiser. Also often you can find Tupperware at trade show.

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GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit

My mom went to Tupperware parties, hosted Tupperware parties and had so much Tupperware. But the parties were a good excuse to get away from the husband for a night. A lot of the parties involved some drinking. I remember one that was hosted at the house and my older brother got roped into teaching the roomful of middle aged ladies how to line dance.

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bluntpointsharpie@reddit

We have a few tupperware bowls that are over 50 years old and still in good shape.

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Nerissa23@reddit

I still have a couple of tupperware bowls. They are still excellent!

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iroeny@reddit

I’ve been to a Tupperware party once in the early 2000s. The Tupperware representative shows you the new models and tries to get you to buy some. But most of the event was just housewives getting together, having cake and wine. Basically it’s just an excuse to party with the girls.

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gibberishnope@reddit

Mums mate had a stash of Tupperware, she’d go out with her boyfriend and just bring one in.

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geefunken@reddit

Ask yourself this, how cheerful would you be talking about actual Tupperware all evening?

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit (OP)

Exactly!!! Not as cheerful as my Mum was that's for sure