Angelina
It's hard to tell from what @Christine has said how happy her mom is overall, since the conversation here has just been about chastity and not the rest of her life.

I hope that her overall happiness has gone up. This might be from stopping behavior that made her feel shame but that she struggled to control. It might also be from spending time on other activities that bring her a deeper joy than the ones she gave up. Or maybe it meets some other need or has some other benefit.

It seems like she's got to be getting something out of it that supports a need or a want or a goal, or she would stop. @Christine has been very clear that there is no coercion and her mom can stop any time.

      Angelina she has rather become a victim of her own values.

      True, but then she is free to change or to moderate her values in response to her new situation/experiences.

      I think MissBlossom was correct to wonder if there was always a degree of projection going on here.

      If so then things have worked out very well for @Christine and her mom: The person who really wanted it has ended up wearing the belt.

            MissBlossom @Christine has been very clear that there is no coercion and her mom can stop any time.

            of course, but it is the case that her mother cannot end this without denying her own morality.

            Jonas I think MissBlossom was correct to wonder if there was always a degree of projection going on here.

            of course this could be true, i wonder how @Christine thinks about it. i also suspect that the mother may have acted out her own needs on the daughter, it is strange how quickly the mother herself agreed to wear a belt.

                  Angelina it is strange how quickly the mother herself agreed to wear a belt.

                  Yes, I think that also suggests that it was something that she already wanted or needed at some level.

                  Angelina her mother cannot end this without denying her own morality.

                  I don't think most people would need to really believe anything more than "I don't like this any more and now I think it's stupid" in order to stop doing something as unusual and demanding as wearing a chastity belt. I certainly wouldn't expect it to require any deep change in their sexual morality.

                  Obviously I'm assuming there's no mental illness involved. If there is then who knows. But assuming she's basically sane, I think it's unlikely that she's doing anything that she doesn't want to, at least at some level.

                        MissBlossom

                        i mean that because christine's mother was against sex and masturbation, because christine was single, she was able to enforce that with the belt, because christine was financially dependent on her. This is not the case the other way round, but if the mother says that sex and masturbation are wrong when you are a single woman, then by her own logic, so is she and she cannot stop without denying these values, or at least ad absurdum respectively

                            MissBlossom
                            As @Christine does not care about masturbation and gives her mother unsupervised breaks, she is actually not making her mother live her own values. All she is doing is restricting her ability to have random Sex, because she does not like her mother to show that kind of behaviour.
                            So to me it looks like each is or was projecting her values on the other party. @"Christine" would probably not have objected (so strongly) to being belted if she had been allowed to masturbate, because no random sex is her own rule anyhow.
                            Now she should consider if only projecting her wishes on her mother is the right thing to do, or if she actually should apply her mother's values and make certain that masturbation is also strictly prevented.

                                MissBlossom If that's the case, then I hope she gets some satisfaction in a moral or emotional sense from living her values.

                                we'll see, let's see what the status is in a year or so

                                curious

                                i don't think @Christine would have accepted the belt even if it was just to prevent sex if she had a real alternative, otherwise she would probably wear one again, on her own conditions of course

                                    Angelina it is strange how quickly the mother herself agreed to wear a belt.

                                    This is not strange if she got caught with men. What is really strange for me, that she didn't require a belt for @Christine . I doubt she is a nun, even if she claims opposite.

                                        Renita I doubt she is a nun, even if she claims opposite.

                                        she won't be, but unlike you, she is no longer interested in wearing a belt.

                                            MissBlossom Have the two of you ever discussed the way that she projected her needs onto you?

                                            She was a single mom of me. Hence nothing to discuss.

                                            MissBlossom Or does she view her need for a belt as a totally separate issue from the fact that she wanted you to wear one?

                                            Right. She didn't think, that it could be applied to her now.

                                            Angelina does your mother then have the opportunity to masturbate

                                            Ofc.

                                            Angelina it is strange how quickly the mother herself agreed to wear a belt.

                                            Initially she didn't get my idea seriously when I took her measurement. Later I came with the belt and told her what I knew about her sexual activity. She couldn't deny it and had to agree for a belt.

                                            MissBlossom I hope she gets some satisfaction in a moral or emotional sense from living her values.

                                            Nothing about satisfaction or revenge.
                                            We have very good relationship. She wears her belt coz she needs it, e.g. it's her choice, not mine.

                                            curious All she is doing is restricting her ability to have random Sex, because she does not like her mother to show that kind of behaviour.

                                            Right. And she knows why she has to wear a chastity belt.

                                                          Christine Initially she didn't get my idea seriously when I took her measurement. Later I came with the belt and told her what I knew about her sexual activity. She couldn't deny it and had to agree for a belt.

                                                          The question is:
                                                          Did she project her need to be belted on you and that was the reason why she kept you in the belt?
                                                          Or was that not projection of her needs but just ensuring you could not have "fun"? Why did she keep you in complete chastity then, making masturbation impossible for you?
                                                          If she projected her needs on you, that would suggest she should actually be kept under a far stricter regime and not be allowed any self pleasure, just the same as she treated you before.

                                                              Christine Nothing about satisfaction or revenge.
                                                              We have very good relationship. She wears her belt coz she needs it, e.g. it's her choice, not mine.

                                                              I was talking about your mom's feelings. I meant that I hope she feels better about herself now that she is behaving the way she believes that she should, with your help.

                                                                curious If she projected her needs on you, that would suggest she should actually be kept under a far stricter regime and not be allowed any self pleasure, just the same as she treated you before.

                                                                @Christine might not want to openly discuss masturbation with her mom.

                                                                However, @Christine, you could mention that she made sure you were never alone without the belt, and ask if that's something that she feels she needs.

                                                                If she says no, say "Ok. Let me know if you ever change your mind." All rule changes need to be consensual.

                                                                If she says yes, maybe she feels shameful or dirty about masturbating and she would feel better about herself if she were stopped. How she feels depends on her morality, not yours. As her key holder, you're the only person in the world who can help her if she needs this.

                                                                    Angelina she is no longer interested in wearing a belt.

                                                                    Her mom could set it as a condition.

                                                                        Christine Initially she didn't get my idea seriously when I took her measurement. Later I came with the belt and told her what I knew about her sexual activity. She couldn't deny it and had to agree for a belt.

                                                                        so you already ordered the belt when you talked to your mother about everything? i think that is quite a risk, the belt is not cheap and your mother could also have refused

                                                                        Renita Her mom could set it as a condition.

                                                                        Since christine is no longer financially dependent on her mother, her mother no longer has the means to impose these conditions.

                                                                              Renita She can decline to wear her belt.

                                                                              It doesn't sound like she's wearing it for @Christine. It sounds like she's wearing it for herself because without it she does things with guys that she later regrets. She gets her benefit regardless of what Christine does.

                                                                                  Renita She can decline to wear her belt.

                                                                                  she could, but apparently she hasn't

                                                                                  MissBlossom She gets her benefit regardless of what Christine does.

                                                                                  right, she has accepted it so far, why should she now use leverage against christine, that makes no sense