Mom always loved me best. That's what it came down to, I guess. She had married a young Midwest minister in hopes that his righteousness (and God's) could help her overcome some problems, but it didn't turn out that way. Marriage went well for a while, but after I was born, she and dad drifted apart. The more they drifted, the more important I became to her. Mom later said that she and dad never had much in common, anyway, plus she rebelled against the pressures put on a minister's wife. The "P's" she called it: perfection, propriety and primness. So she stayed home as much as possible. With me.
From an early age, I always had the fondest memories of my mother. She was fun and always had time for me. Dad would get up early and unlock the church office at 8, but mom liked to get up later, or drink coffee in bed. I would scoot into their bedroom as soon as dad left and crawl in bed next to mom. Most of the time mom had pajamas on, but in warm weather she just wore a short nightgown or what they used to call a "Baby Doll". She was a doll, too: slim body with a 34 "C" bust. Warm weather or cold, though, I was always welcomed when I innocently snuggled up next to her.
By the time I was 8 or 9, mama would spend the night in my bed sometimes. If Dad worked late, she would crawl in with me. On those nights I often fell asleep with my arm around her. Dad didn't appreciate mom sleeping with me, but she didn't stop. I heard them argue about it once. He said it "wasn't healthy." She said neither was not having sex.
Mom and I started tickling each other more often somewhere around the time I turned eighteen. I enjoyed making her squirm and laugh hysterically. I guess she just liked touching me. It was never sexual when she touched me, but I found my penis getting hard when I tickled her during these sessions. Mom was ticklish in all the usual spots, but my hands would stray all over her body as I tried to find new ones. More than once I slipped my hand into her panties, but it never seemed to tickle her that much, so I would move on to other parts of her body. There was something intriguing about her pubic hair, though, and I started to slip my hands inside mother's panties more often to investigate. Thinking back, she must have closed her legs if my hands strayed too far, because I never touched her intimately. I did run my fingers through her hair many times, though.
During one particular "tickle war" I switched from tickling my mother's inner thighs to tickling her panty crotch. Her laughter continued, but it was different, and she struggled to get away from me. I held her as best I could and continued tickling her, just fluttering my fingertips across the strip of fabric that covered her sex. I didn't know it at the time, but she had an orgasm. I DID know something was different. I heard her moan and gasp and she stiffened her body, then went limp. Then my mother kissed me awkwardly and went to her own bed, which was odd.