Just out of curiosity, do you ladies take that time off every month, or not?  And if not, do you let your prospective dates know in advance?

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who was at that time of month, didn't say anything until after we were well into the session, and many options were either not available, or were not, um, palatable.  I would have preferred that either she had said she was not available (preferred) or just let me know up front what was going on.

The lady had every obligation to be up front with you. She should have called to reschedule when she realized that it would be a problem.

I had this happen to me too.  She was actually "on tour", which I found a little odd.  I think she may have tried the up front approach earlier in the tour, because she told me she was having several cancelations on the tour.  

I would have preferred to have known, but probably would have canceled out of a first meeting.

Should long term client-provider relations be a goal the provider absolutely should state this essential information ahead of the meeting, not let the customer discover the facts after its too late.

Failure to do so is at minimum tacky and at worst sleazy and dishonest (as well as dangerous from an infectious disease standpoint).

I would consider it a form of bait-and-switch, not continue the session, and I would not hesitate to share the delightful experience with this board.

Where's Mathestar when you need him?

I'm curious, you mention a heightened risk of infectious disease...  Is there any non-anecdotal evidence that this is true?

if the most efficient route for transmitting blood borne diseases is blood, and blood is present, the liklihood of transmission will increase. There are documented cases of Hepatitis C being transmitted from spattered blood to EMS workers, for example.