Not so fast with the "fetish" tag, please. My usage of less and fewer was learned from infancy.

Okay, for those of you who can't read fast I'll write more slowly.

No, I don't object to 'fewer', and thinks it's a perfectly natural word. I do use it myself, and have been finding more recently that I've been using it where I would formerly have unselfconsciously said 'less', so I've had to examine my thoughts on the matter. It's not a total fetish, you're right, though it can be in some hands.