Comments on: Portrait of a Political Marriage http://blog.en.chatelaine.com/chatter/portrait-of-a-political-marriage/ Blogs from the editors and contributors of Chatelaine magazine Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:27:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jacqueline http://blog.en.chatelaine.com/chatter/portrait-of-a-political-marriage/comment-page-1/#comment-50672 Jacqueline Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:11:50 +0000 http://blog.en.chatelaine.com/?p=9715#comment-50672 It's crazy to think that until moving into the White House, the Obamas hadn't lived full-time under the same roof since 1996, two years before Malia was born -- nearly 13 years. As Michelle says: "This is the first time in a long time in our marriage that we’ve lived seven days a week in the same household with the same schedule, with the same set of rituals." I was also struck by this insight of Michelle's, which the writer ends the article with: (Does it count as a spoiler if I post the last sentence of an article? If so, SPOILER ALERT!) The equality of any partnership “is measured over the scope of the marriage. It’s not just four years or eight years or two,” the first lady said. “We’re going to be married for a very long time.” It’s crazy to think that until moving into the White House, the Obamas hadn’t lived full-time under the same roof since 1996, two years before Malia was born — nearly 13 years. As Michelle says:

“This is the first time in a long time in our marriage that we’ve lived seven days a week in the same household with the same schedule, with the same set of rituals.”

I was also struck by this insight of Michelle’s, which the writer ends the article with:

(Does it count as a spoiler if I post the last sentence of an article? If so, SPOILER ALERT!)

The equality of any partnership “is measured over the scope of the marriage. It’s not just four years or eight years or two,” the first lady said. “We’re going to be married for a very long time.”

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