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Tickling Pet Peeves?

Do you have any tickling pet peeves? I don't mean the things you hate but secretly love. I mean, things you actually don't like (aside from a lack of consent).

I hate being tickled by someone with dry hands/fingers. The feel is weird and the noise unsettles me. I also hate it when people say they're going to tickle you but end up jabbing you or digging their fingers in so hard that it hurts more than tickles.

What about you all?

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Post # 4: Drifting Thoughts

Has anyone else ever found themselves thinking of being tickled or tickling someone else that you can’t help but smile? And then someone asks you what you’re smiling about and you have to play dumb and ask “I was smiling?” or say “I was thinking about a funny scene in a movie” or the ever popular “I wasn’t smiling” just to avoid admitting what actually had you smiling. Yeah, that happens too many times. On the plus side, I’m a writer so I get to cover my tracks and say “Oh, I just got a good idea for a story”.

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Post # 1: I’m a (private) Ticklee

Hello,

This is my first post. I’d like to go by Mint because mint green is my favorite color. I’m a ticklee, but sometimes I also feel like a switch. It’s taken me a lot to make this side/throwaway blog and post since I’ve kept this....title I guess...to myself for a long time. There have been some askreddit posts or apps where I’ve admitted it but I’ve never admitted it to anyone I’m close to out loud, due to fear of backlash.

It’s not a sexual thing for me. I’ve always loved laughing and its a stress reliever for me, which helps due to my depression and anxiety. It’s why i enjoy watching funny movies/cartoons/tv shows/etc when I’m feeling down, or I hang out with friends who make me laugh a lot.

I think I knew I was a ticklee and liked tickling since I was about 6. I remembered I was at a family friend’s house in my neighborhood watching TV. I was lying on the floor, with my hands propping up my chin and my feet pointed in the air. The family friend’s mom came into the room to sit down on the couch right behind me, and as she passed she lightly tickled my feet. I found that I enjoyed it.

Growing up, I would notice I smiled a bit when cartoons would depict tickling scenes. i remember I was at another family friend’s apartment (I believe I was 10) watching Rugrats (the episode where Grandpa is wrestling another senior) and he gets tickled. That same day while watching the episode, I got in trouble for doing something at the apartment (I can’t remember) and was told I would be talked to after the show was over. I remember watching that scene and silently hoping part of my punishment after being talked to would be that I’d be tickled.

Now, I just read fanfiction with tickle scenes or find movie clips online with them. I would always get annoyed when it was obvious the person was laughing because they had to for a scene versus someone actually laughing. It just took the fun out of it, you know?

Sometimes when I’m with friends, and they do a stretch or lift an arm I’ll poke them in their side just to get a reaction out of them: one on hand its to see if they’d get mad, and on the other hand I want them to do back or threaten to do so. Hell, I even purposely do stretches for someone to do the same to me but no one has taken the bite yet - although, it proves we respect each other’s boundaries so I’m also happy about that.

There was one time where I almost let my “secret” slip while at work. I was playing a card game with two co-workers my age and we were just talking randomly and one of them asked if either of us were ticklish. Without hesitation I said “There is no right answer to that question. I don’t mind it”. Neither of them picked up what I said and we started talking about a tv show we wall liked.

I’m a 27 year old female (she/her), and I’ve dreamt of having a boyfriend where I can admit this to. Sometimes, I think about letting in one of my friends in on my secret. I’ve never felt the courage or the right time to do so. I think I just crave human touch, but not necessarily in a a sexual way. Sometimes, I get massages when I don’t one just to feel a connection. I like holding hands, I used to hate hugs but now I like them, and I would pay someone big money to give me a scalp massage for an hour.

Maybe one day I’ll let the cat our of the bag. In the mean time you all can get to read my posts about my thoughts and wishes. Or I can write stories of the few times where I was tickled, from what I can remember.

~Mint

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Post # 8: Massaged Feet

I got a massage today, something I really needed, and I finally understood what it feels like to be ticklish on your feet. Granted, the touch of a massage by someone who knows what their doing, essentially deliberate hand placement and pressure, feels different than someone offering to massage a friends feet especially with the intention to tickle someone.

Anyway, on a regular basis, I’m not ticklish on my feet. However, I now understand the feeling when your feet are lotioned or oiled up. Fact about me: I hate putting lotion on my feet because I hate for my feet to feel slimy. Anyway, when my masseuse did light touches before moving into the firmer touches and pressure points, I could see how people can be ticklish on their feet, especially on the spot right underneath the toes.

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Post # 7: Squirms and Wiggles

Whenever I see a tickle scene in a TV show or movie, or I read it in a book, I’m surprised I don’t find myself squirming. Don’t get me wrong, I can feel myself storing some pent up energy but I try not to move. It’s the kind of energy that causes me to eventually get up and walk around just to let it out.

On the other hand, if see the scene with other people around I tend to grow really tense or tighten my arms if I have them crossed, and I become pretty quiet especially if I’m with friends who talk back to the screen.

Are you all able to sit still when a scene pops up?

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Post # 3: Tickle Fanfiction

Occasionally, when I’m feeling down I’ll look up fanfiction that is focused on tickles or tickle scenes. Supernatural fandom has a ton to choose from! Same with Harry Potter. I think the first fanfic I read with a legit tickle scene, and not a brief moment, was a Beyblade fic where Tyson stole Kai’s hair gel.

If you remember, what was the first tickle fic story you read?

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Post # 5: Stream of Consciousness

There have been plenty of times where I get tickled in my dreams. It’s so real that when I find myself waking up, I can still feel its lingering affects. In fact, there are times where I have found myself waking up laughing. There are times when I can “feel” myself waking up and try to stop it. But every time, when I wake up I wish the tickling dreams were real.