British menfolk: “stubborn, unimaginative, flatulent, uni-taskers”. It is hard to believe that this glowing conclusion comes from their partners. Or maybe it isn’t. Women thrive on complaining about men.

And, as readers of this column know, I do it regularly. I’ve also been criticised for it on more than one occasion. So, when I read the results of this latest “why men irritate women” survey, exposing blokes as a nation of TV remote-hugging, flatulent snorers who stare blatantly at other women, are unable to multitask, refuse to admit they are wrong, are “thoroughly unable” to be spontaneous, and who ignore their partner, I resisted the almost overpowering urge to agree.

Instead, I decided to break with tradition and list the things I like about my husband. True, I did have to scrape the inner recesses of my brain, but I managed to come up with a few reasons:

• He’s dependable – other than the time he spends at work he’s always around when you need him and doesn’t spend every evening at the pub.

• He is trustworthy. At least I think so. Of course, I could be totally wrong and there may be a sultry mistress at the other side of town smirking as she reads this, saying: “What does she know?”

• Football, rugby and cars don’t interest him in the slightest. I wouldn’t mind if he could fix cars – I once had a boyfriend who could, and it saved me a fortune – but I’ve always stayed clear of petrolheads who talk in terms of brake horse power and torque and whose favourite programme is Top Gear

• He loves to cook – a big bonus in any household. His meals are sometimes delicious, other times merely tasty, but always edible

• We like the same things – well, outside the house we do – looking round churches (even though neither of us is remotely religious), walking, visiting new places. Inside we clash over most things, from music to tidiness

• He lets me take change of the remote. This does generate a few grunts of disapproval, especially when I choose Location, Location, Location or some such “total, mind-numbing rubbish”, as he puts it. But overall, he knows I play fair and regularly pick something interesting on BBC4

• As being a dad goes, he makes a reasonable job of it, although he’s a bit too lenient now the children are teenagers, and doesn’t lay down the law like I do.

So there, I’ve done the unthinkable – written a positive column about my husband. Funnily enough, the survey was by a bingo website - where the women who filled it in doubtless spend hours. I’d like to hear what their husbands have to say about that.