Michelle a Biography by Lisa Mundy Author:Liza Mundy Michelle -the boss-has said that there's a rule in their marriage. She gets to tease, and Barack does not. She is the one who gets to rag him publicly about...not putting away the butter, and he is the one who does not get to rag her publicly about...anything. (He does allow himself the indulgence of mentioning in The Audacity of Hope, that earl... more »y in their marriage Michelle had a talent for acquiring parking tickets.) A mutual friend says it's sometimes hard when he and his wife have dinner with Michelle and Barack, because Barack will so elaborately praise Michelle that at the end of the dinner, his wife always wants to know why her husband doesn't talk about her that way. "He is so wonderful about Michelle, both about what he writes and says...it's not praise for praise's sake, it's honest and believable".« less