Dad's Special Tickles

 I have one that might work. I don't know because it involves an adult and it looked very much like the boy was being touched inappropriately but I'm sure it was innocent.

 I was on the subway today. It wasn't very full when I got one but a couple of stops later a father and son boarded and took the seats facing mine. The boy was about 10 and very pleased to be out with his dad. 

 They seemed to be on their way to a baseball game. As the trip dragged on the boy started getting quiet and soon had his face buried in a game on his phone. His dad continued talking to him but the boy's replies came slower and more distracted until the dad decided he needed to take drastic measures. To my surprise he reached between his son's legs, slipped his hand right up the leg of his son's shorts and started tickling the inside of his thigh. The boy immediately started laughing and shrieking protests of "Dad! Dad!" but with both his hands clutching his phone and still trying to play the game, couldn't actually stop his father who continued for a surprisingly long time.

 When I was a boy my father would tickle me all over. It didn't seem anything less than innocent fun then and it didn't now. When they boy finally gave up his phone, the father stopped and the two continued laughing and talking the rest of the trip. They obviously have loving, healthy relationship. At the same time, in our society so vigilant about abuse I never expected to see an adult man do something so open to misinterpretation in public, especially with a stranger sitting just a few feet away. The father saw he watching them and gave a friendly smile. I smiled back and that was the end of it.

Alex