All... thanks for the warm welcome comments.. I am sorry for my delay in posting.. some due to travel and me thinking that the forum would notify me about posts to my original message above.. So sorry... I will check more often now that I know..
For me it is all about the control.. I play in the arena more from the BDSM side vice a true relationship side.. for now.. I don't have a current partner that I can lock up and hold accountable etc like many of you do.. That may come in the future.. and chastity may be a part of that.. if it is agreed too..
There is whole world out there which I am sure many of you are aware of that has both men and some women that crave control by someone else.. sometimes their partner but also by someone else.... and mostly via the internet..that safe bastion of love... for what ever reasons they may have.. Don't want their primary SO to find out.. They have no SO etc.. Doesn't matter to me.. I don't ask questions.. I just take control of a key and his/her orgasm..
Do I assign tasks for them to complete to gain freedom.. sometimes.. if they desire it.. Daily emails.. maybe a webcam photo etc.. but nothing rude or offensive.. just something that makes the lockee remember who holds the key..
I enjoy it when a man or women contacts me via a forum etc.. and desires to be locked up.. and under the control of a complete stranger.. something dark and sinister about that... and it tickles my largest sex organ My BRAIN..
I have in the past taken custody of keys.. I would send a open lock to a person desiring control and they would lock it on.. sometimes via webcam..etc.. I have the key.. after a period of time.. agreed too.. the key is returned.. etc.. This begs the question about emergency key access etc.. the "What If" situations.. All good points.. I assumed the locked members assumes that risk.. and unless they are in a full male /female belt or a steel device like the jailbird or similar, they could in fact really get it off if the need arises..
There is an Honor system.. no doubt about it.. The same honor system the Belle and Jnuts are now doing since they are sending their jailbird back.. etc.. If Jnuts really wanted to have an orgasm without Belle knowing he could.. (Belle would know.. we always know).. but he doesn't .. why.. ???? Maybe he loves the control.. loves the more Dominate style that Belle is developing given her new power.... he doesn't want to disappoint Belle.. who knows.. but those same reasons are the same reasons men and women seek control over the internet.. In Jnuts case.. without the Jailbird it is 100% mental.. and almost 0% physical.. Correct me if I am off base Jnuts..?
Lately due to my travels and day job hours.. I don't take physical control of keys any more.. That requires to much accountably on my part.. read that "too hard" and thus have found a program on the net that I can use to play.. Some of you may have seen it.. or heard about it.. It is called Time Lock..,
http://time.lockedalot.com/TIMEFRAME.html
It basically allows a person to lock up a key and give control of that key over to a second person.. via the internet.. I won't bore you with the details.. but can if you want.. but needless to say.. once locked.. they are locked until I send a code to unlock them or a specific time goes by.. The important point being.. THEY LOCK.. and send ME control.. .. That is pretty powerful in the world of dom/submission.. at least to me..
Is it better than having a loving partner that I can lock up.. and then tease/deny..etc.. in person.. probably not.. and one day I am sure I will walk that path.. but for now.. I can get the same "kick" out of people who seek out control from me.. via the internet.. without the day to day relationship issues that arise... For me.. via the internet.. life rarely gets in my way.. of having fun..
I can tell you that I have currently 3 males and 2 females that I have control of their keys.. All are overseas.. 2 in the UK, 1 in Germany and a wonderfully submissive Japanese couple who are both in chastity..
Bottom line.. I have found that once the little head is all locked away.. (males).. the big head goes into major overdrive.. and it is easy to have fun.. I think there was a post or phrase that Jnuts used .. "The ulitmate mind fuck" ... That seems to happen a lot more once the lock goes shut...
I am not sure I answered all the questions posted thus far.. but wanted to start the ball rolling..
In general .. most of my chastity play is from the "Mistress/slave" type discussions.. and I know that most discussions on here are between SOs and married couples that are using Chastity to enhance their sexual relationship.. that is what I find refreshing.. real life is always more erotic than fantasy.. in the long run.. so I watch/read/learn..