Texas_Tickle
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How long did it take you to "come out of the tickle closet" and once you did, how did those around you react?
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TicklingDuo
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I've never really been IN the closet AFA my lve of tickling or that it is something I enjjoy on a sexual level as well as play. There aren't a lot of folks who know that we play with other people, though. All but one have been very open to it. The one who wasn't is uptight about everything anyway. So, I don't take her response that seriously.
Ann
Ann
It took me the course of several years to come out of the closet with everyone (well, those I chose to come out with, anyway. It's not something I would share with my Grandmother). No one has had a really bad reaction to it. In fact all but one were extremely cool with it, and the only one who questioned it did so by saying "you LIKE to be tickled? Oh I HATE it!". That is understandable though, of course, since the friend in question is so horribly ticklish that she literally cries when tickled.
But all in all, I have met with great success, and scored a few tickle buddies out of the announcement 😀 😀 😀
Mimi
But all in all, I have met with great success, and scored a few tickle buddies out of the announcement 😀 😀 😀
Mimi
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Ticklemaster750 said:
Closet? What closet? I know of no closet.
I was selective with whom I told and or shared my love of tickling with. A matter of "trust" not of embarassment or any fears.
90 percent of the time it was accepted as something harmless and fun.
As for the bondage, it was not thought of as sick by most and the response was mostly..."Oh my god, I could NEVER handle that! "YOU are into being tied up and tickled"? "How do you stand it"? "Damn you are definatly whacked"! Usually followed with a laugh and or a smile.
I have always been honest and very literal, almost to fault. It is not really a choice mind you but is literaly a part of who I am. I am opinionated too but that is a whole other issue and is irelivant to this post. There were a few who did think I was in need of serious psychotherapy or medication😀 . My response and thoughts to their reaction was maybe THEY needed the help and to lighten up.
Sh#%! It's TICKLING! No harm no foul. It's a show of affection! Abeit intense and extreme but so what?
There is worse, much worse, out there by comparison.
Case and point......" I love to tickle and/or be tickled, it's just fun"!
As opposed to you saying that you love to play with children.
or
You tell someone you like to be pissed on.
or
You tell people you like to be whipped till you are scared and bleeding!
I am NOT judging those who are into that but making a point that telling someone you love tickling is not even close to something you need to feel embarassed about.
What is to be affraid of? Being teased and perhaps, Tickled by them?
You are committed and placed in an Asylum for the ticklishly insane?
Well actually that is not altogether unpleasant at all. 😉 😀
I can see the other two statements being hidden from the "real world" but TICKLING? Please. 🙄
It's better for you to open the closet door asap unless you need a locksmith to open it for you.
TTD
😉
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venray1 said:
...so? You gonna tell us what you and Tracy did in bed last night?😉 😀
TTD
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Mimi said:
Wow, Imagine if she actually LOVED to be tickled and still had that same reaction.
Would that be two fetishes in one?
Love of tickling and love of crying?
Hmmmmmmmm🙄
Would you feel the urge to tickle her if only just to personally and physically witness such an intense and opposite reaction while being in a state of hysteria?
Talk about sensory overload!😱
TTD
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Unfortunately, I was buried in the closet for most of my life (makes me sound ancient...I'm only 29). There were many times that I wanted to 'fess up, but couldn't bring myself to even say the word tickle or any other variation of it...kind of silly when I think about it now. I guess I wasn't secure enough about who I was, and what I enjoyed. I was always terrified that whoever I told would brand me a freak. Up until age 26 I hadn't told a soul about my love for being tickled (I hadn't even told my husband, and we had been dating since I was 19, married when I was 23). I don't think it was much of a shock to him, but I think he was a bit blown away as to the degree of my fascination.
For those that are still young, and unattached I leave you these words of wisdom from one who has been there - Don't wait to let the people you are involved with know about how much you love tickling. I'm not saying to tell every person in your life about it, just the ones who matter (partners, and perhaps very close friends.) Like TTD said (and I truly envy you well adjusted folk out there 🙂 ), there is no shame in it, it is just part of who you are. And he was also right on another point too, it is certainly not the freakiest thing out there! I wish I had that philosophy back in my teens....things would have been VERY different for me during my dating years. Had I known about all the other freaky things out there I might have realized how tame tickling really was...but in my little corner of the world (in the prehistoric before there was the internet days..lol) I thought I was a total nut for loving to be tickled. Who would have known I'd been in such good company?
Maggie
For those that are still young, and unattached I leave you these words of wisdom from one who has been there - Don't wait to let the people you are involved with know about how much you love tickling. I'm not saying to tell every person in your life about it, just the ones who matter (partners, and perhaps very close friends.) Like TTD said (and I truly envy you well adjusted folk out there 🙂 ), there is no shame in it, it is just part of who you are. And he was also right on another point too, it is certainly not the freakiest thing out there! I wish I had that philosophy back in my teens....things would have been VERY different for me during my dating years. Had I known about all the other freaky things out there I might have realized how tame tickling really was...but in my little corner of the world (in the prehistoric before there was the internet days..lol) I thought I was a total nut for loving to be tickled. Who would have known I'd been in such good company?
Maggie
Around the early 1980's
Once I discovered that there were other people in the world besides me who dug tickling, I decided I wasn't going to hide it any more, nor treat it as something demented. I started coercing women at the office into tickling me. When they asked why I would want them to do that, I told them that I liked it. Just like that. Not "Hey I know you're going to think I'm really weird when I tell you this, but I've got a tickling fetish." That's a quick shortcut to a null and void social life.
As for friends, some I've told and some I haven't. This largely depends on which of them are least likely to inflate its significance as they blab it to others.
As far as family goes, my brother has seen my magazines and a couple of videos. His attitude is one of a shrug and "Whatever floats your boat." My older sister doesn't know about the magazines and stuff. She used to tickle me daily as children and might be a bit creeped out to realize she helped shape this obsession of mine. My parents don't know. I have several nieces in their early twenties who tickle my ribs or armpit every time they give me a hug. I have my sister to thank for that. Another good reason not to mention it to her. 😱
Once I discovered that there were other people in the world besides me who dug tickling, I decided I wasn't going to hide it any more, nor treat it as something demented. I started coercing women at the office into tickling me. When they asked why I would want them to do that, I told them that I liked it. Just like that. Not "Hey I know you're going to think I'm really weird when I tell you this, but I've got a tickling fetish." That's a quick shortcut to a null and void social life.
As for friends, some I've told and some I haven't. This largely depends on which of them are least likely to inflate its significance as they blab it to others.
As far as family goes, my brother has seen my magazines and a couple of videos. His attitude is one of a shrug and "Whatever floats your boat." My older sister doesn't know about the magazines and stuff. She used to tickle me daily as children and might be a bit creeped out to realize she helped shape this obsession of mine. My parents don't know. I have several nieces in their early twenties who tickle my ribs or armpit every time they give me a hug. I have my sister to thank for that. Another good reason not to mention it to her. 😱
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aw, sadly I am still a closet case. Only one person I have met in real life knows of my interest, and he will be the only one for a long while. The rest of the world will know on a need to know basis lol, and right now the door and deadbolts are locked.
Pawz
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Texas_Tickle
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I too, am somewhat selective with whom that I tell. My best friend was the 1st to find out (accidentally), when he started to go thru my porn stash and found a few tickling magazines. He kinda thumbed thru them, gave me a really strange look, rolled his eyes and said "oh my God, are you sick-in-the-head, or something".
Hi sister comes over, once-in-a-while and he will make a comment like "better wear your shoes, cause we got a "foot freak" here.
I know that he is just kidding around, because we joke around like that. But he he does not understand, as he is just "plain vanilla" and "blah".
I still have not told my family, because I know for a fact they would not understand. They are very devout Southern Baptists and freak out as it is, when I have a very occassional beer "or Satan's Drink" as they like to coin it.
They are both very "sexually repressive" and think that sex should only be used for reproduction and should **never** be used as enjoyment or pleasure. That's just a big "no no" with them.
Hi sister comes over, once-in-a-while and he will make a comment like "better wear your shoes, cause we got a "foot freak" here.
I know that he is just kidding around, because we joke around like that. But he he does not understand, as he is just "plain vanilla" and "blah".
I still have not told my family, because I know for a fact they would not understand. They are very devout Southern Baptists and freak out as it is, when I have a very occassional beer "or Satan's Drink" as they like to coin it.
They are both very "sexually repressive" and think that sex should only be used for reproduction and should **never** be used as enjoyment or pleasure. That's just a big "no no" with them.
40 years! Ok, the dinosaurs were gone by the time I was born, but Harry Truman wasn't! LOL!!
For a long, remarkably, ridiculously long time, I thought I was weird because of my fascination with tickling. It wasn't until I discovered fellow ticklephiles on the internet in 1997 that I began to realize that I was not alone.
Am I really out of the closet? Well, let's say that the door is open and I am peeking out! LOL!!
Only one person really knows, but then she and I met by virtue of this fascination we share. Other than that, I am not given to hollering for all to hear, "Hey, guess what I like!" That said, I am not as likely to keep it a secret as I once did.🙂
Hav
For a long, remarkably, ridiculously long time, I thought I was weird because of my fascination with tickling. It wasn't until I discovered fellow ticklephiles on the internet in 1997 that I began to realize that I was not alone.
Am I really out of the closet? Well, let's say that the door is open and I am peeking out! LOL!!
Only one person really knows, but then she and I met by virtue of this fascination we share. Other than that, I am not given to hollering for all to hear, "Hey, guess what I like!" That said, I am not as likely to keep it a secret as I once did.🙂
Hav
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every girl i dated knew
but only 2 friends have been told. i told my mother once (long story)and she was totally cool. the two friends seemed weirded at first, then you could see the light bulbs go on over their heads, and they said the same thing (both were told seperately, and years apart) "that's why you're always tickling the girls!"
well duh!
basicly, i'm still in the closet.
steve
but only 2 friends have been told. i told my mother once (long story)and she was totally cool. the two friends seemed weirded at first, then you could see the light bulbs go on over their heads, and they said the same thing (both were told seperately, and years apart) "that's why you're always tickling the girls!"
well duh!
basicly, i'm still in the closet.
steve
