Tickling - Erotic or Platonic

[nytoetapper]

I started this thread at Tickle Theater some time ago, so some of you may have seen it. Opinions vary. I'd like to see what this group has to offer.

Is tickling erotic or platonic for you? Does it always need to involve sex, or can you just enjoy tickling for the enjoyment of it?

For me, it's 90% platonic. I just enjoy tickling some girl's feet. Seeing how they squirm and writhe and hearing their laughter. While I can get a little worked up during a platonic session, sex is not the goal, then. The other 10% usually happens during sex. A little playful tickling to spice things up.

What say you, my people?

 

[nytoetapper]

PS. I apologize if this issue has been beaten to death here.

 

[dvnc]

Either. Depends on who I'm tickling.

I've likened it more than once to kissing. Always will, I figure. It's HOW you go about it. I kiss my mom. I kiss my kid. I kiss my lover. My friends. How each gets kissed is different. Imagine the beatings I'd get, otherwise...

That's just me, though. I've dear friends who are 'hard-wired' for erotic response. Tickling their child would be repulsive sexual play. For those folks, it's a different thing than for me. Gotta respect both sides, I figure.

dvnc
...posting more today than in the last season...

 

[The Sean Man]

Erotic or platonic

It depends on who I'm tickling. Although I tickle both ways, I must admit erotic is more fun

The Sean Man

 

[nytoetapper]

Nice analogy dv. I'll have to remember that...

 

[milagros317]

It can be either platonic or erotic for me, depending on the context and the tickler. When Mistress Zara tickles me, it is always erotic. 😀

 

[cs217903]

BOTH!!!!

It really all depends. I have been fortunate enough to be in a platonic (for lack of a better word) "relationship" at home for about three years now. Tickling is FUN! People who haven't experienced are losing out. However, I have definitely been in situations where the tickling is done in an erotic matter. It can also depend on what the lee is wearing. If they're wearing nothing, it's kinda hard to keep away from certain "areas" when everything is exposed. I personally prefer to wear shorts and a sports bra during sessions at home, but if I were to be in a relationship with someone, then it would obviously be more of a turn on. Wow, how many times did I repeat myself in this post lol?

 

[Knox The Hatter]

It's both.

 

[Oddjob0226]

Is tickling erotic or platonic for you? Does it always need to involve sex, or can you just enjoy tickling for the enjoyment of it?

Well for me, tickling is sexY but doesn't always lead to sex-usally doesn't. And if it was leaning towards sex, but that might be inappropriate, I do have some self discipline! Crazy- some people won't indulge because they are afraid it will lead to sex (I've actually been told this...) So I can indulge with friends OR lovers. For whatever reason, I'm only interested in tickling with females, so there is some element there that relates to a differnce in sex, but I can honsetly say that I can't remember in my life where tickling lead specifically to jumping into bed with someone. During maybe, after maybe. WISHING, maybe but don't recall a time where one lead to the other. In fact, in my 'lee mode (I'm both), I'm usualy so exhausted afterward that I couldn't perform if I wanted to. I did note in some research that I did once at the library that opposite sex tickling makes people more ticklish than when same sex tickling is involved, even in children when sexuality isn't an issue like it is post-puberty. So I guess it's all chemicals in one way or another. So bottom line, it's mostly platonic with me, but only with the opposite sex. Figure that out.

 

[bellyforum]

I'd agree with Telemain here.

I also think tickling is a very sexual thing. Whether it be intended or not, I think eroticism is the underlying theme here.

That's when we tickle people for pleasure. Of course you can just harmlessly tickle someone platonically, but I'd definitely think it's erotic for the majority of the time.

 

[nytoetapper]

Thanks Oddjob, your view pretty much mirrors my own. Except for the lee part. I'm a total ler 😉

 

[TicklishSinner]

It can be both...most of the time for me it is erotic, but it can be platonic..in my opinion

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

It's definately a situational thing for me. It's really only a sexual thing for me if there's some element of captivity involved. It is a total turn-on to be tied helpless with someone you trust and be teased and tickled silly.

 

[Sunriseticklee]

Tickling for me is fun, mostly platonic.

However, tickling can be both playful and erotic. It all depends on who is involved. I have no difficulties separating the two in any situation.

 

[Andy10]

Tickling for me is more fun than anything. Theres nothing better than tickling a woman's underarms until she is begging for mercy.
When i tickle my girlfriend, i like to tease her while doing it. She has very ticklish feet, especially when i use a brush or feather. Unfortunately she has to get her own back by tying me up and she instantly knows where to tickle to getting me laughing histerically. I have unbelievably ticklish underarms and she knows all she has to do is touch me there, even without tickling to send me over the top. That is the one place, i really dont like being tickled and its worse when your tied up with your arms above your head knowing you cant bring them down to stop the ticklish touches.

 

[Iggy pop]

If you define platonic as non-sexual, then no. This does not mean it leads to sexual intercourse, but there is something sexual going on. If there wasn't and it was just pure platonic fun I would be tickling guys as well.

 

[Oddjob0226]

If you define platonic as non-sexual, then no. This does not mean it leads to sexual intercourse, but there is something sexual going on. If there wasn't and it was just pure platonic fun I would be tickling guys as well.

Yeah, an interesting point. DVNC makes good sense, too. Ticklng's an interestng mix of actions & reactions

 

[ticklish_songbird]

interesting question

i guess it would be both for me as well, and like most people on here have said, it does depend on who you are with. when i had a session with a tmf member, that was platonic since there were no feeling there except for the fun of it... but when my ex boyfriend used to tickle me, it was definitely erotic for both of us... even if it didn't lead to sex, but sometimes it did. I believe in that situation it is foreplay. If you are with someone you love and care about, you have those feelings for that person already, and tickling will just enhance it, because it is such a wonderful feeling.

For me lately though since there is no other half, the tickling has been just playful.... i will take it!!!!!! lol

 

[ticklishbbw]

Simple Question, not So Simple and Answer

Tickling is always erotic for me. It's just how I'm wired. I will almost always have a sexual response to being tickled. However, I can, and have, had platonic tickling sessions. It all depends on the situation and who I'm playing with. Tickling does not have to lead to sex, even if it is a turn on for me. I've had many tickling sessions that were just fun and playful, no nudity, or sexual activity of any kind. I just had to keep my "raging hormonal response" in check.

tbbw

 

[paszkowt]

I agree 100% with Iggy. My opinion to the word - definitely not playful, I got aroused every time i see -/f tickling, I don't tickle males etc.

 

[Tamedblueeyes]

Depends on the situation

This is a tough one, for me I guess it depends who is tickled and who is tickling...I guess you would have to say I am lee all the way so when I tickle it is much more playful, kids, friends etc. than anything. There is always arrousal, but that arrousal isn't always sexual in nature. Now, when I'm tickled and it's a non-erotic situation I get pretty uncomfortable. I guess that's why I have everyone who knows me convinced I'm not ticklish AT ALL. Sometimes you're caught off guard though! Case and point; last pedicure I had, the girl caught me off guard when she went to pumice my feet. She also had put this slippery, gritty exfoliating stuff on me...the combination sent me through the roof, just laughing terribly. I'm talking almost to the point of crying. The girl kind of laughed at my response which made it worse. Not to mention the public-ness of it all. The fact that it evoked an erotic response in me, in public and with a girl (I'm not gay, or even bi...well at least I haven't gone there yet) made me turn beet red Not to mention that this is not something I'm going to explain when she asked me what was wrong!! LOL Moral of the story, don't pretend to NOT be ticklish with the nail tech...(for me anyway!!) Now I'll always tell them I'm ticklish as hell (like it's a bad thing HAH) and use a firm hand. Because, having that response to someone you aren't attracted to, is very diconcerting!

Autumn--

Life is beautiful when you are in love with a man who loves to tickle you!

 

[Deleted member 2452]

can be both

but i much prefer to engage in erotic tickling, where i can let my hair down so to speak. if i'm tickling an adult, consenting woman, or she's tickling me, it is definately erotic!
if it's with my kids, then it's just "platonic".
and it just never happens with another guy! although i find f/m imagry a total turn on.

steve

 

[Eternal Tomboy]

When I am doing the tickling, it can be either platonic or sexual. Most of the time it is platonic. That is probably because being a 'ler isn't a "turn on" for me in most cases. I find it to be mostly fun and playful, but not sexual. Even when I'm playing 'ler for my husband and I know that it will all eventually lead to sex, playing the 'ler isn't what gets my hormones raging....now, when the tables are turned, that's a WHOLE different story.

When someone tickles me (assuming that the 'ler is a guy and there is some level of attraction there), I can't help but get a little "tingly". That's not to say that them tickling me is a full-blown turn on (unless it involves my husband and I happen to be "in the mood") , but it does get my endorphins flowing for a while afterwards (heart racing, tingly feeling all over, perma-grin, etc..). So, while the tickling is platonic (when it's with friends), my reaction isn't completely what I would consider platonic. Does that make any sense?



Maggie

 

[nytoetapper]

Actually, daisy, it makes perfect sense to me. And I kind of share your view/experience. Thank you.

 

[Rainay]

Erotic. Pretty much all the time. I get uncomfortable in social situations where someone tickles me in a platonic manner, because it's such an intimate and sexual experience for me.

i agree - totally erotic for me!!