positive, or negative

[jj82277]

do you view your fetish as positive or negative. I personally view mine as my own personall gift of being able to enjoy and understand my partner in a very unique way. I think that there are some that may view it as a curse or disease. In all honesty, where do some of you stand and why?

 

[nessonite1]

I'd like to say it's all positive but I have to admit there are times when it isn't. Not a curse...more of an inconvenience. I certainly don't enjoy getting flustered when I'm around other people and something comes up on tv or in the room that has an affect on me. I swear I'm wearing a big neon "FREAK" sign on my forehead then.
On the whole the plusses outweigh the minuses.

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Eh, mostly indifferent. I don't associate with people, so I have none of the problems Nessie mentioned, so it really isn't too bad. I don't have a positive image of anything in life, though, so I can't say it is that. At best I have a but smoldering hate for it.

 

[nessonite1]

bahh...I must defend myself now and note that I don't run around with people all the time either. I'm talking relatives, in-laws, people I have no choice but to be around from time to time. 😛

 

[His Divine Shadow]

I don't even do that. 😛

 

[nessonite1]

It's often unavoidable. 🙁 I hate my relatives so it's as little as humanly possible. 😛
I tried having friends a few times actually. Turns out it's more of a chore than something I'd enjoy so I gave it up 😛

 

[MistressValerie1]

As a youngster I used to consider it a curse and a "sin." In young adulthood, as I began to accept it, I nicknamed it "the Dark Gift" for its good/bad nature.

In recent years, partly because of its acceptance on the Internet, I have come to like being a ticklephile. I consider it a nice variation that I can enjoy, and when vanilla people are around, I take amusement from the fact that I have a secret that they don't know about 😉

 

[ticklish_spirit]

Honestly? I have never seen it as something large enough to be deserving of a labe like "good" or "bad". I am me, and I have many many facets. Each facets is but a part of my whole. And my whole is greater than the sum of my parts. So I like to tickle and be tickled. I also love playing video games. I'm a boy but I do girly things like paint my nails. Though I usually only ever use a clear coat. I don't really think there's a color out there that would look very good on me. Unless it's with a specific outfit. And I don't go that all out very often. So maybe you're thinking, "That's great but the fetish thing is different." Why's that? Because it's sexual or because it's taboo? Hehe, well I guess in this day and age it really isn't so taboo anymore is it? And the sexual part? Everyone is different and we all get turned on by different things. Natural sexuality for example. There are men out there who while streight don't mind the sight of a beautiful naked man. And others could really become physically sick from such a sight. None of that is good or bad. It all just is. And that's the real trick in the end. Learning to no longer strive for right or wrong, good or bad. Just strive to be. Hehe, life is a lot more fun that way.

 

[sole seeker1]

I'm in touch with the "freak" thing all right. The exposure to internet has come along rather late in my life. I was in my 30's when I ran across a letter in a VARIATIONS magazine. Until then I thought I was the only ticklephile in the world. From that point of view it's been a negative.

Still, it's given me a lot of pleasure, so I guess it's a mixed blessing.

 

[alchemy1]

It's something about me that is very personal and is something that very few people know about (I allow people to know only what I WANT them to know about me). But on the whole....

IT'S THE GREATEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

😀 😎 😀 😎 :weird: 😀 😎

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

the hollywood brother will consider it a positive when the old hollywood brother gets a lady to settle for him. the hollywood brother thinks it a big positive because it is something the hollywood brother has that the hollywood brother can share wiht someone important in the hollywood brother's life someday

 

[morgandee]

i view it as republican

 

[babinsky1]

do you view your fetish as positive or negative. I personally view mine as my own personall gift of being able to enjoy and understand my partner in a very unique way. I think that there are some that may view it as a curse or disease. In all honesty, where do some of you stand and why?

......the only thing I see negative about the whole deal, is finding willing
participants..Especially being a foot guy. Most of the woman I've met are
really up-tight about their feet. It takes a long time to get them to relax enough for a foot massage. And bringing tickling into it ? They hate it...
So its like being lost in a desert.....

 

[SF85]

It's pretty good but a bit of a bugger when you're in a playful tickle fight and you suddenly feel a rise downstairs...

 

[Cbarton]

I look at it very neutrally. It's an undeniable part of me, but only able to express it here or in my stories...kinda like a Christmas present that I can only partially unwrap....

 

[-Kunoke-]

I'm not going to say it's all daisys and fluffy pink bunnies, because it's not. I'm pretty open about my fetish now, and it's gotten CONSIDERABLY better. I have friends, not too many, but they exist, and all of them think nothing of it. Whether that means they think it's too creepy to get into or just don't mind is beyond me, but I respect them for taking it like that. Also, like babinsky, I am a foot guy. Now, I must say, most women I meet are opposite of what you described. They love it when guys pay attention to their feet, and don't mind at all if I tickle them now and then. But I do understand how you feel, because it used to be like that for me. Also, while most people are fine and are even willing to let me tickle them, I've been teased before. But you know, we arn't in Junior High anymore. If they want to tease me, they can go ahead. I know plenty of other people who don't mind.

Overall, it's a great thing. Had I not become open about it, I would probably consider it a curse, among other things. I, like the poster of the thread, see it as my gift. I see it as just another part of me, and when I start to get used to it, and when I start to be open, I discover it's really no big thing. Everyone has their little fetishes that they think are strange.

 

[jj82277]

borealis, i am the resident rep[ublican, what are you trying to say. when you loook at the party as a whole, we are actually the optomists, i think you should ellaborate.