Hello :) (yes, another new person)

[fireflystar]

Hi everyone. I've been lurking for a while and will probably continue to do so but I thought it would be at least a little polite of me to introduce myself as long as I'm reading all your posts!

I'm 21, female. I am more into the fun/playful aspect of tickling over anything erotic. My very favorite subject would be my 25-yr-old boyfriend. He's an adorable short red-head (he often gets "you look like Seth Green" comments...) and very, very ticklish. At first I wasn't even sure if he liked being tickled, but he would sometimes randomly do things...for example, one evening we're watching a movie and he says, "My feet itch. Can you scratch them?" and proceeds to put them in front of me. Now, come on. If you're scratching your own foot there's typically no reaction, but if you're asking someone else to do it and you're well-aware you have ticklish feet, you'd have to know what was going to happen, right? Needless to say he went insane. He often makes it very hard for me to tickle him in my more favored areas (tummy, underarms, sides), but he claims it's because he "doesn't want to hurt me" (apparently he's accidentally slammed people in the face before with his flailing limbs). However I'm a trooper and I will wrestle him to the best of my ability (it does help he's not THAT much bigger than me...I'm only 5 foot and he's 5 foot 4) and get what goods I can. I believe the thing I enjoy most about tickling him and the driving reason why I do it is his reaction. He has a beautiful smile, and an adorable "ticklish-laugh" (i.e. his regular 'I just heard a funny joke' laugh is different), and he's just so cute I can't stand it!

Anyway I guess I could blab on about him forever and bore everyone so I'll stop there. I just wanna ask a few questions to see if I am alone on these or not.

- For as long as I can remember I have a hard time saying the world "tickle" or "ticklish" out loud. Even now as I'm typing it it's kind of weird and difficult. I keep making myself do it thinking I'll eventually get used to it. If I'm watching a movie with my family and I've seen the movie before and know a scene involving tickling is about to occur, I will get up and pretend I have to go get a drink or use the bathroom. I'm surprised no one has picked up on my strange little pattern yet. Why am I so avoidant about this? Does anyone else have this problem?

- Even though tickling is 95% playfulness for me, the only person I actually know IRL I am ever interested in is my boyfriend. The idea of tickling my friends or family members weirds me out. Is that strange? I have somehow tried to link it to the fact I grew up an only child and had no playful activities like that around the house...but I still had a desire for it, and perhaps since I am so weird about even mentioning the WORD, the only person I feel comfortable enough with to actually do it is my boyfriend. *shrug*

Woo this is getting long. Anyway like I said I'm mostly a lurker, but I am glad I have somewhere to go to remind myself I'm not the only one. 🙂

 

[kcantankerous]

It's not weird its actually not bad at all. Stay true to yourself, the embarrasement will wear off although I find myself feeling wierd when I know tickling is about to occur in front of abunch of people.

 

[ticklkitten]

Hey babe! Just stay true to yourself. You about five years younger than me, recent enough to remember going through it well and far enough ahead of that to be able to give advice. Just stick to who you are... things will straighten themselves out in your future.

And blab about your thoughts and ideas surrounding your bf as much as you like. There are some seriously awesome people here who would be more than happy to listen to you and give you GOOD advice. Ignore the ones who try to tell you to "shut up"... I don't think anyone will but... there are the *ssholes here like there are anywhere else.

pm me if you ever want some help. I'm a pretty open person...

 

[Mitchell]

Welcome, fireflystar. I'm Mitch. 35 year old SWM. I've been here for 3 years, and I can tell you that TMF is a great place.
Your situation that you mentioned with your boyfriend isnt unusual. Many posters on this board tickle in just that way. In fact, many of us find an excuse to tickle for just about any reason! LOL!
Oh, and you mentioned "blabbing". Well, Iam one of this board's biggest "blabbers", in more ways than one, to the tune of almost 4000 posts now. I blab about every subject, just read some of my posts! LOL!
Anyhow, in all seriousness, it's great to see new people "delurk" as you mentioned. When I came here three years ago, I was amazed at the idea of such a community of people into tickling. I have made many friends, who have been so supportive and helpful, in regard to my love of tickling, and so many things in my life. We are kind of like a close knit family, this site, abit ever growing.
So, welcome to the club. Glad to have you aboard. Enjoy, and I hope the TMF is as good of an experience for you as it has been for me. Take Care.

Mitch

One final thing I just wanted to add. (It's before 6am here, and I'm waking up, and reading your post. LOL) You mentioned growing up an only child. Iam an only child too, and while at random times Iam sure I was tickled by parents , grandparents, aunts, and uncles, in a playful manner. I had no siblings to have any kind of tickling experiences with. So, for us only children, in cases like that, we can develop our tickling interest gradually, and later in life. I used to read articles about tickling in my teens and 20s, and didnt become fully aware of my interest in tickling until I was 27. In the last 8 years, it has grown, developed, and blossomed through TMF. In college, while I of course had relationships with women, my urge to tickle seriously beyond playfulness just wasnt there, combined with a main ex gf of mine who I dated for almost 3 years, not being ticklish, this tickling thing just didnt develop.
So, that's it! See, I can blab, just as well as anyone! LOL! So, again, welcome aboard, and I hope you enjoy the club of us now close to 20,000 "blabbers", here on the boards.

 

[TicklishLayla]

I've never been tickled by my family members and the thought kind of wierds me out. It's okay with some of my friends, but not with all of them...


Welcome to the TMF

 

[tommytikl]

He has a beautiful smile, and an adorable "ticklish-laugh" (i.e. his regular 'I just heard a funny joke' laugh is different), and he's just so cute I can't stand it!

Welcome to TMF Fireflyfan,

I am also a person that LOVES ticklish laughter and you are right, it is different than a funny joke laugh.

It sounds like you guys love to play, you guys might want to consider bondage of some sort...and mild at first, simply tie his hands with some of his ties together than behind him or maybe up high and over something so his "most ticklish spots" are easier to reach AND you don't get the black eye the next day.

I too am an only child but I had quite a bit of tickling in my early life both, doing and receiving. Tickling is still fun and playful for me, but since my teen years it changed to a more sexual side. However, I can seperate the two depending on who I am tickling and where(place).

Anyway, take your shoes off and stay a while!

Enjoy

 

[milagros317]

Welcome to the TMF, fireflystar, and congratulations on your first post. 😀 This is a wonderful place, have fun here.

He often makes it very hard for me to tickle him in my more favored areas (tummy, underarms, sides), but he claims it's because he "doesn't want to hurt me" (apparently he's accidentally slammed people in the face before with his flailing limbs). However I'm a trooper and I will wrestle him to the best of my ability (it does help he's not THAT much bigger than me...I'm only 5 foot and he's 5 foot 4) and get what goods I can.

To keep you safe from flailing limbs, you and your boyfriend should consider bondage. Tie him down securely, and then tickle him in the areas you favor, to your heart's content. 😀

 

[o_O]

*waves*

Welcome! I am a brand new member to and trust me you will have lots of fun here!

Love and Yellow Cabs!

Sarah

 

[steph]

Hey, welcome! Me and Knox will come by with the snax. I don't know what he's brining but I'm world famous for my "Weiner Surprise" which is, yanno, basically, just some hot dogs I found on the floor... 😛

XOXO

 

[ovation]

Totally understand!

Well hello from another newie! I too have been unable to come out and speak on the forum but have wanted to for a long, long time. This seems to be the right time as I too have always had a problem with discussing or even mentioning the words 'tickle' or 'ticklish' etc. It was due to an accidental discovery on the internet about five years ago that I realised that there was such a thing as a 'tickle fetish' - I just figured I was weird or something.

Anyway, with resources such as the TMF and great producers such as TC Video it has helped me to realise that I'm not weird because of my fetish/interest in tickling and that I am one of many in a growing community worlwide. I doubt I will ever be open about my fetishes though, but I am okay with that, at least there is a community here that understands - right?

So, hi to every one here, sorry about the lengthy intro, and I look forward to being more involved in the future.

 

[Myriads]

Hello fireflystar,

Welcome to the TMF, and it looks as if other posters have started to take car eof some of your questions. I hope you enjoy the forum!

And a welcome to ovation also. Glad you decided to join us also.

Myriads

 

[Mitchell]

Welcome to you, too, ovation. I hope you enjoy the site. It is a good place.

Mitch

 

[Jimblast]

Hey!

Welcome!!!!

 

[NeitherSparky]

Oh you had to come on here and make me jealous of you for having a boyfriend like that??? Lol. If he really enjoys being tickled and he trusts you, I agree that you guys should consider bondage. And then you should run over here and tell us all about it. 😉

 

[chickles_:)]

Hiya Fireflystar!
Chickles here,

So glad you decided to poke your head up and say hello!
I know it took me a while to do it too. And i know exactly what you mean about the whole strange feeling around the 't' word. 😱

I still can't figure out why i was like that -am still like that around my family- I guess for me i found it embarrassing to think they knew i was 'asking for it' even though they no doubt knew i was. *sweatdrop* 🙄

Anyway, welcome among the many friendly people who share your interest! Have fun with your super bf! Perhaps this forum is yet something else you can share together. 🙂

Many blessings,
Chickles_🙂

 

[TheTickleMonster]

well...first just wanted to say shut up!

...I don't mean it though, I just wanted to prove ticklkitten wrong since she said no one will probably say it...

Okay, that still makes me sound mean, I'm really not! I'm a sweatheart...

Anyways, I guess alot of us have had a problem with sayin' tickle or anything that starts with those first 5 letters (tickle, ticklish, tickling). I know I have. I kind of can say it. I can ask people sometimes if thier are ticklish but it takes a lot of effort. Most of the time I try to ask it in a clever way, so that it might not seem like i'm asking, but still get a response out of them. Like I told someone that was wearing Elmo the other day that she should come over here so I could see if that Elmo was ticklish, like the doll..turned out it wasn't..bummed me out.

Unlike a few of you I do have siblings. I used to tickle the snot out of my younger sister and her friends, it was fun. But even if I didn't, I would still be into tickling at a young age because I was tickling girls in school since like kindergarden and stuff...so I would have been into it anyways even if I didn't have a younger sister to tormit...or an older brother or sister too...

Okay, well that's long, see I can be long wended too...well anyways, i'm shutting up now, goodnite...

*STEVEN*

 

[fireflystar]

Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone. I am learning a lot by reading all of these threads and I feel a lot better now that I am not alone in some of the insecurities I have been feeling.

 

[siamese dream]

I do the whole thing about getting embarassed about seeing tickling in a movie when around other people... my boyfriend knows and has known for a while about my tickling thing so he never misses an opportunity to give me shit about it and embarass me in such situations (not in front of others, just me and him)... but even with people I don't know, it does still make me feel weird...I guess that's because I'm a...

what's funny is that is totally accurate, I do have light bondage equipment permanently on my bed (which is just pantyhose tied in knots around the legs of the bed that we never got around to taking down because it just gets used too much...) 😉

 

[drew70]

Hi fireflystar and welcome. I used to not be able to say the word, and even hearing it would make my face turn red. I decided one day, I was not going to be embarrassed about my interest (hah...obsession is more like it) in tickling, and began freely and openly professing my interest in it whenever the subject came up. I still sometimes get a little self-conscious about it, but most of the time I'm okay with it.