going in and getting out

[Goatboy-1969]

my biggest fear when going punting is bumping into someone i know or worse my OH knows when going into, or leaving an apartment block.
 
I don't know anyone who lives in the center of town so what would i say?

has anyone had to cope with this? do you have some patter ready.  My plan would be to say something about looking to buy and collect from a personal ad (nearly true).  I'd look guilty as fuck though..especially freshly showered

[fastnet]

You are there to collect something you bought on eBay.
A surprise you are getting the OH for a birthday or Christmas.

If spotted stick to the story.
You then have until the birthday or Christmas to figure out and buy whatever it was.

Never been spotted, but have this and a few other tales ready to go if required.

[NelsonH]

I sell a few things on eBay and always drop them off to anyone local.

[Steely Dan]

I have the ebay one ready. Should work for strange location.

If spotted in person with an escort, it is job interview.  I am always trying to get a better job, why not?  But yes you are right, something strange about that head hunter....

[PeachyAssFan]

You could say that you’ve just scored some drugs, or a friend has asked you to feed their goldfish while they are away. Just remember to carry a pack of fish food with you to rattle in their faces for added effect.

[Spacecowb0y]

Maybe punt a little distance from your doorstep, to minimise the chances of an accidental encounter with friends or family.

[bearcat69]

I got seen once by somebody I know on the way to a punt in a part of town I don't actually know anybody, but I simply just said I was on the way to meet a friend, and that was pretty much the end of the conversation.

I tend to have a good idea where my OH is most of the time, so I don't punt anywhere near where she might be. If I saw one of her friends or relatives that excuse should work anyhow, as non of them know all the ins and outs of my friends and social life. I tend to avoid getting to know her friends anyhow, I'm always polite to them of course, but I don't really want to be too friendly with them for precisely these kinds of reasons.

I just view it like, her friends are her friends and my friends are my friends, and this is a policy that has worked well for me.

[dave_59]

A good distance from home.
My daughter, then late 20s, stopped her car and ask what i was doing out of work as I was about to knock on a door.
Simply told her it was from work and one of the staff had hold up in a b&b due to matrimonial issues.

Always a good number of miles away now....

[RAJEC]

This is all a bit double life, spy stuff... awesome!

Some great excuses here. Thanks for sharing 

[lewis666]

not happened as yet as only see a few people I know around here but always collecting an item from a local buy and sell group so similar to ebay

[bigboy96]

About eight years ago I was walking to a punt and, as I got near the entrance to the flats, my neighbours were walking towards me!!!!!!  I quickly crossed the road and tied my shoelace behind a car. They walked on by and never saw me. Of course if they had seen me I'd have said I was simply out for a stroll to town, but if they saw me entering or leaving, that would have been different!   

[Jonestown]

Attack is the best defense - Get in first and ask them what they are doing in that part or town.

[joe diddley]

Took a chance one night going down to the walkdown at 52 Greek Street on the corner of Bateman Street in Soho when all my mates were at a rock and roll do in the basement of a bar on the other corner of that T-junction. (I'm a bit of an ex-Ted.) Nobody saw me. Managed to get my rocks off at basements of both corners of that famous junction in one evening.

[Bigwilts]

About eight years ago I was walking to a punt and, as I got near the entrance to the flats, my neighbours were walking towards me!!!!!!  I quickly crossed the road and tied my shoelace behind a car. They walked on by and never saw me. Of course if they had seen me I'd have said I was simply out for a stroll to town, but if they saw me entering or leaving, that would have been different!

That’s a coincidence, somewhere between 7 and 9 years ago I was heading for a punt in nearby flats when I saw my neighbour.  I don’t think he noticed me as he crossed the road and tied his shoelaces, but just to be sure I kept on walking and postponed until later

[myothernameis]

my biggest fear when going punting is bumping into someone i know or worse my OH knows when going into, or leaving an apartment block.

As I have said before, 20 years ago, wouldn't consider this an issue, but now, its my nephews and nieces all grown up and have there own places, and more or less near to where a lot of escorts work

Have a niece who stays in Dunfermline, nephew stays in Partick not far from west end escort, nephew in Edinburgh stays near the sex triangle, and so on

[Malvolio]

Tell them you're a gigolo and have just been servicing a client.

[CheeseBoard]

That’s a coincidence, somewhere between 7 and 9 years ago I was heading for a punt in nearby flats when I saw my neighbour.  I don’t think he noticed me as he crossed the road and tied his shoelaces, but just to be sure I kept on walking and postponed until later

Would have been funny if you both tried to cross the road and then both tried to tie your shoe laces.

A proper Mexican standoff