Havin' actually had to help former lovers learn to cope wit' tickling as a fun thing, 'cause their blockhead parents used it as a punishment, this AIN'T a good idea, generally speakin'. Yeah, some of us got over it. Some folks never do. Ever. Affect their ability t'be intimate, 'cause they're sensitive to everything, still, and afraid of that contact. Fear does heighten this, but to horrible ways for them folks.
Bad news.
Some kids ASK t'be tickled. Some hate it instinctively. It's a personality deal. Clearly, we're not the ones that hated it, in general.
Negative association with an action, as a child, is damned hard to get past for many. It's funny, on the one hand. On the other, it's heartbreakin'. Watchin' someone tear up 'cause they KNOW you dig somethin' that they just can't do REALLY sucks. Happily, I got lucky with both cases, 'cause we worked around all that. Was how I got familiar with playin' without bondage as an adult. Becomes a real trust issue, but with lovers, isn't most everything?
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