I'm curious. In what way were your family and friends creeped out? Was there an awkward reference to tickle torture, perhaps? Questions about whether Cousin Cathy's feet are ticklish, maybe?
This is why I make it a point to not mix TMF associations with any social media that involves my real life circle of friends and family. It's not that I hold TMF'ers in any kind of low regard. To the contrary most of the people here are pretty cool. It's just that sometimes even solid people can forget where they are in a particular moment and let something slip.
Hope you get it all worked out, bro.
A thought just occurred to me. I wonder if this kind of thing happens with people on Fetlife.