13 Signs That You Were An Amway Kid In The 90's

In the 90's, Amway became this national phenomenon, at least in your world, anyway. It influenced the products you had in your house, family vacations, and your feelings towards motivational tapes. Non-Amway kids just don't understand. Here's to the company that shaped your childhood!

1. You know what "Go Diamond! Break 7! Fired up!" means.

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You said it with gusto before any Amway meeting, convention, or sometimes just in general.

2. You played with your parents' whiteboard and markers.

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You usually played school, hangman, or mimicked the triangles and webs.

3. Your ultimate goal in life was to have a luxury coach and travel all over the U.S.

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This was the dream! Your family probably even visited the Prevost factory on a road trip at one point.

4. You traveled all over the U.S. to Amway conventions. In a car. Not a coach.

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You marked down every state you passed through. Chances are, you at least passed through almost all 50. Yes, the tip of Wyoming counts.

5. You played with other Amway kids when your parents had meetings and conventions together.

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They totally understood what you went through. You had your Amway friends and your non-Amway friends.

6. Your parents would have their friends over and serve food... and motivational tapes.

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You listened to the motivational tapes on the way to convention. You truly believed that you could do anything!

Even if it was just finally completing your 8's times tables. You were motivated!

7. The tapes had fun songs like "get on your feet!" By Gloria Estefan and "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys.

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You were going to get up and make it happen! You didn't know where Key Largo was, but you wanted to be there.

You also knew all the words to Calloway's "I wanna be Rich."

8. You know who the DeVos and Van Andel families are.

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You also wanted to meet them. Their names were on the Tapes, and they had a luxury coach. They had made it. They were Amway Royalty.

9. You would sneak into your mom's make-up drawer and use all her Artistry make up.

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Artistry lip stick was WAY better than your Lip Smackers. You also couldn't wait for the new catalog and samples that your mother received in the mail! You knew everyone's "season." Even your dog's.

10. You didn't have name brands in the house, you had Glister gum and toothpaste.

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Glister gum outlasted anything on the market! Your non-Amway friends just didn't get it.

11. You took Nutrilite vitamins, instead of Flintstones gummies.

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Each bottle had a different picture on it too.

12. You traveled to many different hotels and convention centers throughout the U.S.

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Conventions were just a way of life. Your parents couldn't afford real vacations, because they were still at the bottom of the Amway totem pole, so conventions became your vacation. Your parents were huge optimists and the road trip was half the fun. One year, you may have event rented a van with another family and traveled together. Your Amway friends made it awesome! You ruled the road and the hotel! (Or at least you thought.)

13. At some point, your parents stopped with the tapes, meetings, and conventions.

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The tapes were packed away, your mom still bought some Artistry products, but the era came to a close. You grew up, and your parents realized that becoming rich was much harder than they imagined.

There were some people who made it big, but for you, the mansion and luxury coach never materialized. Still, you were raised on Amway and the notion that you could be whatever you wanted, if you just worked hard enough.

It may have had it's ups and downs, but it reflected a time when people had the world at their fingertips. Amway was the epitome of 90's optimism. It had a huge influence on your childhood, and you wouldn't have traded it for the world!