Barack Obama delights fans with throwback birthday tribute to Michelle
Words by Erin Donnelly.
Betty White and Michelle Obama may share a birthday, but only one of them is getting a birthday greeting from Barack. Tough break, Betty.
The former first lady turned 55 on Jan. 17, but she’s significantly younger in the throwback photo husband Barack Obama posted to mark her special day. Taken sometime after the couple’s 1992 wedding — note his wedding band — the nostalgic pic is accompanied by the former president’s note that he “knew it way back then” that his wife was “one of a kind.”
I knew it way back then and I’m absolutely convinced of it today — you’re one of a kind, @MichelleObama. Happy Birthday! pic.twitter.com/ejqm0uC9J4
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 17, 2019
As detailed in her bestselling autobiography, Becoming — which is breaking records on Amazon — the Obamas became a couple not long after she was assigned to mentor him at a Chicago law firm. An outing to get ice cream after a company picnic ended with their first kiss and kick-started what the former FLOTUS described in her book as a “toppling blast of lust, gratitude, fulfillment, wonder.”
Fans of the Obamas have reacted to the birthday tribute with awe — while more than a few have compared his post to President Trump’s own birthday celebrations for Melania last year.
You guys are for real relationship goals! Happy birthday, Michelle! This really should be a national holiday, in all honesty.
— Annamarie Sieberns (@Annamarie40985) January 17, 2019
Barack I think Michelle has ‘Age of Adeline’d’ you. She hasn’t aged a day!
— First Triumverate Ross (@Ramck001) January 17, 2019
Happy Birthday @MichelleObama wishing you a change of heart, that one day in the very near future you become the first female President of the United States…sorry that's my birthday wish, probably not yours 🙁 😉🥳😋
— Ariaa Jaeger (@AriaaJaeger) January 17, 2019
Does this count as a 10-Year Challenge entry?
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