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Lara
I have had to part ways with a regular that I no longer want to see.
This  was a really creepy one in the end I blocked and didn't answer his calls at all or messages. He got the hint.
I couldn't bear him touching me so didn't care what he thought when he couldn't get another booking.
It can be uncomfortable not knowing how to get rid so to speak.
We  tolerate because we need that cash.
As soon as I got other bookings it was a a relief to replace the creep.

Personally, I don't feel it's very nice to block outright straight away. I would say something like, 'I'm sorry, but I'm no longer enjoying our bookings and suggest you look for another SP.' If he starts whining, then block.

Oh I agree as I said I gave the reg I ditched countless talks and chances.

At the end of the day some people will not listen or change their behaviour and the only solution for your sanity is to block

Good luck whatever you decide OP.

 

There is little things that annoy me. He pushes boundaries, asks for services I don’t offer. I tell him no and he just laughs it off. He doesn’t actually act on it which is why I put up with it. I don’t need to explain myself to him, so I’m just going to block and ignore.

Thanks for the advice everyone. X

I had a few of these over the years and because there was no APPARENT bad behaviour, I continued seeing them. Each week, I dreaded it. In the end I did a full sweep of clients and got rid of ones I "tolerated". My working life changed dramatically and I wished I did it sooner.

Just contact him as other have said and state that you no longer with to meet him as you feel there is no connection. And then block.

I have posted on this before and said that I had a purge of long term clients I could not face again for one reason or another and used to dread it when I had accepted bookings from them. Not horribly dreaded but just really did not look forward to that clock ticking nearer their due time. 

After ridding myself of that feeling by informing them as nicely as I could that "sorry but I can not meet you again" or similar words, it felt so much better knowing they would never be back. I was burning my bridges though as these men were as frequent as every 3 weeks or so and I saw a loss in earnings but sometimes the money is not everything.

In time there are others who start creeping up the list of dreaded clients and they will get their turn at being dumped by me. As long as I tell them without any insults or what really put me off them then I don't feel at all guilty.

Some have not even replied and others asked why (always texting, not calls) but I don't respond. Once I have said sorry no more bookings that is it as far as I am concerned. I owe them nothing as if any one of them stops booking me I have no right or inclination to ask why.