a grey Sunday

It's chilly and grey outside which is good, I won't want to go off and play outside and do some autumn touring. 
I have to create a new site concept for a client, who has not liked any of the 3 I have done, even though each one is outstanding, and professional, and "expensive looking". He shows me sites, but cannot tell me what he likes about them, and my reaction is UGGGGGH to all of them as they are very feminine and he is a guy, whose target demo is both sexes. He'll lose his male prospects if I make a girly site (a huge stretch for me to do). But I cannot get him to tell me what it is that he likes about the one site he keeps saying he wants to be like. By the way, this is the third site he has said he wants to be like, each one is totally different. my first two concepts were very close in design and feel. 

 

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So I am at a total loss. I am over his budget now, he is an hourly client, and I am getting so frustrated and weary of this. I'll lose him as a client, not only for the redesign but as a maintenance client which is a monthly income. Maybe it is time to cut ties with him? I can't seem to make him happy. He has never shown this type of behavior in the year I have worked with him. His instructions last time was to work my magic. no further input when I asked what he specifically liked about the girly site, with a glam shot. Just to work my magic. I already did work my magic and made him a superb looking site. sigh... 

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