The couples arrived before the sales person. I guess the idea was to have people show up early, relax and get a couple of drinks in them before the sales pitch started. We were well into our second drink, some on their third when Mary arrived with a case full of lingerie. It took her a few minutes to set up her rack of items as we all conversed, drank and ate light snacks.

The formal part of the party started off with a game with a person getting a point if you have ever had an experience that Mary read off a list. The experiences started off mild like...