Work slacks keep wearing out between legs - how to prevent?

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Here’s an old thread about this:

Stitching up pants

Not sure if this is the right forum, but sewing is an art, right? Anyway, I have a large number of denim jeans, and they all seem to wear in the crotch long before they’re ready to retire. I have maybe five pair of jeans that all fit well, and are in great condition except for holes in the crotch, well, inner thigh would be more accurate. I’d like to save these pants! What do I do? I don’t have a sewing machine, but I did take home-ec in middle school and was kind of ok at sewing, though I …