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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,729 posts)
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 10:23 PM Jul 2018

Barack Obama Says Everyone Should Ask These Three Questions Before Choosing a Mate: New Book

If you’ve every wondered about the secret to Barack and Michelle Obama‘s 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.

“Here’s 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 don’t know if you want kids, but if you do, do you think she will be a good mom?”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/whats-hot/barack-obama-says-everyone-should-ask-these-three-questions-before-choosing-a-mate-new-book/ar-AAzACOp?li=BBnb7Kz

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Barack Obama Says Everyone Should Ask These Three Questions Before Choosing a Mate: New Book (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2018 OP
Great advice from a wise man kimbutgar Jul 2018 #1
Good ones. elleng Jul 2018 #2
The Obama's are a really great team. applegrove Jul 2018 #3
what do you suppose the current President would say? D_Master81 Jul 2018 #4
1.Is she a great piece of ass? milestogo Jul 2018 #7
4 When can I replace her with a younger model? mythology Jul 2018 #8
Breast size? hibbing Jul 2018 #9
Good questions! smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #5
Thanks, YO Cha Jul 2018 #6
Fascinating Pacifist Patriot Jul 2018 #10
I agree but people change marlakay Jul 2018 #11

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
4. what do you suppose the current President would say?
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 11:23 PM
Jul 2018

I cant imagine he has anything of substance to offer on anything outside of real estate.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
8. 4 When can I replace her with a younger model?
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:03 AM
Jul 2018

5 Is she going to be jealous when I inappropriately remark about my daughter?

Of course, that presumes Trump can count that high.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Good questions!
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 11:24 PM
Jul 2018

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.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,652 posts)
10. Fascinating
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 06:27 PM
Jul 2018

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.

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