seven year itch
Midmarriage wandering eye
The seven year itch is the supposed tendency for marriages to become strained or for spouses to seek affairs around the seventh year.
The phrase suggests that long-term relationships hit a restless patch after initial satisfaction fades: They divorced after eight years—classic seven year itch.
The term gained currency from the 1955 film starring Marilyn Monroe.
- MarilynGlamorous fifties actress name
- MonroeFifth American president
- marriageFormal union between partners
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
Billy Wilder · boredom · restless · unfaithful · wandering · cheating · spouse · fidelity · midlife · midlife crisis · crisis · subway · grate · white dress · white · dress · comedy · 1955
- Marriage Sayingshappy wife happy life, for better or worse, til death do us part, ball and chain, wedded bliss
- wedding tropesarranged marriage, elopement, runaway bride, shotgun wedding, marriage of convenience
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
seven year itchmarital bliss
Happiness within wedlock
happily ever after · lasting love · contentment · wedded bliss · second honeymoon
seven year itchhoneymoon phase
Initial period of idealization
honeymoon period · puppy love · infatuation · limerence · just married
seven year itchmarital bliss
Happiness within wedlock
wedded bliss · marital fidelity · devotion · faithfulness · commitment
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