I strongly disagree. Some people, yourself perhaps, are very comfortable and open with their fetish. They're more than happy to shout it from the rooftops and answer all the questions in the world about it. That's fantastic. I'm happy for you and all the other folks like that.
But MORE than that, there are folks here who, for whatever reason, prefer to keep their fetish a secret from some people, or everyone, in their vanilla lives. I don't think that someone's willingness to let the world know what goes on in their bedroom should reflect how much they love tickling.
I, for example, prefer to keep my vanilla world and tickling world entirely separate. Part of that is because I don't think my family wants to know what gets me going anymore than I want to know what turns them on. Not everyone needs to know everything about what I do behind closed doors. In addition, tickling is a very special part of my life, and one that I don't wish to share with others. It's mine and mine alone, and keeping it my dirty little secret is a large part of what makes it sexy and special to me.
The idea of running around sporting ink of a feather or tickling hands or "I LOVE TICKLING" on my forehead removes that mystery, and then this world loses some of what makes it special to me. Walking around with a unique but somewhat mysterious symbol, that only *we* know means what it means enhances that mystery and sexiness.
I don't think it's at all fair to judge how much people "love" their fetish based on their willingness to be open about it.
It brings up the question as to if you really do love your fetish or not.
I say, if you really love the activity of tickling then you should wear the logo with truth and pride instead of trying to hide it with subliminal designs or discrete meanings.
I disagree, everyone feels differently about people knowing about theyre fetish, and that doesnt mean for a second that they are not proud of it, it simply means that they like to keep that aspect of theyre life to themselves, a symbol of this nature would allow them to wear it with pride but without risk of judgement, and I know people shouldnt worry about being judged but the fact of the matter is, some do.
We are many different fish in a very deep pond, and its hard to understand why some prefere it near the top whereas others hide themselves at the bottom, but as fish, we shouldnt accept that everyone has different needs and for different reasons known only to them.
The beauty of a hidden message within a symbol is that you can choose if you want people to know what it means or not, it suites everyone as some can decline to reveal what it means and some can happily let the cat out the bag.
I respect what you both are saying... but I still do not follow the logic you guys present...
Skipadeedoodah and Haribish please hear me out...
If people would prefer to keep the fetish a secret, then why would you want to wear a symbol for it? Why would you want to draw attention to your secret if you don't want it to be known?
How could you possibly attempt to hide something when you have a symbol that would bring attention to it?
Look at fraternities and the like.... when the new members first start out, mostly what they do is in secret, Like some people on here, they don't want people to know what they do, so it makes sense for them not to wear anything that symbolizes their involvement. They don't want the attention!
If you feel that it would be bad to let out your fetish, or want to keep it a secret, then WHY would you wear a symbol letting everyone know about it?
Lying about the symbol IS NOT going to help either...
From a psychological standpoint...(I'm a psychology major
🙂 ) People are naturally curious creatures, so naturally people outside the fetish are gonna ask questions about this mysterious, unique, symbol that represents tickling fetishism and more than likely SOMEONE somewhere is gonna find out the TRUE meaning of the symbol eventually (once it's made)...Just like the BDSM or the Leather pride symbols, bringing it to the spotlight in society...
What I'm saying is no matter how subliminal we make something or how much we lie about its meaning...the symbol's true meaning will be brought out at some point... we can lie all we want to, but sooner or later the truth will come.
...and then what my friends?
You guessed it...the cat will be out of the bag...for good as far as a symbol is concerned!
Will you be able to hide behind a subliminal meaning once the true meaning gets out?
Would you still wear the symbol and show your "love" still?
What I'm saying is there's no point in wearing a symbol, for something if you want to keep it a secret. If you choose to wear it, then you have made the choice to let the fetish be known...Otherwise you would not wear any symbolism at all!
Which is why I said if you really LOVE tickle fetishism then a symbol would be more appropriate for those individuals who want to show it through the symbol.
Adding a symbol for tickling won't keep it separate...the symbol will serve as a connection point... which like I said is subject for suspicious people to ask questions!
and Skipadeedoodah you're indeed right, it's not fair to judge but that's how it is with symbols...Look at religion and religious people of any denomination. The ones who are TRULY in love with what they believe in wear a certain symbol to show it, there's no subliminal messages to hide behind, no discret messages to detour curious people, the symbol they wear represents their full pride and support for what they love with nothing to hide.
That's how it should be for the symbol we make here as tickle fetishists... a symbol where we have nothing to hide from... otherwise wearing it would be pointless.