Michelle Obama has offered some advice on romantic relationships and, quite frankly, we’re listening.
The wife of former US President Barack Obama summed things up in a recent episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast: ‘You can’t Tinder your way into a long-term relationship.’
The 56-year-old also said: ‘There’s no magic way to make [marriage] happen except getting the basics of finding somebody, being honest about wanting to be with them, to date them seriously, to plan on making a commitment, to date them, seeing where it goes, and then making it happen.’
Michelle married Barack on October 3 1992.
They are parents to Malia Ann, 22, and Sasha, 19.
The former First Lady recalled joking that: ‘There were times that I wanted to push Barack out of the window.
‘And I say that because it’s like, you’ve got to know the feelings will be intense. But that doesn’t mean you quit. And these periods can last a long time. They can last years.’
‘Young couples, they face these challenges and they’re ready to give up because they think they’re broken,’ the Becoming author went on.
‘And I just want to say, look, if that breaks a marriage, then Barack and I have been broken off and on, throughout our marriage, but we have a very strong marriage.
‘And if I had given up on it, if I had walked away from it, in those tough times, then I would’ve missed all the beauty that was there as well.’
We’re loving the honesty, MB.
Michelle was this year the subject of Netflix documentary Becoming.
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