You make fair points there Petros. But I have to ask, what are we talking about when we're discussing 'notches on the bedpost'?
Are all those shags that some argue are only worthy of being counted all deep, meaningful encounters, or within the context of relationships? I believe and agree that many of them are, and I agree with your point in this regard. Indeed, there is a type of satisfaction to be derived from a courtship, a relationship, an establishment of a bond based on mutual attraction, which cannot be duplicated in an encounter with an escort.
But when we're discussing 'notches on the bedpost', is that what-- or all-- we're talking about?
Let's be honest here-- how 'deep and meaningful' is picking-up a randomer from the pub/night club and going home to hers or yours for a drunken, one-off shag? How much of her decision to go off with you is because she 'likes you', and not because she's probably as drunk and/or horny as you are? She might enjoy a bit of your charm, perhaps good looks; but how much of getting to know you and 'liking you' for who you really are inside is going to happen in such an encounter? How much truly separates an encounter with an escort and a randomer pulled from the pub/night club? Is an escort really going to be any more or less of a 'stranger' to you in the long-run? I'd bet that practically all of you have pulled at least ONE one-night stand-- if not more-- and CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER HER NAME. How much more of a stranger was that girl to you than an escort you rang-up, booked an appointment with, and then never saw ever again?
Don't fool yourselves gentleman, nor let yourselves be fooled, by your own approach and behaviour, nor those of the random ladies you all (might) pull on a night out: You are totally replaceable and interchangeable to them, and so are they to you. If SHE is looking to pull, and you miss your opportunity or blow your chance while putting in the work, she'll be going off with someone else. Just like escorts will give away your appointment if you no-show, or double-book to hedge their bets that at least one client will show.
And if YOU are putting in work at the pub/night club and get your attempts shut down, or a better looking or more promising 'prospect' comes along, you redirect your attention to what you estimate will likely be a more fruitful, successful endeavour. Not unlike when you ring your first-choice escort and she's unavailable or you get no answer; you simply ring the next lady on your list and go in for an appointment to get your dick pleasured by another, 'replacement' object of your sexual desires.
Love and relationships are one thing which ought to be held in higher regard and esteem than those random encounters from a night out; I certainly would never reduce the women I've been in a loving relationship with to nothing more than another pussy I stuck my cock in, to be crudely represented by nothing more than a metaphorical 'notch' on a piece of wood.
But if we're honest here-- honest as MEN-- we must admit that the reason we see escorts, and the reason we (or most of you) spend/waste so much time in the pubs and night clubs is to accumulate more 'notches' for our bedposts; it's in our nature to want to shag every good looking woman we see. We don't need or want a relationship with every single one of them, we just want our 'notch', our sexual desires fulfilled until the next time we're ready to 'pop' again...
And I submit to you gentleman the proposition that pulling randomers on a night out and going to see escorts are EQUAL in their purpose of allowing you to put another 'notch' on the old bedpost.