Seventh Year of Marriage

[Anonymous]

We are just wrapping up year 7. I'd heard of the 7 year "itch" so I was maybe a little on edge. And man, it turned out to be a ROUGH year. Not really wanting to sleep with other people or anything, but I do think at points we dealt with resentment and contempt that had started to build up. We had our all time biggest fights this year (like 3 real blow outs). It seems like things have taken a turn for the MUCH better though. Having more sex, more snuggling and kissing, more words of affirmation.

Did anyone else feel like year 7 was a biggie? Where there more years that were milestone good or bad?

[Anonymous]

Oh, God, yes. Year seven was the worst! We had a giant fight on our 7th Anniversary! And we just weren't those people. I, too, had heard about the 7 year itch and I wonder now if I turned it into a self-filing prophecy. Whatever the case, we are at 38 years now. ?

[Anonymous]

At 7 years, we had a 4 year old and a 2 year old. The kids' ages made it rougher than the actual duration of the marriage.

[Anonymous]

Seven sucks and mine didn’t make it. I’m a jerk...

[Anonymous]

We were on our seventh year of marriage when my husband started sleeping with my neighbor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were on our seventh year of marriage when my husband started sleeping with my neighbor

That'll do it!

[Anonymous]

Between years 5 and 9 we were pumping out babies so fast (3) that year 7 was a blur. We’ve been married a long time and we have never had an extended blue period and it helps that life has been an adventure living all around the country.

[Anonymous]

We had our 3rd baby at year 7. I don’t remember it being a particularly rough year. Now we are at year 11 and I’m pretty annoyed at him at the moment...hope it won’t last the whole year.

[Anonymous]

Currently in year seven and no major issues. Worst year of our marriage was when we had two under two. But we never had it too bad- just weren’t having sex more than a few times a month and were cranky with each other about division of labor.

[Anonymous]

Year 9 was the worst for me.

[Anonymous]

I seriously can’t remember year 7 but the math says we had 2 kids by then. All I know is that it was family, work, fun and weekly sex for a ton of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were on our seventh year of marriage when my husband started sleeping with my neighbor

Yeah but what year was her marriage on?

[Anonymous]

Year 7 was bad. We’d had a kid already, her sex drive tanked, I was at a high pressure but prestigious place with women making themselves available. It was brutal. Almost didn’t make it. But we plowed through. Still together many years later. It ain’t easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Currently in year seven and no major issues. Worst year of our marriage was when we had two under two. But we never had it too bad- just weren’t having sex more than a few times a month and were cranky with each other about division of labor.

With two under two, I think you should be commended for making time for sex a few times a month!

[Anonymous]

Our seventh year was really tough, though nothing really blew up, just some serious fights. As PP, we had a 4 and 2 year old and I’m sure that’s not coincidental.