Do you believe in the 7...........?

Question

Does anyone believe in the 7 year ich in a marriage? To those that dont know what it is, it is when you are married, right around the 7th year, you get the "itch" to cheat.

By the way, Im not cheating and not even thinking about it......was just going through some of the questions on here.

I have indeed been married for 7 years.......I have not had the urge to cheat on my husbad. We are happily married.
And geesh, I ask a simple question and get thumbs down......was just askin people, just askin. lol

Answer 1

I know what this is, but I can tell you that my ex husband, when we had been married for 7 or 8 years, not only got the itch to cheat at that point, but acutally did it--and it lasted for 4 long years! Then he had an emotional affair after the first one ended, then he got a trucking job and had many hookers (no wonder we never had any money and he was bringing home over $3000 a month!). So, I do believe in it, but I also believe it depends on the persons involved in the relationship, their morals and ethics, their ways of thinking, the relationship between them, how much communication is in the relationship--and how healthy the communication is, how much bedroom relations there is in the relationship--and how healthy that is, among many other factors.

Do I believe in the seven year itch? Yes. Do I believe it will happen with every couple? No.

Answer 2

Yes, I believe the seven year itch is real. It isn't necessarily a cheating scenario. It is just a time when couples commonly get complacent in their marriage. The complacency leads one partner to feel that they are missing something (real or imagined). If that partner feels the need to fill that void then you get the cheating but it doesn't always happen. Sometimes the partner who feels slighted will either put more effort into bettering their relationship or bettering themselves. So the "itch" isn't always a bad thing, it is just matters how it is "scratched".

Answer 3

In Germany, we say 7 years is the year of problems and divorce, I never heard about cheating. By the way, I got divorced after 7 years!! But the reason was not cheating.

Answer 4

I haven't heard that expression in years... I don't know about the seven year interval thing, it could happen in any time frame, but here's a link to an interesting, and very different type of article on that whole topic. Enjoy! (The 7-year itch movie is also great!)

Answer 5

yea i believe my marriage ended in the 7th year just a few months shy of 8 years. It was not so much because i wanted to cheat but that i had really grown sick of his chronic laziness and inability to keep a job and his lack of parenting skills. best thing i ever did was kick him out i did not date till a year after qwe were apart,.

Answer 6

coincidence or not but I know two different couples that went through the seven year itch one of them ended up cheating on the other and they had been together right around seven years

Answer 7

actually the 7 yr itch doesnt necessarily pertain to just married people the 7 yr itch just means you miss someone you havetn seen in a while (around 7 yrs usually) and yes its very real and it eats away at people sometimes. (until they do something about it)

Answer 8

Some co-worker said that & you know what, i don't believe in it at all. Not all people cheat or itch whatever they call it. Everyone is different, they shouldn't have put that label on marriage, it's not a good example & it makes people think.

Answer 9

If you're still itching after seven years of marriage, you have some crazy funk. Don't cheat.

Answer 10

Cheaters can cheat on any given year. The first year until it is over!