<P> The phrase was first used to describe an inclination to become unfaithful after seven years of marriage in the play The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod , and gained popularity following the 1955 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell . In his 1913 novel The Eighth Year , Philip Gibbs attributes the concept to the British judge Sir Francis Jeune . </P>
<P> The phrase was first used to describe an inclination to become unfaithful after seven years of marriage in the play The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod , and gained popularity following the 1955 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell . In his 1913 novel The Eighth Year , Philip Gibbs attributes the concept to the British judge Sir Francis Jeune . </P>
where did the term 7 year itch come from
where did the term 7 year itch come from
the play The Seven Year Itch
the play The Seven Year Itch