Falling out with your boyfriend does present some practical problems when you live together; slamming the front door and storming off doesn’t have quite the same impact when you both know you’ll be slinking back in time for dinner. So you retreat to your corners, reinforce your defences and arm yourself for some emotional conflict.

I tend to duck for cover and keep a low profile, preferring to sit it out; while Rich is a door-slammer, making his feelings known with the aid of interior fixtures and fittings. Either way, it can be a long haul before one of us, or both, backs down.

I’ve noticed that there is a direct correlation between our occasional slapping matches and the length of time we’ve been without sex. The odd times when we really let the fur and the barbed comments fly, chances are we haven’t had sex for a few days. There might be something in the fact that boxers abstain from fucking before a big match – all that pent up sexual energy and unreleased testosterone making them fiercer in exactly the same way.

So, gay sex really is good for you, and certainly makes life a little smoother. And gay sex is also a great way to bury an argument, channeling all those extra hormones and simmering aggression into some hot bed action – I usually end up with stubble rush in a couple of places after make-up sex! In fact, make-up sex is nearly as good as second-night sex.