Michelle Obama, wife of the former president of the United States, confessed that during 10 years of their marriage she simply “might not stand her husband.” The confession she made herself during a roundtable interview with Revolt TV.
“People think I’m being mean by saying this: but it’s like there were 10 years where i mightn’t stand my husband And guess when it happened? When the girls were little,” he said.
For Michelle, the challenge of raising two young girls while each advancing their careers was the most stressful she has experienced during their three-decade-long marriage.
“We don’t talk regarding how much work it takes and how hard it is even when you’re madly in love with the person, even when everything works out.”he said in conversation on the panel, in a spontaneous conversation between only women.
Marriage and its imperfection
Michelle talked regarding the difficulties of marriage and how the relationship between two people building a home requires many adjustments, especially when balancing professional lives and household duties.
“And for 10 years, as we were trying to build our careers, you know, we were worrying regarding studies and who was doing what and what, and I was like: ‘Ugh, this isn’t even like that.’”
And he assured that the balance of the marriage is permanently at risk “And guess what? Marriage is not 50/50, never, never,” she said.
“There are times when I am 70, he is 30. There are times when he is 60, 40, but guess what: ten years, but we have been married thirty years. I’d take bad years before 30, but any way you look at it, a lot of people give up and say… ‘five years; I can not stand it'”.
Children: Little Terrorists
According to the lawyer and writer, who was also the first to hold the rank of first lady as an African-American in the United States, small children are the most challenging for a marriage and are extremely demanding.
“Little children are terrorists. They have demands. They do not speak. They are bad communicators. They cry all the time,” he said.
“They are irrational. They are needy. And you love them. And so you can’t blame them, right? … So you turn that anger once morest each other, ”she declared regarding the experience of marriage, with very young children.
The young daughters of the couple Malia and Sasha Obama were 10 and 7 years old, respectively, when their father was elected president. Currently the young women are 24 and 21 years old.
Michelle Obama assured that admiration and respect are important and ensures that she has never stopped admiring her husband.
“You might be mad at him, but you still look at him and say: ‘I’m not happy with you, but I respect you’” account that he felt, in those moments of chaos.
He also spoke of the difficulty of having temporarily given up his career for the upbringing of girls. She said it was frustrating at times.
It is not the first time that Michelle has expressed herself on the subject, in her podcast she came to confess that on certain occasions, she had come to feel like “throwing Barack out the window” when they faced these difficulties.
Michelle has been promoting her second book, “The Light We Carry,” which was published in November.
