Paranoia

[Senshi1]

Do you ever get paranoid that people you know will come to this site and see you posting?

I mean sure, what are the odds, but supposing one of them did find this place - how much would that suck? I used to lurk, and I'm glad I don't any more, but I know that if any of my friends were to see this site they would know me instantly by the sort of things I say, and especially draw (not so much my TK pics, but the other ones). Plus they'd recognise my avatar if they were from another forum. 🙁

I guess this is me being paranoid, but does anybody else feel this way?

 

[Kalamos]

People who know me, know of this site already.
I mean, I'm not killing small kittens, just whiling my time away on a soft-core-themed forum.

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Enough with the guilt complex already.

 

[Senshi1]

I guess so. It's just one of those things that always bugs me. I'd like to be able to say that the people I know would understand, but I'm positive that they'd make my life a living hell over it. 😛

 

[Kalamos]

Living hell...? Oh, well, unicuique suum.
I value my privacy, but I chose to come out as soon as needed, so I could protect it, without developing suspicious behaviours.

Most people do have sexual fantasies, and I'm not picking on, or making fun of, others when I say ours is one of the most harmless and wholesome out there.
You are not into scat, extreme bondage or object fetishes, let alone snuff or kid porn.
Well, maybe you are, but that's your business, not mine...

You are into tickling, and maybe feet and/or other ticklish parts of the human body.
Mark that: human body.
Unless you start tickling the house cat for thrills, nobody can really keep pestering you for a long while.
And you can tickle them if they do...
That's exactly what *I* do. They make fun of me? I tickle them until they say they are sorry. And then some more, for good measure.

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😉

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Nope. Theres no liability for my being here. I can breathe easy. Its a luxury I've been afforded the entire time, and I wish more and more people could feel this way.

Not having to look over your shoulder, log in and out, delete cookies, sneak around, create hidden files and accounts; make excuses, lies, and pretexts like some criminal, and all the other covering tracks methods is a freedom really. A real freedom.

 

[leenotler]

I feel paranoid too. I keep thinking I must be careful not to post anything recognizable as me. However, I take solice in the fact that, to find me out, that person must have visited this site, and so has some interest in tickling themselves. I fantasize certain women find out and interrogate me long hours in private.
Seriously, maybe our humiliation is a weapon we hand to our enemies. At least you're brave enough to use a recognizable avatar.

 

[Iluv2Btickled]

I figure if they find me here by clues and they recognize me, GREAT! I have no problem comfirming something that is a part of me now. Then they're likely to approach me about it and tease me about it. And when they bring it up, I'll hit em with the simple " And how did you find the site? What were YOU doing on there?" and watch them freak out because there is nothing they can say to back up a reasonable excuse.

 

[Sockstickler]

I figure if they find me here by clues and they recognize me, GREAT! I have no problem comfirming something that is a part of me now. Then they're likely to approach me about it and tease me about it. And when they bring it up, I'll hit em with the simple " And how did you find the site? What were YOU doing on there?" and watch them freak out because there is nothing they can say to back up a reasonable excuse.

I like that one 😀 There really isn't anything they can say, except maybe admit that they're just as crazy as you, or me, or any of us here, so there's not really anything they could say about it. At least, not without opening themselves up for some teasing in return 🙂
As for me, if I'm called on it, I won't deny it. I will ask too how they ended up on here. When they tell me, I'll just go, "Fun place, isn't it?" 😎

 

[Kalamos]

Well, that's a different matter: outsiders stumbling on TT, and then making connections.
A couple of my online pals did track me down to TT, but I on my behalf, I actually hinted them, so they could find me.
The thrill is giving away just so many infos, and wait for them to show up.
Some of them actually posted stuff. 🙂

 

[flightless_me]

because i posted my pics...constantly yes im scared to death.

 

[guest5]

i guess my name guest 5 is the answer to the question. lol i do worry about my gf/friends/family finding out that i go to forums like this. even if a friend found me here because they were i would still be embarrassed. its personal to me. maybe in the future i will feel different. it was tough for me to even register and post here. im new and just finding out that others share this interest🙂

 

[Tickler Bart]

Well, if anyone you know is on this site then what are THEY doing here?
Maybe THEY are ticklephiles too. What other reason could anyone be here than they are ticklephiles too.
I would love it if I found someone I knew on this site.
Then we would have more of a connection.

 

[guest5]

i agree with you. like i said i am new. when i feel more comfortable my answer will probably change🙂 i would probably think very cool that someone i know also likes.

 

[leenotler]

i guess my name guest 5 is the answer to the question. lol i do worry about my gf/friends/family finding out that i go to forums like this. even if a friend found me here because they were i would still be embarrassed. its personal to me. maybe in the future i will feel different. it was tough for me to even register and post here. im new and just finding out that others share this interest🙂

I have mixed feelings.
Yes, we have a right to privacy, but maybe the fear of getting caught is worse than getting caught, and we should relax.
Although, as we rightly accept ourselves as normal, we can forget how outsiders may view us. I saw the last part of an Ally McBeal episode, a court case involving a foot fetishist. The fetish was portrayed as evil, freakish, and disgusting. Kindness to minorities is not a human strong suit. Never saw a tickle fetish portrayed though.

 

[guest5]

i love that some people are able to be so open. its so not a crime. lol i just need to work on it.

 

[Senshi1]

Yes, we have a right to privacy, but maybe the fear of getting caught is worse than getting caught, and we should relax.

I think this pretty much sums it up for me. It's the thought of it more than anything - I tend to alwys fear the worst ("We're going to Disneyland? But what if Disneyland catches fire?").

I do envy those of you who are open about the whole thing. It'd be a relief to say the least.

It's just the thought more than anything, that they'd see the pictures I drew and everything. Scary thought. 😛

 

[Dussicar]

Honestly, there is a large part of me that actively WANTS people around me to know. Just to get it off my chest.

As for how they would react, I couldn't say. Hopefully, it wouldn't be too life ruining.

 

[leenotler]

This thread makes me feel better, and maybe a little braver.
I'm going to add a potentially revealing signature or avatar. We live once.

*waves and doubles over laughing on Tickle Theater's float in televised Tickle Pride Parade*

Maybe not that brave.

 

[Kalamos]

What they usually portray in tv shows is fetish-related lack of self-control.
The point is not overlapping the fetish with weak-willedness itself: they are two and apart.

 

[a1532b]

I worry about it all the time too, but I figure that if they do see me, it won't matter. Either they will have to ask me about it, which I won't mind, or they will have to wonder if it is me or not. Doesn't matter too much either way. If I will be found out then I will be found out.

 

[leenotler]

What they usually portray in tv shows is fetish-related lack of self-control.
The point is not overlapping the fetish with weak-willedness itself: they are two and apart.

Good point. For tv shows, a fetish in "normal" life is only revealed via loss of self control. I did see a Sex in the City episode where a foot fetish was just a minor curiosity. So, we relax. We shouldn't push our fetish on others by lack of self control, they shouldn't pry into our private lives and judge.

 

[nessonite1]

For the most part I don't care. I have any friends. I barely have distant aquaintences. I would never want my family to find out about this place which is why I made up a new name when I signed on.
It's pretty close to the names they know me by and I have posted my picture and given enough clues as to my identity that it would be instantly obvious to anyone that this is me.....but...I guess I just rely on the fact that it'd be highly unlikely that they've ever come here.
I guess my stance is...if I had any friends I wouldnt care if they knew. If they didn't I'd feel I was hiding something and I wouldnt consider someone a real friend if they didnt know about something that important to me.

 

[Kalamos]

Good point. For tv shows, a fetish in "normal" life is only revealed via loss of self control. I did see a Sex in the City episode where a foot fetish was just a minor curiosity. So, we relax. We shouldn't push our fetish on others by lack of self control, they shouldn't pry into our private lives and judge.

I recall an episode from Northern Exposure, where foot-fetish was being handled as a rather harmless nuance of personal character, and nothing more than that.

Some important guy had his fetish exposed, and feared people would treat him differently, but as it turned out, the only humour he was made object of, was his straight-lacedness about the fetish, not the fetish itself.

 

[leenotler]

Kalamos> Yes, we probably make our own trouble, real and imagined, more than others make it for us.

nessonite> You have the healthy attitude here. Maybe it's a guy thing, but I can't imagine telling a friend. Maybe I can broach the subject indirectly, and ask him how he felt when I saw his g/f tickle him. There is an interesting dicotomy between friends and family. Maybe we just know to tell only those who could accept it. You pick your friends, not your family, though you love them both.

Gee, I'm posting a lot on this thread. Don't mean to overwhelm it, but it's an interesting subject for me.

 

[a1532b]

Hey, ohio! All the cool people are from ohio! 😀