Bluetooth disaster

Hey Apple Community,
I need help, I am so frustrated.
So my question is: How do I block my Macbook bluetooth from connecting to a specific device (like a headset) so that it will never ask to connect to it. Of course the solution cannot be to disable bluetooth, because I use it with my mouse and keyboard!
To explain: I bought a Motorola Headset H12 and paired it with my macbook to use it in Skype. It worked, but EVERYtime I hooked it to charge it would disconnect and when someone called I could never pick up the headset and answer. There were other issues, but that is not the problem I am facing now. I paired it with another PC laptop and it works great EXCEPT, everytime the bluetooth headset becomes available my macbook asks if I want to pair the headset. I reject and it pops up 5 seconds later, so I have to turn my bluetooth off (I use bluetooth mouse and keyboards) in order to pair it correctly with the PC.
Help is greatly appreciated!!

Hello r:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
Open system preferences>bluetooth. Is the headset listed there? If it is, delete it. If it is not, there are other steps one may take.
Incidentally, there is a separate Bluetooth forum here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=145
Barry

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