ironically since i started punting i've acutally found it a lot easier to pull in clubs, go figure.
It's funny you say this because a lot of people say similar things about relationships - as in, once you have a girlfriend, you seems to get a lot more interest from people. In the latter case it's probably due to having more confidence and self assurance. In the case of punting, I personally find that it's improved the way I see women in day to day life - not that I was remotely sexist beforehand, but what I mean is that I no longer tend to think of attractive girls that I see at potential pulls or girlfriends because I'm not bothered. Of course if it does happen then great, but it's not at the front of my mind.
As for my reason for getting into punting; I ended a long, terrible relationship with someone I hadn't been particularly attracted to. I kind of wanted to just have sex with someone that I actually found attractive, but I also wanted to 'play the field' a bit, having been tied down for so long. That, and tick off a few boxes in terms of types of girl and thing I'd like to try. Trouble is, although I don't think I'm bad looking or difficult to talk to, I'm just useless as pulling, not least because I hate clubbing. It really just popped into my head one day out of nowhere; 'why don't I just pay for it?'. Although I think mainstream society thinks by default that prostitution is wrong, I couldn't rationally think of any reason why it should be in and of itself. I came across Chester Brown's book 'Paying for It', in which his reasons for taking it up were rather similar to mine (he says he's given up permanently on 'romantic love', while I'm not sure I have totally), and although I don't agree with everything in that book, it gave me the confirmation that it was the right thing in terms of what I wanted. Not sure I'll do it forever, and not sure I've given up totally on relationships, but it suits me for now.