Overview
- In a new People cover story, Michelle Obama says she and Barack deliberately avoid talking during the day before a planned date night so they have fresh conversation at dinner.
- She describes their preferred evenings as relaxed at-home dinners with candles and music, with no dressing up required.
- When they do go out, she says they choose either dinner or a movie because she will fall asleep if they try to do both.
- She recalls treating White House state dinners as romantic outings, including an unspoken ritual of revealing her gown to Barack only when she was ready.
- Her comments arrive as she promotes The Look, due Nov. 4, and follow the couple’s coordinated Instagram tributes marking their 33rd wedding anniversary on Oct. 3.