A new study shows that watching romantic comedies can spoil your love life.

The university’s Dr Bjarne Holmes said: “Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it. We now have some emerging evidence that suggests popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people’s minds.”

Between rom-coms and porn, we live in a world of artificially raised expectations.