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- Barack and Michelle Obama shared photos on Instagram to mark their 28th wedding anniversary, which was on Saturday.
- “I love @BarackObama for his smile, his character, and his compassion,” the former first lady wrote on Instagram.
- “Every day with @MichelleObama makes me a better husband, a better father, and a better human,” the former president said on Instagram.
- The Obamas thanked their fans for the well-wishes — but wrote that more importantly, they hope Americans will vote in the upcoming presidential election.
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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on Saturday.
They had their first date in 1989, when the future president asked out Michelle (then Michelle Robinson) — who, at the time, was his mentor at a law firm.
They got engaged in 1991 and were married in Chicago on October 3, 1992.
On Saturday, Barack Obama posted a photo, where he and Michelle are smiling and touching foreheads.
"Every day with @MichelleObama makes me a better husband, a better father, and a better human," he wrote.
He also encouraged his fans to vote in the upcoming election in his anniversary message.
"This year, while we appreciate all your well-wishes, what we'd really love is for each of you to reach out to one person in your life who might not vote," he wrote.
Michelle Obama posted a candid photo to mark the occasion.
"I love @BarackObama for his smile, his character, and his compassion. So grateful to have him as a partner through everything life throws at us," she wrote.
Like her husband, the former first lady also asked fans to vote in her anniversary post.
"And this year, we have a request for you — pick one person in your life who might not vote and make sure they do," she wrote.
Michelle Obama has spent the past months encouraging voting.
While speaking at the virtual Democratic National Convention in August, the former first lady nearly broke the internet after wearing a custom $430 necklace that read "vote," made by the brand ByChari.
In September, she collaborated with The Lip Bar on a $15 red liquid lipstick to encourage voter registration.
The Obamas' anniversary posts also come after Michelle Obama opened up on Rachael Ray's talk show on September 30 about what it was like to be at home with her family during stay-at-home orders.
"Quarantine started out so lovely," the former first lady told Ray. "There was the first phase when we were all together, and we'd go apart, and then we'd come together ... [then] right around June, all that magic started wearing off."
Michelle Obama continued, telling Ray: "It's really interesting, because sometimes Barack just comes into the room, and I'm in the middle of something, and he's like, 'What are you doing?' And I'm like — 'nothing, nothing. Just please go.'"
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