seven year itch
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2013.10.02
Mari and I have been married for nearly seven years. I explained the English-language "seven year itch" and wondered if we should be itching. She dryly remarked that in Japan it's considered the "three year itch". And here I was, complacently playing with fire all this time!