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  2. Seven-year itch (idiom) - Wikipedia

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    The seven-year itch is a popular belief, sometimes asserted to have statistical validity, that happiness in a marriage or long-term romantic relationship declines after around seven years. [ 1 ] The phrase was used in the title of the 1952 play The Seven Year Itch by George Axelrod , and gained popularity following the 1955 film adaptation ...

  3. Marriage in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    It is the marriage performed after a non-consenting maiden is seized by force or abducted by a man. When such a maiden is abducted, she is described to weep as her relatives are assaulted and slain, and their house is wrecked. The marriage is then celebrated in the absence of the father of the bride by the family of her abductor.

  4. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    [10] Rather, it means that the target of the swearword is so inept that only his mother will offer them sex in charity. Behenchod (बहनचोद, بہنچود; English: Sisterfucker), also pronounced as behanchod is sometimes abbreviated as BC, is a Hindustani language vulgarism. It is a form of the profanity fuck. The word is considered ...

  5. Why people divorce a few years after marriage and when ... - AOL

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    6 to 10 years This is when many couples call it quits. The average length of first marriages that end in divorce is about eight years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

  6. Seven Year Itch - Wikipedia

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    Seven-year itch (idiom), a term that suggests that happiness declines after around year seven of a marriage; Scabies, or seven-year itch, a parasitic skin infection;

  7. Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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    Various sources estimate India celebrates about 10 million weddings per year, [50] [51] and over 80% of these are Hindu weddings. The average expenditures exceed US$3,000 per wedding. Another $30 billion per year is spent on jewelry in India, [52] with jewelry for weddings being the predominant market.

  8. Hindustani kinship terms - Wikipedia

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    The kinship terms of Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) differ from the English system in certain respects. [1] In the Hindustani system, kin terms are based on gender, [2] and the difference between some terms is the degree of respect. [3] Moreover, "In Hindi and Urdu kinship terms there is clear distinction between the blood relations and affinal ...

  9. Shashtipurti - Wikipedia

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    After the successful completion of shanti, the kranti rituals, which signify the transition into a new life, most prominently include a ceremonial wedding and the reaffirmation of kalyana (marriage). Shashtipurti is regarded to signify a bridge between the householder's domestic concerns and vanaprastha 's (the third stage of life) spiritual ...