laramie

I just had to cancel an appointment I should never have made in the first place. One of those people who won't take 'I'm not ready to do my financial planning yet' for an answer, and insists that she can help you...

I got the same feeling from her that I got from the kind of guy who tries to talk you into bed when you're not sure that's what you want, and the more convincing he gets the more you don't want to be anywhere near him. When she called this morning (the third contact since setting the appointment (she sent me a confirmation letter, and a map and a 'dream' book) I told her I wouldn't be able to make it, nor for the foreseeable future.

I feel like such a wimp. I wanted to tell her, "If and when I decide that I need a financial planner I'll look for one who listens as well as she speaks, and doesn't make me feel like I'm being pushed around."

Even after I told her, repeatedly, that I wasn't ready to pursue the matter at this time, she kept talking at me for a couple full minutes (while I held the phone away from my ear) - until finally I could get a word in and say 'I've really got to go,' and hang up without being totally rude.