Tickling Traditions

questions · Oct 16, 2005

Well, my wife's conversion to full tickler status is now complete. For the last week or so she has injected tickling into one of our many daily family customs. Every night, I read bedtime stories to our two girls. We lay on our bed and we read a few books (usually the same ones over and over and over ...) Anyway, the last five or six times, my wife has joined us and will lay across me as I lay on my stomach. While I read, she will slip her fingers under me and into my armpits or ribs. She wiggle them gently while I try to keep reading without letting on or cracking up.

So far, I've been able to hold it together until about 10 minutes ago. We were reading a really long Dr. Suess and I couldn't make it. I finally had to pull away and tickle her back. I got into her neck area which always makes her let out this ear piercing squeal. Then I got into her armpits and started trying to reach her feet to pull off the socks she had on. The girls thought that this was all pretty funny.

Once I got one sock off she took of and ran downstairs. I finished the book and came down after her. She's on the phone with her mom right now with one sock off and her newly painted plum toes just calling my name. I'm gonna go see if she can keep her composure while I get those feet. My mother-in-law won't mind.

Does anyone else out there have tickling traditions like this? I hope that this one becomes a habit.

Q

Ayla ny · Oct 16, 2005

I love this! sometimes it can be nothing more than a look that lets you know you’re in for it later… but sometimes it’s like this, just the closeness that comes with sharing this (tickling) right along with a nice life moment. doesn’t get any better, in my opinion.

here’s to hoping for many many many more ‘traditions’ to come! 🙂

how did that conversation with Mom go?

shyCari · Oct 18, 2005

Ticklish Traditions:

Questions, I love your Tickling Tradition!!! Sounds like great fun and reminds me of a great Tickling Tradition my husband and I share🙂

There are times in the evenings when I am ready for bed and am trying to coax my hubby into coming with me. Now, being the playful tickle minded guy he is, he has discovered a game that not only has me chasing him around the house but gets him tickled too🙂

I will be under the impression after he has said, “be right there” that he will of course, “be right there”. Wrong. I will go in search for him and after a few seconds of looking I realize the game is on🙂 I will usually find him hiding under the blankets in one of our son’s beds. Snickering of course while our son shakes his head🙂 I usually rip the blanket off of him and grab a ticklish foot or thigh, or just lay into his tummy 😀 We both end up laughing, me at his ticklish situation and silliness and he of at my mercy :evilha:

Then usually after he concedes and says, “ok, ok, I will let him up, at which time he will run off into another room and try to hide from me Which of course gets him tickled once again after I have tauntingly issued the “come out come out wherever you are :woot: