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At first glance, Barack and Michelle Obama’s backstory feels like a romantic novel waiting to be written. According to Insider, they met in 1989 at the Chicago law firm where she worked as an attorney. Twenty-five-year-old Michelle Robinson was tasked with mentoring a 28-year-old law student named Barack. Michelle assumed, per ABC News, that this pairing made sense to the law firm since both professionals had attended Harvard University. “There was a little intrigue,” Michelle said, but when Barack asked her out about a month into the gig, she recalled thinking “no way. This is completely tacky.”
She eventually agreed to a first date at a museum, and two years and many dates later, Barack and Michelle were engaged. They wed in October 1992. In his marriage vows, “Barack didn’t pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting,” she recalled. On July 4, 1998, Michelle gave birth to their first daughter, Malia Ann, and on July 10, 2001, Natasha (aka Sasha) was born.
In 2004, things really started to get interesting when Barack was elected to the U.S. Senate for Illinois. Four years later, Michelle stood next to her husband as he was elected the 44th President of the United States.
Throughout their tenure in the spotlight, there was never a time the power couple appeared to struggle. However, Michelle later shed some light on the darker corners of their marriage and the counseling that helped them endure.
Written by: Nicki
