I love being indie but i'm realising that the one down side compared to agencies is that even after the booking with some clients it's not good bye cause then they start texting. I have a few clients now who randomly text crap like " how's your day been", "how are you", "What you been up to" and just other pointless crap. Had 1 yesterday from a guy I met last week and he was like "what you upto today. If you're in Leeds do you fancy meeting up and i'll treat you to a coffee". I'd just love to turn round and say "look mate, unless you're paying me for the hour for that coffee can you please do me a favour and F&*K OFF!!". I'm just getting sick of guys pestering me now! When I'm not working I don't want to hear from them but sometimes I feel like I have to reply cause of doing bookings with them. I hate texting at the best of times let alone texting people I have no interest in. Anyone else attract clingy clients or just me?

This goes with the job, I'm afraid. You need to get 'tough' and choose a suitable reply to stop them time wasting any further. Have a search of the forum, or choose from:

IGNORING (no reply)
BLOCKING (no reply)

OR replying...

"hi, thanks for your text, please call when you'd like to make a booking"
"Sorry I'm busy right now, but please do call when you would like to make a booking"
"I'd love to meet you for a coffee, the price for an hour is ?xx, what time and where?"

Or a combo of any/all of them.

Do you ever reply Sweetcheeks? I've not had that many text between bookings but one I've seen loads started texting 'I'm horny', occasionally inbetween bookings. In the end I told him it doesn't impress me or turn me on  so not going to see him again. He then apologised profusely and I agreed to see him again as the actual bookings were easy. Last meet absolutely fine, then I got text next day saying how he can't sleep for thinking about me, he's having a hard time mainly to do with me. I thought here we go again. He's desperate for a gf, he had told me he's having trouble finding one (he really has nothing going for him), so I sensed his neediness and should've binned him earlier.

I ignored it, then he text 'you must be on holiday'. He thought I was ignoring him cos I was away! Week later he text loads of times 'you back yet'. 'Long holiday', things like that, then 'You must know by now I have feelings?' Yes I'm not thick but he seems surprised I don't respond positively. He even text my other work phone posing as a new client but I'd saved his number.

We're not their wives or gf so don't owe them casual sex chat or reasons if we don't want to see them again but some are so deluded and clingy that maybe on occasion it's best to tell them.