I keep 'normal' life and punting entirely separate from eachother. I would never give real name or address to an escort and keep other details vague. I live by myself but would not personally run the risk of friends or family calling at an inopportune moment or of neighbours noticing. When things go wrong in the punting world, they can go wrong big-style as we have seen from many threads on here and no way is an escort, pimp, boyfriend or heavy-mob friend going to know where I live in the unlikely but possible event of things turning sour.
Fair enough, it shows we all have different views on punting and different ways of enjoying it.
There are some, like you, it is an underground thing, others enjoy the planning like a James Bond mission, others spur of the moment when the big and little head tell them too, probably that is me, some for looks alone, we are all different.
The pimp etc can be mitigated with good choices though, neighbours only you know how that will effect things, personally does not bother me at all, said my hello coming or going with a young lady, not their business and there is no one to grass me to.
Home has its advantages, there is rarely sticking to time limits within reason, there is not another punter waiting at the door
, the odd unexpected overnight if you are lucky, you know where everything is and clean towels are readily available, no dumps to punt in, if you get ghosted it is no big deal, no travel, no parking issues, road fees etc. No booking Hotels.
To me, for a single guy it makes sense, but some are far more cynical about the human race than I am and punting than I am I suppose.