I recently had a client who claims to have "left the hobby" (others dispute this claim, but that's totally irrelevant to me because it has no effect on what WE do) book me for an overnight. I have seen him a couple of times already. He has also booked other sessions that he ended up cancelling for some reason or another. After setting the time/date/place for the session, he sent me a confirmation email containing all the information listed. I kindly thanked him for confirming (he knew I was a bit skeptical because of our recent history) and told him that I would be in touch leading up to the appt. He proceeded to flood my phone with messages about how excited he is and that he can't wait to see me. At the time I was busy online working on other things, so my responses were a bit delayed (maybe about 2 minutes between his message and my response) because I wasn't sitting there staring at the phone waiting for the next message to appear. He stated that something didn't feel right with the conversation, and I immediately told him that I apologize for being distracted but he started messaging me in the middle of a very important task that I needed to complete. Out of nowhere, he gets PISSED! He goes on a rant saying that he feels like he may need to reevaluate the appt. because he's paying a large amount of $$$ and the whole idea is to feel spoiled by me. He goes on to say that he doesn't feel like I appreciate the fact that although he's "left the hobby", he still has a desire to see only me. He ended the conversation by saying that I needed to think about what he said and what he is continuing to offer me... Now, although I am FULLY aware of what my position calls for, I was completely FLOORED by his reaction. I understand VERY WELL what it takes to hold the attention of a client, which is why he chose to continue seeing me after "leaving the hobby". But, even with all of my "in between job duties", there has to be a line drawn SOMEWHERE. And, it's not like I was purely ignoring him. I was actually BUSY and told him so! To me, this said that he has no respect for me as a woman with a life OUTSIDE of pay for play and expected me to drop everything because he's waving $ in my face. So, I emailed him and politely cancelled our appt. with a detailed explanation as to why I felt the need to do so. Now, he is hammering my inbox with apologies about how even though he feels like he wasn't ALL wrong, it had already been a horrible day for him and how I should allow him a chance to make it up. My question is, how far beyond actual time SPENT together should a session go? Are I really expected to drop everything to coddle a client whenever an opportunity to make money arises? And most of all, was I wrong in how I dealt with the situation? I really don't think I was, but it would really help to hear the perspective of clients and providers as well.