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    Is This the Recipe for a Happy Relationship?

    Forget an apple a day to keep the doctor away. We're more likely to follow this new rule: A drink a night with your boyfriend keeps relationship problems at bay.

    By Zoë Ruderman

    That's what researchers at the University at Buffalo are claiming after examining the results of a recent study. They found that couples who have a cocktail or two (or even three) together reported feeling "increased intimacy and decreased relationship problems the next day" as compared to boyfriends and girlfriends who drink apart or don't drink at all.

    Related: The #1 Good-Girlfriend Habit to Break

    But to reap the benefits, you want to cut yourself off at three beverages, say the scientists. That's because twosomes who consumed four or more drinks experienced more relationships problems, including fewer hook-ups.

    The lead researcher added that if your boyfriend or husband is sticking to virgin beverages for the night, you may want to consider doing the same. "When both partners drank either heavy or light amounts, as long as they were similar amounts compared to their partner, it was better for the relationship than when one drank heavily and the other lightly," explained Ash Levitt, PhD, in a piece on the University at Buffalo site.

    Related: 5 Relationship Rules You Should Break

    So go on, follow the doctor's orders and crack open some wine with your boyfriend or husband tonight. Since a bottle of vino has about six servings, you'll still be in the happy-relationship zone. Or if you're in the mood for cocktails, check out the three sexiest warm-weather cocktails from Cosmo's Official Cocktail Book, as featured on the Today show this morning!

    Do you find that drinking four or more drinks with your guy leads to fights and less hooking up? Do you believe that there are benefits to having a few cocktails together?

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    10 comments

    • Ken  •  Brockton, Massachusetts  •  4 months ago
      late to the party ..but i think needing 3 or more drinks at one sitting is a sign of a big problem anyway ..one or two is fine because it is to relax..also several drinks can get in the way of a guys ability to stay erect
    • Radish  •  1 year 0 months ago
      I thought I was reading an article, but apparently I've stumbled into a meeting of the Smug-arse Yahoo Temperance Union.
    • Cher  •  1 year 0 months ago
      And of course they don't mention what to do if one of the two shouldn't drink because of health problems.
    • John P  •  1 year 0 months ago
      Getting drunk with my wife ruined my marriage. This is a stupid article.
    • gus3  •  1 year 0 months ago
      This getting the cart before the horse. If you're uptight, holding grudges, whatever, you're probably not going to have a drink with your significant other.

      Remember, they're correlated, but it doesn't automatically follow that one causes the other.
    • David D  •  1 year 0 months ago
      I wonder if this is because drinking often leads to increased libido, and that tends to be good for marriages :).

      D
    • dfreybur  •  1 year 0 months ago
      Drinking is very easy to overdo. Two drinks is better than three. One drink is better than two.

      Is zero better than one? If your spouse is drinking zero yes. If your spouse is drinking one, one yourself probably beats zero unless you're driving.
    • HBCat  •  1 year 0 months ago
      At Bass Man and Minty Me: The article says to keep it at 3 drinks or less so you don't become drunken idoits and get too buzzed to care...
    • Bass Man  •  1 year 0 months ago
      So basically if you are both drunken idiots neither of you seem to care. But if only one of you are the drunken idiot, you'll have relationship problems...really, and they spent money on this study? And it was done by the University at Buffalo, a well known bastion of scientific discovery, at least science that revolves around alcohol and chicken wings.
    • Minty Me  •  1 year 0 months ago
      Um, yeah it's because you're too buzzed to care. Thanks for another work of brilliance, Cosmo.

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