leoc1973 Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 I have been on this forum for a while now. I have read pretty much everyone's stories one think I really seem to notice is that usually a woman seems to leave around 5 years. I know there used to be the saying 7 year itch but it seems to have been expedited to 5 with the popularity of social networking sites. I think in the past a woman would stick around for an extra couple years while she really starts to hate you but since there are so many pick up artists on facebook hitting on every girl on there it seems like they get that extra push around the 5 year mark. My thinking is that maybe because she hasn't gotten to that I never wanna see him again 7 year mark maybe she has left before she thoroughly hates you. Maybe this is a good thing maybe a bad thing, maybe it increases the chance of reconciliation because complete hate hasn't set in yet. Thoughts?
BoredAgain Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 Well, it was 4.5 years for my relationship and there certainly was no "sticking it out for a couple of years" on her part - it was a complete 180 in less than two weeks. There was another guy in the picture, but I don't think facebook had anything to do with it (...although, she did create a facebook account like a week before we broke up).
carhill Posted December 8, 2011 Posted December 8, 2011 IMO, the itch is and was always there; it's just more economically feasible to scratch it now.
Author leoc1973 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Posted December 9, 2011 See that is exactly what I mean its always like a complete 180 no fighting no trying to work anything out just the screw it I will go shop for another man. Generation ME
carhill Posted December 9, 2011 Posted December 9, 2011 With, at least here in the U.S., most/all states having no fault divorce laws and more states enacting community property laws, along with more equality in the workplace, scratching the seven year itch is far less stereotypical than portrayed in the movie of that title. With equal opportunity comes equal propensity and potential for exercising it, and with fewer economic and societal penalties. Living a 'good' life really is a personal thing; in the long run, no one really cares and it doesn't really matter if you do, except to you. Using the movie as an example, and extrapolating to real life, the lovely lady in it was often linked to a 'great' man, one who ultimately met an untimely death. Did it really matter that he was a well-known 'itch-scratcher'? Did he live a 'good' life? You decide.
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