Apparently nagging wives reduces a husband's life expectancy.

Now, whilst we’re sceptical of the bias and objective in those thousands of surveys that are regularly churned out, this one MUST have been conducted by men. No bias.

Men are officially turning women into a health hazard.

According to the research, men who were subjected to 'nagging', constant demands and worries from their partners, were 2.5 as likely to die within ten years than those with less stressful relationships.

When I approached married Asian men with this research, their response was staggering.

One man who (naturally) asked to remain nameless said: “My wife nags all the time. From the moment I come home until I am asleep. I pretend to go to the office at the weekend just to get away from her nagging.

“Asian women have changed. Our mother’s generation never used to nag or complain. And look at the hardship they endured.

“Asian women today have it so easy. They have this sense of entitlement. And they won’t put in even a fraction of the effort into their domestic lives that the previous generation did. I mean, how hard is it as a stay-at-home mum to cook a curry once in a while?

“Most of my friends are in the same predicament.”

It’s a difficult conundrum. Asian women can’t seem to win. Social progress versus Asian man’s desire to retain tradition.

And as the research further concludes, we women are apparently immune to nagging. So much for those female stereotypes.

Yet only last week, another study revealed that married couples talk to each for as little as half an hour a week. And if those 30 minutes entail nagging, well then you’ve got to pity the men folk.

And finally, overheard in a restaurant in Bayswater, Man 1: “My wife is always nagging at me to visit her family and go out with her family. I hate them. But how do I tell her? The problem is, I would tolerate her family, but my wife won’t ever attend any functions my family has. She always makes excuses.”

Man 2: “Just tell her. Be honest.”

Man 1: “Enjoy your single life Bro. You have NO idea. I have even started faking evening work meetings just to have some space from my wife. I end up playing poker online at the office after hours rather than coming home.”

Man 2: “Come on Bro, it can’t be that bad. You were so in love when you got married.”

Man 1: “Things change. She actually threatened to divorce me after my mum asked her to stop watching Indian dramas after I come home from work.. I had to tell my mum to stop making comments like that because I can’t afford to divorce my wife. It’ll break me financially.”

And yes, admittedly, eavesdropping on the conversation at the next table in a restaurant does fall under the inappropriate etiquette bracket, and probably reiterates yet another negative female stereotype.

All in the name of research, eh!