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Ladies, if your husband doesn't remember that pint of milk on the way home or forgets your birthday, it may not be his fault.

Research shows men are worse than women at remembering to do things in the future, the Daily Mail reports.

Rather than simply not listening when asked to do something, it seems that they forget what they were told.

The British and Italian researchers aren't sure why females are so good at remembering to remember - but one possibility is that the skill is honed when juggling the responsibilities of home and working life.

The study involved putting 100 men and women through a battery of memory tests.

These judged prospective memory - remembering to carry out plans.

Not surprisingly, the volunteers, who were aged between 15 and 40, found it harder to remember to do things, the further they were into the future.

The gender differences in remembering to remember were more interesting.

The women tended to be better than the men at remembering to perform tasks linked to events, rather than to a specific time.

The females also excelled at remembering plans that involved doing, rather than saying, something.