isabeau said:
welllllllllllllllllll rub it in why don't you??? lol...lucky ducky.....
LOL, certainly does look that way, huh? I had NO IDEA that my experiences with tickling would be any different from the other 'lees here at the TMF. I mean, give or take a handful of people, I assumed that we would all be in about the same neighborhood as far as the numbers go because we are all so driven to seek out tickles. I'm really blown away right now!!
I think that there are a few contributing factors as to why I've had so many 'lers in my life. The most significant one being that I grew up without a father, basically since day one. What does that have to do with tickling, you ask? Here's how I figure things (after psycho-analyzing myself to death!)....
As far back as I can remember (probably around age five) I sought out the attention of men (I mean that in a purely innocent kind of way, of course) to help fill the void in my life that would have been naturally satisfied if I had grown up with a father. So, I was always drawn to fathers or older brothers of my friends, Uncles and other guys in my own family, male teachers, and guys my own age (my guy friends always well-outnumbered my girlfriends. Partially because I was a tomboy, and the other part was, no doubt, to fill the void.) And I guess some REALLY positive connection must have been made in my brain with regards to tickling from those guys (something along the lines of tickles = love/affection) because from that early age, I can always remember seeking out tickles.
And also from the start, I was a master at instigating guys into tickling me - It's almost as though the skill was innate! I was always physically affectionate (I'm a notorious hugger among those that know me), and I guess that kind of hands-on relationship with the guys in my life naturally led to a lot of playful physical encounters (wrestling and tickle fights).
By the time I hit high school, I had three girlfriends, and the rest were guys. It wasn't unusual for me to be the only girl (or maybe one of two girls) in a pack of five or six guys. I just always had more fun with guys than with girls (probably because that was where all my tickles were coming from). The same held true for college (I lived in a co-ed dorm and was friends with WAY more guys than girls). So, I guess it makes sense that after nearly eight years (counting HS and college) of surrounding myself with guys, that my 'ler encounters would naturally be high.
And that, in a nutshell, is both the origin and history of my tickling fetish. Whew... that was a hell of a lot of psycho-babble for one post!
😀
Maggie