Yesterday a young lady I currently hold keys for finally showed her my-steel to her best friend since elementary school, after hiding it for months. She got the expected wide eyes and "let me see, let me touch" reaction and all the questions you'd expect about her motivation.
Questions extended to her keys and keyholder, resulting in her friend texting me from her phone. Of course, I used the opportunity to talk her into trying on a belt herself ;-)
I was not very successful. She only tried the older (unadjusted) belt for a moment over her underwear, while clinging to the keys, and then declared she'd never wear such a thing. But now she considers borrowing it to surprise a girl friend, so who knows 🙂

What is your experience "coming out" to friends?

    Damien If she borrow the belt will you hand out the key?

        Damien The people I came out to were a mix between, “I can’t believe you can give up sex” and “it’s about time” and the occasional “should have had that BEFORE the pregnancy scare”
        Plus all the usual questions about it. The fact no one I’ve told really questioned it made wearing it so much easier

            Joh some similar key? of course!
            Just kidding. Keyholding currency is trust, and that's not as boring as it may sound.

            • Joh replied to this.

                Sasha I love that you let your friends in on your chastity belt. Sometimes the idea finds fertile ground. And why would they have a problem with that pretty piece of shiny metal on you as long as you yourself don't?

                    Damien That’s my train of thought. But who knows, people take issue with all kinds of things that don’t effect them personally right?

                        Sasha People, sure. Not your friends though, and not mine 🙂

                            Damien One positive side effect of me wearing it is I’ve actually made friends by being so open about it.
                            My behavior obviously made a lot of people not like me much, but since I’ve obviously changed I’ve been able to make amends with many of them. Those were the many “it’s about time” comments I got

                                We've only ever come out to other people in the kink community in a nearby city, but we haven't been active there in years.

                                We live near a small town in the country where the only way to keep a secret is to tell nobody. But having a secret is half the fun.

                                The closest I come to admitting that I even think risque thoughts is that a couple times a year I might tell a dirty joke to some of the young adults at church or in town. I think this may be why they come to me for advice so often. It might make me seem less judgemental.

                                Sasha One positive side effect of me wearing it is I’ve actually made friends by being so open about it.
                                My behavior obviously made a lot of people not like me much, but since I’ve obviously changed I’ve been able to make amends with many of them. Those were the many “it’s about time” comments I got

                                People's reactions show that you have really changed for the better. It's a great proof that if you really want to, you can change a lot in yourself. Congratulations and keep up the good work.

                                  Damien Keyholding currency is trust, and that's not as boring as it may sound.

                                  I say trust is the base for every relationship. But I agree key holding is is a challenge and that makes it very interesting. Especially because of the intensive conversations.

                                    Damien I love that you let your friends in on your chastity belt. Sometimes the idea finds fertile ground. And why would they have a problem with that pretty piece of shiny metal on you as long as you yourself don't?

                                    I've no problem sharing that I wear a belt, no problem at all, I'm proud of it. Explaining that I wear it to prevent chronic masturbation however... Not such an easy thing!! Lol. 😅 🤣 😅

                                      Damien What is your experience "coming out" to friends?

                                      in my case, only my best friend knows (i've known her for over 10 years) and it was more of a coincidence because i'm a bit careless with her. she saw it and sensed it, so i told her the whole story. she didn't want to believe it at first, then was curious and finally she promised that i can always talk to her about it and she will support me and that's exactly what she is doing 🙂

                                        Was about to be "outed" to friends by a wand metal detector anyway so told them before the door. They were cool. I wasn't happy that it wasn't my free choice to come out, however I found that being open about my chastity belt makes me a more relaxed and more authentic version of myself, so it's all good. From that point on I decided not to sweat it. If people know, they know. If it's a problem, it's a problem for them.

                                        Damien And why would they have a problem with that pretty piece of shiny metal on you as long as you yourself don't?

                                        I think people find the idea of chastity belts challenging. They like sex a lot and can't conceive of the idea that their pleasures could be entirely blocked, ...or even controlled by another.

                                        Sometimes the idea finds fertile ground.

                                        A lot of times this seems to happen with people with very high sex drives. Their sex drive gets them into dangerous/undesirable situations and they take steps to prevent it, or else it becomes an expression of extreme kink.

                                        Either way, it seems harsh luck for people with high sex drives to end up in belts! But, it's only sex isn't it? Not like it's a big deal... Lol.

                                            Jonas A lot of times this seems to happen with people with very high sex drives.

                                            I know two ladies where this does not seem to be the case. One has been wearing her FancySteel (metal hip belt, FS3 dome shield) with equanimity and nonchalance for weeks, hardly mentioning it in our conversations. I admit I recently added the little tingling steel ball on the inner part of her shield for a day just to see what it takes to get her more emotional about belt wearing 🙂

                                              Telling that one wears a chastity belt is quite hard, especially for ones using it for non fetish purposes.
                                              Majority of people don't know that chastity belt is real.
                                              Most of ones who know that chastity belt is real thinks it's for fetish use
                                              I wish more non fetish users could be free to be open about their chastity belt use without being suspected as fetishists.