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If youve every wondered about the secret to Barack and Michelle Obamas happy marriage, the answer might have just been revealed.
In a new book by former White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer, Yes, We (Still) Can, the author shares a revealing conversation he had with his then-boss on his last day on the job in 2015.
As they chatted about future plans, Pfeiffer opened up about his girlfriend and clearly gave off signals that things were getting serious.
So are you guys moving together? This is the one, huh, Pfeiffer recounted Obama as asking him, per an excerpt shared on Twitter and on the Huffington Post.
Obama then quickly offered some fatherly wisdom, in the form of three questions he believes everyone should ask themselves before choosing a potential mate.
Heres the advice I give everyone about marriage is she someone you find interesting? Pfeiffer says Obama asked him.
Pfeiffer admits the question puzzled him at first, but Obama then clarified: You will spend more time with this person than anyone else for the rest of your life, and there is nothing more important than always wanting to hear what she has to say about things.
Question number two is a little more self-explanatory: Does she make you laugh?
And finally, Pfeiffer writes that Obama told him I dont know if you want kids, but if you do, do you think she will be a good mom?
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kimbutgar
(21,048 posts)I miss you President Obama
elleng
(130,720 posts)No guarantee, of course; didn't enable us to make it.
applegrove
(118,471 posts)D_Master81
(1,822 posts)I cant imagine he has anything of substance to offer on anything outside of real estate.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)2.Does she know her place?
3.Does she think I am god's gift to earth?
mythology
(9,527 posts)5 Is she going to be jealous when I inappropriately remark about my daughter?
Of course, that presumes Trump can count that high.
hibbing
(10,094 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I never wanted kids, but the first two are very important to me. The third would be "Do they make you want to be a better person"? I would have to be with someone who I thought was morally decent and always strived to do the right thing. I could not admire someone who was shady in any part of their life.
Cha
(296,790 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,652 posts)That is exactly what my dad said to me in 1989 when my relationship with my now husband turned serious.
Do you think he's interesting? Does he make you laugh? What kind of father do you think he would be?
I still have the letter my dad wrote me. He had one more question though. "Do you like yourself a little bit more, the same, or less after you spend some time with him?"
My husband and I celebrated 25 years of marriage last week.
marlakay
(11,425 posts)you can find them interesting and funny the first 5 years then....