How you felt or reacted when you first discovered The TMF

[Terra_Ascension]

Greetings friends!

I was just wondering how each of you felt or reacted when you first discovered The TMF. e.g. happy, interested, excited etc

Looking foward to hearing from everyone!

Respect and Honor

TA

 

[tulipangel]

i felt accepted! I felt that I wasn't alone which made me sooooooooooo happy!

 

[renny]

I was very happy that a permenant central hub of the tickling community had been created. It wasn't the same feeling of an amazed rush when I found tickling material on the internet for the first time, but I've watched the online tickling community grow so much since 1998 or so, and it's great.

 

[lk70]

Shocked. Completely and utterly shocked. I was up most of the night reading stories and generally lurking and being shocked. I'm over it now!

 

[Strider]

I honestly had trouble believing it was for real.

 

[Fidji999]

interested and excited. had no idea, that there were so many who shared my feelings..

 

[Sunjob]

Curious but intimidated.

 

[The_Musician]

This is a very good question

I was amazed ,and thrilled at the thought hey I am NOT alone.One thing is for shure you can find anything on the internet.

The Musician

 

[unclebill]

I think I had an erection. 😉

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

Very happy and have a chance to share thoughts and stories with our tickling fans

 

[milagros317]

Surprised and pleased at its size and level of activity. Glad that there was a place where I could post my first story, and people would appreciate it. 😀

 

[isabeau]

finally i wasnt the only one that had these very same thoughts.. i always thought i was alone in this til i found this forum, from someone in bondage chatroom

isabeau

lolol to whoever said they had an erection...

 

[steph]

Great question Terra!

I browsed around the place, amazed, for a couple of hours. I fell in love with the fact that these people were meeting in real life and a lot of them seemed so close, genuinely caring. Then I joined and rest is history~no lurking for me!

XOXO

PS~Oh and that would be the naughty unclebill, Izzy

 

[DGF1976]

Very happy to know I wasn't alone.

 

[Ticklerguy4u]

I just look at it, paused and said "Interesting."

My curiosity got the best of me and I lurked for a couple of weeks and then decided to join but still didn't post until one day a question came about I had to give my two cents on. After that I just made a little joke here and there. Found the "meems" (mimi) and she made me the signiture, I invented the quote. Both which reflect a little about myself and the rest is history. 😎

As for how I felt...

It interested me that there were others that liked tickling as much as I did. Not to mention that there were plenty of times when a thread would allow me to share my experiences and learn of others with like-minded people on a intelligent level. Which is rare sometimes when it comes to chatting online. On the other hand, we all can get pretty goofy sometimes and that is fun as well.

 

[Angel_2]

I was shocked that other people shared my passion for tickleing and Feet. After my first day I felt like I was part of a really big family. Now I can't get enough of this great place. This is my home away from home

 

[some1somewhere]

I honestly don't remember what my first thoughts were, it was a long time ago. I think it was on a different address at the time, and run by psycho4048. I think that i might have posted there once. Then psycho shut it down. I thought it was cool for a place to talk to others who, like myself, had this odd thing for tickling. I am not sure how I found it orginally, I think that i might have put in "tickling" into infoseek, or yahoo. I want to say it was in either 1998 or 1999.

Wow, I really can't believe how long that was ago.

 

[Mz Chaos]

I was pleasantly surprised. I found this forum by following links from another fetish site. I wasn't so much shocked at the fact that there was a forum about tickling so much as when I realized the size of the community this had. I had no idea there were this many folks into tickling.
So... for me it was like walking into a huge party where although I knew no one... I was accepted by one and all... and... in as friendly a manner than I could ever want.
The closeness and friendships and comaraderie found here still boggles me...

 

[MÿTicklingStudios]

I couldn't believe how big it was when I first found it, I've had quite a bit of online experience and the Internet was until recently the one way that I hadn't pursued my interest.

 

[toneus79]

Well I was pretty much there at the beginning (doesn't everyone always make claims like that). Anyway I hadn't had a computer for even a year, and up to that point HOTEL TICKLE was the first place one went to when you logged on (sadly missed).

When the TMF started my assumption was that it wouldn't last long. Amazing isn't it how it has become the whole centre of the Tickling Universe.

 

[Tamia78]

I actually found the TMF by googling it about a year ago, and lurked, looking at stories and clips. I actually NEVER knew there was a posting section, believe it or not, until I joined almost 2 months ago. I was so surprised that people could just come in and pretty much shout about how much they enjoyed tickling. The 1st emotion that I felt was relief! Here was a place I could share something I really liked without being made to feel weird. That's also when I learned that I wasn't a freak, and there are plenty of "normal" people who like tickling and just incorporate it into their daily lives.

Okay, I know I just slipped by calling you people NORMAL,....but take the compliment, dammit! lol!

 

[ViperGTS]

Hotel tickle was awesome, with the little .wav in the background of Hotel California, hehe.

Yes, I'm old school like that.

I found the TMF, along with several other tickle websites, when I was 14. I was using the computer at the library and googled the word "tickling". I had to move quickly since it was a public computer.

I kind of went.... Uhhhhhh....awesome.

 

[new2sceenbob]

I was happy

I was happy because I thought that I might actually be able to meet someone that I could share my interest in tickling with. Unfortunately, that has yet to happen. Up until now, I have only had relationships with vanilla women, and I have always felt like something important was missing.


Sincerely,
Bob

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

Quite honestly, I wasn't entirely thrilled until I took time to hang out a while. After seeing all the flame wars and garbage going on elsewhere, I expected the same here. Once I saw that this was not accepted, I was glad to join. In fact, Drew and I were originally registered together as TicklingDuo and only split the handles later on when I was invivted to assist in mod duties.

There are other forums, groups, etc. out there. But, this is by far the best as far as fairness and openness. Yes, there are some exceptions with certain individuals who like to spout off. But, that isn't allowed to rule. So, that's cool. The fact that the TMF has so many members from so many different backgrounds gives a more realistic taste of what the community as a whole is truly like....people from all walks of life. 'Tis a wonderful thing to see. Perhaps one day, more will post more regularly so we get to know them all better.

Ann

 

[darvon96]

Complete Relief!

Not because of the subject matter, but because we finally had a place to go that was moderated and immune to non-tickle related sex spam! After living through the hell of the many failed incarnations of tickle usenet newsgroups, this place was like walking into paradise.