Thanks! I like to think that as experienced VA's we're able to bridge that gap for new VA's we might contract out to or offer referrals to - one new development in this little drama was that I had *also* offered this VA a referral to a long-term client I did not have time to take on a new project with. It turned out the work he needed was exactly what I'd hired her to do so it seemed like a perfect fit.
With her 'quitting* she also emailed the other client a single line email stating that she was no longer doing this type of work. The client emailed me totally perplexed since it had appeared for all intents and purposes that she was just getting started!

Of course, I was a bit embarassed and wrote him back apologizing and noting that any further referrals for VA's I didn't have extensive experience with first would be much harder to come by. He was gracious and said that it didn't reflect on me at all....but still, put me in kind of an odd position.
I don't think I'll be as hasty next time introducing clients in that way.
Had I known it would pan out like this, of course I'd never have sent the suggestion that they work together.

Oh well...you live and you learn. I tend to trust people immediately and (perhaps wrongly) assume professionalism exists across the board. Apparently, it does not.

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