Posted on 05/02/2023 2:01:59 PM PDT by simpson96
Michelle Obama and Barack Obama have different styles when it comes to showing and receiving love — something that took time to get used to, she said on an April 25 episode of her Audible series "The Light Podcast."
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Michelle said that her husband is more verbally and physically affectionate because he and his family lived far apart and didn't get to see each other very often, whereas she grew up surrounded by extended family and considers expressing love as being present.
"One of the things that's different in how we show love is that because his family lived far away, and traveled a lot, he had to learn to love at a distance," the former first lady said.
Marriage counselor Gary Chapman created the five love languages in 1995, categorizing how each person wants to receive love: words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. While Michelle said Barack leans more towards words of affirmation and physical touch, she prefers acts of service and quality time.
"I grew up with everybody within eight blocks of each other," she said. "All my aunts, and uncles, and great uncles, and cousins, and everybody celebrated birthdays. So we were with each other, every weekend, twice a weekend. We were always together. So it was like, 'Mmm, bye. I don't have to tell you I love you because I'm going to see you Saturday.' So love, for me, was showing up. It was like, 'Yeah, yeah. Stop kissing me. Just do the laundry.'"
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Are we being prepared for a Big Mike presidential run?
Good one!
Only somebody named Talia Lakritz would GAS about this garbage. Typical Yahoo BS for morons.
If “she” grew up in such a loving family why is “she” so full of hate?
Interesting to me too... Thanks for sharing.
She hates him but loves the luxury his evil schemes provide.
for decades this “love language” crap has distracted people from truth. are people only on this earth for self fulfillment or to be pleased?
numerous beliefs speak of becoming more, a better person, well rounded, spiritual growth, etc as a person, yet some authors made millions of dollars telling people they should keep enabling their spouse, partner, loved one to need a certain thing or be treated a specific way to feel loved.
that’s not love, it’s like feeding your loved ones addiction.
healthy love would see from a bigger picture than, “I need or want this to feel loved”
Oprah had people on spewing this line of crap decades ago, now MO-bama is the spokesperson for “treat me as I want so I don’t have to grow up or change”.
he was acting like an ass at a funeral....I wouldn’t look at him, either.
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