Ticklishness increasing with age

[Toesheldback]

Someone posted on here not too long ago about tickle play with your S/O decreasing as you both get older. Thats happening too, with my wife and I because she says she’s just too ticklish on her feet now.

At first I was a little skeptical, but now she can’t handle a foot massage and can barely get through pedis with a girlfriend. Pedis now are mostly home pedis for her her, by her.

Candidly, it’s been a little tough on me as that fun between us is fading, and as many or most of you know, sex (vanilla or otherwise) is one of those things where the least you get something, the more you want it.

How common is this increase in ticklishness as people get into middle age and beyond? I always thought folks might become less ticklish as they get older, but this was just an assumption I made. Would love to hear from folks who are experiencing this themselves, or, like me, their partner is.

 

[MrBlueyez]

Kaye while insanely ticklish says its not something that just came on, shes been that way since youth, says she couldnt walk barefoot in the grass her friends used to tease her about it LOL so in her case no not so much shes just more aware of her body and likes and dislikes now I guess

 

[WickedTouch]

Someone posted on here not too long ago about tickle play with your S/O decreasing as you both get older. Thats happening too, with my wife and I because she says she’s just too ticklish on her feet now.

At first I was a little skeptical, but now she can’t handle a foot massage and can barely get through pedis with a girlfriend. Pedis now are mostly home pedis for her her, by her.

Candidly, it’s been a little tough on me as that fun between us is fading, and as many or most of you know, sex (vanilla or otherwise) is one of those things where the least you get something, the more you want it.

How common is this increase in ticklishness as people get into middle age and beyond? I always thought folks might become less ticklish as they get older, but this was just an assumption I made. Would love to hear from folks who are experiencing this themselves, or, like me, their partner is.

Hi, sorry you are experiencing a negative side to this. I hope the two of you find creative ways to deal with it. Yes, it definitely does happen. I can't give you a real quantitative answer for how common it is, but I've definitely observed both more and less ticklishness in different people over time. It is not unusual for the body to change in all kinds of ways as we age, to include higher or lower sensitivity to various stimuli. The body is a complex system with all kinds of dials that aging can turn up and down. Some people experience neuro degeneration, some people experience changes in biochemical regulations that affect nerve sensitivity, and some people go through various psychophysiological changes in the brain that affect how they perceive the sensory signals the brain receives. There's all kinds of things that can change a person's sensitivity one way or another. Sometimes it's caused by medication, sometimes changes in health or diet, and sometimes it's the aging process itself, but it does happen.

If you haven't already, have a conversation with your wife about how you feel, how it is affecting you, and ask if there is anything that might make it more tolerable. There might be some kind of compromise, such as maybe she's much more feather ticklish than she used to be, but not so much that it is as unbearable as using more aggressive methods. Maybe using timed intervals would work for her, or going lighter and incorporating it into a fun game of some kind that breaks up the tickling into tolerable durations. Also, on your end, you may be able to reframe your focus and learn to appreciate tickling in more spots if her feet are the main issue. I don't know what you've tried and where her feelings are with it, but I hope that you find a solution that works for both of you. Good luck!

 

[maniactickler]

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