If I decline a client, that is my right, and that rejection shouldn't be questioned or challenged. If I tell a client I will not see him, that should be the end of our contact.....Yet over the past 8 years ( his time count, although I think it's been longer), I have a previous client continuing to contact me trying to persuade me into seeing him again.

I declined him because he no showed me and then refused to pay a cancellation fee for that missed date. He's messaged me numerous times to justify missing that date and offering reasons why he did, but again, also without offering or agreeing to any compensation. Had he simply paid for the missed date after it was missed, I would have considered meeting him again. Yet, and over all these years, he still thinks he has a right to see me, and should not have to compensate me, and ignores my decision...At this stage, his persistence and with him not accepting my decision, are reason enough to avoid him. All of that is red flag behavior. NO means NO. It is not flattering, it is not normal behavior to continously contact a person who has told you numerous times they don't want to see you. The only credit I will give him, is that he doesn't try to hide his identity when he contacts me, as least not yet. So if he happens to read this, PLEASE leave me alone, move on. Thank you!