If you’ve checked my Current Status page since Locktober ended, which I know from the site stats is one of the most popular pages on the blog, you might be confused. Didn’t I say I wasn’t taking part in No Nut November? Why yes. Yes, I did. So what gives? Why am I still locked 3 days after Locktober ended? It’s a long story. Let me explain.
1 Day After Locktober Ended...
Early on Wednesday morning, November 1, Lucie texted me her congratulations on a successful Locktober, gave me permission to unlock, and wished me a mind-blowing release. And now, it’s Friday, November 3, and I’m still locked. I haven’t removed the cage. I haven’t had a release. Why? Inquiring minds want to know.
There are actually several reasons. First, this seems to happen every Locktober. The last week I can’t help counting down the days until it ends and I can enjoy a sweet release. The anticipation builds. By October 31, I can’t wait. Halloween feels like sheer torture. I never stay up until midnight like I do on New Year’s Eve. That’s because I don’t want to rush the release. I want to take my time. I want to savor it. Especially this year when Lucie kept me locked for 117 days, not just the usual 31 days of Locktober. So, I went to bed Tuesday evening feeling needy, but full of delicious anticipation. Then I woke up on Wednesday morning, read Lucie’s text, and everything changed. I didn’t feel ready to unlock. I’m not even sure why exactly. But, I didn’t. I started day 118, but on my own.
Next reason. I received a message from a domme I’d contacted about the possibility of her becoming my new keyholder. She seemed interested. We spent a good part of the afternoon messaging back and forth. I asked questions. She gave answers and filled me in about her expectations and how she conducts her business.
Finally, we arrived at the discussion of how we would interact and she told me which private messaging app she preferred using for daily check ins and task assignments. It’s a popular app, especially in Europe, but not one I’ve used and different from the one Lucie and I used. So, I had to download the app, sign up for the service, and work out how to use it. Pretty similar to what I’ve used before, so no worries. But by the time I had organized it, it was still early evening where I live, but after one in the morning where she lives in the U.K. Things came to a standstill on that front. I had to wait until the following morning to learn if she found me on the app and added me to her contacts list.
Then I read an email I’d received a few days ago but hadn’t bothered to read. It was an invitation from perhaps the most elegant, distinguished pro domme I know personally to submit to her locking me up for the thirty days of NOvember. And for free! I wasn’t sure if I was too late to get accepted, but how could I say no? I had to try and completed the application. That’s because I once contacted this woman about keyholding only to learn the cost for her professional services (not published on her website, you must ask) was not even in the same galaxy as my budget. I hadn’t received a reply by bedtime Wednesday night, and couldn’t risk unlocking until I heard back whether she would accept my application. And all that took care of November 1, the first day after Locktober ended.
2 Days After Locktober Ended...
I woke up on Thursday morning, November 2. There was no word yet from Europe’s most sophisticated dominatrix about my last minute request. When I checked her website, I saw that there were 52 pending requests, so I didn’t like my chances. Fair enough as I hadn’t read the email until several days after she sent it and probably didn’t submit my request in time to get picked. The email said there were limited spaces available. But already two days into NOvember, I couldn’t very well risk unlocking until seeing if she hit me back with a reply. I felt sure the first question she might ask was, “Have you unlocked since the end of Locktober?” The email made it clear that she was looking for boys to do Locktober and NOvember back to back without a release. Unwilling to stoop to lying to her if she asked, I had no choice but to stay locked until I got a yeah or nay.
I rolled out of the sack and began November 2, two days after Locktober ended. Checking my phone, I saw I had received a reply from Michele, the domme I’d chatted with Wednesday afternoon. We connected on the messaging app she preferred using and continued our discussion to learn whether we would be a good fit. I answered her questions about my kink interests, limits, and what I was looking for from a keyholder. She told me about her interests and expectations. It seemed we had plenty of compatibility in that regard. I found her to be professional, knowledgeable, and experienced, and could see myself submitting to her control. After Lucie, I had no illusions of finding anyone to equal her. Lucie is simply uncommonly amazing. But I felt a potential for mutual satisfying chemistry existed, so we proceeded to the discussion of the expected monthly tribute. This, as always, was the most awkward part of forging an agreement with a new keyholder. Many times, the keyholder seems reluctant to quote a figure, perhaps because they fear they will ask for too much and lose out on acquiring someone to lock they feel keen to get. I am equally reluctant to suggest a figure for two reasons. While I am perfectly fine with paying a professional tributes for her keyholding services, I don’t want to pay more than necessary. Also, I don’t want to appear cheap. I know what works with my budget and I prefer the keyholder to name an amount and if it’s reasonable, all good. If not, I simply say it’s beyond what I can afford, thank them, and apologize for wasting their time. That’s another thing I always appreciated about Lucie. She published the required tribute amounts on her website making things easy for everyone concerned.
After the expected hemming and hawing, Michele finally quoted a figure. It was perfect. Slightly less per month than I had been paying Lucie and I always considered her tribute requirements to be on the lower end of the expected scale, especially considering the perfection she provided. So Michele and I struck a deal. I remitted the first month’s tribute and 2 days after Locktober ended, I found myself locked by a new Mistress. It seemed I would be doing No Nut November (or NOvember as some prefer to call it) after all. And if I never heard back from Europe’s most sophisticated dominatrix about acceptance or rejection of my tardy request for NOvember keyholding, all good. In fact, better than good because I hoped I wouldn’t have to decline her offer since I no longer needed a keyholder. On the other hand, I would have been over the moon having the chance to be locked for a month for one of the classiest, most sensual pro dommes I have ever spoken with. It truly would have been a dream come true.
Michele and I took care of the ceremonial unlocking and re-locking with a new plastic, numbered lock via a video call, and once again I was owned. And I was still locked 2 days after Locktober ended.
3 Days after Locktober Ended
I awakened on Friday, November 3, still locked 3 days after Locktober ended and owned by Michele, my new Mistress and keyholder. Did I regret missing out on the chance for a nice orgasm and ejaculation or two before facing another month locked? Curiously, not really. Maybe I felt a tiny bit wistful, but no regret. Perhaps it was the excitement of getting acquainted with a new keyholder who I feel sure I am going to like very much, even though she will never replace Lucie.
It always feels exhilarating getting to know a new keyholder at the beginning. Part of it is no matter what she has told you about herself, you don’t truly know what to expect. I know Michele isn’t a sadist like Lucie, so already she feels more of a nurturing domme type. But she seems firm and no doubt will hold me accountable. I am to expect daily tasks and teasing, she has said. So, I expect the overall process might be quite similar to what I experienced with Lucie.
In many respects, it feels quite like dating the first new woman after a breakup with a woman you truly adored and still miss. I don’t for a moment begrudge Lucie for stepping away from keyholding and taking a break that she felt she needed. But in all honesty, I wish I still belonged to her and wasn’t having to get accustomed to someone new. But I intend to make the best of it and to not expect Michele to be everything Lucie was to me. And somehow, I feel confident that Michele will become special to me in her own unique way.
Before concluding this post, I want to include an update on the dominatrix who emailed me. She did kindly reply, extending her regrets that she had already filled all the available slots before receiving my request. But she offered me a consolation prize, five days under her control beginning Monday, November 6, with daily tasks and teasing. And she said, if I impressed her, it was only a month until Denial December.
I feel a little ashamed admitting it, having just submitted to Michele, but I couldn’t decline her kind and generous offer. Honestly, I have never forgotten this woman since the day, almost a year ago, when we talked and I felt so disappointed learning I couldn’t afford her tribute requirements. Honestly, I think it would be worth every penny, but it was simply beyond my means. Even five days will offer me a taste of what I’ve missed out on. And I don’t think it will interfere with my arrangement with Michele. Come on man, it’s only five days.
And there you have it. If you had been checking my Current Status page and noticed I was still locked 3 days after Locktober ended and wondered why, now you know.