Boy, coming back after a week I see I have set off a flamewar. Sorry everyone, wasn't my intention. Liznjack, it was inflammatory for me to use the word "pathetic" - I apologize, I wasn't really aiming that at your post but the previous one griping about the kind of locks available at Walmart.
For the record, I was the one who brought up Maria's Diary, not jssubc. I think it's a very close analogy to this thread, and it certainly generated a lot of discussion on various forums, and in that case it was better that the discussion was separated from the actual story. I am sorry that this thread is watered down by all the discussion about the fact-or-fiction debate, but so it goes. I was happy that the discussion about MD was converging on what I thought was a very healthy attitude - everyone accepts that this is probably not real, so let's not get all emotionally worked up and worried about the protagonists. I guess that was your main point liznjack, and I certainly agree that it's sad to see posts on this like "Oh my god Dev, go to the police, you're being abused!"
But the key word is "probably." I would definitely bet that you are right that it's fiction. But I would not go so far as to proclaim unequivocally that I know it’s false, because it is no more or less substantiated than any other post on the forum, some of which are obviously false and some of which are true, but not interesting enough to get worked up about. The ones that generate the most interest on any kink forum are these extended narratives (which are not generally penned by people in the middle of a real life experience) that read like fiction, but possess this faint hope of potentially being real. Most people know it is a false hope, but if you take that away, and just label every personal story as fiction (as the altairboy site does, for example), it does detract from its enjoyment a bit. There is a certain niche for this dressed up story in the guise of a memoir. I’m not saying every author should be given the benefit of the doubt when their story is implausible, but neither do they bear the burden of proof. But we cannot prove it is not true, unless someone cares to dig through all the details that are implausible and point them out – but who wants to read that? That’s where I see some responses as pathetic. The posts griping about such details are indeed, as another called it, “petty.”
By the way, I would certainly like to see a link backing up your claim that Maria’s Diary has been proven to be false. I couldn’t find any discussion of it on chastitylifestyle. There was an extensive thread on chastitymansion.com, but the upshot there was, as I have advocated for this story, who knows if it’s true, but what does it matter, it’s great reading. I couldn’t find any forum called ultimate cuckold. So while I also agree that Maria’s Diary is probably fiction, like Dev’s story, I think it’s an overly strong claim to say it’s been proven untrue when I couldn’t find the discussions you mentioned in a few minutes of searching. I would invite you to retract your statement or back it up with a link. As far as I understand it currently, MD and Dev’s story are in exactly the same status as compelling stories of dubious truth but, but neither has been proven to be fiction. Of course, I would consider such proof to be very unlikely to ever come forth, and somewhat superfluous anyway.