Help my boyfriend is a pyramid scheme addict!

Does anyone know anyone like this?  They try and get you to listen to some spiel about a product that will make you a millionaire, but the catch is you have to pay money up front to join in and then recruit other people.  Oh my gosh it is sooooo embarassing!  Everywhere we go, he tries to get people to sign up for it.  Everyone we know is avoiding him.  Shoot me now.

I almost think this is a deal breaker after six years together.   

Did he just start this?  I would think this might be a deal breaker, I don't know is he making lots of money doing it?  If he is, is it worth the ostricizing that will occur?  Wow, I don't know what else to say.

I think it's time you had a serious talk with him about how this is affecting you. It seems to me that if he wants to do this in his own time, maybe it would be ok? But he definitely should NOT be recruiting people you know, or try to be recruiting people while you are there, once he knows that you feel very uncomfortable about it. Good luck!

what is he selling?

Get as far away from him as you can.  His thinking is distorted, deluded, and it's going to spill over into other things. 

Well, he isn't the first person to be taken in by the promise of riches by getting into a pyramid scheme.  He may not get into criminal actions or the infamy of Madoff, but you should discuss with him your concerns about what he's doing - it's not exactly the most ethical way to make a living (it's called a "scheme" or "scam" for a reason).

And if everyone you know is purposely avoiding you, that presents a deliberate disruption of your normal life, which should give you some pause at the very least.  He may be able to still do it by only hitting up people you don't know, but I don't know that trying to sell...whatever it is he's selling...to other people would make this thing more honorable just because they're strangers.

Yeah, you need to talk with him.  Good luck!

To me there's no 'almost' about it... I hate pyramid schemes. You need to sit him down and have a serious talk with him about how it's affecting your relationship (and driving your friends away!) Is this a new development, something that he just recently got suckered into? Or is he one of those people who'll fall for anything?

I just have to add pyramid schemes that offer no real product it that is what he is doing is just a scam.  If he is into this do you really want to be dating a scammer.  If he is not the captain of the pryamid he will more than likely lose his money as well.  Something like 88% of people lose their money in this scam and if he is not at the top of the teir and started it he is getting scamed as well.

Original Post by lisa032385:

Does anyone know anyone like this?  They try and get you to listen to some spiel about a product that will make you a millionaire, but the catch is you have to pay money up front to join in and then recruit other people.  Oh my gosh it is sooooo embarassing!  Everywhere we go, he tries to get people to sign up for it.  Everyone we know is avoiding him.  Shoot me now.

I almost think this is a deal breaker after six years together.   

He sounds like a keeper! ;)

Seriously, you are with him for other reasons, right? Tell him your embarrassed. Talk to him about it

Some people do not want to work a regular 9 - 5 job so they look for other ways to make income.  Lots of people would get out of the 9-5 stuff if they could and some do....they are called entrepreuners.  He may be misguided with the present opportunity, but  I would hate to crush the spirit of the person trying to get out of mediocrity.