creative ways of getting ticklishness info, or on topic

[saratk]

I've been pretty good at getting on tickle topic with strangers, but I'm running out of new ways and would like to know what's worked

things that have worked include
asking about a foot massager and if it's ok for someone with ticklish feet (bound to get either a yes, i'm ticklish and it's fine or "wouldn't know, I"m not ticklish)
same for pedicures. get on topic for pedicures and that will usually get tickle convo going
telling a story about being tickled or someone being tickled
talking about a specific movie that has a tickle scene in it
having a tickling "survey"

I'm running out of ideas...what are some ways you can get tickling, ticklishness in normal conversation? Possibly for those who are shy and want the topic to come up. but not like they brought it up?

 

[ticklehound]

To be honest, I don't really bring it up that often. I have tons of other stuff to bring up in conversation; tickling just doesn't strike me that often in social situations. But when you're intrigued, you figure out ways.

Among a group of casual acquaintances (like with some friends & their friends at a bar), I've had good success with stories of tickling (never 100% true, always embellished to some degree). If the subject is sex, it makes it a lot easier. I told 2 of my female friends a story about how I've been seeing this girl who likes tickling in the bedroom & how I was experiencing it myself (it was obvi the other way around). I never had to bring up tickling again with them. I'll be damned if they weren't the ones asking me every time we met how things were going with "tickle girl." -- Not 100% honest, but it took the anxiety off me & put it on someone else.

Among strangers you just met, it's trickier, of course. If I'm flirting with someone & it's going well, I wait until she touches me; I flinch whether it really tickles or not. Immed, I say "Careful now, I'm pretty ticklish." *BOOM* conversation.

 

[rhiannon]

I've been pretty good at getting on tickle topic with strangers

Why would you even bring that topic up with strangers?

Not too long ago, a guy tried to talk to me about lactation....I though that was pretty weird and think tickling could go down the same path since it's just not something that you could have an interesting conversation about.

 

[WheresThe Clip?]

One way to casually bring it into conversation, is just make a comment about the weather (usual British conversation starter anyway), then say something like: "This weather reminds me of the day I was tied up and tickled into multiple orgasms, has that ever happened to you? "

 

[-Hari-]

Ive had very interesting conversations about tickling, the best have been with people at fetish events who don't know much about it or don't understand the concept, this probably doesn't help in the slightest cause the reason the conversations normally start is because they've just seen me doing a tickling scene, not the likeliest conversation starter.

Although sometimes when someone asks me what my tattoo means if I feel like they are open minded enough I will tell them what it is and that sometimes gets a convo going, I never get much out of it, although I do like talking about things I know lots about so its nice to feel knowledgeable for a few minutes 😛

 

[PiedPiper]

How about, Y'know, I had this weird dream last night,"...?

 

[ticklehound]

How about, Y'know, I had this weird dream last night,"...?

I like it. I think it'll work. A lot of us have had tickle dreams at some point . . . AND you don't have to divulge your fetish until you gauge their reaction...

 

[iatickler]

Not too long ago, a guy tried to talk to me about lactation....

I'm sorry, I can't resist. Did the topic die out quickly or did the guy try to milk it for all it was worth?

 

[GEORGIATKLER]

Iatickler, that was funny to my wasted sense of humor. "And this one time at band camp......(insert tickle story)" "Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon, and if I smeared it between your toes, and then took out a Sonicare......?" "Could you be a bird or would the feathers tickle too much...?"

 

[rhiannon]

I'm sorry, I can't resist. Did the topic die out quickly or did the guy try to milk it for all it was worth?

LOL....good one. 😀 I was lucky, my phone rang. Saved by the bell. 🙂

 

[ialwayseatsalmo]

If the subject is sex, it makes it a lot easier. I told 2 of my female friends a story about how I've been seeing this girl who likes tickling in the bedroom & how I was experiencing it myself (it was obvi the other way around). I never had to bring up tickling again with them. I'll be damned if they weren't the ones asking me every time we met how things were going with "tickle girl." -- Not 100% honest, but it took the anxiety off me & put it on someone else.

He's entirely right. If you were to be discussing things like "the strangest things to happen in the bedroom", you could say tickling. If she seems interested, you can say, "And I think I kind of enjoyed it"

 

[rhiannon]

If you were to be discussing things like "the strangest things to happen in the bedroom"

Then again, why would you be discussing things like that with a stranger? 🙂

 

[ialwayseatsalmo]

Oh I'm not considering discussing this with a stranger. If his/her intent is to discuss tickling with a stranger, then he/she is out of her damn mind. I'd be taken aback if someone started talking about tickling to me at a bar, and I'm a tickle fetishist!

 

[Em Es]

You can't say the wrong thing to the right person

saratk , your questions/conversation starters sounds sufficient. The rest of it may be listening, as opposed to thinking of other things to say. Keep your ears open for something someone says that would be an opening to steer the conversation to the topic of tickling. For example, if he or she talks about getting a massage, you could say, "I'm so ticklish, last time I got one I nearly fell off the massage table." (Okay, too easy an example, but I hope I make my point.)

If you're hoping to meet a felllow tickling enthusiasts, it should not take too many questions to get the conversation going. The same goes for those open types, people that will tell you anything personal should the topic come up.

Don't worry about the judgmental types. Who cares what they think!

 

[SadCuzNotTcklsh]

I think the best way would be to wait for someone to tickle you, or put yourself in a position to be tickled, and if it happens...have a question or comment ready to spur a conversation forward.