Michelle Obama believes couples should get to know each other first before living together. The former first lady, 62, declared, “If it’s early in the relationship, you shouldn’t be moving in.”
Speaking on her “IMO” podcast with her brother Craig Robinson on Tuesday, February 10, the former first lady, 62, urged couples to slow down before taking big steps, like moving in together.
“I don’t care how much money he has or doesn’t have… You don’t know him yet,” she said, before sharing that real love, to her, is something that develops with time.
“It takes time to fully know, to have somebody reveal themselves to you over time, to know whether or not your affections and feelings stand the test of time,” Mrs. Obama explained. She added, “My recommendation is always take some time. Make moving in like way down the line.”
Michelle Obama’s remarks come after she admitted on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast last month that it wasn’t love at first sight when she met Barack Obama. Despite thinking he was “cute,” she started out seeing him as a peer, not a romantic interest. What drew her in, she said, was being able to be herself around him.
“It was one of the things that drew me to him. I didn’t have to change my fundamental self,” she explained.
