Is it the destination, or merely the path to get there?

In the (admittedly short) time that I’ve been reading these forums, I’ve noticed how many Members aim for ever longer lockup periods. Some even go for permanent lockup with no hope of release - ever. This has got me wondering whether, for some people, chastity is an end in itself rather than a means to achieving some other goal. Or perhaps what started as a means to an end has, over time, become the end. I guess I should nail my colours to the mast. For Mrs B and me, chastity is definitely, categorically, emphatically the means, not the end. It has been the catalyst that has utterly rejuvenated our sex life. Having said that, I don’t deny that I enjoy being locked up. From the moment my bits get clamped in their cage, slightly weird shit begins to happen in some dark corner of my mind. I feel kind of warm and cosy, yet slightly aroused in a subtle way, and I have an almost irresistible urge to take Mrs B in my arms, caress her, rip off her… you get the picture:o . I love it (and so does she!). But this is essentially extended foreplay. Because we both enjoy having sex with each other, I know that before too long, I’ll be unlocked. I just don’t know the when, the where or the how. So I would be genuinely worried if I thought there was any danger that being locked up would eventually become more important to me than the things it has brought to our relationship. Discuss…:)