If there’s one thing that fan appreciate about former President of the United States Barack Obama, it’s that he doesn’t pretend his life is perfect, both personally and professionally.
As a matter of fact, Obama recently went on the record to admit that there was marital tension between him and his wife Michelle Obama while they were still in the White House. Here’s what you need to know.
In a new interview with People Magazine, the man who is also informally known as Barry opened up about his family and his marriage to Michelle Obama, as he is still promoting his new book, A Promised Land.
He says that once they were in the White House, Barack could sense “an undercurrent of tension in her” and loneliness that was so worrisome that it often kept him awake.
Barack Obama Admits There Was Marital Tension Between Him And Wife Michelle Obama While In The White House
He said, “There were nights when, lying next to Michelle in the dark, I’d think about those days when everything between us felt lighter, when her smile was more constant and our love less encumbered and my heart would suddenly tighten at the thought that those days might not return.”
Speaking about the marital tension they experienced during his years as POTUS, Barack revealed, “That was the truth of our time in the White House. Michelle very much believed in the work I did but was less optimistic about what I could get done. … She’s more skeptical about politics and more mindful of the sacrifices to the family. I think we came out of it whole. There were great joys in the White House. There was never a time where we didn’t recognize what an extraordinary privilege it was to be there. Most importantly, our children emerged intact and they are wonderful, kind, thoughtful, creative — and not entitled — young women. So that’s a big sigh of relief. But, during the time we were there, Michelle felt this underlying tension. The pressure, stress, of needing to get everything right, to be ‘on’ at every moment.”
Thankfully, things turned around for the better as Barack and Michelle could finally “exhale” the moment they left the White House.
He continued, “It took some time to talk about how she had felt. Once [the presidency] was done, there was possibility of her opening up … but more importantly just her being able to let out a breath and relax. You know the old adage, ‘if mom’s happy, everybody’s happy’? It very much applies in our household.”
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