This post is only partly about sewing.

My boyfriend is in a band, and his band has produced a bunch of different shirts. The first one was from quite a few years ago, and as a result of lots of wear, it developed quite the hole along a seam in the sleeve, continuing down the side. Obviously, since this is the first shirt they produced, it holds a lot of sentimental value, but it's not generally acceptable to wear shirts with huge armpit holes. He was lamenting the state of the shirt, so I decided to sew it back together. I'm by no means an expert seamstress, but I have some needles and thread for emergencies. Honestly, it turned out quite well (you can't really tell it was mended), and my boyfriend was incredibly grateful. ("Now that's a real woman!")

I'm not writing this post to tell everyone they need to learn how to sew. (Although it is a useful skill in general.)

Part of being a good partner is being able to fill in the gaps where your partner is lacking. In my specific case, this was knowing how to mend a shirt. But more generally, this means being able to provide things for your partner that he isn't able to provide for himself. We may talk a lot about how men are the "providers", but that doesn't mean that men don't need sometimes need our help, too.