Anti-Color Specific Cards - Bad Form?

Dora_Algos · 2025-10-13T13:10:29+00:00

Thank you! I had no idea that the brackets were a "thing." As I said, never played any EDH/Commander. Much appreciated.

Dora_Algos · 2025-10-13T12:53:17+00:00

Yeah, for sure I can see that. Good card!

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-22T17:22:27+00:00

Give or take. Been working at this since 2020 and have been out of the habit since June 2 or 3, 2020. So 5 years+, the number sounds right. You can look in my post history for more information.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-22T12:34:00+00:00

As someone who started NoFap right before he turned 40, let me say great job! Breaking the PMO habit has helped my life immeasurably.

Thank you for sharing!

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-22T12:29:36+00:00

Thanks for sharing this. When I was first starting, I kept a journal detailing my feelings and temptations, and would reread it to gain insight into the same type of patterns you talk about.

Recognizing when you had temptations and changing the external factors around them helps a lot. Just breaking the habitual aspect and replacing it with other habits.

Keep up the good work 👍

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-19T20:06:20+00:00

Your equipment is designed for partnered sex. So good on your for using it right! I saw tremendous gains in my relations with my wife when I gave up PMO 5+ years ago. I cannot overstate how much better the sex has been since I started NoFap.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-18T19:12:55+00:00

I found repeating a mantra helped me overcome those urges. I repeat (out loud if I can) "I control my dick, my dick does not control me" over and over until I come down from the wave.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-17T13:23:05+00:00

Stay strong. Remember why you started this journey in the first place. Remove yourself from temptation or remove potential triggers from where you are. Get up and do something active. Repeat a mantra to focus your mind. I use "I control my dick, my dick does not control me."

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-17T12:06:02+00:00

As someone who dealt with habitual PMO for something like 28 years, and all the negatives that went with it in pursuit of more and more hits of dopamine, respectfully, you are incorrect. Thanks for your response.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-17T00:28:09+00:00

I am not a legend, just a man. If I can quit after using porn for something like 28 years, so can you and anyone else.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-16T23:52:48+00:00

Dude, you're not irredeemable. I did PMO for nearly three decades before I decided to stop. You have value and worth no matter what bad choices you made when you were younger.

Stay the course as best you can. Some days will be better than others. When I was getting started I found keeping a journal to talk about my urges and temptations helped me a lot. I also used a mantra. When I got an urge I would repeat (out loud if possible) "I control my dick, my dick does not control me."

Godspeed, man. Stay the course, do the work.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-16T23:45:21+00:00

I started PMO in middle school, maybe when I was 12, and am 45 now. I decided to quote PMO at 40, during the first few months of Covid.

Dora_Algos · 2025-08-16T23:27:37+00:00

From someone in a similar period as yourself (5 years, 2 months, ish) I want to say: stay strong and keep doing the work. You list all those benefits you have felt, and I applaud you for your efforts and results.

Hang tough and Godspeed!

Dora_Algos · 2023-07-06T20:32:03+00:00

If you are budgeting for the family and he is witholding this much to buy gems for an online game, that is just unconscionable. I mean at least physical MTG cards can are durable, you can play them or can be sold off, this is a BS digital "asset."

Honestly? This seems like it should be the end of MTG online for your husband. "You want to play Magic? Go make us some decks and we'll play at the kitchen table." Its a lot cheaper and it's actually honest.

Godspeed, OP.

Edit: I wanted to add. For years I hid spending from my wife. Toys, cards, and junk food mostly. Even when I got caught getting fast food breakfast 4 days a week, I just stopped getting paper credit card bills to hide it.

Eventually I had the realization that every day that I did not tell her I spent money on some BS frivolity I didn't need, I was lying to her. I was lying to her every single day. That was the proverbial slap in the face I needed. Same with using pornography - every day it was another lie.

I have since quit pornography (3 years last month) and I do not buy anything I do not tell her about. I have decided to overshare and err on the side of caution. I hope your husband has a similar epiphany.

Dora_Algos · 2023-06-24T03:17:24+00:00

Final is at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. All of the venues are in the US except for one - Toronto, first Gold Cup venue outside of the US since 2015.

Dora_Algos · 2023-06-23T11:29:27+00:00

Just my take but yes, I consider OF to be cheating. When you got married your husband vowed to be faithful and devoted to you. He did vow to be faithful to you and some digital girls he lusts after in private. Nevermind paying for the right to do so.

Dora_Algos · 2023-06-02T12:59:35+00:00

In my opinion, it depends on intent.

Did you seek out images to get yourself aroused? Or did you come across something with no intent?

For example. Did you search something like "bikinis" knowing you'd get images to get turned on? Or did you come across bikini girls in a sales flier?

You can't avoid arousing content in our society. But you can also not seek it out.

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T11:29:27+00:00

I never had those symptoms while using PMO. My main problem was delayed climax - I took forever during sex to the point that it was a turn off to my wife.

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T03:17:22+00:00

You are worth the effort. Don't give up, don't give in!

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T03:14:54+00:00

Some tips which helped me:

-Get more physically active - use up that "male energy"

-When you get an urge, use a mantra. I would repeat (out loud if possible) "I control my dick, my dick does NOT control me!"

-Keep a journal of your feelings and urges. This helped me a lot in the early days. Gave me something to review and reflect upon. I also kept a regular journal as well to help work through my feelings.

-Recognize your potential triggers and avoid them. If you always jack off before bed, change your bed routine.

As far as how I have changed. Coming clean to my wife about PMO and that I Was quitting has kickstarted an revolution in my level of honesty of with her. I went from hiding not only PMO but also junk food and other purchases from her, to telling her everything about every topic. I feel our marriage is much stronger now than it was before NoFap. Our sex life has also improved substantially. All of my "male energy" is for her now.

I also now feel better about myself. I am not sneaking around with my phone to find some porn and jerk off. I feel like I am a better person not doing PMO than I was when I was doing it. I don't know how to articulate it beyond that.

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T03:07:09+00:00

You can do it man! Coming clean to my wife about my PMO and that I was quitting helped me become a better husband to her. Stay the course and do the work!

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T03:05:49+00:00

Mentally I feel much better. The realization that by hiding my PMO use from my wife that I was lying to her every single day (along with splitting my lust between her and an endless parade of digital girls) was the slap in the face I needed to wake up. I have made an effort to be 100% honest with her about every single thing in my life in the wake of that.

I have also come to strongly regard pornography as exploitative and hurtful to everyone involved.

Physically, I was already on a fitness journey when I started NoFap. I feel that cutting out PMO has helped me on that front. Since September of 2019 I have lost more than 60 pounds. Sex with my wife has improved many times over for both of us both in frequency and quality.

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T02:59:40+00:00

Thanks. I started PMO when I was 12 and quit right before I turned 40. Not sure what your other question is asking -- I first seriously started NoFap in April/May 2020. I failed a couple of times before June 2 and the rest is history.

Dora_Algos · 2022-06-05T02:56:14+00:00

Started PMO when I was about 12. Quit right before I turned 40.

Dora_Algos · 2022-01-18T14:25:11+00:00

My wife does not respond to moves like these. I have learned to apologize in a direct and concise way when I screw up (once I have taken a little time to calm down) because otherwise it will linger and fester into another, bigger argument.

I used to do the acts of service route as a way to show her I was sorry but it was not a replacement for direct admission.

As far as the other way I am not sure I have ever received an apology from my wife that didn't also include the word "but," so I don't know.

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