# In your experience, tickling is most likely to be ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157 "2010-10-05T19:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/1 "2010-10-05T19:01:52Z")
well, see the poll options for your, ah, options. Bear in mind I’m asking your opinions of persons who engage in tickling based on your personal experiences. There is no _Fool of a Took_ option because I forgot to put it in and you can’t edit polls after the fact so far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/2 "2010-10-05T19:05:41Z")
…met with violence. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/3 "2010-10-05T19:08:45Z")
… a poor job interview technique. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/4 "2010-10-05T19:10:38Z")
I voted for playful, but secretly feel that it is sadistic. I really don’t like it but have no problems tickling others. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/5 "2010-10-05T19:19:28Z")
I voted ‘playful’ for two completely different reasons. 1. When I tickle my kids, they love it and giggle uncontrollably and when I stop they yell “more! more!” 2. When my wife and I tickle each other, which admittedly doesn’t happen often, it usually leads to sexytime. However, I wouldn’t call it ‘erotic’ because we don’t tie each other in silk scarves and blindfolds and tickle each other with ostrich feathers, or anything. It usually just starts as canoodling which leads to pillow talk and laughter and poking fun at each other with tickling, which then leads to shedding of clothing and eventually, happy faces. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/6 "2010-10-05T19:19:32Z")
I’m not ticklish and I don’t like it (since I’m not ticklish, it’s just like being poked or grabbed in an irritating way). However, a lot of people think it’s fun, and that’s cool. But I have very often seen people get offended or huffy when asked to stop (including by children old enough to say who touches their bodies and who doesn’t). Like they have some divine right to tickle, and you owe them use of your body. That creeps me out. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/7 "2010-10-05T19:23:54Z")
Do you mean: somebody tickling me, or me tickling somebody else? Either way, the only kind I will indulge in is playful. I will punch you if you tickle me against my will. I also won’t force myself on another person who doesn’t want to be tickled. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/8 "2010-10-05T19:28:43Z")
It depends on who. My SO doing it, playful and affectionate. Anyone else, rude and inconsiderate and don’t ever touch me without my permission. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/9 "2010-10-05T19:33:38Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > It usually just starts as canoodling which leads to pillow talk and laughter and poking fun at each other with tickling, which then leads to shedding of clothing and eventually, happy faces. If you and your wife are wondering why you’re having fertility issues, it’s because you’re missing s few steps. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/10 "2010-10-05T19:36:21Z")
I briefly dated a guy who had a tickling fetish. He was convinced that with proper training, a woman could have an orgasm by being tickled. As the youngest of three girls whose obese sisters took to sitting on me for tickling sessions, I did not find the guy’s fetish particularly interesting or erotic. Needless to say, we didn’t date for very long… ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/11 "2010-10-05T21:00:39Z")
I’m not sure how to answer. In my experience, I don’t get tickled, but sometimes I tickle children a little, being careful to quit before it’s not fun any more. That is playful. If someone were to try tickling me, there would be a whole nother answer. Fortunately, that has not been my experience. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/12 "2010-10-05T21:06:26Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > > [@corkboard](#): > > > > It usually just starts as canoodling which leads to pillow talk and laughter and poking fun at each other with tickling, which then leads to shedding of clothing and eventually, happy faces. > > If you and your wife are wondering why you’re having fertility issues, it’s because you’re missing s few steps. 😉 We’re not- we decided we’re finished procreating and I have the scars to prove it. We still complete all necessary steps, hence the happy faces. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/13 "2010-10-05T21:13:24Z")
. . . An excellent test of boundaries and respect. I’ve come to believe that you can tell almost everything you need to know about a potential partner by how they tickle, and how they react when you say “stop.” ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/14 "2010-10-05T21:13:40Z")
People who have tickled me, or tried to tickle me, were usually playful. They are in such a playful mood that they usually don’t understand that trying to tickle my feet in particular, will be met with violence on my part, even though I tell them so. Having my feet being tickled puts me in a highly angoissing/painful state of mind/situation and I never hesitate to really kick someone with said feet or my fists (if one has restrained my feet), if they don’t understand I’m serious when I tell them so. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/15 "2010-10-05T21:17:45Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > . . . An excellent test of boundaries and respect. > > I’ve come to believe that you can tell almost everything you need to know about a potential partner by how they tickle, and how they react when you say “stop.” But what if he (or she) doesn’t tickle at all? Huh? What about THAT, hotshot? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/16 "2010-10-05T21:38:36Z")
I fucking hate being tickled. I have a friend who took too long to stop when I told him to knock it off and was then surprised when I got pissed off. Fortunately, when he realized how much he’d upset me, he apologized sincerely. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/17 "2010-10-06T00:26:20Z")
It depends on if I’m the tickler or the ticklee. If I’m the tickler, then I’m making my baby laugh, and it’s one of the most enjoyable experiences on the planet. If I’m the ticklee, then my wife is, by now, fully aware that she’s taking her life into her hands, and if she draws back a bloody stump, she has only herself to blame. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/18 "2010-10-06T01:21:11Z")
Now I am an adult I think it is playful. But there was a period of a few years when I was a kid when tickling was a daily concern rivaling even boogey monsters and girls-germs. My brother was a highly skilled tickler, versed in advanced tickling techniques such as the typewriter – sit on the victim’s body, pinning down their arms and tap out a message on their chest. Periodically tap their head and say “ding!”. Stop \*just \*before the victim wets themselves or screams \*too \*loudly. So I am fully aware of how sadistic it can be. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/19 "2010-10-06T01:29:16Z")
I said inconsiderate, but annoying would be closer to my real opinion. Not having that as an option makes Aslan sad. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157/20 "2010-10-06T05:08:00Z")
I think it’s playful, though at times it feels sadistic on the receiving end. At one Dopefest at WeirdDave & Gingy’s house a group of people gang-tickled me until I was laying the floor and had rolled under the coffee table. And they took pictures. Meanies 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-tickling-is-most-likely-to-be/556157.md?page=2)