I was ‘sold’ after first date: Michelle

By the end of that date, it was over. I was sold.” This is how Michelle, now wife of US President elect Barack Obama, described her first date some 20 years back with her husband.

Even after hearing a lot of buzz about a “hot-shot, young, first-year law student from Harvard” in the Sidley and Austin law firm in Chicago, where she was an intern then, Michelle hesitated to go on a date with Barack as she was assigned to be his mentor.

“I was taking my job (as Barack’s adviser) very seriously. So, my mind was not focused on dating. I thought this guy is going to be a good friend of mine. I liked him. We hung out but I just did not see a relationship coming out of that,” Michelle told CNN during an interview while describing her initial sentiments towards Barack.

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