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[Jackalx33]

This was inspired by a conversation I had with Burnt_Chains and got to thinking this. At what time in life when do you start seeing tickling as something not being pure anymore. As adults things do get sexual or seen as such but does the act of tickling ever just stay simple and pure. Must it really be something else of an erotic nature as years to come for that person.

 

[starburstz91]

For me, the time when tickling stopped being innocent was when I was about 15. I started getting turned on, fanatsized a little bit. Nowadays for me, I get a little irritated that sexuality is placed into tickling, only because I don't like tickling to be known as "another sex game" to me. In other cases, it's different, but in those cases, sexuality is placed into it. I guess, for most, tickling stops being pure at around puberty, or maybe when they've actually experienced sex and tickling mixed.

 

[Dialon]

For me was because of an ex. She was into it and it eventually rubbed off on me, so now im corrupt 😀

Although it still is kind of innocent in a way anyways.

 

[Mephistopheles]

The moment I noticed my penis getting really hard when confronted with tickling it lost it's innocence. I think I was about 10 or 11.

 

[paracarl44]

Puberty does change things.

I became sexually aroused with tickling at that age.

 

[Lord Doctor]

I can't give a time. They just sort of blurred into one concept. I think of tickle as a thing in it's own right, I think it's better than sex. problem is, it tends to get me going, which i find annoying because the resultant sexual impulses are - to me - a distraction from the concept of pure tickle.

 

[Oddjob0226]

I knew even as a little kid that my interest was a little 'weird'. So, even though it wasn't sexual per se - since I didn't know what sex was, and am still kind of puzzled these days - that undeveloped erotic part of my brain was already hooked into the tickling thing. So for me, it's never really been "pure" since I could attribute tickling to power & pleasure even when I was in the early single digits.

 

[Bugman]

It's not a sexual thing for me,just a fun activity if i have a willing lee.🙂

 

[chicago]

When I was little, despite finding it fun, I felt like there was something forbidden about it. Something dark and wrong, for some reason. So I think I sensed that subconsciously, I felt different towards the act than other children, and knew I should hide that part of me.

As I got older and was exposed to the internet, it wasn't long before I found out I wasn't the only one (although I already knew I couldn't possibly be alone). I found the TMF around 14 or 15, by that time I was sure that it was a fetish for me, or whatever you want to call it.

 

[milagros317]

I think my first erection from being tickled came when I was 11 years old. The girl from down the block who was tickling me never noticed. 😀

 

[solescratcher99]

The assumption that anything sexual is "unpure" sounds a bit prudish and uneducated to me. Sexuality itself is actually more "pure" than a lot of things we do in modern society. Especially considering how obsessed we are with money and material things.

But, if you mean when did tickling start being more than simply 'tickling', then I'd probably say for me it was in high school. I think when most people hit puberty they naturally find any form of contact with their partners as being somewhat sexual in nature. (BTW, I think sexuality is simply another sense pleasure and don't use any pejorative or moralistic terms to describe it).

 

[BrightEyes1082]

It's always been something I could separate. It can be sexual or not. I've
had partners who I enjoyed tickling with as a form of foreplay, and now I
have a Dominant with whom tickling is nonsexual, and is just a form of play
and sadomasochism. Either way, it's good. 🙂

 

[DownUnder]

The moment I noticed my penis getting really hard when confronted with tickling it lost it's innocence. I think I was about 10 or 11.

I love this straight-forward answer 😀

I'm first and foremost a foot guy. And I knew at an early age that feet turn me on. However I didn't make the association with tickling until quite later on. I *knew* that a certain part of my physiology had a response when I tickled a girl when I was about 13-14, but even then I did not associate it with overt sexuality.

In my own defence, I came from a traditional culture/family, and sexuality isn't something that is discussed at any lengths.

 

[TheTickleMonster]

i would guess around age um.. between 12 and 15 years old i suppose.. i don't remember exactly, but it's not always sexual, it still is innocent to me, it just depends on the situation..

 

[Redmage]

When did sex become a contaminant?

 

[Bohemianne]

The assumption that anything sexual is "unpure" sounds a bit prudish and uneducated to me. Sexuality itself is actually more "pure" than a lot of things we do in modern society.

Agreed!

 

[rhiannon]

You make sex sound so bad when talking about "pure" and "innocent".

Anyways: even when I was in kindergarten, I was already turned on by tickling. So I guess it would never have been "innocent" to me. I just didn't know what it was that I was feeling being confronted with or thinking about it.

 

[nylonsnfeet]

My thinking is the the idea of "pure & innocent" is based on decades of societal programming, as to what is acceptable.

For me I received my "tickle-calling" when I was about 4-5 yrs old, even at that age certain parts got excited. However, I also for the most part considered it "normal". I had the classic "I'm the only one with this" syndrome, but never let that or the "turns me on" aspect stop me.

I enjoy tickling, simple as that. It is something I like to engage in as a form of "foreplay", yet that in itself is fun, playful, especially with wife, girlfriend, or even the "friends with benefits" concept, & more so if partner enjoys also. Yet, doesn't ALWAYS have to be such. Just being playful in tickles is cool too!

 

[Musicroxmysox]

I think that it's possible, but for me, of course depending on the situation, it's more sexual in nature.

I honestly don't remember when the switch occurred, or if there ever was one.

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

Tickling was never simple and pure for me. That's not to say it was always sexual, but I always felt a little strange about the degree to which I was interested in it. It always felt like a dirty little secret.