Decide your relative priorities among DD (intimacy duration) and CC( confidence-building)

Q: would we leave the regular (level-1) condoms forever unused?
A: no. We use them when testing VED or perseverant_foreplay

— scenario: Before a long /drought/ … DD is paramount.

I would take the pill for sure. Late pill is possibly less effective for DD.

I would also consider a thicker condom to reduce sensitivity. I think sensitivity is seldom important to me.

— scenario: I really want to stay at 25mg  and slow down the (inevitable?) escalation of dosage.

Sometimes CC is more important than DD, even when I face an upcoming week-long drought. In this scennario, I would consider no-pill, against multiple concerns:

• Wife is likely to complain of lengthy foreplay.
• DD could be very short

If I succeed with perseverant_foreplay, it could build my confidence and self-belief that “At least once a while I can do it without the pill, never mind the duration”.

I can also consider VED or late-pill.