One in four women hates their partner's friends because they are a bad influence.

A quarter of women dislike their partner's friends, a poll has revealed

Believe they influence their other half to drink, swear and  'act differently'

One in ten said their partner's pals had put a strain on their relationship

Millions of women dislike their partner's friends - because they drink too much, stay out late and talk about football all the time, it has been revealed.

A quarter of females feel the people their other half spends time with have a detrimental effect on his behaviour, according to a new study.

They believe they are 'too loud', 'show off' and influence their partner to 'act differently'.

Meanwhile, 16 per cent of women have confessed to trying to prevent their boyfriend, fiancé or husband from mixing with his 'undesirable' friends.

And a third of women have made up excuses to avoid spending time with their partner's pals, the poll to launch 2 Guns on DVD found.

The action film follows the 'bromance' of Robert 'Bobby' Trench (Denzel Washington) and Michael 'Stig' Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) as they are forced to go on the run together.

The survey also found that one in twenty women dislikes one particular person in their partner's friendship group - while a hard-to-please 75 per cent admitted not liking the majority of them.



'Many women think that when their partner gets together with his friends he regresses by ten years or more,' said a 2 Guns spokesman.

'The language they use is different, the topics of conversation are different and they do have a tendency to show off.

'When men and boys get together their behaviour does tend to rub off on each other and they do probably act differently to how they would when they are with their wife or girlfriend.

'It's only natural to behave more "laddish" when surrounded by old friends and in many instances men would have known their friend for longer than their partner, so it's nice to still have that bond.'

One in ten women dislikes one of their partner's friends so much they have forbidden their boyfriend, fiancé or husband from seeing them, the poll found.

However, most women don't mind their other half spending time with his pals during special events, such as birthdays, Christmas and big sporting events.

Three quarters of females admitted they think their other half genuinely loves his friends - with one in five declaring their man has developed at least one 'bromance'.

And a whopping 85 per cent said their man gets genuinely excited when seeing his mates.

When asked about female friendships, 56 per cent of women said they think male relationships are more simple as they don't involve the petty arguments that female relationships do.