Did your parents ever find you out?

[Lostcause13]

I'm pretty sure my parents have to know. For the longest time I didn't know to delete my cookies as well as my browsing history so I was confronted two separate times about it. Once with my dad in the car and he seemed to just be a little confused. I blamed pop-ups, I'd gotten dirty pop-ups before. The second time my mom asked me alone if I was looking at "adult tickle websites" and she was like "it's ok if you are", I don't remember that particular lame excuse but I think it was clear I was embarrassed about my fetish/just plain uncomfortable talking about it. Like I said, I'm pretty sure they know based on those experiences (which were probably the result of more than one visit to a fetish website)

 

[arachnid95]

My dad does. He was on my computer once, I think he was fixing something or borrowing it for some reason. Weeeell, he, being a parent, decided to do a little more exploring than was warranted at all, and I was pretty much helpless to do anything as I stood there and watched him navigate to my folder of "stuff..." He kind of gave me this raised eyebrow look at that point, and I remember panicking and spewing some kind of excuses, but I could tell he wasn't buying a bit of it, so I gave up and confessed. Fortunately, he was cool with it; he said that it was a little weird, but there was nothing wrong with it. He was actually more perturbed by the fact that I tried to lie about it (and the fact that when I did tell him about it, I was already super defensive. I think my exact words were, "Alright, so I've got a bit of a fetish. So-fucking-what.").

My mom, on the other hand, does not, to my knowledge, know. My dad promised he'd keep it to himself, but only if she didn't ask or find out for herself--he can keep a secret for me, but he simply will not lie to his wife. Which is reasonable. So unless she's pieced it together, she doesn't know, and if she does she hasn't said anything about it. There've been a few close calls, though. My dad, cool with it though he is, just cannot refrain from teasing me about it on occasion. I remember making some joke about masturbation while I was with my parents (yeah, we're that kind of a family), and dad made a joke about "tickling my fancy," and winked at me. I shot him the dirtiest glare I could muster, but my mom, fortunately, took it for just another euphemism for masturbation, so I dodged that bullet.

 

[sonnymadler]

I was once nearly caught looking at preview pictures on Realtickling.com. That was some of the earliest searches for 'tickling' related stuff I'd done. I was 13-14. Because my parents were long divorced by then, I was lucky enough for them to stay very close friends, even today. And I was staying over at dad's for a few days, and one day my curiosity got the better of me. So I did some googling on my dad's desktop, and I barely managed to close everything up when I heard him coming in.

A few weeks or months later, he confronted me in my room back at mom's about some tickling/fetish websites he found on his browser >.<. I blurted out some excuse about a classmate having asked me to check something for him don't know where I got that from. But he most likely didn't buy it. He wasn't strict or anything, just said something along the lines of "You're too young. This is not the sort of stuff for a boy of your age to look at". He's a very open-minded and easy-going guy. Which is why I adore him, and why he's so far the only person in my life I've opened up to about my fetish. He only said "So what? There are far creepier fetishes. Just make sure it doesn't interfere with your life." Thank you, dad! 😀

At mum's however I'm pretty sure my stepdad has some kind of idea of what I'm interested in. We had one computer in the house, which we all used, and I kept all sorts of stuff on it, which no less included tickling clips and images. Stepdad works with computers, so he did all the work of cleaning up the hard drives, checking for viruses. So I'm pretty sure he checked into some of my stuff on there; I didn't learn to delete the browser history until many years later.

 

[Secretlee]

Nope, far as I know everyone in my life is clueless. Few years back though I was reading some tickling story on my phone and my dad walked by and saw and asked how I could read such a small font. I kinda awkwardly laughed it off and he asked what I was reading so I made up some story, and it was good enough because he definitely bought it. Close call though.

 

[robmic]

My mother knew I liked to tickle because when I was a kid, I was always tickling my nephew. (we were only seven years apart [my brother was 16 years older than me], and my mother would rescue always him. And one time I tied up my older sister while she was still sleeping and when she started yelling as I tickled her feet, my mother came in and told her "that's what you get for sleeping so late"! But she did untie her. 🙁 My dad either didn't know or didn't care.

 

[mftp]

I'm sure if parents are honest they shouldn't be surprised, you got it from somewhere! I walked in on my father holding my mother down and tickling her feet. I knew I liked feet from the age of four, it's genetic!

 

[Taye]

I was 15 or so, and my dad took my out to A&W for a meal. As we sat down and feasted, he popped the question "So... your mom and I are wondering about these tickling and bondage sites you visit.. we're just wondering what you think or if theres anything going on that you'd like to talk about.. we're just curious about this..why do you visit these sites..?" and me, caught off guard cause I thought I had covered my tracks well enough, stammered something like "..uh..I guess you just like what you like.. right".

Another time a tickling image had frozen on the screen and my dad happened to walk in on this before I could shut off the monitor and exclaimed "CAUGHT!" and afterwards whenever he saw me on the computer at night, I could hear him walk by the door sighing.

 

[TickleMePinkish]

Not quite the same thing, but my mom found my wartenburg wheel while I was unpacking. She asked me what it was and I told her something like "oh... It's a cheese cutter..."

Totally didn't believe me. I finally admitted it was a toy. She gave me a very disapproving look but said nothing more about it.

 

[Iwannatickleher]

When I was younger, before I had my own laptop, I would you use my mother's laptop to look up videos when no one was around. I became a fan of the tickle tapout series on tickle abuse and would download there free sample preview videos. I thought I was careful to delete the downloads when I was done. I must not have been careful enough because one day my mother confronted me about a tickling video she found on her laptop. I told her that it was a pop-up ad that I had accidentally clicked and downloaded. Thankfully she believed me. Still one of the scariest moments of my life.

 

[Matheu]

I once accidently downloaded a drawing of a bunch of guys tickling one another in a locker room. some how it automatically set as the computer wallpaper and downloaded a virus that I couldn't fix. I was mortified. Thankfully a pop up that no one could get rid off, covered most of the image but I think my mum knew what was going on. She never asked me about it afterwards even though I'm sure she knew it was me, and as a young teen at the time think she was more concerned about all the naked men more than the activity (I ended up coming out not long after this). To this day that computer hasn't been fixed and remains in my parents loft and I live in constant fear that one day someone gets it out to 'try and fix it'

 

[barefeetarebest]

yea well I never said my fetish was a gift......it limits who you can date, what you get off on, how you release your stress........genuinely a pain in my ass

We should never lose the above quote. Right there is the underlying sentiment about the whole damn thing, and while we all love our paraphilia, and will defend each other about it, relish it when we are fortunate enough to have it available in our lives, immerse ourselves in fantasy when we have the occassion, or fruitlessly search for it in our realities, we realize that those outside our unique set of desires cannot understand. It is good to see the newer revelers coming aboard with a less-guarded attitude toward all of this. It seems tickling has become accepted to an extent among millennials and they are much more open about it than we were as just being "something I like", rather than questioning "what's wrong with me?" like so many of us did at impressionable ages.. The advent of the internet surely helped to bring this about. At the start of the internet, those of us who were accessing the web for the very first few times were dying to know: "Is there anybody else out there like me?" Now there are even tickle-couples, where it isn't just a "chore" for one person in the relationship, and this is encouraging. Kudos to everybody in this forum as well as the others, and to the producers, story writers, and participants for making all of this possible.

 

[Aeveirra]

Well, I draw tickle-themed furry art all the time, and one day my mom saw one of my online galleries.
So basiclly every picture in it was of all this intense tickle torture stuff, so when she said she saw it, I asked her what she thought of it, and her response was; "interesting... I liked the colors...but what's with the characters being tied up and tickled?" I simply said "because I think tickling is the sexiest thing in the whole world!" I said it as if it was something she ought to have already known 😉 She was like "uh....um...ok??"

Haha, I'm not ashamed or embarrassed to like this stuff. Id say it is probably the most normal fetish that exists. I mean really....it's just tickles <3 nothing crazy, disturbing or gross. So I just flat-out told her I really like it.

And, just to make her feel even MORE uncomfortable; I proceeded to say "I've had my almost all my past boyfriends tie me up and ruthlessly tickle torture me!, Including my current one! he tickles me all the time, but I'm usually gagged so you can't hear me screaming on the floor below you."
Then she goes "OK!! , I don't need to know about that!!!"
Lolol 🙂 It was Priceless. I just ended up turning it around and making her feel weird for even asking about it.
***I suggest using this method when encountering inquisitive parents. Simply express your undying love of tickling, and they will stop wanting to know any further.***

 

[Aeveirra]

I'm sure if parents are honest they shouldn't be surprised, you got it from somewhere! I walked in on my father holding my mother down and tickling her feet. I knew I liked feet from the age of four, it's genetic!

That's really interesting...I wonder if any studies have been done on this being genetic.
I don't think I have it in me to ask my parents what their sexual fetishes are. But its an interesting thought that there could be a connection.

 

[Angel_2]

My family has never found out as far as I know unless they are keeping it secret from me. The only people who know are every member here that's it, one girl I'm friends with did ask me once if I have a foot fetish and I flat out said no mostly because I didn't want her to know she could use her feet to turn me on. I did find out something about her that was rather intriguing we were talking about turn on's and she'd listed that one of her turn on's was being tickled. Shocked by what she'd said I played it cool and I don't make it a point to bring it up unless we are talking about turn on's and or joking around. Needless to say I think I've misplayed this situation more then a few times.

 

[Myriads]

That's really interesting...I wonder if any studies have been done on this being genetic.
I don't think I have it in me to ask my parents what their sexual fetishes are. But its an interesting thought that there could be a connection.

Yes there have been studies. And as far as fetishes go, there is no genetic aspect to them.

There are a lot of other reasons one might see familial colorations but they are form other things then genetics.

Myriads

 

[CyrusHolderman]

Until now my parents didn't find out but they were pretty close.

 

[arachnid95]

That's really interesting...I wonder if any studies have been done on this being genetic.
I don't think I have it in me to ask my parents what their sexual fetishes are. But its an interesting thought that there could be a connection.

I don't think there's a genetic connection. My dad is one of those "foot-phobes," and neither of my parents has ever siren any inclination towards tickling each other. I've heard some distinct thwacking sounds coming from their room at two a.m.though (which will haunt me to my grave), so I dunno. XD

 

[FeatherEndeavor]

I don't think there's a genetic connection. My dad is one of those "foot-phobes," and neither of my parents has ever siren any inclination towards tickling each other. I've heard some distinct thwacking sounds coming from their room at two a.m.though (which will haunt me to my grave), so I dunno. XD

Maybe your parents don't have foot or tickle fetishes, but the thwacking sound in the middle of the night indicates that one or both of them have a spanking fetish. So maybe the tendency to have some type of fetish can be passed down even if it's not the same fetish.

 

[SmashTV]

Not quite, thankfully; my mum, bless her, knew from an early age that I liked stocking feet and ladies wearing black tights due to me mentioning it when I was about five! She'd mention it every so often, but it never got as far as her sussing out the tickling fetish. Phew!

Cheers, everybody,
SmashTV

 

[DontAskJusTckle]

Hell, my parents were the ringleaders in my family. 4 sisters, 2 brothers, and a female cousin who lived with us = lots of tickling in the DAJT household.

 

[nexustickle]

My dad found me out. In our house when I was younger he controlled all things technology and internet related. I tried to keep my obsession hidden but he eventually found out. I would have preferred it if he caught me on a site or something, but nope, he caught me messaging another guy about a possible tickle meet up. What followed was the most awkward conversation in my life. I couldn't look at him for a week.

 

[The Internet]

Yup. My Dad opened my laptop, and Chrome or Firefox autorecover brought up this very part of the forum, the Tickling Discussion section. I'm in the other room and all of a sudden I hear my father bark out "Tickling Media Forum?!" and then....."SHOW US YOUR FEET?!!!!" (referring to the top thread on the page)

Ugh. UGH!!

My brother knows, and my mom might possibly have known, especially if my brother told her. You know how little brothers can be! 😛

 

[Yote]

Yup. My Dad opened my laptop, and Chrome or Firefox autorecover brought up this very part of the forum, the Tickling Discussion section. I'm in the other room and all of a sudden I hear my father bark out "Tickling Media Forum?!" and then....."SHOW US YOUR FEET?!!!!" (referring to the top thread on the page)

Curious, did your dad say anything else after he found out? Like confront you?

 

[Mitchell]

My father has never had any idea.

As for my mom.

This would have to be.. a long time ago, because as people see from my signature, my mom passed away almost eight years ago.

Anyhow.

I've posted a situation here of how when I first joined the forum, before the secure chatroom, a fake cop came on telling me I had been in trouble for talking to someone underage.

It turns out one of the admins told me it was a troll.

Before I found out the person who told me they were a cop was a troll, I believe I asked my mom for the name of a lawyer, and told her about this forum, After I found out the "cop" was a troll, the discussion between my mom and me about this forum was just dropped.

Anyway.

How this relates.

Sometime around the time I told my mom about this forum. , my mom relayed a story to me of how I had asked a female friend of my mom's to smell the friend's feet while the friend was sitting at our pool at our house. I must have been about 8 or 9 at the time.

That night , I believe my mom's friend was sitting with my parents, and my mom's friend's husband, and the friend said something in front of everyone like.

"Mitch asked me to smell my feet today, and I let him"

My parents were like.

"You should not ask your mother's friend to smell her feet, it's not right"

My parents might have been. annoyed, but it never really came up again after that one time.

When I was young, I also have distinct memories of asking female babysitters to smell their feet.

Most of the sitters that I asked let me smell their feet. I don't know if I was convincing, annoying, or they just figured, "Silly, curious kid, let him smell my feet and get it over with, big deal"

I honestly don;'t know if any of these women told my parents about this. Usually I would be long sleeping by the time my parents came home. If the sitters did tell my parents, my parents did not say anything to me. Either the sitters did not tell my parents, or if the sitters, did tell my parents. My parents figured. "Silly little kid, no big deal", and let it go.

Beyond the incident I described with my mom's friend, and the fake cop incident when I first joined the forum, no, my parents never found out about this interest for me.

 

[Tenebrae]

I believe that parents know these things, cause they usually know their children very well. Even when they don't mention anything, chances are they know more than one might think.

My mom and dad found out very fast, though I cannot recall one particular incident. My mom searching through my things and finding stories/images, papers forgotten in the printer, an allusion here and there, a noticed stare towards women's feet, a passing reference by my father during an unrelated discussion, etc...

I never "came out" to them. Nor did we ever talk about this. But they know. And I know they know 😀

As for my brother and sister, it was even more straightforward: my brother found my porn stash on the computer, and he started to treat it like a treasure, an awesome finding of sorts, like he had struck gold. He did research about it and even showed it to his friends, before happily presenting me with his findings. He later confessed he thought he had found "the key to his big brother's mind", so he was super excited about it.

My sister one day while we were doing the dishes together blatantly confessed to me she had S&M fantasies and told me with a surprising certainty: "I know you're into that stuff big time. Don't ask me how, I just know. Girls' feet too. And it's cool. Maybe you can give me a few tips on how to open up to a guy about it?"