Is anybody else just not feeling it since lockdown?

[ShadowProclamation]

I don't feel I have missed punting during lockdown, but a break is not necessarily a bad thing. I've had long breaks from it before. I have thought of some new things to try and created a fresh hotlist. Once I get my second vax in July, I will seriously start considering it. I reckon once I get back in the saddle, I will get back into old habits again.

[holeymoley]

This post reflects my own position be it punting, holidays or the pub. It's almost as though being made to do fuck all for a year has made anything that requires a bit of effort look too much like hard work.

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[radioman33]

I can’t be bothered like before,I think it’s being in lockdown and having changed my lifestyle a bit to more exercising,the build up excitement has gone.I was approached by a street girl last week while in the town and that got me going a bit probably as it was something different,an old regular offered me a cheap blow job but I’d rather go out walking.Maybe it’s all the free porn available?

[Disco dave]

Kinda, i went abit mental as soon as i could but struggling tonfind much that warrants the effort atm. Also the dating apps are candyland atm.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

Yes noticed this here recently, lost the "urge" a bit.

Mind you for medical reasons some years ago i was advised and quite strongly advised to not to indulge for around two months!! feels now just like that gone off the "hunt" as it were!..

Let alone all the greif of finding a good punt to start with!..

[Adoniron]

I've definitely lost the urge. I was sure I'd be back in the thick of it as soon as lockdown ended but just can't be bothered at the moment.

[lillythesavage]

Yes noticed this here recently, lost the "urge" a bit.

Mind you for medical reasons some years ago i was advised and quite strongly advised to not to indulge for around two months!! feels now just like that gone off the "hunt" as it were!..

Let alone all the greif of finding a good punt to start with!..

Finding a good punt is made slightly harder by reading here, finding info can put you off a punt you may have taken if you had not read others views, but that is the point of the place.

Apart from those that carried on regardless, it is bound to have some effect being out of the game, lack of choice, perceived price increases, either in the base rate or with the boom in extras will have an effect too.

[sparkus]

I don't think it's just punting though.  I've been to a pub twice since they reopened, didn't enjoy it at all.

I'm sure once they're properly opened up and I can enjoy an indoor skinful then a succession of late night rubs and tugs will follow.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

I don't think it's just punting though.  I've been to a pub twice since they reopened, didn't enjoy it at all.

I'm sure once they're properly opened up and I can enjoy an indoor skinful then a succession of late night rubs and tugs will follow.

Went to the Red Lion in Grantchester near Cambridge a week ago only to be told; "sorry mate we're closed now" at just gone Nine!!!

No!, deffo not quite the same experence!!

[David1970]

To be honest I have enjoyed lockdown, a mix of working from home and visiting customers, keeping out of the office. I am confutable it’s my own company, enjoyed going for walks with my neighbours dog, cooking more and reading more.
As for punting, less opportunities also I have been more selective who a visit. Before I would punt with the best of a bad bunch, now I will only punt when I see someone I want, especially since the price increases during lockdown. I will punt less and will not punt with SP with silly prices.

[MrT222]

Hopefully when restrictions lift completely things will pick up a bit. Not much going on at the moment.

Finding a good punt is made slightly harder by reading here, finding info can put you off a punt you may have taken if you had not read others views, but that is the point of the place.

I've found even positive reviews aren't always an indicator of quality - you always have to read the detail.

There was a review in South West recently where the girl had a smelly pussy, wasn't the girl in the photos, he had to pay a deposit, paid top whack (£175) and he STILL gave her a positive

[Jacques Barstarred]

I’ve had a couple of punts, and enjoyed them, however just seem disinterested now, and like someone else said, I do window shopping on AW, I have the cash, but just can’t be arsed.

Maybe it’s an age thing rather than a lockdown thing, as I also can’t be arsed to try booking a holiday this year or even just go to the pub.

My punting routine is an afternoon hanging out the back of a sexy EE escort and then retire to the pub for a leisurely post-coital drink. But there are no decent pub gardens and it's fucking freezing, so until ALL restrictions are lifted, I am not punting. But we'll be back in lockdown by September again, so maybe I'll just give up any life beyond my front door.

[Slow grinder]

Feeling the same way OAP69.!

[lillythesavage]

I don't think it's just punting though.  I've been to a pub twice since they reopened, didn't enjoy it at all.

I'm sure once they're properly opened up and I can enjoy an indoor skinful then a succession of late night rubs and tugs will follow.

You are not wrong there, a local re opened, lots of friends went in the first few days and it would have been great to catch up, but a string of shite lights, cheap wooden integrated garden benches in the bloody car park was not appealing at all. Since found out prices well increased too. Will wait until the indoor ones open.

Punting has a similar feel at the moment, no luck from other sites this week, you would think it would be easier now restrictions are lifting, though today got a couple for next week, so looked for a punt today, settled on a punt on route later, I know is not great, will do for a P&D which is all I was feeling anyway.

Just cba going through reviews and those bloody extras, just ruins it for me and the flow of a meet if it goes that way and stops for more money, even the " no, extra " just ruins wood.

[Adig]

Not punted for well over 12 months. I think lockdown may have affected my confidence and general anxiety. I have continued to work Monday to Friday but I have no get up and go at weekends and find myself sat on my arse watching sport. Also in my local area the local search on aw gives me no real urges. I need to sort my head out!

[Corinthian75]

My last punt was just before this lockdown and that was just a massage & he, like most of the comments here I feel the same, haven’t been bothered.
But I have a punt booked for tomorrow so hopefully I’ll get my mojo back.

[Hotpocket]

Yep, its not just punting its everything, I'm still living like I'm in lockdown but am able to do everything i used to do pre-lockdown now, but dont. It's really making me think what the fuck did i used to do before lockdown and why was i always so busy.

[Mr Sinister]

Punting now has become almost too much effort nowadays.

You have to deal with:


So honestly you can't blame punters for losing the urge when the time, effort and money involved isn't worth the payoff.

Great Post, just how I feel about it. The thing is men punt because they have easy access to sex. But yes over the past year or so I've been finding it too much hassle at times to bother with.

Even looking on the platforms AW/VS/Hallo etc...there's not much that entices me like previously. You get the same old faces, plus there's a lack of new girls coming into the country at the moment.

[lillythesavage]

Great Post, just how I feel about it. The thing is men punt because they have easy access to sex. But yes over the past year or so I've been finding it too much hassle at times to bother with.

Even looking on the platforms AW/VS/Hallo etc...there's not much that entices me like previously. You get the same old faces, plus there's a lack of new girls coming into the country at the moment.

Yep, tried one on AW for a 30 min P&D on a trip into London for 2 days, green light on but phone off ffs, resorted to VS and 15 mins and it was as poor as expected, though I did find I enjoyed something new. Review to follow but going back to the other sites and taking punts when they come, nothing exciting on the usual platforms on route or below 150 quid .

[Son of the Desert]

I was punting less anyway due to circumstances but over a year of essentially going nowhere has essentially been the punting equivalent of going cold turkey - the habit nature has gone.  I do hope to get back going again though.  Sadly, I suspect parties might take a while to get really going again which is my favourite type of activity.  Need to wait for the mask wearing to stop in my view.

[Slymon]

Absolutely. Not made a visit since Dec 19.
I made contact with my reg last summer, didn't go through with anything.

Have had my 2 vaccines now, and older family too this week.
Made initial contact with some hot SPs on my list but don't know if I'll go through. Think it's a combination of getting out of the habit, having more money saved up, and the safety fears.

We'll see. Part of me is gagging for a good hard shag to get me back, the rest just can't be bothered. It's all very strange.
I really don't know what I'll do.

[smilealltheway]

I’m just opposite at the moment I just want to punt and have set everyday if possible, but at the moment I am being super picky and not just going for anyone, worked all through lockdown so managed to put a good amount aside for punting

[cpw_19]

I was punting less anyway due to circumstances but over a year of essentially going nowhere has essentially been the punting equivalent of going cold turkey - the habit nature has gone.

Definitely feel like this.

[webpunter]

Maybe retire from punting & UKP ?
On an epic review count of one, & not out

Dunno if i'll be able to sleep for the next few days
Not knowing what you will do 
The excitement & anticipation that you might just splurge out some reviews

Absolutely. Not made a visit since Dec 19.
I made contact with my reg last summer, didn't go through with anything.

Have had my 2 vaccines now, and older family too this week.
Made initial contact with some hot SPs on my list but don't know if I'll go through. Think it's a combination of getting out of the habit, having more money saved up, and the safety fears.

We'll see. Part of me is gagging for a good hard shag to get me back, the rest just can't be bothered. It's all very strange.
I really don't know what I'll do.

[PunterNumber69]

I'm really struggling with being in close contact with another person and thinking about COVID19.  I was never particularly good with people before. Now I'm worse. I'm so bad that I'm thinking of giving up the punting hobby. It's kinda weird.

[Watts.E.Dunn]

FWIW was chatting to an old mate havent seen him for a while hes a psychologist and i asked him why this sort of dismal pissed of thing might be might be, he thought its all to do with the mindset we're in right now mainly nothing to look forward to, havent been able to do this things we like doing and normally do etc.

Sez its now so ingrained in our mindset it will take quite some time to resolve:(..

[webpunter]

Please don't give up just yet
Well not before you grace us with a review !

I'm really struggling with being in close contact with another person and thinking about COVID19.  I was never particularly good with people before. Now I'm worse. I'm so bad that I'm thinking of giving up the punting hobby. It's kinda weird.

[sparkus]

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[Kelgon85]

I have "felt it", some days more than others. However, over the last year I've got into the habit of saving money. I don't really have much disposable income, so when I did punt before I either sot of "saved up" for it, or went without something I could afford. Being lucky I haven't stopped working in the last year, so I've managed to save quite a bit of money I otherwise might not have. Of course, I've always been window shopping on awork and adding people on to my Hot List. By mid June I'll have a punt again, but I want to make sure it’s a really good one.   

Not going to lie, though: I have missed it. I had four punts last year. Two were pre-lockdown, and two were in the summer when things calmed somewhat. But yeah, the itch has never really gone, but it is manageable.

[Nagilum]

It's Covid, in the back of your mind you know its a risk. I have not punted since the first lockdown. It's just not worth the risk to those around you for me.

However once I get the second jab I will be back on the scene.

[Kelgon85]

I haven't even bloody had one yet. I'm 35, so I assume I'll be offered one either by the end of this month or early next.

[thundercrackerxx]

I used to really enjoy punting, usually once every two or three weeks. More often than not I would have fun. That changed in 2019 when the quality of punts seemed to quite quickly go downhill for some reason. More and more bait and switch, more girls that don't like their breasts touched and generally have a bad attitude. More fat girls the wrong side of 30 asking for silly money so general lack of quality available. So even before lockdown I had been losing interest as the chance of a punt turning out to be decent was becoming so low it wasn't worth the cost and effort. I think I only kept trying so much in 2019 was due to some low level addiction to the thrill. After an enforced stretch of time off from it, I now have pretty much no interest in doing it again.
I tried one last week and didn't really feel the thrill and just regretted spending the money.
I don't think it's people losing their sex drive due to age. It's having time to go cold turkey and get over the addictive urges. Now our little fellas aren't doing the thinking for us we can make better choices on who we're going to spend our money on and the quality just isn't there anymore on AW. Truth be told it hasn't been for a while. Even worse now than ever.
Browsing through AW and reviews on here, there are no decent girls in my area at all within a 50 mile radius.

[signy]

Having thought about this, I realise that I have moved from being someone who "has a punt every couple of weeks because I can" to a more "I will only punt with someone I really want to see, and then when I want to". It's more a change of attitude, but I am not (at the moment) interested in escorts who fall into the "OK, she'll do" category. As a result I have deleted about 25% of my HL, which now only contains those escorts I am sure I want to see, and I know exactly why I am seeing them.

[threechilliman]

Having thought about this, I realise that I have moved from being someone who "has a punt every couple of weeks because I can" to a more "I will only punt with someone I really want to see, and then when I want to". It's more a change of attitude, but I am not (at the moment) interested in escorts who fall into the "OK, she'll do" category. As a result I have deleted about 25% of my HL, which now only contains those escorts I am sure I want to see, and I know exactly why I am seeing them.

I reached that position about 4 years ago and have punted very much less since and found it more enjoyable. A case of less is more.

[Herts_Outcaller]

If I had the time and money I would honestly punt every day. This feeling has not increased or decreased down during lockdown, lockdown has merely given me less opportunities to punt.
I love fucking girls, and I like spending a little time with them as well.

So there's the counterargument to what everyone else is saying here 

[londonroad]

I think (and hope!) that once pubs, hotels etc, fully reopen things will after a month or so pick up. With the vaccine rollout proceeding rapidly down the age groups, providing is no adverse reaction from variants, I reckon confidence will return. Once we all start getting out and about more, combined with warmer weather, opportunities will present themselves and our natural desires for sex will surely return.

Once we see some hotties walking down the road, wearing skimpy summer clothes, I am sure the sap will be rising. 🤪

[lillythesavage]

I haven't even bloody had one yet. I'm 35, so I assume I'll be offered one either by the end of this month or early next.

If you are eager to have the jab just go with someone booked and say you do some care work for them, I took my younger wife with me and she got it and an SB wanted it too so booked online saying she cared for somebody unpaid and got it 3 days later. She is 26
They also do open days at some centres to use up vaccine, and I know people who have waited around centres at the end of the day and got jabbed.

If you are keen there are ways and it saves wastage.

[Home Alone]

I reached that position about 4 years ago and have punted very much less since and found it more enjoyable. A case of less is more.

Interesting, that, tcm.

As next week approached, I kinda thought I ought to book a punt, as much "because I could" as any other reason. And I have done, but with little of the enthusiasm that I would have had making a booking before the pandemic first struck.

Lockdown's been a real money saver for me in so many ways and I'm thinking that now that the All Clear is close to being sounded - although perhaps not in neighbouring towns - perhaps there are other things I could be spending my money on.

[sparkus]

I think (and hope!) that once pubs, hotels etc, fully reopen things will after a month or so pick up. With the vaccine rollout proceeding rapidly down the age groups, providing is no adverse reaction from variants, I reckon confidence will return. Once we all start getting out and about more, combined with warmer weather, opportunities will present themselves and our natural desires for sex will surely return.

Once we see some hotties walking down the road, wearing skimpy summer clothes, I am sure the sap will be rising. 🤪

Last weekend I was out and about (in Essex) and despite it being a foul miserable day of dark skies and vile wind there were scores of girls with crop tops and boobage on show.

[thundercrackerxx]

I actually don't want to get back to punting like I used to. I prefer the money I saved going on other things now and it saves the growing disappointment I had more often then not with escorts. Being forced to go cold turkey and then re-evaluate my interest and the value in it has been a good thing.

[Murray Mint]

I had my first punt in 14 months just a couple of days ago. Having punted about 20 times a year for the last 20 years, I found the lockdown difficult for a long time, but as it wore on, so I became inured to it. The punt was with an SP I’d seen several times, so I knew what to expect. It was arranged several days in advance, but I didn’t experience that usual frisson that had in the past always preceded a meeting.

The punt itself was as good as any and better than many I’d experienced, but similarly, I didn’t come away from it with that usual knowing smile on my face.

I guess it’s like falling off a horse. You have to get back on several time before you decide that horse riding is no longer for you!

[JamesKW]

I've punted three times in the past two weeks and I consider this abnormally low

I punted quite a bit last summer from July to November,then started again about a month or so again,I would have started earlier but the one I like was away since last December.

[Brumish]

Good thread OP. Last year I was raring to go post lockdown and had a few quick ones on the trot. I think I caught Corona during winter which kind of killed off my enthusiasm somewhat. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a link with long CoViD.

[Thephoenix]

The break from punting has probably made me face up to the reality that I'm past it.

Obviously everyone's different, but my reality is that aged 80,  after many years of wonderful sexual experiences,  I have to finally admit that I can't get a decent erection even with meds.
If I use a cockring + meds, I get an erection but often can't climax.
On the odd occasions I climax, the orgasm is mediocre at best.

Before lockdown, I was gradually coming to this conclusion, and I might have thought by not punting it would have given me the opportunity to face facts and get used to the idea.

Strangely, it had the opposite effect. It just gave me more time to fantasize about all the fantastic punts I could look forward to when normality returned. The reality of my ED and climax problems had been conveniently forgotten.

Now after a couple of unsatisfactory punts I'm back to reality with a bump.

So it looks like Thephoenix won't be rising again.

[lillythesavage]

Last weekend I was out and about (in Essex) and despite it being a foul miserable day of dark skies and vile wind there were scores of girls with crop tops and boobage on show.

Essex is the new Newcastle  ,  The differences being the accent and the Orange tint in Essex.

[sparkus]

Essex is the new Newcastle  ,  The differences being the accent and the Orange tint in Essex.

Don't remember where but someone said Essex people are basically Northerners down south.  Bear in mind that the Essex overspill and decanting to towns like Chelmsford, Southend, Greys etc. are descended from the East End working class, not that dissimilar from 'Northerners'.

South London has always had the gravitational pull of leafy Kent and well off Surrey, so it's just not the same as the East End on that score.

There was some mouthing off a year or two back about allowing a drag queen in the Barking Carnival.  You'd also get that in Newcastle no doubt but in Cheam or Esher no one would bat an eyelid.

[lillythesavage]

Don't remember where but someone said Essex people are basically Northerners down south.  Bear in mind that the Essex overspill and decanting to towns like Chelmsford, Southend, Greys etc. are descended from the East End working class, not that dissimilar from 'Northerners'.

South London has always had the gravitational pull of leafy Kent and well off Surrey, so it's just not the same as the East End on that score.

There was some mouthing off a year or two back about allowing a drag queen in the Barking Carnival.  You'd also get that in Newcastle no doubt but in Cheam or Esher no one would bat an eyelid.

Lots of Irish travellers in Essex too, when the young ones get together and head for town not even Newcastle could compete.

Essex girls do not appeal to me at all, all that TV bollocks made them up themselves and seeking money men, all on media platforms and AW cams, thankfully.

[sparkus]

Lots of Irish travellers in Essex too, when the young ones get together and head for town not even Newcastle could compete.

Essex girls do not appeal to me at all, all that TV bollocks made them up themselves and seeking money men, all on media platforms and AW cams, thankfully.

There's tanning salons galore up north, if you've ever driven through a Lancs or Durham small town there's more there per capita than the big cities!

I got some hostile stick on here a few years back in a new deleted thread on account of my knowing some travellers a while back and being able to tell them apart from gyspies.  Have to say I've probably revised my opinion since, some took over a pub near me for a day's drinking and basically locked the landlord in when he said he was closing as they refused to socially distance.  Never seen so many cop vans in my life.

Dale Farm is probably what you're referring to.  Right mess that was and neither side was in the right as I could see.

[gash bash]

I havent punted since first lockdown and now that i'm due my second jab next week so i will be looking to have a punt in a couple of weeks.

Used to enjoy a good snog but kissing and snogging will be off the menu which is a shame. Wont feel the same but lets see.

[Straightsix]

Yes, not feeling it at all. Due possibly to the logistics of getting laid. It all seems so burdensome, all the walking, fake profiles, fake images, druggies and British talent that struggles delivering even a standard service.