I've learned not to argue, just to show them. A good session, even if they're just watching and not participating, always shuts up the naysayers; especially when your bottom is begging 5x more than the guy doing CBT in the corner 😎
Oh, I agree 100% (and yes folks there is ALWAYS a guy doing CBT in the corner). The other edge of the sword is that I still had to shake the rep as "that tickling guy" to even get some folks to consider me legit!
Even now, after being involved for quite some time, I have had partners who didn't want tickling as part of the scene if we were playing in public (like a play party, not the aisle at walmart) but were fine with it if we played later in private.
I think they didn't want people to see that tickling could break them pretty easily!