At What Age did you start Punting?

[iName]

18th birthday in Soho to lose my virginity.


Still at it 2 years later because im too pussy to chat up girls.

[Badpup]

I started at 18 in the RLD of Amsterdam.

Same for me....summer of 1982

[Rochdull lad]

18th birthday in Soho to lose my virginity.

I presume it was your birthday present to you?  Brilliant idea!

I wouldn't have had the nerve when I was 18; mind, we still used £ s d in those days!  Different times; different attitudes.

[iName]

I presume it was your birthday present to you?  Brilliant idea!

I wouldn't have had the nerve when I was 18; mind, we still used £ s d in those days!  Different times; different attitudes.

Yh was a present, didn't even manage to come, probably with nerves and because the prossy was shit.

[Festisio]

It could be argued that the results will be skewed in favour of the younger generations because frequenting internet forums has historically been a pastime of the "yoof".

[jooldude]

Same for me....summer of 1982

Same for me also - three times in one day. Overnight boat from Harwich to the Hook and train straight into sin. Great memories   

[jooldude]

18th birthday in Soho to lose my virginity.


Still at it 2 years later because im too pussy to chat up girls.

I tried SOHO, but there was no Internet back then to warn of the scams. I ended up in a clip joint being scammed. Never been back to SOHO since. Might try a walk-up one day.

[spenser]

27 back in the 1960's with several breaks. Now back full time (one a week where possible) to make up for lost time as I don't know if there is a sex scene up there!

[oldanddecrepid]

23 - I remember it well despite it being 40 yrs ago -in the days when Swansea had an RLD, near the old bus station. In my old red mini -mature lady wearing white knee-length boots that I now have an aversion to. It was several years later for no 2, so it clearly had a psychological impact on me.

such memories

[overhead]

I think you only start doing it when you realise you have no other choice. It took me a couple of years to accept the idea and take the plunge.

Maybe some do it for fun or for the thrill, but I was always very serious about my partners and in that sense it has ruined it for me. I could never have a proper GF again after punting, and I kind of knew that when I first did it. That's why it took so long.

[sexysunny]

Between age 26-28 I went two years without a shag. I did a Google search for girls in my area. The only one that was available turned out to be awesome. The next day I found AW and the first WG I met from there was shit. The day after that I found UKP and discovered that all the service providers that were a higher priority at the time were actually also really shit. Lots of money saved thanks to you lot. Lots of gratitude to Adam and NIK.

I'm single and I'll be 30 soon, so I'm trying to meet 'normal' women  through friends and family. Punting keeps my spirits up from all the disappointments.

[overhead]

Between age 26-28 I went two years without a shag.

If you don't go punting you'll have plenty of celibate periods like that, unless you are particularly attractive to women. (Which equates to about 5% of the male population). I had half a dozen periods of over a year by the time I was in my mid-30's, and I found it quite hard at times to cope with. I didn't know about punting then. Or at least I didn't know how to go about it, and frankly felt the idea a bit repulsive. I bet most guys are the same today.

[overhead]

I'm single and I'll be 30 soon, so I'm trying to meet 'normal' women  through friends and family. Punting keeps my spirits up from all the disappointments.

That's the main purpose, and the saving grace.

If you read the history books, up until the Victorian era, it was the standard thing to do.

[Tailpipe]

60% are punters before the age of 30 

[sexysunny]

If you don't go punting you'll have plenty of celibate periods like that, unless you are particularly attractive to women. (Which equates to about 5% of the male population). I had half a dozen periods of over a year by the time I was in my mid-30's, and I found it quite hard at times to cope with. I didn't know about punting then. Or at least I didn't know how to go about it, and frankly felt the idea a bit repulsive. I bet most guys are the same today.

I'm definitely not part of that 5%. For a while the celibate period was partly because I always had too high standards and used to punch above my weight with younger girls when I was also younger. One of my mates thought I was mad when I would ignore certain girls' advances, but I usually found it slightly off putting or awkward if she didn't have enough class or came across too desperate. I'm a really polite person so my lack of interest was never badly received.

Now it feels the other way around! I'm even paying to fuck some girls that aren't even as pretty. Looking back on it all, I really regret not making an effort with some of them. Some have found me on facebook and always write happy birthday posts for me. I'll definitely be responding with personalised thank you messages this time around and see what happens!

60% are punters before the age of 30 

I shall be turning 30 with a bang! That much is guaranteed!

[Jeremy]

23, wish I'd started earlier to be honest. Punting has definitely helped my sexual confidence

[overhead]

23, wish I'd started earlier to be honest. Punting has definitely helped my sexual confidence

It certainly does. I would have started quite young if I had known. The problem is that it is so expensive. It would definitely be a help to do it between girlfriends. The issue for me is getting so used to it that not wanting a proper girlfriend is the result. I am past that now, but  that would have been a serious worry for me,

[martynx8]

I started in 1967, at the age of 24. I am now 70 and still punt two or three times a month, but a lot less energetically. How I wish that the Internet had been available when I was a young man!!

Martyn.

[LanceVance]

I started when I was 19 in the days when it was possible to contact a WG through Craigslist...

[KentAde]

Lost my virginity to a WG in Baker Street when I was 17 or 18! All I remember was her saying "bloody fuck will you" when I was trying for the first time!  Oh well.....25 odd years later, still going strong..

[joe diddley]

I tried SOHO, but there was no Internet back then to warn of the scams. I ended up in a clip joint being scammed. Never been back to SOHO since. Might try a walk-up one day.

Walkups are a different kettle of fish to the clip joints, jooldude. Experiences in them may be variable ranging from the bored and apathetic to the fully engaged and delightful but you are very unlikely to get scammed.

[valdishere]

I started at 20 with a street girl and had a few more before I met this wee blonde honey that I’d seen many times but never managed to get her as she was popular.
However I did finally pick her up and learn so much from seeing her that it all benefited me in later punting activities due to the eventual bad experience with me making many of the usual typical mistakes discussed on here.
I went on to see this girl many times over a few months and regularly visited at her own flat well away from her street walking patch. Yes I fell into what I thought was a “real” relationship and even fucked her bareback plus also gave her regular cash to help her get sorted out as she claimed to have left home as her Dad and her had problems as he had remarried.
She was a wee blonde beauty and dirty as fuck and oh yes I fell for the line “I’m giving up all this”. I’d even met her old man one night as he turned up at her flat to check on her and she introduced me as her boyfriend so I thought seems all ok and we were a real couple. He told me he knew she had been on the game just like her mother and he was glad she had met a ‘decent’ guy!
However after a couple of months I soon realised how naïve I had been and as I saw her going into a car half an hour before we were due to meet to go to the cinema – I got there early and went for a pint. I caught sight of her distinctive blonde hair driving by in a Vauxhall Viva with 2 guys – Yes it was that long ago.
I decided to say nothing and went on the meet her as planned - she turned up 20 minutes late and said she couldn’t get a bus into town. Still took into pictures and then said I had to go for a pee – I didn’t return.
Went back to pub had a few beers to quell the feeling of being such a tit but I soon got over it and went back to punting but much worldly wiser and have continued off and on now for 47 years.
Cheers Val

[myothernameis]

Op in the poll, you have left out 16 yr old

[CoolTiger]

Op in the poll, you have left out 16 yr old

I wasn't sure if I'd be allowed to put 16 as a choice. See m first post, as I was also reluctant to put 17 as well (the age at which I lost my punting virginity).

[drwho]

38 for me.

Married but no kids, and sex had dried up to the point where I seriously thought I might never have sex again in my life. Had considered punting years earlier but felt it was too shameful and self indulgent, and there was still hope of getting it at home in those days.
Got round to the thinking that as I was taking the money home and had been faithful I might as well treat myself and live life a little.
Browsed %%% a couple of times but didn't do anything. Then got hassled by a WG in a hotel when alone abroad. Turned her down initially but bumped into her again later, and thought ...fuck it.
Nothing much happened after that for a few months until moving up to Manchester... and then the floodgates kind of opened.

There's the opposing emotions to the hobby. The regret of throwing away so much money; of getting off with girls who mostly don't enjoy it. But in a perverse way I'm also a little bit proud of my punts, and the extra experiences they've brought.

[overhead]

38 for me.

Married but no kids, and sex had dried up to the point where I seriously thought I might never have sex again in my life. Had considered punting years earlier but felt it was too shameful and self indulgent, and there was still hope of getting it at home in those days.
Got round to the thinking that as I was taking the money home and had been faithful I might as well treat myself and live life a little.
Browsed %%% a couple of times but didn't do anything. Then got hassled by a WG in a hotel when alone abroad. Turned her down initially but bumped into her again later, and thought ...fuck it.
Nothing much happened after that for a few months until moving up to Manchester... and then the floodgates kind of opened.

There's the opposing emotions to the hobby. The regret of throwing away so much money; of getting off with girls who mostly don't enjoy it. But in a perverse way I'm also a little bit proud of my punts, and the extra experiences they've brought.

Such a common senario I think. Exactly the same for me except I was single before I seriously considered it. The feelings that it would be shameful and self indulgent - I still feel ashamed - and even down to the bumping into an escort in a hotel bar.

[CoolTiger]

38 for me.

Married but no kids, and sex had dried up to the point where I seriously thought I might never have sex again in my life. Had considered punting years earlier but felt it was too shameful and self indulgent, and there was still hope of getting it at home in those days.
Got round to the thinking that as I was taking the money home and had been faithful I might as well treat myself and live life a little.
Browsed %%% a couple of times but didn't do anything. Then got hassled by a WG in a hotel when alone abroad. Turned her down initially but bumped into her again later, and thought ...fuck it.
Nothing much happened after that for a few months until moving up to Manchester... and then the floodgates kind of opened.

There's the opposing emotions to the hobby. The regret of throwing away so much money; of getting off with girls who mostly don't enjoy it. But in a perverse way I'm also a little bit proud of my punts, and the extra experiences they've brought.

Such a common senario I think. Exactly the same for me except I was single before I seriously considered it. The feelings that it would be shameful and self indulgent - I still feel ashamed - and even down to the bumping into an escort in a hotel bar.

Indeed. Or where kids all grown up and possibly left the nest, or sex had dried up completely in an otherwise happily married situation.

[kingkong]

17 and then I walked past her in a nightclub about 6 months later She gave me a sexy wink

[CoolTiger]

17 and then I walked past her in a nightclub about 6 months later She gave me a sexy wink

You didn't end up in the toilets with her???