My current girlfriend is a kind, sweet, pretty girl with very nice feet. Unfortunately, her feet are only slightly ticklish. We have been dating for almost a year, and while the sexual part of our relationship is not where it should be, we have grown together emotionally and mentally. This is the first relationship where I can truly say I care more about the person than their physical attributes.
Sometimes when I tickle her feet I get a decent response and feel like everything is going to be ok. Other times, I tickle and tickle and and she just sits there and I get really scared that this isn't going to work.
I am sure that if she was totally non-ticklish it would not have lasted this long. The fact that I can tickle her a little bit has kept things going. The problem is, her being "slightly" ticklish makes me only "slightly" aroused, and that usually doesn't provide enough "get up and go" for full blown sex.
I still don't know if the relationship will last. All I can say is that we are very compatible in every area except tickling. I truly feel she loves me and I feel I can trust her with anything. While I believe that's much more important than the sexual part of the relationship, I still don't know if I can live with it.
The biggest thing I hate is that I still find myself looking at other girls and wondering if their feet are more ticklish than my girlfriend's. That really makes me feel like an ass, but I don't know how to stop it. I haven't cheated on her, because I really care for her and seriously doubt I will find someone as compatible in all the other areas of life.
This relationship has taught me that tickling isn't everything, but it is a daily srtuggle to keep those lustful impulses from overriding my better judgment. I wish I could say my judgment will win in the end, but I really don't know.