25 pct Brits couples suffer from 8216;conversation coma8217;

According to the survey of 2,000 people commissioned by Bighams ready meals,four percent completely ignore their partners and another one in four cannot remember the last time they sat down to dinner together.

A total of two in five people admitted that they didnt want to cook dinner and eat together when they returned home from work. Just under a half questioned wished they had more energy to cook.

Two-third said they preferred spending time on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook in the evening rather than sharing a home-cooked meal.

One in five said they would eat on the couch in front of the television every night rather than at the table.

65 per cent of those surveyed,however,said they list spending quality time with their loved one as a priority and 38 per cent feel guilty about the lack of time they spend together.

A further seven out of ten claimed a night in was the best way to spend an evening with a partner.

It is shocking to think that the majority of UK couples appear to be in a conversation coma,too tired to cook on a weekday evening and faced with wide range of distractions when they get home, Charlie Bigham,who runs Bighams ready meals said.