Is the 7-Year Itch Real?

When you’re over 30 and single, discussing broken relationships becomes an unofficial pastime you engage in with your friends, sometimes over cups of coffee, sometimes over glasses of wine.More than trying to figure out what went wrong, sharing our experiences makes us feel heard and less alone. It makes us feel normal in a world that insists that being married by 28 and having 2.5 kids by 35 is the norm.In one of those sessions, my friend and I came to the surprising realization that we both had had relationships that ended at the seven-year mark, and what’s even more interesting, we weren’t alone. We could think of at least two other couples we knew that had suffered the same fate.“It’s the seven-year itch,” my friend said. “You become bored and restless, the fighting begins, and when you notice what’s going on you can’t stand that person anymore.”Big milestones can put a lot of stress on a relationship. Moving in together, getting married, having your first child, and then a second one, and later sending them off to college. These moments offer us plenty of reasons to celebrate, but they can be challenging to navigate. One wrong turn and you can veer off happiness lane right into breakup road.But what about the passage of time? Is there anything about the seventh year of a relationship that sparks disruption?I was in a relationship that lasted seven years, but its downfall was nothing like the 1955 movie.In The Seven Year Itch, a married man sends his wife and kid off to Maine on vacation while he endures the summer working in New York City. But it’s not only the heat that stifles Richard (Tom Ewell), he’s also feeling restless in his seven-year marriage. He feels the itch, and when he meets a young model played by none other than Marilyn Monroe, he’s tempted to scratch it.Did you know that’s the plot of the movie with the iconic white dress scene?

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