--- title: Barack and Michelle Obama Share Valentine's Day Photos description: The former President and First Lady sent each other sweet messages to celebrate Valentine's Day after 28 years of being together. canonical: https://time.com/4670750/barack-michelle-obama-valentines/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-14T18:22:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:07.625Z og:title: Barack and Michelle Obama Share Heartfelt Valentines og:description: Presidents may change, but their love is here to stay. og:url: https://time.com/4670750/barack-michelle-obama-valentines/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Barack and Michelle Obama Share Heartfelt Valentines twitter:description: Presidents may change, but their love is here to stay. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Barack and Michelle Obama Share Heartfelt Valentine's Day Messages > Sponsored content. 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On Tuesday, the lovebirds of nearly 28 years celebrated Valentine’s Day with some seriously sweet Twitter messages for each other. And yes, they still represent the [pinnacle in relationship goals](http://time.com/barack-michelle-obama-love-story-photos/?iid=sr-link1). This isn’t the first time they’ve publicly celebrated Valentine’s Day together; last year, Ellen DeGeneres got them to [share sweet love poems](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1dFbJWOeQ) for each other on _The Ellen Show_. This year, Michelle responded with a shot from their post-White House vacation. They may no longer be the First family, but the Obamas’ love is here to stay. > [](https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/831527113211645959) > [](https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/831534530221707265) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4670750/barack-michelle-obama-valentines/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4670750/barack-michelle-obama-valentines/"},"headline":"Barack and Michelle Obama Share Heartfelt Valentine's Day Messages","datePublished":"2017-02-14T18:22:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:07.625Z","description":"Presidencies may change, but their love is here to stay.","url":"https://time.com/4670750/barack-michelle-obama-valentines/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Holidays"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4670750/barack-michelle-obama-valentines/","name":"Barack and Michelle Obama Share Heartfelt Valentine's Day Messages"}}]}] ```