I just wondered about others' experiences. I guess I wondered at my motives for seeking out these opportunities. It does seem quite childlike on my part at times.. I wonder if it is just 'play', or some way of testing or pushing boundaries, and/or...

It does remind me of one childhood memory (and I don't consider myself to have a LOT of childhood memories) ... Mum (who didn't tend to have the patience to be playful with me, and would often accuse me of winding her up - as a bad thing, when I in fact was not - I wouldn't dare) used to get her hair done at home by a mobile hairdresser. This was when I was very small. I was fond of the hairdresser, an older lady who seemed like a lot of fun. As she would be moving around the chair where my mum sat, cutting hair, I would be crawling around her feet, following her, picking the hair up and placing it on the toes of her shoes. She would respond by laughing and squealing in mock horror at the hair on her shoes, which I would find hilarious and so would do it again and again... I imagine I drove the poor woman to distraction!