Update
Well a bit of good news for once. I am mostly free of the belt / cage but not entirely
Yesterday my partner came home from work about 90min later that expected i think she was trying to avoid the elevatable conversation. That really annoyed me so as soon as she got home i left the house for and hour just to have a walk and get my head together. By the time i got back she knew i was not kidding and had my keys waiting for me. I took off the cage kept the keys to it. I then said once I have something to eat we can talk about it.
So a little time passes while i make myself something to eat and she is trying to make pleasant talk and i am mostly ignoring her. But eventually we end up talking and i laid out bare that detest being locked up and her suggested compromises were not compromises at all and i am not going to live my life like this.
I said If you want to end the relationship because of this i am more than happy and will understand. She said that she does not want to end the relationship but she still has some anxiety about her been cheated on again. I replied that i understand that you have problems trusting me because of what happened to you in her previous relationships but i am not them. I am not going to be sleeping in the belt, I am not going to be in the belt if she is working a night shift. If i want to play with myself i will. I am not going to lock myself up before i leave the house before going wo work. The only time i will ever put the belt on is if i am going on a night out with my friends and you are not there.
She then came out with some times you go out for a few drinks after work. Are you going to come home to put on your belt and head back out. I replied no i will not be doing that. Then i said that i would keep my cage in my bag along with a numbered key tag. If i do go out after work i will put the cage on and send you a photo of it.
I could see she was getting anxious at the thought of what i was willing to do but i stuck to my stance and did not compromise any more than i was willing to. She then spent the rest of the evening thinking of scenarios when she would want be back in the belt but i shot them all down. We were up quite late but i got everything off my chest and we both still want to have a relationship.
Last night i went to bed unbelted and fell asleep pretty quickly. In the morning i woke up had a shower and by the time i got out an dried myself my partner had my belt waiting for me. She said are you sure you are not going to put this on. It would make her feel happier if i did. I stood firm and said not a chance and left for work. I got a few texts over the day asking how i am and where i was but i half expected that. At the end of the day i was invited out for drinks this evening but i declined as i knew she would be worrying and i could not be bothered about dealing with that so just came home as normal.
I have been sitting at home for the last few hours now and no mention of the belt has been said. Saying that i am pretty sure i caught her smelling my work clothes. Like it was very strange when she insisted that i get them off as she needs to put a load of washing on.
Lets see what the next few day / weeks bring.