Thanks Everyone
Thank you all for the warm welcome! While I am not seeking any other men in my love life,(or any women, for that matter-I'm as str8 as they come, to Libertine, my 'ler's occasional disappontment) I am always happy to hear from other TMF users who just wish to chat. And in advance- if someone wishes to ask me about the ticklishness of a ballerina's feet, I have pasted our previous post on the topic below.
Ballerina Feet
(posted 10/19 by Libertine and I)
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OK, folks, back again- occasionally I emerge from beneath my rock to impart some inanity or another.. Anyway, I have THE DEFINITIVE ANSWER to this query. I have her next to me- A Real Live Ballerina- NOT a student or someone who has taken a few classes, but a genuine dancer with one of the most prestigious ballet companies in Britain, aged 22 and a professional for five years. Waist length hair, elfin figure, stunningly beautiful face, etc. AND THE ANSWER IS...(over to you, my dear)
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All right, this is the Ballerina typing. The first post-coital time I adoringly ran a foot along J's bare leg he complained that it felt like he was having his skin flayed off by a cheese grater. Let me explain what 18 1/2 years of dancing do to your feet. The balls of my feet, heels, and toes, that is, all parts that touch the floor, are toughened, callused and hardened so that they resemble an armadillo's shell, or Cheese Graters, which is J's pet name for mine. Pedicures are not an option for me, because I need that armor plating. If it is removed, I will develop blisters which are far more painful than calluses. If the average dancer will reduce 3 pairs of well-made satin, leather and burlap pointe shoes to a pulp in a night's performance, just imagine what this could do to the normal uncallused foot.This does have the effect of reducing sensation in those parts of the feet-doubtless I have sustained extensive nerve damage there over the years. However, I make up for my lack of ticklishness in those areas by being excessively ticklish all over the rest of my body, including my arches, which, being quite high, never touch the ground, and therefore are callus-free. So dancing on pointe does not cause the whole foot to lose sensation, but only the pertinent areas, as previously mentioned. J wisely overlooks the armadillo-like bits and instead focuses on tormenting my other ticklish bits, which are- well, everyplace else.
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Libertine here again. So- does this give a final and complete answer to the thread? Give the lady a giggly ovation..
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So there it is-for all interested folk to peruse at leisure.
Have a good one!
KittenToes
