Michelle Obama has provided some insights into her marriage with Barack Obama, amidst circulating rumors of relationship difficulties.
Anyone who has been married for an extended period can attest that maintaining a relationship isn’t always simple, especially when your spouse is the President of the United States.
Barack served as president from 2009 to 2017, during which time the couple raised their daughters, Malia and Sasha, in the White House along with Michelle.
The family transitioned from Chicago, Michelle’s hometown, to the nation’s capital.
Since Barack’s departure from office nearly ten years ago, the Obamas have remained in the public eye, recently facing speculation of a potential divorce, which Michelle has directly addressed and dismissed.
During a discussion with Steven Bartlett on The Diary of a CEO podcast, Michelle tackled these rumors directly.
“You know me now well enough, Steven, if I was having problems with my husband everyone would know about it,” she said.
Later in the conversation, Michelle confessed to experiencing feelings of ‘resentment’ at times in her marriage to Barack.
“There were moments when I was resentful, there were moments when I was mad, there were moments where I didn’t feel like I got enough attention,” she admitted, “but it’s like, don’t you feel that in your relationship right now?”
Michelle elaborated: “It’s just me understanding yeah I got mad, but I forgot even why I was mad.”
Michelle emphasized that neither she nor Barack ever truly considered leaving their marriage, despite the challenges encountered during his presidency.
“That’s not who we are,” Michelle stated firmly.
Additionally, she talked about attending couples therapy with Barack.
When Steven inquired about advice on managing love while focusing on career aspirations, Michelle provided her perspective.
She highlighted that while it’s important for couples to maintain their individual identities and careers, a significant turning point occurs when they embark on a collaborative project, such as raising children.
“That’s often times when the rub happens,” she remarked. “When you bring life into the world, you know, that’s the project that you can’t do independently.”
Michelle further explained: “You can’t be on one path and your partner on another because raising those kids and making them as whole as you’d want them to be has so little to do with the dragon you’re slaying now than how it does when you partner and engage and make choices together on these little creatures that you’re going to love more than anything in the world.”