The Couple in the White House is Setting a Trend
Whether they meant to or not, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are setting trends for couples everywhere. What is this new idea that is creating waves among married couples? Well, dating of course!
Through all the stress if their first six months in the White House, the Obamas have put an emphasis on date nights. And, interestingly enough, married couples everywhere are following suit. President Barack Obama and his wife have stressed the importance of going out together for romantic evenings, even if only for an hour, from the time when he began the presidential race. Although his availability for date nights have severely lessened since then, he and Michelle Obama have still been making valiant efforts to go out for a quiet dinner, albeit under the watchful eye of the Secret Service and at least 20 news reporters at all times.
When traveling to New York last week, the presidential couple fulfilled a long ago campaign promise. President Obama said in a statement read by an aide to the press, “I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished.” And that they did. After a quiet 2 hour long dinner in the West Village, they drove the motorcade up to Broadway and did see a play. Even this week during their trip to Paris for Malia’s 8th birthday, the couple had a meal at a local French bistro. Although they may have expected at least a few minutes to themselves, I can’t imagine being met by cheers from French citizens and restaurant-goers was a bad thing.
So how do you do date night? Our date nights are usually a movie and take out sushi after the kids are in bed – this way I get a quiet meal and a movie. Though ever since a new restaurant opened within walking distance (a rare thing in the suburbs), we have left the kids with our regular baby sitter and scooted on out. Still, I long for a old fashioned dinner and a movie – I think I’m saving up for New Moon, if I can convince my husband to see (long shot, I know).
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