On Barack and Michelle Obama's 31st wedding anniversary on Wednesday, the former US President shared a love note for his wife with a picture of them posing together while standing in front of a field. The couple have been married since 1992.
"Happy anniversary, sweetheart! Michelle Obama, you're brilliant, kind, funny, and beautiful -- and I'm lucky to call you mine," Barack Obama wrote on X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram.
Happy anniversary, sweetheart! @MichelleObama, you're brilliant, kind, funny, and beautiful—and I'm lucky to call you mine. pic.twitter.com/Ak147b5zDJ— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 3, 2023
Michelle Obama also shared a post dedicated to her husband. "31 years, and a lifetime to go. I love going through life with you by my side, Barack Obama," she wrote. "Happy anniversary, honey!" she wrote.
The former President and First Lady of the US met in 1989, when Michelle Obama, then 25, was assigned to mentor her future husband, then 28, at the Chicago law firm they worked at.
Describing how Barack Obama proposed marriage to her, Michelle had earlier revealed that it was in 1989 when he had picked up a fight with her in a restaurant before popping the question.
"He made an argument out of it (the proposal)," Michelle Obama said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, adding that Barack Obama stated that marriage was not necessary, sparking the argument.
"We would have these deep discussions about whether marriage was really necessary if two people loved each other, and he would make his lawyer-ly arguments and I would be irritated. And that's how he decided to propose to me by starting that argument at dinner," said Michelle Obama.
She added that they were at a dinner celebrating Barack Obama's completing the bar exam. "This was a celebratory dinner and he picks a fight. And so, I deliver because I, too, am a lawyer, and I have my points to be made. So I was in full, making my points and by then dessert was coming out and the waiter put a platter in front of me with a little box with a ring on it. And in the middle of the argument, I was like 'Whaaat?'" Michelle Obama said.
"He opened up the box and he said, 'Now that ought to shut you up.' And it did."
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