“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players...”
I am beginning to believe Shakespeare’s words. I never really gave it much thought before (and never really studied Shakespeare to begin with), but recently I have felt it more than ever.
Perhaps the tickling forum isn’t the best place to post something like this, but considering that this is the only community of which I feel a part of, well – this is the place I shall post this along with my other blogs. Maybe you are like me, and between the kink community and the vanilla world – this is the only place you feel that you belong.
What I am talking about is the fact that it is so difficult in today’s world to find genuine people; people who are honest, loyal, kind-hearted – genuinely good people. If you watch enough TV or look at the news (wherever it is you find it), you’ll find stories of good people doing random acts of kindness; but personally, in my small world I find it very difficult to find genuine people. Someone I can really trust, have deep conversations with, someone who can share in my tears and laughter. Where have all the good ones gone?
Most of you have probably never heard of the Canadian television series from the ‘90’s called, “Road to Avonlea”. It was a collection of stories that were part of a bigger story over the years set in a little Canadian town in the early 1900’s. That was my time period. That is where I feel I most belong. It was a period in time when there were true gentlemen and real ladies. One particular character who was the matriarch of the show was often too serious and proper for her own good, but she was a real lady (Hetty King on the show played by Jackie Burroughs). She had more etiquette and grace than most people do in their pinky finger. However, away from the show a fellow actress said that Jackie Burroughs was Hetty King’s nightmare because off the set, Jackie would “swear like a sailor and smoke like a chimney”. How disheartening! – Which actually says a lot for Jackie Burroughs as an actress, I guess, by making her character so believable. I adored her character! I related to her character, so much so that Kevin says I am her. To find out that she carries none of the characteristics of the role she portrayed is disappointing. It truly is just an act.
Another example is the most recent college admissions scandal I am sure we have all heard of on the news. A few people are being shown at the forefront of the scandal, with one of them being Lori Loughlin. She played a character on a TV show called, “When Calls the Heart”, also set in the early 1900’s. I am telling you – this is my time period! She is another woman with whom I connect with. The people in that coal mining town are so down-to-earth, honest, loyal people who are always there to help those in the community. People you can depend on, with whom you cry and laugh with; true-hearted people. It’s the same scenario – fall in love with those people only to find out – or perhaps actually realize that they are no different. They are merely actors who live in Hollywood in fancy mansions with lots of money, and who have no characteristics of the people they portray. Where have all the good ones gone?
You can’t tell me that you haven’t come across absolute fake people here at the forums as well. People today reveal to others only what they want people to see. People put on acts all the time to get what they want or to get people to respond to them the way they want them to. This isn’t something new. It’s been happening all through time, but with the above few examples, it just becomes glaringly clear to me these days. Perhaps it is also the fact that at my age – nearly 40 and still with no “bosom friend” that I long for, that I feel that need even more. I can be surrounded with people every day – interact with people on a daily basis yet still have no true friends. Is that something you are able to understand? (Kevin, this is no way a snub at you – Love you!) Everyone must know that even when you are in a relationship with someone, that one person cannot fulfill all your needs. You need people with different personalities who can be the different puzzles pieces in your life to make you feel complete. Kevin is a big puzzle piece in my life, but there are still pieces missing.
Maybe you feel the same way I do. You feel lost in life’s sea of actors. You try to wade through all the fakery – which happens everywhere – trying to find a genuine person with whom you can connect with on a level that no one else can. Perhaps some genuine people don’t allow their light to shine as brightly anymore. They are afraid that too many people will just abuse their good nature. They don’t trust as easily. They don’t fit in with today’s society because it just isn’t “right” to be so pure of heart anymore. It’s almost as “embarrassing” to some as it is to say that you have a tickle fetish. Well I am here, and I am proud of who I am – I won’t change for anyone. I won’t change the goodness in me just to fit in with another crowd. It may very well isolate me even more. It makes is more difficult to find friends – even ones like myself, but I still believe there are some out there. Every now and then, even in this community, I do find one or two genuine people; but a true friend and bosom buddy? I’m still looking. Where have all the good ones gone?
~ The Barefoot Maiden
I am beginning to believe Shakespeare’s words. I never really gave it much thought before (and never really studied Shakespeare to begin with), but recently I have felt it more than ever.
Perhaps the tickling forum isn’t the best place to post something like this, but considering that this is the only community of which I feel a part of, well – this is the place I shall post this along with my other blogs. Maybe you are like me, and between the kink community and the vanilla world – this is the only place you feel that you belong.
What I am talking about is the fact that it is so difficult in today’s world to find genuine people; people who are honest, loyal, kind-hearted – genuinely good people. If you watch enough TV or look at the news (wherever it is you find it), you’ll find stories of good people doing random acts of kindness; but personally, in my small world I find it very difficult to find genuine people. Someone I can really trust, have deep conversations with, someone who can share in my tears and laughter. Where have all the good ones gone?
Most of you have probably never heard of the Canadian television series from the ‘90’s called, “Road to Avonlea”. It was a collection of stories that were part of a bigger story over the years set in a little Canadian town in the early 1900’s. That was my time period. That is where I feel I most belong. It was a period in time when there were true gentlemen and real ladies. One particular character who was the matriarch of the show was often too serious and proper for her own good, but she was a real lady (Hetty King on the show played by Jackie Burroughs). She had more etiquette and grace than most people do in their pinky finger. However, away from the show a fellow actress said that Jackie Burroughs was Hetty King’s nightmare because off the set, Jackie would “swear like a sailor and smoke like a chimney”. How disheartening! – Which actually says a lot for Jackie Burroughs as an actress, I guess, by making her character so believable. I adored her character! I related to her character, so much so that Kevin says I am her. To find out that she carries none of the characteristics of the role she portrayed is disappointing. It truly is just an act.
Another example is the most recent college admissions scandal I am sure we have all heard of on the news. A few people are being shown at the forefront of the scandal, with one of them being Lori Loughlin. She played a character on a TV show called, “When Calls the Heart”, also set in the early 1900’s. I am telling you – this is my time period! She is another woman with whom I connect with. The people in that coal mining town are so down-to-earth, honest, loyal people who are always there to help those in the community. People you can depend on, with whom you cry and laugh with; true-hearted people. It’s the same scenario – fall in love with those people only to find out – or perhaps actually realize that they are no different. They are merely actors who live in Hollywood in fancy mansions with lots of money, and who have no characteristics of the people they portray. Where have all the good ones gone?
You can’t tell me that you haven’t come across absolute fake people here at the forums as well. People today reveal to others only what they want people to see. People put on acts all the time to get what they want or to get people to respond to them the way they want them to. This isn’t something new. It’s been happening all through time, but with the above few examples, it just becomes glaringly clear to me these days. Perhaps it is also the fact that at my age – nearly 40 and still with no “bosom friend” that I long for, that I feel that need even more. I can be surrounded with people every day – interact with people on a daily basis yet still have no true friends. Is that something you are able to understand? (Kevin, this is no way a snub at you – Love you!) Everyone must know that even when you are in a relationship with someone, that one person cannot fulfill all your needs. You need people with different personalities who can be the different puzzles pieces in your life to make you feel complete. Kevin is a big puzzle piece in my life, but there are still pieces missing.
Maybe you feel the same way I do. You feel lost in life’s sea of actors. You try to wade through all the fakery – which happens everywhere – trying to find a genuine person with whom you can connect with on a level that no one else can. Perhaps some genuine people don’t allow their light to shine as brightly anymore. They are afraid that too many people will just abuse their good nature. They don’t trust as easily. They don’t fit in with today’s society because it just isn’t “right” to be so pure of heart anymore. It’s almost as “embarrassing” to some as it is to say that you have a tickle fetish. Well I am here, and I am proud of who I am – I won’t change for anyone. I won’t change the goodness in me just to fit in with another crowd. It may very well isolate me even more. It makes is more difficult to find friends – even ones like myself, but I still believe there are some out there. Every now and then, even in this community, I do find one or two genuine people; but a true friend and bosom buddy? I’m still looking. Where have all the good ones gone?
~ The Barefoot Maiden
