‘Happy 31st Anniversary’! Barack Obama and Wife Michelle Obama completed three decades of marriage

Published on October 5, 2023 | Published By: Caitlin | In Entertainment , Married , Relationship

Source: PEOPLE.com

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have been married for over 30 years now.
They got married in the year 1992 and since they have been living a blissful conjugal life.
They shared two daughters together named Malia Obama, 25, and Sasha Obama, 22.

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Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are celebrating a major milestone

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama marked their wedding anniversary together on Tuesday, October 3.

It’s the 31st wedding anniversary of the pair and the love between them is still untouched and smitten.

The couple paid heartwarming Instagram tributes to each other celebrating their special day. Michelle, 59, shared an adorable picture of the two posing outside with a golden sunset backdrop.

She wrote in the caption,

“31 years, and a lifetime to go. I love going through life with you by my side, @BarackObama, Happy anniversary, honey!”

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are one of the powerful couple! — Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are one of the most powerful couples! (Source: PEOPLE.com)

The former president, 62, for his part, shared a photo of the duo posing with their arms around each other while dressed in coordinating blue outfits. She captioned the post alongside the photo,

“Happy anniversary, sweetheart! @MichelleObama, you’re brilliant, kind, funny and beautiful — and I’m lucky to call you mine”

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What’s the secret to Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s long-lasting marriage?

Barack and Michelle are living a blissful conjugal life and have never failed to make each other feel special. The two have always been open about their marriage life throughout their 31-year-long journey.

Michelle gushed about her decades-long marriage to Barack in her 2022 book The Light We Carry. She began,

“They ask how we have managed to stay both married and unmiserable for 30 years now, I want to say, ‘Yes, truly, it’s a surprise to us too sometimes!'”

The author, 59, then went on to acknowledge that the key to their successful marriage is an “unwavering love that’s real and permanent”. She said,

“I love the man, and he loves me—now, still, and seemingly forever,”

Besides, she revealed that there have been tough times in their relationship as well, admitting,

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared two daughter together — Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared two daughters together (Source: PEOPLE.com)

“People often reach out to me seeking relationship advice, They remark on photographs they’ve seen of me and Barack together — laughing, or sharing a look, appearing content to be side by side. They ask how we have managed to stay both married and unmiserable for 30 years now. I want to say, ‘Yes, truly, it’s a surprise to us, too, sometimes!’ And really, I’m not joking.”

She continued,

“We have out issues, of course, but I love the man, and he loves me now, still and seemingly forever, Our love os not perfect, but it’s real and we’re committed to it.”

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Michelle also mentioned the most challenging period of their journey revealing it’s been difficult to raise their two young daughters under a microscope while living in the White House during Barack’s presidency.

A Short Relationship Timeline of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

Barack first met Michelle at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, where she was assigned to mentor him.

He gushed about his wife in his 2020 memoir, “A Promised Land,” that he “was smitten almost from the second I saw her.”

A month after their first met, Barack asked Robinson for a date that Michelle couldn’t say no to, and since they made it this far.

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama recently marked their 31st wedding anniversary (Source: PEOPLE.com)

In 1991, Barack and Michelle got engaged at Gordon’s restaurant in Chicago, and following the year they got married at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Similarly, they held their reception at the South Shore Cultural Center. As for the honeymoon, they went to the California Coast.

In 1998, the couple expanded their family welcoming their first child a daughter Malia Ann Obama. Their second daughter Natasha Obama was born on July 10, 2001.

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