Bignorm868 said:
has anyone taken a step back and tried looking at tickling from a nuetral stand point? does others think it's wierd? please, discuss.
Weird? Mm, maybe. Everyone tickles each other. Older siblings torture their younger siblings in the same way. Partners tickle each other. Girls have tickle fights along with pillow fights. Parents tickle their children. It's an act of playfulness, of kinship, of "I like you" and "I love you." I have a very hard time calling my liking of tickling a "fetish." Although in technical terms, it is, to me it's not that weird because it makes up who I am.
I've asked my fiance on many occassions when I'm feeling shy or insecure about tickling if it ever bothers him that traditional sex is not enough for me and that sometimes I can't even get off without a ticklish touch. And everytime he says, "Absolutely not. It's fun, you enjoy it and that's all that matters." He does not have a ticklish fetish and he doesn't, to a point, understand what it is that sends me to the stars. But he accepts it.
Another thing that people should realize is that tickling, although an odd fetish, is, on the scale of weird shit, at the very fucking bottom. Yes, it may be weird, but good god, there is weirder shit out there. I once told a long distance friend of mine about my fetish and when I said it was weird, he laughed in my face. Why? Because he slept with a woman who could only get off by being cut with a razor blade. While I will never say that there is something wrong with that woman, I will say it's weirder than being tickled. So don't ever think you're bizarre if you like tickling.
What triggers us, what turns us on, is different from person to person. While many people are just fine with traditional sex, many people are not. There is tons of stuff out there that satisfies a multitude of people. We're a special case -- special, not weird -- and for those who are not ready to let those who are close to them know about their fetish, realize, like I did, that it's not weird. It's who you are. Hiding your tickle fetish will not keep someone close to you; it will not make you any less "weird" if you hide it from the world. That's you and the one's worth your time are those who know it, because honestly, if your tickle fetish will send a person away, something else will too.
/endrant
