Funny enough, I've been writing a remembrance of all the vanilla ticklers I've encountered over the years. All I can say is that they all get that wicked grin on their faces we all know so well.
A sneak preview of some of my remembrances:
- I'm in a car with a buddy of mine, someone who I never saw tickle anybody, incidentally. I ask him what traits he looks for in a girlfriend. He thinks for a second and says "She's
got to be ticklish." I ask him why, and he becomes inarticulate. "I don't know....it's just fun." Years later, he looks me up and I drop a bit of a hint, dropping in the acronym "TMF", but he didn't seem to know what I was talking about. Personality wise, he was a gregarious goofball, had a string of girlfriends during the time I knew him....and I'm happy to know that they all got tickled! lol
-My girlfriend's college roommate loved to tickle her boyfriend, and the two of us bonded over our love of tickling our significant others. It was very cool. She wasn't an outwardly gregarious personality, kinda quiet....but this poor guy couldn't get into bed with her without getting tickled. One day, my girlfriend asked her what turned her on (it was just the three of us, her boyfriend wasn't there), and she thought for a second and then answered "Tickling." My girlfriend replied "Really? Anything else?" The roommate thought for a second and said, "Not really. Just tickling." Now....maybe she wasn't a "vanilla", but she didn't seem particularly in touch with it as a "fetish", as she had to ponder it for a moment. All I can say is that for a kinda quiet, shy girl, she really came alive when she tickled him, and obviously relished it.
-A guy friend of mine was always tickle attacking other dudes at this club we all used to work at/play in/hang out at. One day, we were all in a van, on tour, and he tickle attacked this drummer friend, a frequent target of his attacks.... then he suddenly turned, reached behind and started squeezing my knee. I looked at him laconically and said "Sorry, that shit don't work on me. " lol. The whole van went "Whooooah!". Anyways, I asked what that was all about, him tickling people all the time (I only saw him tickle guys, never his gorgeous brunette girlfriend). He didn't know the answer, but then it came out that he was a twin, and he was just used to naturally horseplaying around. (One time I saw him tickle attack the same guy in front of the guy's girlfriend....the girlfriend looked on lovingly for quite a while before suddenly deciding to lean in and join in the tickling herself.....)
- A female friend of mine tickle attacked another female friend of mine, spectacularly (you can read about it
here), and seemed fascinated by the reactions she was getting; she also taunted her through the whole thing.
-I've repeatedly told guy friends about my fetish over the years....and when I do,
they light up. Like a lightbulb goes over their head. i remember once telling a bartender who was driving me home that I had wanted to go over and blow a raspberry on a gorgeous female that had been wearing a devastating cropped top, revealing a super hot tummy. My friend banged the steering wheel and exclaimed "That is
exactly what should have been done! Wearing a top like that!" lol.
I'd love to know more about this as well, since, as a 'ler, I am
obsessed with vanilla ticklees, and as a friend of 'lees, I am fascinated by the psychology of the vanilla 'lers they encounter. I always asked all my girlfriends about their tickle history, and even went out with an escort who got tickled "on the job" a few times. In most cases, the guys that tickled them tickled them regularly, not just as a one-time thing. (there was only one exception to the rule, and I think he was influenced by hearing about me, her ex, having a tickle fetish). The same girlfriend had worked in the fashion industry, sometimes as a fit model, and when her ticklishness was discovered by her designer boss, it was routinely exploited. (
here's that whole story)
I think people get a rise out of seeing a friend (or crush/significant other) rendered helpless and laughing, and twitching around. I love the fact that often bystanders look on with fascination at the tickling in front of them. The next memory I'm finishing up writing about for the True Story forum is actually a spectacular vanilla tickling I witnessed (along with other people), and everyone just looked on affectionately as this adorable friend of ours got tickled over and over by her boyfriend over the course of an hour, it was incredible.