I see why others have left TMF now

[ticklishcutie39]

Laurie, I am sorry that you feel this way after having a great time at NEST. I hope it is a misunderstanding on the part of the thread posters. I know I wouldn't forget your presence there if I came. 😀

HI Rajee! Thank you for your comfort,and warm words 😀 I am hoping it is a misunderstanding as well but I have made quite a few posts to individual people as well as making comment saying how much I loved meeting everyone,and my posts I feel are purposely overlooked,ignored as I have seen at the most 2-3 people posting they were happy to meet me...I believe others have every opportunity to post something,even briefly that they were pleased to meet me,but look at all the posts showing love,adoration towards certain people ..

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

as the hollywood brother sees right here in this great thread my ticklishcutie39 there are many great people on this site that care

 

[shark]

Miles of beaches......Nessonite buried in sand.....sounds good to me.

Laurie, there are alot of advantages to having a low profile. I wouldn't sweat it.

 

[nessonite1]

I dig your vibe, HB 😀 😛
You'd have to arrange it with the good folks at Wildwood though unless you want the millions of Hollywood Brother fans getting kicked out on their butts for making too much ruckus. 😛

 

[Stugots]

The world is filled with many people! There will always be people you click with and people you don't click with. There were only a few of the people populating this world at this "NEST" tickling orgy, or as other people call it...a gathering. The most popular women on the TMF you claim to be have problems of they're own and are not perfect. Think of it this way... if those women were really that popular, why would they be on the internet looking for men, or friends for that matter? You are getting too far ahead of yourself and you need to put things into proper perspective. Do you honestly think that these 80 people "love" each other? They may only love being able to act out they're tickling fantasies and desires onto each other. As you are witnessing, NEST has ended and what are these people doing? The tickling is done...the thrill is gone. If NEST was really that good, howcome a handful of people out of the 80 are the only ones posting about it? Think about and remember this quote. "Nothing is what it seems to be." People take one look at life and have already made their conclusions. Sharing a love for tickling doesn't necessarily mean you and that other person will share a love for each other.

 

[alchemy1]

You know, I've tried to post on the TMF...and it just isn't the same. Maybe it's the sheer number of people there...maybe it's the quality of the people that seem to collect there...I don't know really. First of all, the Theater is more tight-nit. Sure, there are not as many people over here as there are at the TMF, but to me, that's a GOOD thing. That means that I might actually be able to have a conversation and maybe even get to know a person. Also, it seems like the level of maturity over here is eclipsing the TMF by, oh, about a mile or so. Finally, the topics and posts over here are actually interesting and make me want to respond. I can easily browse through 20 or 30 topics at the TMF and find nothing that sparks my interest. Hmmm...the best way that I can put it is that the TMF (and I'm sure that this is going to piss people off), for the most part, seems to made up of a bunch of sex starved, immature teenagers, where as the good folks at the Theater are simply cool people who you could actually sit down and have a beer with. What can I say, The Theater (and more importantly, the people who are a part of it) ROCKS!!!

Laurie, I'm sorry to hear about your unpleasent NEST. Hey, don't let it get you down. If those people didn't like/accept you, they're not worth your time.
I leave you with some words of wisdom:

Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not.
- Bruce Lee

 

[ticklishcutie39]

You know, I've tried to post on the TMF...and it just isn't the same. Maybe it's the sheer number of people there...maybe it's the quality of the people that seem to collect there...I don't know really. First of all, the Theater is more tight-nit. Sure, there are not as many people over here as there are at the TMF, but to me, that's a GOOD thing. That means that I might actually be able to have a conversation and maybe even get to know a person. Also, it seems like the level of maturity over here is eclipsing the TMF by, oh, about a mile or so. Finally, the topics and posts over here are actually interesting and make me want to respond. I can easily browse through 20 or 30 topics at the TMF and find nothing that sparks my interest. Hmmm...the best way that I can put it is that the TMF (and I'm sure that this is going to piss people off), for the most part, seems to made up of a bunch of sex starved, immature teenagers, where as the good folks at the Theater are simply cool people who you could actually sit down and have a beer with. What can I say, The Theater (and more importantly, the people who are a part of it) ROCKS!!!

Laurie, I'm sorry to hear about your unpleasent NEST. Hey, don't let it get you down. If those people didn't like/accept you, they're not worth your time.
I leave you with some words of wisdom:

Life is an ever-flowing process and somewhere on the path some unpleasant things will pop up - it might leave a scar, but then life is flowing, and like running water, when it stops it grows stale. Go bravely on, my friend, because each experience teaches us a lesson. Keep blasting because life is such that sometimes it is nice and sometimes it is not.
- Bruce Lee

Thank you for that wonderful wisdom,I am a huge fan of Bruce Lee,and another of my favorite is Chuck Norris 😀

Alchemy,Your right about the Theatre being a tighter nit group and actually a a place to have a conversation and get to know the people behind the screenames 🙂 Personally I have been coming to the Theatre for awhile and currently I am finding myself hanging out here more often as I am proud to say I am a TT member,and I have been fortunate enough to have met a few TT members in person and most recently Hollywoodbrother & Knox the hatter in person which was very enjoyable company I might add 🙂and I can say if most if not all the TT members are as much fun,wonderful company as Hollywood and Knox are,I couldn;t ask for anything more 🙂
HollywoodBrother,I dig your vibe and great idea to consider having a meeting of TT members at Wildwood in future if there is interest 🙂

Imagines being buried in sand at beach next to nessonite :grind_tee 😀

 

[amywood]

Imagines being buried in sand at beach next to nessonite :grind_tee 😀

Sounds like fun.

 

[Ignatz]

The Secret of Life

"Living is like licking honey off a thorn."
--Louis Adamic

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

You've got to be one of the biggest jackasses on TMF, and now we're honored with your presence on here.

Just swell.

Actually, Rich... He was finally banned from the TMF....and for just this kind of rudeness. You can have any opinion you like. But, not being even willing to try to be charitable about it sucks.

Laurie, as for you not being mentioned...you were among many who weren't. It's not that folks didn't like you. What little time we got to spend talking, I thoroughly enjoyed. But, many of us returned sick and/or have been trying to get thigns caught up at home. There were several things I'd have liked to mention and didn't only because I haven't had time. It would be a book anyway! lol

As for belonging to one forum over another...it makes little difference since most of the same folks are here and at the TMF...though (like yourself) many are under different screennames. (BTW....Many of those at NEST don't belong to the forums either.) There are nice and not-so-nice individuals anywhere you go. Don't write off a whole group of great folks just because of a few jerks.

Ann

 

[Dade]

Reality check folks. At any given time there are less than 300 active members using either forum. Most folks just go to the forums to get pics and clips or read stories and interact with no one. Being popular has nothing to do with foolish threads started about someone.

You would figure with a member base of 30,000 there would be a hell of a lot more peple posting when in reality the community consists of far less than that number. Most have multiple screen names on all of the community forums for whatever reason.

"tight knit" I rather doubt it. Could it be. Yes if more people really got to know one another instead of going by just what they read on line.

Laurie, you have gotten to meet and interact with real people at more than one gathering. This goes a lot further to popularity than having someone post about how they want to poke you.

~D

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

Land of the blue flames, eh, Dade? Is that the place you go talking til you're blue in the face trying to get people NOT to flame?

Ann

 

[Dade]

No miss Duo. I shall explain it to you sometime though.

 

[steph]

I see lots of folks I know and love here from TMF, and a couple I've bickered with on occasion. (Hi Friends!) Dear Laurie~as you know I did not attend NEST and probably will never get to, due the situation I'm in. And while there's part of me that wishes that were different at times, it is what it is.

I do think as Ann does and that maybe you're taking this all too personally (which I'm sure it's not, as I know you to be a total sweetheart.) And cutiepies like you and ticklemad might be surprised that when I go to our play parties here in town, I am NOT on everbody's most wanted list or even the most popular person there. I've been on the scene for a year and a half now and I can think of two or 3 people who've never touched me. I don't take it personally at all, because the folks there who ARE the most popular have been playing for years. Much as it is at NEST!

XOXO

 

[ticklishcutie39]

Actually, Rich... He was finally banned from the TMF....and for just this kind of rudeness. You can have any opinion you like. But, not being even willing to try to be charitable about it sucks.

Laurie, as for you not being mentioned...you were among many who weren't. It's not that folks didn't like you. What little time we got to spend talking, I thoroughly enjoyed. But, many of us returned sick and/or have been trying to get thigns caught up at home. There were several things I'd have liked to mention and didn't only because I haven't had time. It would be a book anyway! lol

As for belonging to one forum over another...it makes little difference since most of the same folks are here and at the TMF...though (like yourself) many are under different screennames. (BTW....Many of those at NEST don't belong to the forums either.) There are nice and not-so-nice individuals anywhere you go. Don't write off a whole group of great folks just because of a few jerks.

Ann

HI ANn,

Yes I am aware that others weren;t mentioned that were present at Nest,and I believe that I was insecure,and immature by posting this thread as I would like to say this:
I don;t believe that being Popular is being on a Forum,going to gatherings and meetng the people behind the screenname is really what it;s all about...AS from the first days I found Tickling Forums on Net,it has been my Objective to share this love of tickling with others that share this passion,meeting people in person ,and build real friendships not the ones that fly by night..
AS I write this,I am going to take a low profile and concentrate on some personal issues that will give me more self esteem so that I can grow to where I don;t need validation,attention from others telling me I am a good person..I do know I am a good person..
Also,my apologizes to TMF members that see this,and are angered,disasppointed,ect as I did not mean to trash the TMF as there are people there that I have met,have not met that I enjoy spending time with chatting,ect and PLEASE let me repeat if your viewing this,don;t let this thread prevent you from attending gatherings if you;d like as there is nothing in this world more special,thrilling to me than meeting people that share this love of tickling with others and being able to look in their eyes,give hugs,share tickling fun and really it's all about friendship ...

 

[Dade]

That's the spirit . Perhaps some day I shall attend and have the pleasure of meeting you.

~D

 

[TklDuo-Ann]

*hugs* We all have moments like that, Laurie. Don't sweat it. You know where to reach us if you need to talk.

Ann

 

[ticklishcutie39]

I see lots of folks I know and love here from TMF, and a couple I've bickered with on occasion. (Hi Friends!) Dear Laurie~as you know I did not attend NEST and probably will never get to, due the situation I'm in. And while there's part of me that wishes that were different at times, it is what it is.

I do think as Ann does and that maybe you're taking this all too personally (which I'm sure it's not, as I know you to be a total sweetheart.) And cutiepies like you and ticklemad might be surprised that when I go to our play parties here in town, I am NOT on everbody's most wanted list or even the most popular person there. I've been on the scene for a year and a half now and I can think of two or 3 people who've never touched me. I don't take it personally at all, because the folks there who ARE the most popular have been playing for years. Much as it is at NEST!

XOXO

HI Steph 😀
Yes I do admit that I was taking all this too personally and over-reacted ..I think alot of what it comes down to is as one TMF friend that has met me a few times had a discussion with me telling me something that in hindsight is true..AS many or all of you may know by now , I am 39 yrs old and I am 4'6 tall which I have pretty much through my whole life I have been concerned about seeing it as a weakness,while this friend who's advice I strongly appreciate mentioned that while I may see my height as a fault of mine,others that have met me,know me look at it as adorable..
AS I said in my earlier post,I am going to be working on personal issues that go hand in hand with what I just said about my height ..and I believe the improvements that I also got good advice on,will do excellent things for me..

 

[steph]

atta girl!

I had another thought my dear. As I know about some of the personal issues in your life, the attendance of something as HUGE as NEST might have been better saved for a different time maybe? 😉 I mean this is kind of a bittersweet time for you, I think. (Sending hugs...)
I think the low profile idea is a great one BTW~at least for a little while...

XOXO

 

[ticklishcutie39]

I had another thought my dear. As I know about some of the personal issues in your life, the attendance of something as HUGE as NEST might have been better saved for a different time maybe? 😉 I mean this is kind of a bittersweet time for you, I think. (Sending hugs...)
I think the low profile idea is a great one BTW~at least for a little while...

XOXO

Steph,you are correct in that other thought as I am finding myself recently single which in many ways is a great thing 😀 knowing where I have been,where I am now,and looking forward to the many enjoyable wonderful times ahead of me :happy:
Nest was a wonderful time,and actually it;s good in a way to know it comes once a year as alot can happen in a year 😉

 

[morgandee]

help

jane be jane
you're better that way
not when you're trying
imitating something you think you saw
so jane be jane
and if sometimes that might drive them away
let them stay there
you don't need them anyway

you're worried there might not be anything at all inside
but that you're worried should tell you that's not right
don't try to see yourself the way that others do
it's no use

you're worried there might not be anything at all inside
but that you're worried should tell you that's not right
you've had it harder than anyone could know
so hard to let it go

but it's your life
and you can decorate it as you like
beneath the paint and armour
in your eyes the truth still shines
jane be jane

 

[Melissa83]

Yeah well I posted about a slut who gives out her personal info on the TMF a while ago but a mod on this site who frequents the TMF (cough! cough! corrupt!!!) erased it so I guess its a taboo subject. Boy she does know her men doesnt she? Anyway like one poster said, people are here to get clips and stories mainly. The TMF is like a bad episode of that show Gilmore Girls where everyone thinks they know everything about everything and talk about every subject known to mankind. I mean you can read about people as far ranging as Charles Manson (one guy wanted to elect him president complete with photo no joke!) to Pope John Paul II. I mean do you really come on a tickling site to talk about the Pope? Wouldnt you rather have the some Howard Stern tickling clips? I know I would! Oh and TMF even has a "Silly Stuff Forum" and if you read it you will see that it truly earns its name indeed! They should actually call it "The Retard Thread!" Words can't describe it, you just have to see it to believe it. Thats why this is a rare post from me cuz I want to read "That Mouthy Teacher Pt. 2" not make a social statement about how good friends we all are. Were not friends, not even close. Thats reality.

 

[josie]

Don't feel so bad...

Hello ..this is indeed a sad day as I report that I have returned from attending Nest and I had a great time meeting everyone,spending time and enjoying tickling fun..
Yet this was my First Nest and may be my last Nest,possibly even my last Gathering as I was thinking I had real friends that cared,enjoyed my company and those friends knew I am special in a number of ways..
I have been reading through the posts in regards to Nest,and I was there yet I see no posts saying that others enjoyed my company so I am wondering if I really was in a room with others who enjoyed my presence or rather if some people wished I wasn;t there at all..People say going to nest is being a part of a family where all are accepted,loved,I sure don;t feel loved right now....
It has got now to the point where I am feeling ignored and my habit of posting regularly on TMF may suffer as well..

Laurie, sweetie... just because you weren't mentioned by name in a bunch of posts doesn't mean people don't like you. There are several people who specifically don't even name names just so that they won't leave someone out. I know it's kinda a bummer at times to feel left out... it has happened to me on occasion. Just know it isnt anyone's intention to make you feel that way.

I kind of see NEST as an opportunity... a chance to meet new people, see some old friends.. maybe get tickled. I consider myself a confident person most of the time, but I get insecure too now and then as well. You need to take it at face value for what it is - it doesn't have to be perfect. I feel that if I made a connection with even one person, my time was well spent. It was great seeing you again 🙂 I hope to see you at other gatherings in the future, NESTs or not. Perhaps the smaller gatherings are more your comfort zone. That's completely fine. It doesn't mean there is something wrong with you OR with NEST. It's a matter of comfort, is all. Just like there is no "right way" to tickle... some like it playful, some like it real intense, but no person is "right" or "wrong".

There are some folks I didn't get to hang with very much, but there is no one I'd say I disliked. Just because you don't spend 24/7 with someone or mention them 50 times doesnt mean they don't matter to you. You are a great person, Laurie, just remember that... don't let others get to you. Remember, good things come in small packages.

another petite ticklephile to another,
Josie

 

[nessonite1]

Hey, ticklishcutie...congrats though on going to NEST in the first place. I'd be so freaked out if that were my first function of that sort. 😛
I have to seriously seriously seriously recommend that you attend a Hyenas Club function. Very small, intimate, and held at a private home. 🙂

 

[MistressValerie1]

This thread is becoming way too heated and personal, so I must caution everyone to refrain from name-calling or trolling just to provoke an angry response.

Melissa, the posts you referred to were deleted after they had been reported by a member as violating the rules. The first moderator to receive the report happened to be HDS. I have known Ness, HDS, and TT for a long time, and I can assure you that they are completely fair and impartial, regardless of whether they are dealing with friends or foes.

TMF, like every forum, has its good and bad qualities. Some people like TMF's wide-ranging general discussion areas and welcome its forceful off-topic debates, while others find their often-hostile political and religious arguments distasteful. I have witnessed the fallout from bitter cross-board flame-fests, and I can assure you from experience that inter-board wars are not in the best interests of the fetish community. It would be best for all of us to resolve our differences more constructively.

Regards,