Michelle Obama in husband Barack Obama’s 60th birthday tribute to her.Photo:Barack Obama/Instagram
Barack Obama/Instagram
It’sMichelle Obama’s 60th birthday — andBarack Obamais showering her with love!
“This is what 60 looks like,” Barack wrote alongside the picture. “Happy birthday to my better half — who happens to be one of the funniest, smartest, most beautiful people I know. @MichelleObama, you make every day better.”
TheA Promised Landauthor finished his post on a hopeful note, adding, “I can’t wait to see what this new decade brings you.”
Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2023 US Open in New York City.Jean Catuffe/GC Images
Jean Catuffe/GC Images
Last year, Barack and Michelle — who established residency in Washington, D.C., after leaving the White House in 2017 — celebrated31 years of marriage.
Barack also shared a photo of the couple, which he captioned with a loving message for Michelle. “Happy anniversary, sweetheart!” he wrote. “@MichelleObama, you’re brilliant, kind, funny and beautiful — and I’m lucky to call you mine.”
The Obamas first crossed paths in Chicago when Michelle was assigned to mentor Barack during his summer internship at a law firm. They dated for three years before tying the knot in 1992, and now sharetwo daughters,Sasha, 22, andMalia, 24.
InThe Light We Carry, published in November 2022, Michelle got candid about their decades-long relationship,admitting that the couple has had their ups and downs— but remain “committed” to their marriage.
“We have our issues, of course, but I love the man, and he loves me now, still and seemingly forever,” she continued. “Our love is not perfect, but it’s real and we’re committed to it.”
Michelle, Sasha, Barack and Malia Obama around Thanksgiving 2019.
“Michelle — when our girls were growing up, that was priority number one, two, three and four,” he explained at the time. “And so, I did not fully appreciate, I think, as engaged of a father as I was, the degree of stress and tension for her, knowing that not just me and Michelle were under scrutiny and in this strange environment, but that we were raising our daughters in a kind of situation that just wasn’t normal.”
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Once his presidency came to an end and they had more time and space to connect as a couple, their marriage improved tremendously, he shared.
“Let me just say this: it sure helps to be out of the White House,” he said at the time. “And to have a little more time with her.”
source: people.com
