From when I was a teenager to age 41: Never not once. This past year and a half, I have tied five guys down for extended tickle sessions (20 mins. or longer, once for two hours), I have been tied down and tickled in spandex five times, tied down and tickled naked several times, and I've tickled or been tickle-pounced nearly every day since my bf moved up to live with me in March.
I will say .. I have enjoyed the CRAP outta the last year and a half. I've ended up a tickle zombie a couple of times, but that's just amazing. 🙂
This^ is a bit similar for me. Glad this thread came back, because I'd missed it. What a range of responses! Decided to chime in too because more stories going from hope to reality could be encouraging.
For my first 37 years, tickling was pure fantasy, absolutely no sessions of any kind. Grew up feeling weird and different (standard TMF profile), girls I found weren't into it, first marriage was purely vanilla. 12 years later that ended.
Trying to start over I re-entered the field, seeking at last a real tickle babe, not for one second believing I'd really find one. Dated 8 or so women the first year. Got serious with one who was ticklish and did let me tie and tickle, so my first ever real sessions with her. No idea how many. (12-20?) But that too was not to last. When she left I was devastated. On a business trip near LA I booked a session at Passive Arts. I was nervous and awkward, but it was wonderful. The only time I paid to tickle. But had I not been married I'd have done it years before, and had I more money and opportunity I'd have done it more then.
Instead, I finally met my dream girl in 2011! We met in a totally vanilla way, and she had zero prior interest in tickling. But she was nice, and cute, and we hit it off. Of course I soon found out (2nd date) she was ticklish. Most unbelievably of all, she got just as turned on from it as I did! We fell super hard for each other, got married the next year, and 3 years later I still tickle her ALL THE TIME. It is beyond wonderful to have a truly shared passion and fetish, as several have commented.
Moral of the story: there ARE real girls out there who actually like being tickled. If you're still dreaming, do not give up hope! Do not settle for a vanilla life if inside you KNOW you're wired to tickle. Just be patient, and try all angles. Look here, at gatherings, or fetish sites for people already interested in tickling. Look in totally normal places and websites where you DON'T emphasize that, just try to meet nice girls and have fun. When you do, be relaxed, funny, and comfortable. Opportunities WILL arise to tickle. Sooner or later, someone will really like it when you do. Maybe even love it! Then your days can be filled with love and laughter too -- and everything you went through to get there will feel totally worth it. (It was for me!)