Free-Range Beef

So how does one care for the opposite sex? By that of course I mean to cover all the necessary aspects of love, concern, presence, etc that make up the vitals of a relationship.

Unfortunately, there are areas a person has no reach over. While one can influence and affect all possible available time and space one has contact with with one's partner (eg. all the hours spent together, all the living space shared, all emotional connections that carry over regardless of circumstance), can one meaningfully and positively affect the other in the facets one has no reach over, such as work, or the other's family or friends?

Of course a person can ingratiate himself with his partner's friends, or family for that matter. But I don't mean to be describing his ability to present himself well - that's for his own sake. I mean what he can do to make his other half deal better, do better or even be better in whatever the other half is doing? In other words, can a man help a woman be, say, a better daughter to her parents? Can a person make it so that his partner's work situation becomes better (largely through what he does for his partner, since arguably he can't change the work scenario)? Or are we all helpless bystanders, hands tied, hopeful only in making one's partner relationship with oneself fulfilled, but no more?

Bull