Former President Barack Obama And his wife confirmed it Michelle Obamawas celebrated with great fanfare on her sixty-first birthday.
Barack (63 years old) wrote on Twitter: “Happy birthday to the love of my life, Michelle Obama.” X On Friday, January 17th. “You fill every room with warmth, wisdom, humor, and grace — and you look good doing it. I am so lucky to be able to experience life's adventures with you. I love you!”
Barack also uploaded a photo of the couple holding hands across the table while having a private dinner.
For her part, Michelle said: Republished A letter from her husband that reads: “I love you, my dear!”
When Michelle Obama met Barack Obama in 1989 at the Chicago law firm where they both worked, it wasn't love at first sight — even though he was very popular in the office. “In my experience, you put a suit on any half-intelligent black man and white people tend to go crazy,” Michelle (…)
Barack and Michelle have been married since 1992 after meeting a decade ago during their early careers in Chicago. They went to say hello Daughters Malia and Sasha In 1998 and 2001, respectively. (Sasha completed the family seven years before Barack was elected President of the United States for the first of two consecutive terms.)
Throughout Barack's political career, fans often praised his seemingly perfect marriage.
Happy birthday to the love of my life, @MichelleObama. You fill every room with warmth, wisdom, humor, and grace—and you look good doing it. I am so lucky to be able to experience life's adventures with you. I love you! pic.twitter.com/WTrvxlNVa4
– Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 17, 2025
“I don't want people to look at me and Barack like a marital hashtag and not know that there are some broken things that happen even in the best marriages,” Michelle said during an episode of the show. The podcast 'On Purpose with Jay Shetty'. In January 2024. “After 31 years, yes, we still do ‘cross the line,’ but you know it faster. And then you apologize. You learn how to say bad, right? This takes a second, doesn't it? “
She added: “I talk about marriage because I think it's No. 1. Most people don't talk about it.” What happens is that by not knowing, you hit some natural patches in your relationship, like understandably rough patches, and you want to quit. And he's like, “Oh, no, no, no, no, no.” This is not worth quitting. That's just the nature of things. That's why I was joking, like, Oh, you're angry at your partner, you've been angry for a year and you think the marriage is over.
Michelle Obama is getting honest about why her marriage to Barack Obama wasn't always a “goal,” despite fans praising their romance. “I don't want people to look at me and Barack like a marital hashtag and not know that there are some broken things that happen even in the best marriages,” Michelle, 59, said.
For Michelle, she and Barack were able to “learn from” the hardships rather than give up.
“Of course, it's going to be hard, you know, but I wouldn't trade my marriage for anything in the world with all the ups and downs, with all the running for president,” Michelle added at the time. “If we hadn't been stuck there, we would have missed out on all the good things.”
The Obamas are now an empty nester as Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, have both graduated from college and I moved out of the family home. The sisters are still roommates, and often invite their parents over for drinks.
“We were going to take them out to dinner, and they said, ‘Why don’t you come to our place for cocktails?’” Michelle recalled on the show. today It's coming out in 2022. And we were like, well, let's see what it's like. Well, (firstly), the martini was a little weak. “I don't think they really knew what it was.”
