{"id":810,"date":"2026-06-25T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=810"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:08:00","slug":"michelle-obama-explains-why-her-and-baracks-decades-spanning-marriage-still-works-despite-ups-and-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama explains why her and Barack\u2019s decades-spanning marriage still works despite \u2018ups and downs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle Obama believes her and Barack Obama\u2019s decades-long marriage has worked through the \u201cups and downs\u201d because they \u201ccounterbalance\u201d one another.<\/p>\n

Michelle\u00a0explained to People<\/a>, in a cover story published Wednesday, that she \u201cprobably would have been someone who stayed more put\u201d if she hadn\u2019t met her husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes when you [grow up] so grounded, you\u2019re sometimes afraid to leave that security and comfort,\u201d she noted. \u201cI might have fallen into that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michelle Obama (pictured above in August 2025) said her and Barack\u2019s decades-long marriage works through the \u201cups and downs\u201d because they \u201ccounterbalance\u201d each other.Instagram\/@michelleobama<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The former first lady (pictured above in February 2025) shared that Barack has supported her through the most \u201cuncomfortable steps\u201d in her career.Michelle Obama\/instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The former first lady, 62, shared that Barack, 64, supported her through the most \u201cuncomfortable steps\u201d in her career by making it clear he\u2019d stand by her choices no matter what.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe made me think more broadly about what I could do with this Harvard law degree besides be a lawyer,\u201d she gushed. \u201cHe gave me the courage, he was my ballast. He was like, \u2018I got you.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever hard it\u2019s been, the ups and the downs, he\u2019s got me,\u201d Michelle added. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018Try new things. Go leap.\u2019 I can do a lot of these things because I know if I slip or fall or trip, he\u2019s got me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe gave me the courage, he was my ballast. He was like, \u2018I got you,’\u201d she gushed of her spouse (pictured above on June 16).Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Barack (pictured above on June 16) encouraged his partner to \u201ctry new things\u201d and \u201cgo leap.\u201dPOOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the flip side, Barack credited Michelle with \u201cground[ing] and anchor[ing]\u201d him.<\/p>\n

The politician told the outlet, \u201cThis was a one-of-a-kind woman with the integrity and character and smarts and values that was going to make me better. Just being with her made me better. She still does.\u201d<\/p>\n

He quipped that they haven\u2019t had \u201can equal partnership\u201d in their\u00a033 years of marriage<\/a>, saying, \u201cI\u2019ve gotten, I\u2019m sure, more out of it than she has. But it\u2019s worked out for me really well. For her, it\u2019s probably more of a mixed bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Barack noted that Michelle (pictured above on June 18) \u201cgrounds and anchors\u201d him.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He called his wife a \u201cone-of-a-kind woman with the integrity and character and smarts and values that\u201d have made him \u201cbetter.\u201dGetty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The former president also credited Michelle for giving daughters Malia, 27, and Sasha, 25, \u201ca foundation that would pay off for them over the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple are currently\u00a0navigating a \u201cnew phase\u201d<\/a>\u00a0as empty nesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur kids are grown. They\u2019re out,\u201d she told\u00a0\u201cIMO\u201d podcast listeners in March. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at each other like, \u2018Hey, I remember you.\u2019 Now I\u2019m not mad about anything. I don\u2019t need you to do anything for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s been an equal partnership [because] I\u2019ve gotten, I\u2019m sure, more out of it than she has,\u201d Barack (pictured above in October 2024) quipped.Tamara Beckwith\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He also credited Michelle for giving their two daughters (pictured above on June 18) \u201ca foundation that would pay off for them over the long term.\u201dGetty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Michelle Obama believes her and Barack Obama\u2019s decades-long marriage has worked through the \u201cups and downs\u201d because they \u201ccounterbalance\u201d one another. Michelle\u00a0explained to People, in a cover story published Wednesday, that she \u201cprobably would have been someone who stayed more put\u201d if she hadn\u2019t met her husband. \u201cSometimes when you [grow up] so grounded, you\u2019re…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aluremart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}