I suppose from my POV, one of the biggest reasons guys punt is cos it's hassle free, no strings attached, cuts the bullshit out with dating etc.
So going to dinner with them before for a hour with a stranger doesn't make much sense to me, when mostly guys punt for the sex to cut any nonsense before hand.
I get why someone would do it cos it makes it seem more "real", being seen with someone fit etc. But it's all for show and it's delusion.
At least with actual punting, it's behind closed doors, nothing is for show and we know it's not real.
I am aware that one of the main reasons some guys give for punting it’s because it’s hassle free (although I would say it’s less hassle but probably not hassle free and lot of the time it’s not a reason it’s the excuse many found to hide they just have zero skills to date women or else they would gladly do so).
The reality is some might find it a hassle to take a girl to dinner where many would enjoy it and don’t look at it as a hassle. As somebody pointed out, if one feels like going to a restaurant and they might enjoy going with a prostitute who has a great attitude rather than going own their own. Where’s the hassle ? Where’s the delusion ? It’s all about enjoying oneself and sharing that moment with a another person, be it a hooker.
The way I see it, when it comes to dating a hassle is anything one does nspite of themselves in order to get to a woman’s pants. But if one enjoys dinning, going to the movie, going to the bowling, etc. as a social creature there’s a chance they’d rather do that with people instead of their own. And prostitutes happen to be just that: PEOPLE. If one has no friend around there’s nothing wrong sharing those moments with a whore. There’s no need for every body to have the least interaction possible with prostitutes to prove themselves they’re not some pathetic losers who look validation from whores.
Like someone said above, when a punter is judgemental and looks down on another punter for doing some trivial stuff as dinning with a hooker, they need to remember that the vast majority of non-punters also look at them as pathetic losers for paying women for sex.