Michelle Obama: Dating Advice Columnist?

First lady Michelle Obama is one of five Glamour cover stars for this year’s ‘Woman of the Year’ issue. Mrs. Obama was interviewed by Katie Couric for the piece (and photographed with all her interns, what’s not to love about that!). Couric asked Obama what dating advice she would give to a young professional woman today, which is reasonable question on a number of levels one being that this is Glamour, another being, who doesn’t hope their family life in some way resembles the first couples. Anyway, here’s what she had to say:

‘Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it’s, Who are you as a person? That’s the advice I would give to women: Don’t look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul. Look at how the guy treats his mother and what he says about women. How he acts with children he doesn’t know. And, more important, how does he treat you? When you’re dating a man, you should always feel good. You should never feel less than. You should never doubt yourself. You shouldn’t be in a relationship with somebody who doesn’t make you completely happy and make you feel whole. And if you’re in that relationship and you’re dating, then my advice is, don’t get married.’

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