Locked, Denied, and Obsessed: The Psychology of Male Chastity

What happens when desire, anticipation, and control collide?

In this episode, Chris and Lexie sit down with KD, founder of KINK3D, one of the most recognized names in custom male chastity devices. Together they explore how chastity has evolved from a niche kink into a powerful tool used by couples to enhance communication, deepen intimacy, and build stronger power dynamics within their relationships.
 
From practical advice for beginners to the psychology of denial, submission, and long-term lockup, KD shares insights gathered from years of working with thousands of customers. The conversation also dives into the role chastity can play in cuckold relationships, how couples incorporate teasing and control into everyday life, and where the future of male denial and chastity culture may be headed. Whether you're curious about locking up for the first time or already living the lifestyle, this episode offers a fascinating look inside a world where being denied can become an obsession.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:03

Welcome back to the Coupled Marriage Podcast. I'm Coupled just Lexi Meadows, and today we're talking about something that has transformed the way many couples experience control, anticipation, and desire. Male Fastid. Joining us is KD, founder of Pink3D, whose custom devices have helped thousands of couples explore everything from playful teasing to long-term denial. We'll be talking about the lifestyle, the psychology, and of course some of the spicy ways that chastity can show up in a coupled relationship. Before we get started, a few quick housekeeping items, of course. We say it all the time, but we genuinely enjoy hearing from you guys. Whether you have a question or a comment, a story to share, or an idea for a future episode, we'd love to hear it. There's a couple different ways to reach out to us. The easiest is to just click the send fan mail link that'll that'll be in the show notes, or you could just email us directly at podcast at cuckholderslegacy.com. Second, make sure you're following us on Blue Sky Social at the Cuckhold Marriage Pod. It's where we share our updates, our thoughts, and also connect with listeners through uh between episodes. Finally, one of my favorite things is when a listener reaches out on Fansly and takes the time to say hello. I enjoy getting to know the people who support what we do. It always makes me smile when I see a new message. So if you'd like um to get in touch with me, and maybe if you'd like some extra spicy content from me and a chance to connect, feel free to find my fansly through Cut Cultureslexie.com. And that's enough for me. Uh let me bring in everyone's favorite subby, Chris.

SPEAKER_01 1:41

Hey Lexi, how's it going? We are excited to be here with KD today. KD, thanks for joining us. We really appreciate it. It's great to be here. Thanks so much for having me. So, Katie, I it's um it it's just such an honor to have you because everybody knows that Kink3D makes the best chastity cages on the market. I mean, these devices are uh are immaculate. And um, before we even started recording, I was saying that Lexi has her cucks. Um, what when somebody uh forms a cuck called Relationship with Lexi, she has them get a Kink3D cage as well. Um, and everybody's reporting back. Well, one of one of her cucks actually was in San Francisco and got fitted in your office there. So that was pretty exciting, uh, exciting there. But when we think about Kink3D, what inspired you to found the organization to start designing custom chassis devices? Was there a personal aha moment or was it a frustration with chassis cages you had seen in the past that made you decide to start this?

SPEAKER_00 2:41

It was really all of the above. Uh, I consider myself kind of an all-around kinky guy. Uh I'm one of those people with the sort of classic uh kink origin story that uh I was a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons and I would see the princess get captured and put in the dungeon. And, you know, something kind of lit up in my brain, even though I was, I don't know, eight years old or however old that was. And uh, you know, so I've always known that I was attracted to things like uh bondage and kink and different interesting kinds of toys and gear. And uh that's on kind of in a uh on a switchy level on on really on all sides of the spectrum. And when it came to chastity, I think it was probably sometime in the 2010s. You know, I was just on the internet and saw, uh came across that in the course of my uh browsing of the web. And something lit up in my brain with that. And I thought, oh, that seems that seems interesting. That seems kind of hot. And uh, I tried one or two of the market leaders at the time, and they really just did not work for me. Uh, not just in the sense that they weren't comfortable, but they really seemed dangerous. Like they had sharp edges, they had all these pinch points. Uh, you know, I tried wearing them for even a really short period of time, like an hour or two, and I could already tell that I was getting little cuts, and it was just not a good situation. So I kind of gave up on it. Uh, but it something stayed in the back of my mind that made me feel like, man, I'm really bummed that this is not something that I get to try uh in a more extensive way. And eventually uh I discovered a website uh that was in Europe where they would custom make uh these products and you know, send them to you. So I ordered one, I would kind of wait. I was so excited, it took a few months and arrived. And it, I could immediately tell that it was just still not gonna work for me. And something about that experience of having put in this custom order, waited all this time, been so optimistic about it, and then still having it not work, but also kind of like having a vision of how I could I could see how it could have been better. And that was what really clicked in my mind of like, okay, I I just have to do this myself because there's there's no one else out there doing what I want to do. So I guess it's up to me. I have to do it.

SPEAKER_03 4:42

Well, I love that you did that because you created such an amazing product. And I'm sure that all the people who have ever bought one are thinking the same thing.

SPEAKER_00 4:49

Well, well, thank you very much. Uh, we we definitely get uh good a lot of good reviews, and it's it's fun to see how much we've really kind of influenced the market and changed the market in the almost almost eight years now that I've been doing this.

SPEAKER_01 5:01

Well, and I'm glad you had a focus on safety because that to me, when I started Chastity, was one of my concerns is am I gonna hurt myself, especially if I sleep in it at night? Um So you do have to be careful with what you choose out there. Don't just go for the the the the the the cheap one that you think, you know, it's um it's really you can hurt yourself if you get the wrong ones, guys.

SPEAKER_03 5:23

Yeah. So, you know, you've been doing this eight years. Uh, how do you feel that the chastity device market has kind of evolved since you started and what are the trends that you've seen, maybe in materials, fit, design, anything among your customers?

SPEAKER_00 5:37

The market has evolved a huge amount. So when I started, which was in 2018, you could really list every chastity device that existed or every brand that was making them that existed on just about two hands. Uh it was uh, you know, it was pretty easy to go through every device on the market and have like a knowledge and an understanding of what those were. And at the time, the market leaders were ones that were made out of like a clear plastic material, um like a transparent plastic. And they looked kind of like medical devices. Like that was the those were the ones that were by far the most popular that were out there. And then there were also a few companies that were really like artisans making these beautiful metal cages, usually ones that you would have to custom order, you know, one at a time, they would make them for you based on your measurements. And then there were a couple of 3D printing companies that were just starting to kind of get off the ground doing uh doing some uh some 3D printed models as well. And that was like the state of the ecosystem when I started. And each of those had advantages and disadvantages. You know, certain ones of those cages might be relatively comfortable, certain ones might be relatively easy to click, keep clean, certain ones might be lightweight, but there weren't any that combined all of those things into one package. And you really need all of those in order for a cage to actually work well, especially if you're hoping to wear it in any kind of more, more long-term way and do that comfortably and safely. And uh, you know, that's where uh that's what my goal was and my kind of vision was when I was designing the Cobra, which is the line of cages that we sort of became famous for, um, was to make something that was gonna be really comfortable, really lightweight, uh really smooth. So there's no like sharp edges or seams or any, you know, roughness or anything like that. Um, and that would come in enough sizes that no matter what your anatomy is, you could find something that was gonna be comfortable for you. Because as I've learned in the course of running this business, there is just so much variation in human anatomy out there, like way more than I understood when I started doing this. And so if you've only got, you know, two or three or four cage sizes, you're probably not gonna have enough to actually work well for most people. Uh, and I'm really proud that that's something that we have focused on over the years. And at this point, we actually have uh our core lineup of cages. We actually have 40 that we offer, which are all pre-made in inventory. So we have like a warehouse where we keep these. Um, and it's very expensive and very labor-intensive for us to do this. But we feel really powerfully that you need to have these so that you can satisfy not necessarily every person, but you know, the vast majority of people who are out there. And when you combine that with the number of rings that we offer, that actually adds uh it multiplies out to 960 size combinations that we have in our kind of a off-the-shelf lineup with more that you can do if you sort of special order things. So we covered just about all the anatomies out there. Um, in terms of the question of like how the market has really changed, uh, the other big thing you see is just the sheer number of options has just exploded. So, like I said, when I started, there were maybe 10 or 12 out there. And now if you go on Amazon alone, you'll probably see a thousand different listings for chastity cages. It's just wild that this, and I think that that speaks to how much this has really taken off as as a kink or a fetish or just a sexual practice or whatever you want to call that. You know, chastity has really exploded in popularity. Uh, and a lot of those are not very good, let's say. You know, there's a huge explosion of these really kind of uh cheap products, mostly manufactured in China. Um, often they're quite low quality. A lot of them are actually like counterfeits or knockoffs of uh there's a ton of knockoffs of our products. There's also knockoffs of other uh premium brands that make chastity cages. So there's like this huge explosion in the market, uh and you'll, you know, which is cool to see, uh, but also a little bit frustrating when you're deal with uh dealing with trying to kind of uh clamp down on the knockoffs.

SPEAKER_01 9:32

Yeah. And so for those folks who who haven't tried chassis yet, you were talking about the ring versus the other part. Can you talk about how those parts kind of come together, just for somebody who's maybe never done it before, and the importance of kind of the size of the ring being right?

SPEAKER_00 9:48

Yeah, absolutely. Um, so for most cages out there, uh, which are uh usually referred to as like trapped to ball style chastity cages, that's the kind of main category that we're talking about here. That's what that's what mine are and uh a lot of the other market leaders. There's basically two main pieces. There's the cage piece that goes over the penis, and then there's the ring piece that you mentioned that goes behind the whole package. So it goes, you take your penis and and the balls, you take the whole package, you put it through the ring, then you attach on the cage piece, and then you connect them together with a lock of some kind, whether it's a little internal lock or a pad lock or whatever it is. Um, and so the ring really does need to be fitted correctly for you in order for it to be comfortable. If it's too tight, you're gonna get rubbing, you're gonna get aching, uh, especially when you start to get erections, uh, and particularly at night with nighttime erections, it is gonna be really uncomfortable. It could be dangerous if it's too tight. And then if it's too big, if it if it's too loose, you get the opposite issue, where it's just gonna kind of fall down off your body, it's not gonna stay on you, it's not gonna feel snug, and it's not gonna do the job of a chastity cage, right? Which is to stay in place and and keep things secure.

SPEAKER_06 10:58

Yeah. That makes sense.

SPEAKER_03 10:59

Do you think you could kind of walk us through a little bit like the design and manufacturing process and how you manage to balance security and comfort and also aesthetics with your cages?

SPEAKER_00 11:10

Sure. Absolutely. So with manufacturing, we do all of our uh production in the US. Uh we work with a cutting edge engineering company to do the manufacturing with it's a powder-based nylon 3D printing. So this is quite different from, you know, if you have any, um if you guys yourselves or you have any listeners who are familiar with 3D printing, most people have this idea of what's called filament, right? It's like a spool of uh uh plastic that comes out of a little nozzle. And that is not what we use for our uh manufacturing. We use uh enterprise grade, really industrial 3D printers that fuse uh nylon powder uh with heat. And doing this allows us to make 3D printed products that have the strength and the non-porosity and the durability and the smoothness of uh like an injection molded plastic. So it's actually like a really cutting-edge technology. And then we follow up the production with uh an industry-leading kind of vapor smoothing. So it actually takes all of the cages and it uses um a vaporized solvent to basically seal the outer layer of the parts, uh, which makes them super smooth and it has this really nice kind of satiny finish to them.

SPEAKER_01 12:18

Oh, very nice. Very nice. So for somebody like me who is a little bit afraid at first, if you're talking to somebody and you were giving them one piece of advice for somebody who's new and considering chastity, what would that what would that piece of advice look like to them as as they're thinking about is this right for me?

SPEAKER_00 12:38

So I'll give you a flippant answer and then I'll give you like a real answer. Um the f the flippant answer is that I think for a lot of people who are nervous about chastity, you shouldn't be nervous that it's gonna go wrong or that you're gonna hate it. You should be nervous that you might like it a little bit too much. Uh because what we find is that chastity is a very addictive kink. And uh people who try it uh very quickly, they decide uh not only that they like it, but they they almost don't want the cage to come off and they get sad when it comes off. So you you better kind of uh watch out for what you wish for. Um so so that's the flippant answer. But but the real answer is no, people are nervous, and I think for for legitimate reasons, and maybe I can help with that a little bit in answering those. So I think one there's a couple of almost like myths or misconceptions that people have uh that make them nervous. And so for guys, one of them that's floating around online that you see all the time online is that if you wear a cage, especially if you wear one a lot, that it's gonna make your dick shrink. Um, you guys have probably seen this online. We see this all the time. People ask us this. And the answer is just no, that is not, that is not medically correct. It's not gonna happen. Now, some people fantasize about it. Some people actually almost wish that it would happen. You know, if you get into small penis humiliation or, you know, you really like that, almost like a contrast between yourself and a bull, um, that might be like a turn on. But you know, whether you want it to happen or whether you're scared of that happening, either way, the answer is that's that's wrong. That's a myth. That that's not gonna happen. Um and the second myth that I'll address is I think some people have this idea, uh, like you said, that that it's going to hurt, you know, that it's gonna be painful or it's gonna injure you. And the answer there is, you know, in the sort of uh dark ages of chastity, 10 or 15 or 20 years ago, it's probably true that like I had that experience that a lot of people who tried cages would find that they would they'd get cut or they get pinched or or they get squeezed in a way that really was not good. Um, cage design has come a long way. And I'm really proud of the work that I've done on that. And there's some other good companies too, of course. Uh, as long as you get one that fits you well, and that's a key consideration, right? Is making sure that you uh put in the effort to get one that's actually a good fit for your anatomy, that's not too big, that's not too small. You know, some people think that they ought to get to a big cage as a beginner because they'll have like room to grow, right? And we find that that's a common mistake that people make, but it's not a good idea. Um it's gonna be really bulky under your pants, it's gonna be hard to pee well, um, and it's just not gonna be very comfortable. And then other people try to get a super, super tiny, small one and cram themselves into this tiny cage because that's like part of their kind of hot fantasy, right? That they want to be as small as possible. And I would also say that's not a good idea either. If you're really cramming yourself into something that's way too small for what God gave you, um, that's not gonna be comfortable. And that's that might lead to some some comfort or or even safety issues as well. So, you know, be realistic and and buy something that's actually a good fit for your anatomy.

unknown 15:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 15:38

Good advice. Good advice. Um so for couples who are just dipping their toes into chastity, what do you think is a good like starter timeline before moving into more long, longer-term lockups?

SPEAKER_00 15:50

I would say, you know, as far as timeline, it I think it varies from couple to couple. Uh some people might find that they put a put a cage on and then it just doesn't come up for a while, right? We've heard of people who the first time they ever did chastity was Locktober and they put it on on uh October 1st and it didn't come off till uh October 30th, um, 31st. Um, 30th or 31st, sorry. Um yeah. Um that is for most people, that's probably a bad idea. Uh we recommend, you know, starting small, try it out, especially because you might not be sure if you had one that, if you got one that fits correctly. Um, so try it and make sure the fit is right, make sure that the ring is right. Um, you might need to take it off and make adjustments and uh get get a slightly different one in order for it to be suitable for long-term wear. So it really does vary from person to person. Uh, I don't think there's anything that inherently means that first you have to do it for an hour and then you have to do it for three hours, and there's a certain system before you can wear it long term. I do think that there are some sort of mistakes that people make uh when they're first putting on cages. Um, and and that's maybe something that we can we can talk about a little bit. You know, one obviously trying the wrong size. We we spoke about that. I think another one is uh some people will kind of try to push through pain, um, especially in the nighttime. They'll feel like they're so turned on by the experience or that it's like part of the true chastity experience to suffer in their cage. And I really want to encourage your listeners that I don't think that that's a good idea. You know, if you're having uh either pain or just if you're having trouble sleeping, right?

SPEAKER_01 17:22

And I think that's really great advice for men out there. And so, guys, if if you're a cuck who's in chastity, there's been times at night where it's hurt and I'll roll over and I'll ask Lexi. Um, because one thing I don't like to do is remove the device without asking your permission.

SPEAKER_03 17:38

Darn right.

SPEAKER_01 17:39

And so, like, I've literally woken you up, honey, honey, like I'm I'm hurting. Do you mind if I take this off? And you're always like cool with it. You've never been like, no.

SPEAKER_06 17:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:49

Because if I if I am doing that, it's for safety. So, guys, yeah, the the there's like like that's where the game still is in play, right? Is I'm asking my wife's permission to remove it, but she knows I'm asking to remove it because I'm either in pain, I can't sleep, something is going on. So don't take the game so far that your real life is suffering. Um, Katie, um, how have you seen chastity strengthen relationships? Have you seen that where communication and all that gets better because of chastity?

SPEAKER_00 18:20

We've absolutely seen that. I think that's a really fascinating question. So uh I'll I'll answer both halves of that. So, in terms of strengthening relationships, uh, I think one of the coolest examples of this is actually a couple that I was speaking to quite recently. And their specific situation is they were uh, you know, a married couple, husband and wife, and they had always had a mismatched libido. So um, you know, the the husband wanted to have sex all the time. Uh, the wife had a a lower libido. Um, and the husband also uh suffered from premature ejaculation, which made sex frustrating and difficult and uh kind of wasn't working well for either of them. And they would always get into fights about this, and it was, it was really causing a lot of stress in their marriage. And then they tried uh chastity as not actually for like a kink reason, uh, but almost more for a practical reason. They they would said, Hey, he's gonna try wearing the cage. We're gonna see if that helps to take some of the pressure off and um and have him uh have the decision be hers about when they were going to be able to have sex, to turn that control and that power over to her and take the pressure off so that they wouldn't kind of fight as much about their mismatched libido. And uh they found that this was an incredibly powerful and successful way of doing that. And it actually unlocked like a kinky side in both of them that they both started to really enjoy as a result of this. Um, but it it it actually solved this pretty serious issue in their relationship that was kind of tearing them apart. And then it brought them together in this really powerful way. And I thought that was a really cool example of it. When it comes to communication and consent, I mean, yeah, it's super important. I think hopefully, as your listeners know, really for any kind of, you know, kink or BDSM or power exchange in relationships, communication and consent are like the bedrock of what that's founded on. And you really want to be doing a lot of that. I think that chastity is is just like that, but with sort of a couple of extra ways. Um, you know, one is that the cage is going to be literally locked on his body. And so you really do want to have good communication because let's say there's some emergency that comes up during the day, right? Where could be a medical thing, could be like, hey, just a ball got twisted or something. And uh, you know, you you need to kind of unlock it to uh to resolve that situation. Sometimes uh guys will have an emergency key on them. And we we typically recommend, especially if you're new to chastity and you're just getting into it, that's like a good safety measure to have. Just have the guy keep one on him. You know, you can lock it in a little key sleeve or put it in a block of ice or do what you have to do, or just use the honor system. Um, but it's it's it's a good idea until you're really sure you know what you're doing. Longer term, maybe you won't have that, and your key holder really is holding that key for you. And it does become extra important that the two of you have good lines of communication open so that you can solve that, you know, any kind of situations that that come up. Um I think the other key thing, which really gets into like the psychology dimension, is that, you know, chastity almost can have like a it has a dynamic that's a little bit similar to CNC, right? Like consensual non-consent. Because I think a lot of the time for the man, the fantasy is he's locked up and he's loving it, right? He's loving being teased, he's loving being denied. And so he might be begging, hey, please, I really want to come, or like what can I do to be allowed to get out or to be allowed to have an orgasm. And as the as the woman or as the key holder, you want to have enough understanding of what his headspace is to understand if he really means it or if that's like part of the game, right? But actually, maybe he, maybe the last thing he wants is to be let out, right? Maybe he's loving it so much. He's loving being teased, he's loving being denied. So you've got to have those lines of communication and like a really deep understanding of who your partner is. In order to be able to to read the read between the lines of what he's saying. Does that does that make sense?

SPEAKER_01 22:10

That makes so much sense. And I actually want to turn to an axe ask Lexi, like, how do you do that? Because I feel like you do a good job of knowing when I'm serious and when you know, like how do you do describe?

SPEAKER_03 22:23

I mean it's it's micro mannerisms that you have that kind of let me know. And it's and they're hard to describe, but like I I know when the right time to say, okay, you know, you can, you know, come out of your cage, we'll have some fun, you know. And other times that I'm like, nope, you can stay in there. Have fun.

SPEAKER_01 22:42

Yeah. You're really good at it. And she she nails it. And by the way, if she doesn't nail it, if like I'm really, really, really serious, I'm gonna die, like I'm having like serious blue balls, like it's been like two weeks. Like, I will just ask her. Like that, that's when you have to almost pause the dynamic and be like, hey, babe, um, kind of serious here. Like I kind of need a release. So I think that's where communication like it gets really good and you learn how to pause the game when you need to.

SPEAKER_00 23:10

Absolutely. We also want to have a safe word, right? Like what you just said there about pausing the game. Um, in in classic kind of BDSM dynamics, that's where, you know, maybe if he says pineapple, that maybe that's a bad that's a bad one for the cuckolding world. But uh, you know, if he says guava, then it means we gotta like hit pause and talk about it, right? But but a safe word could be a smart thing to consider.

SPEAKER_03 23:30

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 23:31

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_03 23:32

Um what do you think are some of the biggest mental and also emotional benefits that you've seen people report for from having extended chastity? And were there any surprising psychological effects that you heard about from your customers?

SPEAKER_00 23:45

This is a great question. There there are really so many. So, so the most obvious one, I think, is just an increase in erotic energy, right? Like libido. So this is uh this is sort of the go-to effect that caging has, especially, you know, if you're not having an orgasm as a man for a day or a few days or a week or or even longer, your horiness is just gonna go through the roof, right? And this is something that that people love, and this is why chastity becomes so addictive as a kink, is that kind of buzzing, heightened state of um erotic intensity is just such a fun place to be. Uh, I think going along with that is sexual adventurousness, right? So when you're in that elevated, adventurous, uh uh uh horny state, a lot of people, particularly if they're more on the subside or the bottom side, they may find themselves starting to want to do things that otherwise they might have been a little scared to do or a little bit squicked out to do. Um, so people will often become more masochistic, people will often get off more on humiliation. Uh, I think if you're if you have a bull in the dynamic and you've ever wanted to experiment with like a forced buy dynamic or cleanup or anything like that, then being really, really, really horny and denied and turned on is an awesome headspace to do those things where you might have been like a little bit nervous or a little bit squicked out to do them before, but then you're you're just so horny and you're so eager to please your partner that you're you suddenly find yourself really eager to try those things.

SPEAKER_03 25:11

Yeah, and I think that's really interesting because I think that some guys are scared um to try chastity because they think that that's basically putting their libido on hold and and you know turning off the sex thoughts. And that couldn't be further from the truth.

SPEAKER_01 25:26

I hear a lot of guys say I hear a lot of guys say that it like focuses them, and so then they're they're more of the helper in the situation. And I think it does both. Like it does you know when you're when you're kidding, because uh we've had experiences where I've been in chastity and she's been with with the with a bull, like you know, in the same room. It does focus you in terms of like you know you're not gonna participate, so you're you're good at being a helper, but it's still like the the level of intense turn on when you're denied, like it's just it's hard to explain how hot it is. Um, but how do you recommend? Because I know one thing, like with especially with long-term caging, like some people stay in a cage for weeks and weeks. And they almost feel bad taking it off for anything, but hygiene is real. Like, so what do you recommend? Yeah, what do you recommend on that KD? How how often do they take it off? How do they handle hygiene, especially with your cages?

SPEAKER_00 26:24

That's a really important question. So, firstly, the cage that this the choice of the cage that you're wearing is going to make a big difference, right? So cages vary a lot. There are some that are gonna totally enclose the penis. It's gonna be, there's gonna be no exposed skin at all. And then there's other ones that have a lot of open area. And it's not really that one is better or worse. They have different trade-offs. And some people like the more uh uh tactile experience that you can touch between the bars and get stimulated. Other people like uh ones where there's sensory denial and you can't feel anything or see anything, uh, you know, any of the skin of your penis. Obviously, the ones that are more open are easier to keep clean. So if that's really important to you, then, you know, maybe choosing one that has uh uh thinner bars, more space between the bars is going to be a good idea. In those cases, usually you can do a pretty good job of cleaning, like with our cobra cages, which are the more open of the uh the cage lines that we offer. Um, you can just go in the shower, you know, really lather up with a lot of soap and get it kind of between the bars. And people can keep the cage on for quite a long time just by cleaning that way. And, you know, every time you pee, use a little bit of toilet paper to try to um dab and clean things that way after you use the bathroom. We do tend to recommend that uh people take it off every once in a while, let's say once a week, but it could really vary from person to person. Maybe it has to be more or maybe less than that, uh, to do more of like a deep cleaning where you kind of scrub out the inside of the cage, you use some good soap, uh, you clean yourself also, you kind of deep clean yourself to uh and then once that's uh cleaned and then dried, drying is really important as well to make sure things don't uh don't grow, then uh, you know, then put the cage back on. So I think that common sense is really important here. You know, if you notice uh a smell that's kind of uh getting uh more and more significant over time, that's probably a good time to reevaluate the hygiene routine that you've got going and maybe start cleaning more often. It might depend whether you have foreskin or not. You know, some of our customers have mentioned that uh guys who are cut have a little bit of an easier time with hygiene uh in a chastity cage than guys who are uncut. So a lot is really gonna depend on your individual situation. And I think using common sense, using good judgment, and and remembering, I do think one last point to make on this is remembering that when your cage comes off, it might be in the uh context of a scene or it might be after a long period of denial and you might be so horny to play with your partner, but that might be a good moment to take a few seconds, go to the bathroom, go and clean. Because if you're gonna go and do something sexual with your partner, it's probably gonna go better and just be a better experience for everyone if you clean off. Uh uh, so keep that in mind. You might not have the presence of mind uh in the moment if you haven't prepared for that. So think about that in advance.

SPEAKER_03 29:10

Amen.

SPEAKER_00 29:11

Great advice.

SPEAKER_01 29:12

Really good. I'm learning so much here.

SPEAKER_02 29:19

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SPEAKER_03 29:55

Well, I mean, you you do a great job of that. And I mean, I make you clean it every day.

SPEAKER_00 30:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 30:00

Without fail.

SPEAKER_00 30:01

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 30:02

So, yeah, but good great advice. That's good.

SPEAKER_00 30:04

Well, and I love how you said that you make him do it, right? Because I think that that can actually be really smart because if you add a ritualized, it's almost like an order that you're giving him, right? Then it's fun, right? Then cleaning doesn't feel like it's cheating, and it doesn't feel like it's taking away from the chastity experience. It's actually adding to the experience that he's under your control, right? He's doing what you're telling him to do. So I I love that. I actually think that's really smart.

SPEAKER_03 30:27

Exactly. That's how I see it. Yeah. Um So, in your experience, um, how does chastity kind of intersect with other kinks, like teasing and denial and orgasm control? And also, are there any combinations of those things that tend to work really well for couples?

SPEAKER_00 30:43

It intersects so well with absolutely every one of those, right? I mean, chastity cages are like the toy out of anything you might put in your toolkit to enhance the experience of teasing and denial and orgasm control. Uh, you know, I view chastity as like a catalyst for other kinks. It raises that horniness and it makes everything else more sensitive and kind of more fun in some ways. Um, for teasing, there's a lot of obvious things you can do. You know, I think that one of the iconic things is to have the woman wear the key, um, the cuckled dress wear the key to the chastity cage around her neck or somewhere else on her body. Then, you know, whether you're out at dinner or you're home on the couch watching a movie or whatever it is, he's always seeing it and being aware of it. And it's kind of just out of reach in this very sort of fun, symbolic, tantalizing way. Um, you can obviously uh add elements of uh uh pleasure and service to this, to the lockup experience where, you know, he has to kind of pleasure you, whether it's orally or other ways. Um, and that's gonna be super teasing for him, right? Because he's gonna be so close to you and so close to a kind of intimate, uh, the the most intimate parts of your body, but then not able to touch himself and not able to get off himself. And that's like a really, really fun uh way that that uh guys often love to be teased that that can be great for both partners. Um you can, you know, you can just kind of uh casually uh press yourself up against his cage or kind of grind on his cage a little bit throughout the day when you're standing together, and that can feel really good. Um, I think even without doing any special teasing, just having the cage on him is a tease in and of itself, right? It's like a naughty secret. So when he's walking around, he could be at the grocery store, he could be at work, and just feeling that slight kind of compression on his body and remembering, oh, she's got me me locked in this, it's just gonna put you as the key holder in his mind all the time throughout the day.

SPEAKER_01 32:41

The return on investment in terms of the amount of play you get out of this one device is so worth it. Uh especially if you are a cuck holderess and you're running out of ideas or you just get tired of having to, you know, because we're needy as cucks, right? But I mean, one way to just always have the the game on without having to do a lot of work is just getting a chastity cage. I mean, it does the work for you. Like it, and so the guy in our mind, I'll tell you, you're you're probably going about your day, honey. And in my mind, I'm still like, I can feel the chastity cage. So I know what's going on. I'm still turned on. You're going on with your day. You don't have to, you don't have to do anything at that moment in time. So I just think in terms of I just think in terms of the ROI on all the toys you can get. It's the one that has, it's not like a toy that you play with like for 20 minutes and then you put it away, right? This can lead to days and days or months of enjoyment.

SPEAKER_03 33:44

Great.

SPEAKER_01 33:45

Um, so one of the things that I love the most is when Lexi is out dating or playing and she leaves me in chastity, this was a game changer. So what do you recommend in terms of design or or or styles that you within within your product line, um, or any features that that are specific for this kind of lifestyle within the cuck holding lifestyle? If if let's say Lexi or wife is out on a date for for a night or something like that, what is there a specific one you recommend? Any any of your products you recommend in general for for that kind of play? Because that's kind of my one of my favorite things.

SPEAKER_00 34:22

Well, uh, let me talk for a moment about the psychology of that, because that reminds me of it, and then we can talk about the devices. Uh, you know, on the psychology side, I think you you allude to something that's really powerful, which is that by being locked up like that, it actually is like the perfect way to enhance the cuckolding experience of having your partner be out on a date with a bull, right? Because and and the key thing about that is that if you accidentally come and you lose that energy and you lose that erotic heightened state, you kind of, as a man, you can get like a hormonal crash, right? And it can really be kind of bad. And it can make you suddenly think, oh God, what am I doing? Why am I letting her do this? Uh, you know, it's that post-not clarity, right? But if you stay in that elevated state, it's like the best way, whether you're there with the um, your your cuckled dress and the bull and all three of you together and you're watching what they're doing, or whether you're just at home and and they're out on their date having a great time. It it makes it puts you into a much better headspace as a cuck to really enjoy that experience. So uh yeah, I I don't know if you agree with that from your own experience, but that is my sense of 100% agree.

SPEAKER_03 35:32

We've had that happen.

SPEAKER_01 35:33

And 100% clarity.

SPEAKER_03 35:34

Yeah, the first time I was away for an overnight.

SPEAKER_01 35:36

Oh yeah, yeah, that was bad.

SPEAKER_03 35:37

Yeah, that was before we got the cage. And so yeah, we we fixed that problem.

SPEAKER_01 35:43

Yeah, it's it just says it and it's really nice too because if she's out playing, you know, she's out having a good time and I'm home by myself, it makes me feel like I'm participating in some way. Um, when I when I am in chastity. And then she'll normally like one time she sent me a text that says, I'm out having a ball while you're at home locked up. Like, and that was it. That was the end of the text, and there was like a picture of her dancing or something like that. And it's those little things that she does that I think that that Hot Wives or Cutcultresses can can learn from that are just that probably took you 10 seconds to write that text, and it gave me hours of enjoyment. Um so I mean, it's just it's those little things that you do. But yeah, Katie, back back over to you.

SPEAKER_00 36:27

Yeah. Um, so to answer the the first part of your question, which was around more the mechanical side of like what devices or what cages would be good for that kind of experience, you know, I think that anything that's comfortable and and is gonna fit you well is is really going to work. I I don't know that there's exactly one over another. Obviously, I love when people use our products. Um, I think the important thing is kind of inherent in that scenario that you described is that she's not gonna be there, right? And so if your partner, especially if they're the key holder and they've got your key, if they're not gonna be around. That's where it's extra important to make sure that it's something that's safe and comfortable and fits you well, um, and where you're confident that you can wear it for the duration of that whole experience, whether it's a couple hours or it might be overnight or longer, that you can wear it for that period of time and it's not gonna cause any problems for your body. So, you know, the more that you're using this and the longer durations that you're wearing it for, the more it becomes important to make sure that you've you've dialed in your fit and your size and that you've invested in a device that that works really well for you.

SPEAKER_03 37:28

So let's get a little bit spicy. Uh, what are some creative ways for wives or key holders to use the cage or the key? I mean, you already mentioned the key, but maybe use the cage to tease or humiliate or even reward um their locked-up husbands in a cuckold context.

SPEAKER_00 37:47

There are there are so many ways. And uh, you know, the internet is full of uh inspiration on this. So I definitely encourage uh everyone who's listening to go and uh yeah uh you know, enjoy your your your favorite website or your favorite porn and and and see some ideas. But I can definitely give a few. Um so one is uh we've uh I've definitely seen uh really hot uh clips or photos of um basically like penetration, but using the cage. Um and uh that's uh it's really hot to see it, right? Because it's like you're so close, but you're so far. Um so that's a really fun and kind of humiliating, um, but but really enjoyable kind of tease uh that I think a lot of people would enjoy if they tried it. Um you could do something like um you can kind of gamify the experience. So chastity is something that lends itself really well to anything kind of quantitative or almost statistical or gamified, right? So you can decide how many days and you can keep increasing the number of the challenge of the number of days that you're gonna keep your cuck locked up. You could also do something like orgasm ratios. I think that's something that people really have fun with. Uh the idea that uh, okay, you know, I I only get to come after she's come every 10 times and then or every 20 times, and you can play with those numbers. So it really kind of um uh puts a focus on who's whose pleasure is uh is is primary in the relationship, right? And I think both people can have a lot of fun with that. So that could be something for your listeners to try as well, is uh establishing some sort of uh gamified protocols like that.

SPEAKER_01 39:15

I love the ratio. I love the orgasm ratio. Let's do that. That sounds fun. Yeah, we're gonna put that on our calendar, like starting tonight. That sounds amazing. Um, so Katie, looking ahead, um, where where do you see chastity and male denial heading in the in the kink and cuckold communities? And are there any exciting innovations or cultural shifts on the horizon from um from your company, from Kink3D?

SPEAKER_00 39:44

In terms of shifts, the you know, the biggest thing that I've seen is just just increasing awareness and uh and increasing excitement about chastity year over year. So this is something that really has blown up within the past, I would say, five years. Uh I don't know if you you all saw, but there's a porn website, Clips for Sale, that does they they do an annual um uh uh announcement about what people are searching for the most on their platform. And last year, 2025, uh they actually listed Chastity as their uh as their their kink of the year, their fetish of the year, because people were searching for it so much. Uh funnily enough, uh Cuckleding was actually their runner-up. So people are there's clearly uh it's a one-to-punch of uh Chastity and Cuckelding. So both are doing very, very well. Um, we actually run our own survey uh every year where we ask people about their experience with different cages and with chastity as a whole. And we've been doing this for three years now. And we the number of uh responses has been growing hugely year over year. Uh last year, I think we got maybe about 400 responses. And then this year, uh it's actually running at the moment and it's not even done yet. And we've gotten about 3,000 responses so far. And yeah, it's it really blew me away uh how how much growth we've seen year over year. And of those, it was actually really cool. One of the questions we ask is Um, what what other kinks are you into? Or, you know, how do you kind of fit chastity into your lifestyle, whatever that is? And about 30% of our uh respondents uh mention Cuckleding. Um so that was actually one of the uh one of the top sort of um connected kinks that we heard about uh in the course of that survey.

SPEAKER_01 41:18

That's awesome. That's awesome. And so I mean, I'm not surprised. It's become so much more mainstream. It's become so much more mainstream. And I think guys are are um, you know, and and Lexi's talked about the research where more than half of men have some kind of fantasy about sharing their wife. So where where can our listeners find you, um, Katie, and and order one of your products? And and can you talk about kind of the fitting process? Because I know you have a team of people that basically their job is to stare at stare at male anatomy, right? And and how so how how does this work if somebody wants to get one of your cages?

SPEAKER_00 41:54

That's right. We have uh we have a very uh well-trained, really expert customer service team with a very odd job description, right? They're getting uh dick picks and then carefully analyzing them as part of their job. Um, they they love it. Um so there's a couple of different ways. Lexi gets dicks picks, but she doesn't, she often doesn't get paid for the ones that she gets. So so there's a couple different ways. Uh so so first, just to uh to let people know about our website, it's kink3d.com. So just kink, then the number three and the letter D.com. Uh there are, as I mentioned uh towards the beginning of the conversation, there are actually a lot of like counterfeits of our cages because they've been so influential. So it is important for people. If you're searching for our um main lines of uh cages, which are uh called Cobra Cages and Viper Cages, you know, make sure you go to our actual website and and don't get uh suckered in by some of the counterfeits. Um you can find us on socials. Uh we are Kink3D Designs on X, Twitter, uh, also on Instagram. Uh, and we actually have our own subreddit, which is uh our Kink3D. So that's a whole community of people who are into our products on Reddit. Um, as far as the sizing experience, there's a couple ways you can do this. Um you can email us. So that's support at kink3d.com. Um, and then that's where our team of experts will help you to evaluate uh, you know, your measurements, uh, photos. If you've tried other chastity products in the past, we can kind of uh find out more about how those fit you, and we can triangulate all of that evidence and then try to give you the best answer that we can about what we think will work well from our sites. Uh, you know, we don't, we can't a hundred percent guarantee that we're gonna get a hole in one on a perfect fit, but we're pretty good at it and we should be able to get you pretty close. Um, so that's one way. And then the second way is actually we have invested a lot, and I'm really proud of this. That we're the first company that's done this uh in the chassity cage world. Um, we've invested a lot in offering in person sizing experiences for our cages. And you can do that in a couple of different ways. You can come to events where so we actually travel all around the world uh running these events. Uh so an example is uh the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, which is a pretty famous uh kink event that happens every year in the fall. And there are Many events like that that happen all across the US and other countries around the world that we travel to. So you can find those on our website. We have a list of those. And the other way is that we partner with stores. So this is also something where we're the first chastity cage company to partner with stores to do an in-person sizing program. So you can go to a growing list of stores around the world also, uh in in major cities like San Francisco, uh New York, Chicago, London, Amsterdam, and many more. Um and you can go in and actually try on our cages in person and find one that's going to fit you well. So those are all really great options for trying to figure out what size is going to best work best for you.

SPEAKER_03 44:45

That is awesome.

SPEAKER_01 44:46

Yeah. The process is amazing. I I definitely, guys, don't wait until September 15th. They prepare for our for Loctober. And um the Blonde by the Bay told me I there's a no net November too.

SPEAKER_03 45:02

No nut November.

SPEAKER_01 45:03

Yeah, I didn't I didn't know about that one. But so they're back to back. So guys, uh let's prepare. All right. So go to King 3D today and and get your cage and get size and all that stuff so we can be prepared for for for the big uh for the big time. Katie, thank you so much for being here. We really appreciate your time today. We so do. And um we are good yeah, we're gonna do a listener question. We always have our guests stay. Um, and if you have thoughts on a listener question, we'll we'll have you weigh in too. So this one is from New Albany, Indiana. So the question is Hi there, guys. Greetings from Indiana. Love the podcast and hearing from the husband and wife. My question is for first timers. What do you think about the wife playing with a coworker? Everyone's opinion is probably differs, but do you think that you should keep business and pleasure separate, or is it more acceptable for you all? Keep in mind this would be the first time ever exploring outside of the relationship. So, Lexi, why don't you why don't you go first? What are your thoughts on playing with a coworker?

SPEAKER_03 46:06

I think it's a terrible idea. Um, I you know, I'm not gonna lie, I always speak my mind, and I think that it is it's risky because if things go well, then it might still create awkwardness at the workplace that you really don't want. But heaven forbid things don't go well at any point, whether it's right away or you know, a year down the road, what have you you now have to every day, every day go to work dreading seeing that person. And heaven forbid, what if it, you know, what if it turns nasty and like you know, just I I think that it's risky. Anytime that you mix business and pleasure, it's a it's a risk that generally I I always try to not just steer clear from, but you know, run a million miles per hour in the opposite direction. Um that's just my opinion.

SPEAKER_01 47:11

I differ a little bit on it. So actually I differ completely. So I well I agree with you.

SPEAKER_03 47:16

I'd like to admit you're wrong.

SPEAKER_01 47:18

I I agree with you on the risks. There's definitely risks involved. But if you think about where most people spend most of their time and meet and interact, and you hear about like, oh, this person's my my work wife or my work husband or that kind of thing, and and there there's normally some flirtation that goes along with that. As long as everybody is clear on what the dynamic is and you're not violating HR policies, then I say I say go for it because it can end badly no matter how you meet somebody. Um, so I mean, there's so many nasty things that can happen no matter how you meet somebody. I would love if you've met a coworker and you had like a work husband at the I think that would be one of my biggest turn-ons because then you would get to see him all the time. But KD, what what is what is your opinion on this one? You're the tiebreaker.

SPEAKER_06 48:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 48:08

Uh maybe I'll be diplomatic and come work uh come down somewhere in the middle here. Uh I will say on a uh sort of a personal level or uh in terms of our business, we we always actually try to have very kind of professional, pretty strict boundaries in our company. Because we are such a in such a quirky, you know, already very sort of uh adult natured business, we sort of feel like we should be extra careful to actually be very professional and have quite strict boundaries in the office. Uh, because, you know, uh we feel like that that sort of counterbalances the the risks of uh having a workplace where, like, like I said, we're getting dick pics all day from our customers and you know, we we don't want to push that too far. Um, but uh thinking about the question more theoretically, yeah, you know, I I think I think I take kind of a risk-reward uh sort of approach to these things. And, you know, Chris, I I definitely see what you're saying that, hey, that's a place where you meet people and spend time in your life. Uh it it really cuts down on opportunities to make good connections if if you're sort of saying the workplace is off limits. But then, you know, Lexi, I definitely see what you're saying that uh that the risk is so high. And for me, I think, you know, if you're talking about relationships where you're trying to meet someone in the workplace who's going to become like a long-term partner or a wife or a husband, then it's like that potential reward is so high that maybe it's worth the risk in some sense. But if you're talking about more something where you really kind of expect from the beginning that it's gonna stay on a kind of a casual level, that it's gonna be someone you play with a little bit, but it's not really gonna get to that next level of like really sort of life-changing intimacy, then that does kind of put a cap on the reward. So then maybe it's not quite worth the risks that that Lexi outlined. So I don't I don't want to say for sure what the right answer is there. I can kind of see both sides, but that's where my head's at.

SPEAKER_01 49:55

Yeah, I I I probably think the right answer are you and Lexi with those words of caution. I'm just probably in my cuck brain thinking how hot it would be if Lexi met somebody it were.

SPEAKER_03 50:04

Yeah, I mean, I I agree completely with with Katie. Like um, it's if if there is, it's such a great reward. You know, if you're thinking to yourself, oh my gosh, I've met my soulmate, then you know, maybe it's worth it. But if, you know, when it is something for um, you know, uh a king of fetish, a a friends with benefits, a anything like that, the yeah, to me it's it's the risk is not worth the reward.

SPEAKER_06 50:31

Yeah. All right. Um we're gonna close this.

SPEAKER_03 50:35

Yeah, that's the only question we have for today. Before we go though, uh, we do have a small favor to ask. If you guys enjoyed today's episode, please take a moment to just rate and review the Cochold Marriage Podcast on your favorite podcast app, whichever one you're listening on. Um, those ratings and those comments really help people to discover the show. They help us out, um, and we read every single one of them. Uh, thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. We we love your support. We never take it for granted. We are so grateful that you have chosen to be a part of this community. And until next time, remember to be honest with your desires, communicate with your partner, and don't be afraid to explore things that bring you closer together. And if you're missing me already, you know where you guys can find me. Bye, boys.

SPEAKER_01 51:20

Bye, everybody.