Is this a unique phenomenon?

[PiedPiper]

There are an awful lot of little informal surveys and "what if" questions being posed in here all the time,... and I don't usually have much to contribute. But here's one I have never seen mentioned in any form, and I was curious to know if anyone has anything comparable in their fetish experience. And I suppose this is more relevant in the context of an actual relationship - as you will see.

In the past, coming home blown out from an especially tough day at work was an occasional unavoidable hazard of life,..... everyone knows that, right? Susan was really attentive to such things, and once when she gauged my status as "depressed," she asked if it would pick up my spirits to tickle her for a while before dinner? We were in the process of hitting the sofa with our glasses of wine, and she just threw her feet into my lap and said, "Go ahead,.. it'll take your mind off your bad day." And she was absolutely right. This became an occasional "attitude adjustment" game for us on those really rotten days,.... quite an inspiration on her part, eh?

Anyone else?

 

[rhiannon]

I don't know....when I'm in a bad mood, the last thing I want is anything that has to do with sex in any form. I'd be more for chocolate. 🙂

 

[ticklehound]

That's the kinda woman I wanna marry! Shit, getting a hug after a rough day can work wonders . . . I can only imagine how more awesome it would be to throw in some tickles too!

 

[Em Es]

A woman who understands!

If I have had a Susan, I wonder if it would be so strange to me that I'd blow it.

 

[Mane'o]

I think it is an individual preference thing. For some a tickle is just the ticket. For others, a non-ticklish massage. Or someone to make dinner or just some solitude. or playtime with the pets or the kids. But perhaps the core of your question is tickling as a stress reliever. It certainly takes your mind off things being tickled or tickling but as rhiannon points out, for some, that is the opposite end of a stress reliever. I know for my wife and I, after a long day at work, we often curl up on the couch and she either places her ticklish bare feet in my lap which I massage, caress, tickle (with light strokes with my finger tips, not the no-mercy-given, hold her down and tickle her to make her thrash and scream) or she places her head in my lap and i stroke her hair and head, no tickling. Both relax both of us - just depends on the mood. I think every couple finds the activity to share that relaxes them and for those of us who frequent TMF, tickling is probably more often than not one of those relaxing activities. So is tickling to relax unique, probably not and among TMFers may be more common but among the general population probably a minority activity.

 

[PiedPiper]

Oh for sure,.... there are moods for which this wouldn't work at all,...... and I didn't think of it as a stress reliever or relaxation therapy,..... it was just a bouncy little way of saying "Hey, snap out of it,... don't dwell on it" There was humor in it,..... rather than a lot of cloying pathos,....