Presidential Power
Remember the date night the Obamas had a few weeks back in Manhattan? Well, according to the New York Times, the First Couple has caused a stir with women who wish their husbands would would be romantic like our President. Even with the economic crisis, dealing with two ongoing wars and raising two girls, Barack always puts daily “Michelle time” on his schedule.
“I’m jealous,” said Emily Giffin, the Atlanta-based writer of Love the One You’re With and other chick-lit novels. Home stats: married seven years to a corporate executive, three children under six.
Last date with husband? She’s thinking, she mutters. “We don’t have a date night, I have to say,” Ms. Giffin said. A lame excuse? Her husband’s beloved Pittsburgh Penguins are in the Stanley Cup finals. “But I flew to New York alone and went out with my friends while he stayed home with the kids,” she said. “Does that count?”
Most of us don’t have private planes to whisk our sweethearts away for a Friday night date, but we think making a fuss over your partner (male or female) once in awhile can only do good. And why not take a cue from the President and First Lady? They genuinely seem to adore each other and that’s what counts.
