I'm giving up.

[MrPeanut]

I think both SoleMate and Rhiannon hit the nail slightly on the head here. 1) Good guys don't just get the girlfriend they deserve, just because they're good guys; and 2) your self-esteem is too low to get any female friend, let alone a vanilla female friend, to be tickled by you.
How do I know all this? Because I've been there; actually, I am there. I'm a good guy, but I'm also a 36-yo virgin. There has never been a woman who wanted to be with me, in a romantical sense. Nor anyone whom I felt comfortable enough with to bring up tickling. I'm guessing you're a bit like me. If that's true, and you are a bit like me, I can tell you two things: 1) you're unlikely to find someone, and 2) the frustration and sadness really do abate as you get older.
As Eeyore said to Pooh-bear: "We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it."

 

[helplessandhappy]

One thing I noticed about many of the responses here, are suggestions to start dating or find a girlfriend. And somehow that will fix my problem.

I do not understand this. To me that sounds like the only reason to get a girlfriend is so she can tickle me. I know none of you mean it that way, but me never having a tickling experience and me lacking in the dating scene are two completely different problems. I don't see how one issue can impact the other. And not just in this topic, but I see those two issues joined together frequently. Why?

Some of you might be asking why I am writing back. A couple weeks ago, out of sheer boredom, I brought this idea of tickling while tied up to the last friend I THOUGHT would be up for it. They were not.

There really is no other conclusion to be drawn that unless you have a bondage fetish or a tickling fetish, there is no possibility of a person being interested in this tied/tickling thing. This is meant in the sense of platnoic friends. Unless there is a handbook on what exact words to use and the order in which one says them in, someone not like us will never find this tickling thing interesting...

Don't give false hope where there is none.

They are joined together because a lot of us consider tickling/bondage to be a sexual or romantic thing that we do with our partners only. Not everyone...seems about 50/50. You're in a more difficult spot if you want tickling experiences that aren't sexual, because most people do it at all, do it for a sexual reason. But there are plenty of people who find it to be a turn on but would still be willing to engage in it in a non-sexual way. I'd imagine attending a gathering (whenever you can) would be the best way to find these people. I don't think, in general, it's a good idea to ask your platonic friends to tie you up and tickle you UNLESS for some reason you think they might be interested.

 

[ticklishbod20]

No. Never give up.

Try something different. Put up
personals in different places. Convert a vanilla girl. You can do it. Email, contact, connect. Search dating sites and send nice friendly emails. Join a meetup group. Join a coed volleyball team and talk to the women. Join a cooking group and be friendly.

You need to date and put yourself out there with your fetish.

You never give up.

Because you just don't know when you'll suddenly have the greatest experience of your life.

 

[rhiannon]

I do not understand this. To me that sounds like the only reason to get a girlfriend is so she can tickle me. I know none of you mean it that way, but me never having a tickling experience and me lacking in the dating scene are two completely different problems. I don't see how one issue can impact the other. And not just in this topic, but I see those two issues joined together frequently. Why?

Because touch to most people equals intimacy! So, if you're in an intimate relationship, it is way more likely that you will get tickled, because that's what people who love each other do - they tickle each other playfully, and once you're there, it's not a big step to doing it tied down!

Some of you might be asking why I am writing back. A couple weeks ago, out of sheer boredom, I brought this idea of tickling while tied up to the last friend I THOUGHT would be up for it. They were not.

There really is no other conclusion to be drawn that unless you have a bondage fetish or a tickling fetish, there is no possibility of a person being interested in this tied/tickling thing. This is meant in the sense of platnoic friends

I don't know why this seems to be new to you, but most people do connect "tying down" to bondage and sexuality when they hear it. So unless this "platonic friend" is at least a little bit sexually attracted to you, they will find the thought of tying you down and tickling you awkward. That's something platonic friends just don't do!

 

[maniactickler]

Zero, you cant give up. it is however like looking for a needle in a haystack. it comes down to pure luck. sometimes its meant to be, sometimes its not.