D'oh! Outed!

[Phineas]

Okay, so enough people have asked (read: bugged) me about how this turned out that I feel I need to post an update as the situation has resolved itself.

I'm no longer speaking to the young lady in question. In short, she deflected every attempt I've made to hang out with her since that weekend, claiming 'too busy'. Although some folks have told me that she probably is simply too busy (including a mutual friend who swears she hasn't even talked to her during that period of time), I've also heard from a reliable source that no, she's not interested in me. And, since I don't do the "you rejected me so let's be friends" thing, she's out of the picture.

Much as I predicted, to be honest. God forbid something actually work out the way I want it to.

Regardless, I regret nothing. I handled the situation as best I could, and that's all anyone can do.

 

[gig1965]

Hey man, there's always NEXt year's 4th party.
and if she dorsn't make it the tape will make an excellent B-day present 🙂

 

[IDareYou]

Awww, at least she was open-minded, that's always good.

One time I was with my friend and I was doing that thing where I bug people till they tickle me and this was after he tickled me a bit. He threated me and I told him to bring it on. He started tickling me and said "Do you like this or something?" I guess the embarrased look on my face told him yes. He nodded, and continued tickling me.

 

[Ticklish9's]

Ok, despite the brush off at the end, I think that turned out fairly well.

I've had a couple of girls figure out my interests in both of those fetishes on their own, and I've managed to tell my current girlfriend as well, and I've never - not even once - had any of them be upset or wierded out for more than a few minutes about it. Knowing that, it seems silly not to be way more open about it, and I'm trying to work that into my life (but of course it's hard to overcome decades of paranoia).


The way I explain it is to compare it to more widely accepted things. Think of this - most guys like certain aspects of the human anatomy more than others. Some guys are really into breasts, some are into legs, some are into various parts of other men, and all of that is simply hardwired into their genetic makeup - nobody chooses that. How is that any different than feet? None of those other parts really make any more sense as a focal point for attraction, after all.

And as for tickling, well... who doesn't enjoy tickling? We just enjoy it more. 🙂


One caveat that is probably important - my two biggest passions are politics and rave music, so I spend my time almost exclusively with left-wingers and ravers, people of an extremely liberal bent. These folks are probably quite a bit more accepting of such things than the average guy or gal on the street (homophobia is almost entirely absent from both groups, for example, and being disgusted by fetishes would fall under a similar category of prejudice). So the above strategies may not be as effective amongst the more mainstream members of society.

That said, I think people are generally pretty good hearted and it's worth a shot. 🙂

 

[wishfoot88]

Narrow Miss

yes.....
when i 1st "got into" (when i was 15) tickling i used to practice self bondage.
nothing kinky but a lot of wierd stuff.
like one.
it was the inspiration for my 1st tickling story.
i tied pillows around my ankles.
it was sooooo comfy!
plus i though it would make a good bondage technique.
so, i am sitting in room on my laptop and my mum walks in.
i had to click off my wikipedia search for "tickling".
she dumps some clothes in my draw and spots one of the pillow things under my bed.
she picks it up.
"you have got to stop taking these pillows!"
i am shitting myself by now.
then she says; "what do you use them for anyway?"
and i thought, i can't just tell her!
so i lied.
"i use it as a head rest"
she shrugged it off and took it away.

that was lucky....