Honestly, being alone with the fetish never actually occurred to me. Didn't even know what a fetish was until I was 13 or so - which was when I first got on the internet. Took me awhile to think about it, but I eventually typed in tickling, and I think the first site I had ever visited was "Tom's Adult Tickling Site," or something. I think Camp Tickle followed shortly after.
I only ever looked at pictures, as I was at my cousins house, since I didn't have a computer, and I didn't want anyone to hear anything. I almost got caught 1000000001 times, but I managed to get through without any problems until I got my computer.
Since then, it was (nearly) clear sailing.
Still, I never thought in my mind that it was wierd or anything... it was just something I didn't like to talk about, or let anyone know of. Hmmm! Oh well.