I finally got the nerve to express my interest in male chastity to my wife a few days ago. I left a copy of Lucy Fairbourne’s Male Chastity: A Guide For Keyholders out overnight for her to find in the morning with a simple note attached asking for her thoughts about it. I didn’t read the entire book before giving it to her - just the introduction (per the author’s instruction). But I absolutely loved what I did read and I felt that it was one of the few things out there of its kind that I would feel ok speaking for me. I felt like I was in pretty good hands with the author. My wife got about half way through the book while I layed in bed with her (kind of) sleeping before I decided to get up and make myself a cup of coffee. Her first response to me regarding what she had just read was: “What kind of device should we get you?" Wow. I was dumbstruck with that response and still kind of an to be honest. I couldn’t have hoped for a better one! I feel super lucky and grateful she responded with such interest. She did have a few other questions, namely on overnight wear (which I have my own on concerns about) and hygeine. However, aside from those few (and awesome) comments that day, and a few (awesome) other ones in the days since she hasn’t showed much enthusiasm in discussing it much further - at least not as much as I had hoped considering her initial response. I even went as far as to ask her wether or not she was surprised by the book, which she blew off by not really answering the question. And as of yet, she still hasn’t even gotten around to asking me how long I’ve been keeping my interest in male chastity to myself - which I figured would be a pretty much obligatory question. I know some of the reason behind the lack of discussion is due to the book suggesting that she keep certain pieces of information to herself. And part of me thinks she’s purposefully playing her cards close to the vest, possibly to keep from seeming over eager? Or maybe she just hasn’t had enough time to process everything fully and understand her own feelings about it. Anyway, aside from some slight confusion, I’ve spent the last few days basically elated and on cloud nine considering the enthusiasm she has shown and how positively she has responded. So glad I finally told her. The book did suggest that we have a trial run/experiment to start things off - basically a tease and denial session with no orgasm for me the first night followed by a few days with no orgasm, during which I am to keep a journal detailing my level of arousal and frustration. She said we would be doing this in the next few days. She also had a list of chores for me to get done this morning, which I enjoyed very much. In the meantime, I’m just trying to chill out and let her develop her own thoughts and feelings on it. I would like to sincerely thank the community here at CM. Though I certainly understood some of these things inately, without some of the insight I've gleaned from the members here I highly doubt I would have had the wherewithal to let things develop at their own (her) pace. Cheers!
That's the same book I bought my wife too, she really liked it and what helped her make up her mind. Welcome to the club!
Enjoy or not as the case may be !! Remember " Be careful what you wish for " Is most often very correct. Xx Wendy
Keeping calm and not overloading her with information, questions, ideas and so on is absolutely critical at this point. You seem to have got off to a good start which is very positive. Don't forget you have had a long time to think about all this stuff so questions that seem obvious to you might not have occurred to her yet. Also this is your fetish, not hers. She has to learn what the advantages are for her, then she will truly be involved. The most important thing is to keep things fun.
Well done it looks like you are off to a great start. Just be careful and don't to try and rush things now. Give her the time she needs. Good luck
Firstly well done, great to hear such a positive first response. I think the whole 'overwhelming' thing can be an issue. You're trying to introduce denial, and teasing, and chastity and cages and etc etc and it can be a bit of a shock to the system. As we say here in the UK, softly softly catchee monkey. Just keep talking to her, as Jasmic says, you've been thinking about this a long time, she's playing catch up. As he and I both recommend, a shared private tumblr where you can VERY CAREFULLY put a few things for her to read and she can do the same for you is a very safe way to drip feed ideas to her. A whole book is maybe a bit intimidating, I've found hubby giving me little chunks that way to be much easier.
Hang on for the most amazing ride of your life. Let things advance at your wife's pace and make sure to communicate with each other. Most importantly though is to remember that it is all about HER.
Great for you and good luck. My mistake was getting my wife the book from the Marquis de Sade. Wrong book choice.
Thanks for that Jasmic. It's advice like that that is helping me focus on staying patient. If it weren't for the insight and experience I've learned from others at CM I'm pretty sure I would have busted out a power point presentation with charts and diagrams by now.
Don't forget to add flow charts generated in Excel that allow real time manipulation of data to really illustrate various concepts!