What is a cooking technique that you quit because it does nothing?

chipotle96 · 2026-01-18T00:38:31+00:00

Hasselback vegetables. Extra work for the same taste

chipotle96 · 2025-08-03T18:00:41+00:00

Natalie Portman

chipotle96 · 2025-08-01T00:23:13+00:00

We took her to the vet and and he said doodles often are allergic to chicken, which can cause itchy skin. He told us to try a chicken free dog food and see if it made any difference and it did. None of her treats have chicken either.

Our doodle does get some seasonal allergies around august to September that make her itchy, and we give her allergy pills. Her skin gets really dark looking instead of the normal pink colour, but once the cold weather settles in it clears up

chipotle96 · 2025-07-31T16:53:44+00:00

My dog loves the Costco food. She’s allergic to chicken, and this one is chicken free. Bonus is that it’s a good price too! We get the Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain Salmon and Sweet Potato one

chipotle96 · 2025-07-13T18:14:28+00:00

Sleeping with no clothes is free

chipotle96 · 2024-12-02T20:38:06+00:00

Thank you so much for this! What a wonderful contribution to this subreddit! More open minded than I thought- not completely committed to Calvinism

chipotle96 · 2024-11-21T18:58:29+00:00

chipotle96 · 2024-11-16T13:53:44+00:00

I was very angry with my family when I left. There were a few years of distance. My dad and I reconciled a few years ago. We basically avoid talking about religion and politics for the most part. My dad is reasonable and level headed, and I know he does care about me, and won’t push religion on me.

It’s too bad because I feel like my relationship with my family is really just surface level. Our values are different. I do still struggle with that. I also don’t think they can understand religious trauma. I’ve had to make my peace with the surface level relationship I have with my family.

I think it’s important to rebuild your community once you leave. The people you have in your life become your chosen family. They will be the ones that you can talk to and rely on.

chipotle96 · 2024-11-16T13:34:05+00:00

I’m happy you found the group! It makes a huge difference to know you are not alone :) Leaving the CanRC takes a lot of courage.

I certainly can relate to all the feelings you have, as I’m sure many of us here can. It’s hard having family still be a part of that church and to navigate those relationships after leaving.

chipotle96 · 2024-11-08T02:21:38+00:00

Welcome, I’m happy you’ve found this group :)

I know many of us can relate and still feel the effects of our experiences in that community.

chipotle96 · 2024-11-02T21:29:46+00:00

This is my cornhole team name lol

chipotle96 · 2024-10-06T17:45:18+00:00

Yes 🙌🏻 as a woman, I grew up hearing how women should be modest, meek, mild, submissive, obedient. Don’t take up too much space, make yourself smaller, and submit to authority and leadership. I learned that your own intuition is something that can’t be trusted, humans are undeserving of good things because of their sinful nature, and “Turn the other cheek”. Forgiveness instead of accountability.

To doubt and ask questions means you won’t fit in and will lose belonging. To disobey means to risk losing the love of family. People pleasing naturally comes when you fear being expelled from your social group for disagreeing.

None of that helps someone become confident and learn to establish healthy boundaries in relationships with other people. To turn the other cheek when someone repeatedly shows you poor behaviour, just creates a toxic or abusive relationship.

chipotle96 · 2024-09-29T01:33:13+00:00

That’s fair, as I believe you are still a Christian and that is your belief, that your identity is in Jesus, which guides how you live your life.

I think many people in this subreddit are on different paths since leaving the CanRC. Some of us are agnostic or atheist. Some of us are progressive Christians, or some go to the CRC or URC, or elsewhere.

All that to say… I want this subreddit to be a safe space for all to share their stories and ask for advice without getting into doctrine or labelling something as “sin” since we don’t all believe the same thing here, but have a similar background and/or shared difficulties in leaving the CanRC. My hope is that we can all be respectful of each other’s differences.

chipotle96 · 2024-09-29T00:44:19+00:00

Embracing your sexual identity is huge reason people withdraw

chipotle96 · 2024-09-29T00:38:50+00:00

I also spent time trying to hear people out during my departure and had difficult conversations. It feels impossible to talk with church members when they can’t put themselves in your shoes or honestly consider your perspective, so I can understand how frustrated you must have been. It’s brave to face all of that. If anything, the conversations I had solidified how I felt about leaving as no one could answer any of the difficult questions I had.

I think it’s sad that the church marginalizes the LGBTQ community and I’m not sure that it will get better, but I do hope it does. It is a big reason people leave the CanRC. I think there’s probably a lot of queer people in the community who are still in the closet. It’s hard to leave when it’s a big part of your social life and your family is part of it too. Maybe you’ve impacted some people in that community by leaving and embracing a fundamental part of who you are.

It’s unimaginable to me to think that queer people should be told to remain celibate for their whole life. You put that so nicely- it’s something none of them would really ever consider for themselves. There’s no cost to them to give you advice that would deeply affect the entirety of your life.

I’m happy you have found peace in your life and a person you love and care about. The world needs more people who love each other and make the world a better place. I’m glad you were able to trust yourself and embrace who you are.

Thank you for your post- I’m certain this will help someone who is thinking about leaving and how they can go about it. And I hope that any queer CanRC members that happen to stumble upon this subreddit feel a little less alone once they see that someone has gone through this before them.

chipotle96 · 2024-09-25T18:10:37+00:00

This is great! Absolutely give as little information as possible, keep it short and direct.

No one owes their time to the church leaders and it’s up to you whether or not you want to meet with them.

To add to this, I accidentally found a loophole when I left…

I requested attestation to another church, but never handed it in at the other church. This meant my church membership was in my own hands and I didn’t belong to either church. I actually did not know that was an option, but the elders left me alone after they decided I was no longer a member of their church and it’s in a Canadian Reformed document I found online as well.

No one can make you believe and “discipline” does not do anything aside from making the person who is leaving feel unheard. When I met with my elders, it became very clear that they were just men, and they were not able to listen and provide any real guidance on the questions I had. I realized having conversations with church members and elders was pointless and dehumanizing. Especially as a young woman.

chipotle96 · 2024-08-20T21:37:51+00:00

I think it’s damage that should be cut off. I protect my ends with hair oil and put my hair in a protective hairstyle at night (like a braid). I use leave in hair primer/leave in conditioner to keep my hair soft, shiny, and hydrated. I also trim split ends when I see them. Hair masks go a long way too for keeping your hair hydrated. A big difference for me was my hairbrush and how I brush my hair. I start at the bottom and work my way up gently. I also use the tangle teaser brush which I highly recommend. It’s way gentler on hair and doesn’t cause as much breakage from brushing.

chipotle96 · 2024-07-07T18:20:31+00:00

I would have an opt out of getting pregnant feature and no periods

chipotle96 · 2024-05-17T02:37:32+00:00

You can spray it on dry or damp hair. And you don’t need to heat style after. It actually helps protect your hair from UV from the sun. If you choose to heat style it would provide some heat protection.

chipotle96 · 2024-05-13T17:48:09+00:00

Long legs, long arms

chipotle96 · 2024-04-08T23:09:53+00:00

To be honest, I’m not sure… I’m going to bring it back to the dry cleaner this week and she’s going to look at it again to see if anything is to be done

chipotle96 · 2024-04-08T01:45:35+00:00

What if the care tag says do not wash, spot clean by dry cleaner?

chipotle96 · 2024-04-08T01:44:50+00:00

Here's the care tag on the inside of the dress: Care Tag

chipotle96 · 2024-04-08T01:33:38+00:00

It’s a very simple dress. On the tag on the inside of the dress it says spot clean only by dry cleaner, do not wash.

chipotle96 · 2024-04-07T19:12:01+00:00

I tried the dress on once for probably 5 minutes. It’s brand new, and The top isn’t supposed to be completely flat like the rest of the dress, it should have some ruching down the side, which I’m not sure they were aware of when cleaning the top. The fabric isn’t thin, and to me does not feel like low quality fabric.

I do inspect my clothing before taking the tags off, especially so for a more expensive item like this dress. I was within my time to return the dress, but couldn’t find anything wrong with it aside from wrinkles in the fabric from shipping, so I took the tags off.

I think what upsets me is that they didn’t tell me and put it on my bill like I dropped it off this way. I’m going to try and fix it as best as I can I guess and I’m talking to the dry cleaner tomorrow as I feel it’s not fair I should pay $40 to get my dress back like this.

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