Sex and the sickie

Half of Brits (49 per cent) will avoid kissing their partner when they have a cold, while one in three (32 per cent) will say no to more ‘intimate’ situations - according to a new survey of 2,500 UK adults by leading cough brand Covonia.

Female sufferers are more likely to abstain, according to the research, with 35 per cent not willing to have sex when their partner has the sniffles, compared with just 29 per cent of men.

However, men were revealed as the more caring gender in the battle of the sexes, with men twice as likely to cancel their social plans to stay home and nurse their partner back to health. One in twenty men has even taken a day off work to look after their partner when they have been poorly, compared to less than one in fifty women who would do the same if the shoe was on the other foot.

The research also revealed that less than half of people (44 per cent) feel sympathetic to those suffering from a cold, with one in three more concerned about catching it themselves. Interestingly, a quarter of those surveyed actually feel irritated when people have a cold, and one in nine (11%) admitted to avoiding their partner entirely when they are ill with a cold - as they are so miserable!

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