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CrisisWhy Michelle Obama ‘mightn’t stand’ her husband anymore?
The years following the birth of their daughters were complicated for the couple.
Michelle Obama admitted on the “Revolt” show on December 15: “I mightn’t stand her husband for ten years.” The wife of the former president of the United States revealed the reason for this long tense period. “Guess when that happened? When the children were small.
Indeed, it is the unequal distribution of tasks related to the children, Malia and Sasha, born respectively in 1998 and 2001, which was at the root of these tensions. “Marriage is not 50/50. Sometimes it’s 70/30, sometimes it’s 60/40…” Indeed, the former First Lady took on more tasks during the birth of her daughters, while her husband focused on his political career and found time to “go golf” or “go to the gym”.
Michelle Obama mightn’t help but “count it all,” like how many diapers he changed. “Children are terrorists. They have demands, they don’t talk, they don’t know how to communicate, they cry all the time, they are irrational and selfish… But you love them more than anything, you can’t blame them! So you turn once morest each other,” she says.
Her animosity towards her husband, however, gradually faded. These are “feelings that change”, assures the former first lady. But for that to happen, you have to “work on your relationship,” according to her. “You have to know your partner. Do you enjoy it? You may be mad at him, but when you look at him, you’re like, “I’m mad, but I respect you. I don’t agree with you, but you’re still a kind and smart person.” Married for 30 years to the former president, she specifies that she prefers “ten bad years rather than 30”. “We must not give up,” she concludes.
