{"id":1314,"date":"2008-11-11T08:57:28","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T00:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weddingsatwork.com\/wawnewsblog\/2008\/11\/11\/real-couple-barrack-michelle-obama\/"},"modified":"2015-04-18T04:10:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T04:10:59","slug":"real-couple-barrack-michelle-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/real-couple-barrack-michelle-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Real couple: Barack &#038; Michelle Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.weddingsatwork.com\/wawnewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/obama-wedding.jpg\" alt=\"obama-wedding.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>This relaxed 1992 wedding portrait sits on the Obamas&#8217; living room mantel.<\/em> [source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20214569_5,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www..barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama<\/a>, 47, inspired a lot of people all over the world when he was elected the 44th president of the United States of America and being the very first African-American to do so.\u00a0 Even his marriage is admired by the people who supported him.<\/p>\n<p>He and his wife Michelle, 44, were married in October 3, 1992. In an interview, Michelle talked about her husband&#8217;s wedding vows: <em>&#8220;Barack didn&#8217;t pledge riches, only a life that would be interesting. On that promise he&#8217;s delivered.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One observation says the greatest benefits of the Obama presidency is hidden in plain sight: the relationship between Michelle and Barack. They provide a great role model of a healthy relationship, at a time when such models are sorely needed.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some articles about the Obamas&#8217; relationship\/marriage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/politics\/obama\/585261,CST-NWS-wedding03.article\" target=\"_blank\">Obamas recall first date, proposal that &#8216;shut up&#8217; Michelle<\/a> <em>(Chicago Sun-Times)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/kathlyn-and-gay-hendricks\/the-obama-relationship-a_b_128896.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Obama Relationship: A Major Benefit Nobody&#8217;s Talking About<\/a><em> (The Huffington Post)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marriage.about.com\/od\/entertainmen1\/a\/obamaquotes.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Quotes about the marriage of Michelle &amp; Barack Obama<\/a><em> (About.com)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2176679\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Obama Marriage<\/a><em> (Slate.com)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2008\/10\/01\/the-obamas-greatest-pda-m_n_130947.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Obamas&#8217; Greatest PDA Moments<\/a> (SLIDESHOW)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This relaxed 1992 wedding portrait sits on the Obamas&#8217; living room mantel. [source: People] Barack Obama, 47, inspired a lot of people all over the world when he was elected the 44th president of the United States of America and being the very first African-American to do so.\u00a0 Even his marriage is admired by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebrity-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingsatwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}