I've used a method on female pen pals for seven years that has worked very well, even before I joined the TMF. What I will do is to describe being tickled in various situations i.e by family members, a cousin, etc, and then ask if anyone has ever done that to (tickled them) Usually, for the most part, I have been successful doing it this way. On occasion I have had certain pen pals get offended by the question and not write me back. For the most part, except for on a couple of occasions with wilder or more sexually minded pals, I have made the tickling sound innocent, and just wanted to know if they've ever experienced the same tickling I had. I do find that most girls have been tickled by someone, either a friend, brother, parent, family member, etc, and usually are willing to share the information. I try to make it sound like more of an innocent thing than a sex "fetish'. As I said, it's worked so far, as I've gotten over 60 answers in five years through letters from girl pen pals,and one answer from another girl pen pal during a phone conversation. Besides in college or with pen pals, I havent done it much like outside with those I dont know, because Iam afraid of the reaction. I may have posted on here that a male pen pal who got me into talking about tickling, who is now deceased, claimed to me that he asked his female insurance agent straight out during a phone call about insurance by just saying "are you ticklish" and claims she answered by saying "yes very" I have no way of verifying if that was true, but he never lied to me,and knowing him and his boldness, I do believe it. It would seem an odd person to ask about ticklishness, since most wouldnt know an insurance agent so personally to do that. Anyhow this is my experience. I would like to know what all think.