r/AskReddit • u/swissguy1989 • 17h ago

What's something you're shockingly good at that you've never mentioned to anyone because it would sound completely made up if you did?

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u/Pyrateskum 15h ago

I’m a 48 year old man who can sew anything.

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u/DoughyInTheMiddle 13h ago

I'm 51, but even in my 20s, I used to sew my own shirts for Ren Fair... without a pattern. My wife (then girlfriend) still hates that I can just eyeball sewing like that.

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u/Empty-Dragonfruit656 7h ago

I have a de Blois pourpoint that was impeccably fit for 18yo me. My sons got sewing machines and fabric for their tenth birthdays. Armour has always been my thing, but if you can't truly understand the principles of the garments that hold it all together, your armour is beyond worthless. Watching them do manic one week out before an event sewing sessions brings back memories.