8/27/2008
I was reading James Taranto’s Best of The Web Today column and this little snippet caught my attention:
But then we remembered a comment Mrs. Obama made about a year ago in an interview with Glamour:
“We have this ritual in the morning. They come in my bed, and Dad isn’t there–because he’s too snore-y and stinky, they don’t want to ever get into bed with him. But we cuddle up and we talk about everything from what is a period to the big topic of when we get a dog: what kind?”
To me, it sounds as if Michele and Barack do not share a bed, or even the same bedroom. Not that this is shocking; a lot of professional couples do this so as to be able to go to sleep and wake up based on the demands of their job.
Furthermore, if you look back in American history, most White House couples (as the Obamas hope to be come January of 2009) have separate bedrooms. This makes sense as presidents often are engaged until late in the evening, must wake up early, and of course, sometimes get those “3am” calls.
Still, it struck me as rather an elite thing. I know some very successful people, all of whom share the same bedroom and the same bed with their spouses. The seperate bedrooms trend has become more popular of late, but the whole lovey-dovey theme we hear about the Obamas seems to contrast that “modern upper-class couple” theme that is expressed by comments such as the one above.
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