Rroses and flowers? No marriage is. In every love story there are ups and downs, including those where the two partners are close and deeply in love. Like Michelle and Barack Obama: even the former presidential couple has known bad moments in their life together. It was the former first lady who revealed it. Che, interviewed by Revolt TV during the presentation of his latest book The light that is in ushe revealed: «My husband Barack? For ten years I could not stand it».
Barack and Michelle Obama, a 30-year love affair
It was 1989 when the two met in a law firm. She had already started her career, he was still in its infancy. They got married in 1992 and, since then, they never miss an opportunity to declare their love for each other. Even via social media.
On the day of the 30th wedding anniversary, the former president shared a photo of the couple on Instagram writing: «I won the lottery that day». A real declaration of love many years after their yes and with two daughters, Malia and Sasha, now adults. Yet, their married life has not always been idyllic.
I couldn’t stand it for 10 years
“I couldn’t stand him for ten years,” Michelle revealed, referring to her husband and talking about her marriage. «Want to know when? When the girls were little» he confessed.
Her resentment towards her husband, in fact, was due to the fact that in her opinion they carried different burdens and responsibilities. They were both busy with work but they also had two young daughters to raise and they didn’t always manage to manage everything fairly because the former president was often absent.
And he got angry with him when he found time to play golf or travel for work while she tried to balance being a mother with being a lawyer. “For ten years we were trying to build our careers and worry about school and who was doing what.”
Marriage is never 50/50
“Guess what? Marriage is not 50/50, ever» he pointed out the former tenant of the White House. She sometimes she is 70 and 30 » she said referring to imbalances that can arise between partners. «But we’ve been married for 30 years. I keep 10 bad years out of 30» Michelle concluded that, despite everything, she never stopped loving and respecting her husband by choosing to stay by his side. And giving us a real lesson in love, with sincerity.
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