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You are here: Home / Politics / Politicans / President Biden / Saturday Evening Open Thread: Happy Anniversary to President & Dr. Biden!

Saturday Evening Open Thread: Happy Anniversary to President & Dr. Biden!

by Anne Laurie|  June 17, 20237:32 pm| 59 Comments

This post is in: President Biden, Something Good Open Thread

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Happy anniversary to President Biden and Dr. Biden! 💙 pic.twitter.com/QGxbbRnN4T

— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) June 17, 2023

Story of Joe’s life: Persistence pays off!

Today is Joe and Jill Biden’s 46th wedding anniversary. He proposed to her five times before she said “yes” https://t.co/OOgp3ZHnEk

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) June 17, 2023


(Story is from 2018)

… Jill Biden (then Jacobs) was divorced and still a college student at the time, and on their first date, she admittedly had doubts about their compatibility. “I was a senior, and I had been dating guys in jeans and clogs and T-shirts, he came to the door and he had a sport coat and loafers, and I thought, ‘God, this is never going to work, not in a million years.’ He was nine years older than I am!” The SLOTUS shared. “But we went out to see A Man and a Woman at the movie theater in Philadelphia, and we really hit it off. When we came home … he shook my hand good night … I went upstairs and called my mother at 1:00 a.m. and said, ‘Mom, I finally met a gentleman.'”

Sounds like a happily-ever-after story, right? Not so fast. Apparently, it took Joe Biden five tries before Jill agreed to get engaged! But alas, she had a good reason for rejecting his proposals.

“I said, ‘Not yet. Not yet. Not yet.’ Because by that time, of course, I had fallen in love with the boys [Beau and Hunter], and I really felt that this marriage had to work. Because they had lost their mom, and I couldn’t have them lose another mother. So I had to be 100 percent sure.”

Finally, Joe cracked. “‘Look, this is the last time I’m asking you. I don’t care when we get married. But I want a commitment,'” he recalls saying. “And she said okay. But it took that!”

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  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    June 17, 2023 at 7:35 pm

    Happy Anniversary to POTUS AND DR. FLOTUS🌞👩‍❤️‍👨❤💝💐🍾

  2. 2.

    rikyrah

    June 17, 2023 at 7:35 pm

     

    Go Mickey Go Mickey Go!✊🏾✊🏾

    https://vm.tiktok.com/ZT8JRPKUL/

  3. 3.

    Pete Downunder

    June 17, 2023 at 7:39 pm

    I sympathize with Joe. It took 10 years of long distance courtship to win over Mrs Downunder. It will be 15 happy years in December and thus worth the effort.

  4. 4.

    Baud

    June 17, 2023 at 7:42 pm

    What @rikyrah said.

  5. 5.

    bbleh

    June 17, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    That is genuinely sweet.  It’s so good-hearted and … normal.  Just like the previous Democratic President and his, let’s face it, Norman-Rockwell-perfect family.

    Interesting what the Party of Family Values coughed up in between btw …

  6. 6.

    Mousebumples

    June 17, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    Congratulations to the First Couple! And I love the President & Dr. Biden mention. My husband and I are Mr. & Dr. Mouse (or Dr. & Mr.? I’m not sure which should be listed first), and I love celebrating women and our educational achievements.**

    **I will not derail this thread with bitching about how the GOP would rather I was uneducated and just procreating endlessly… But it’s always on my mind… 

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 17, 2023 at 7:50 pm

    I love them. They are so cute.

    Happy anniversary, FLOTUS and POTUS!

  8. 8.

    Mousebumples

    June 17, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    @Pete Downunder: I sympathize with Joe. It took 10 years of long distance courtship to win over Mrs Downunder. It will be 15 happy years in December and thus worth the effort.

    Happy early anniversary! We have our 5 year anniversary coming up in September.

    And I actually did the proposing – though after we got my engagement ring, I did make him get down on one knee to give it to me, lol.

  9. 9.

    japa21

    June 17, 2023 at 7:56 pm

    Mrs. Japa said no twice before saying yes on my third try. 49 years come December, so I guess she meant it when she said yes.

  10. 10.

    JPL

    June 17, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    @japa21: Congrats.

  11. 11.

    zhena gogolia

    June 17, 2023 at 8:03 pm

    Very sweet. He was very cute back then.

  12. 12.

    lowtechcyclist

    June 17, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    My wife and I celebrated our 32nd anniversary last month. Since we’re both math nerds, I joked that even though we’d been married 100000 years, it didn’t seem like a day more than 10000.​
     

    ETA: Happy anniversary, Dr. & Mr. Biden!

  13. 13.

    Pete Downunder

    June 17, 2023 at 8:05 pm

    @Mousebumples:  Thank you and early congrats to you as well

  14. 14.

    gene108

    June 17, 2023 at 8:05 pm

    I wonder how weirded out a college senior would be to go on a date with an actual U.S. Senator? I wonder if she knew what he did for a living? And did he pick her up in his Corvette?

    I want more juicy details.

  15. 15.

    JPL

    June 17, 2023 at 8:08 pm

    It was cool to have our own Leto and Avalune report on the ground about the festivities the rally.

  16. 16.

    Baud

    June 17, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    @JPL:

    Agreed.

  17. 17.

    Scout211

    June 17, 2023 at 8:12 pm

    Happy anniversary to POTUS and FLOTUS. 46 years for 46.

    Our 45th is next month.

  18. 18.

    UncleEbeneezer

    June 17, 2023 at 8:19 pm

    Happy Black Music Month (again)

    Here is Kamasi Washington’s incredible rendition of Claire De Lune!  Kamasi takes the beautiful De Bussy classic and BLACKENS THE SH*T OF IT!!! Complete with horns, upright bass and a full gospel choir. This is the tune that initially led me down the Kamasi rabbit hole and led to some of my all-time favorite music and a greater appreciation of music, in general, so it will always have a very special place in my heart.

    That transition from sax solo to crazy piano solo to that HUGE CRESCENDO….fucking chef’s kiss…

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    June 17, 2023 at 8:27 pm

    @Pete Downunder: Glad you hung in there!

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    June 17, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer:

    Happy Black Music Month (again)

    You won’t want to miss Medium Cool tomorrow, then, because that is the topic for Sunday night.

    So don’t spend all your Black Music stuff before then!

  21. 21.

    Almost Retired

    June 17, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    I absolutely adore Jill Biden at a Michelle Obama level of zeal.  What a delightful change from the supremely creepy Melania, who managed to simultaneously give off vibes of gold digger and emotionless axe murderer.  Hopefully in the end she’ll turn out to be both.

  22. 22.

    laura

    June 17, 2023 at 8:33 pm

    This is what Family Values looks like!

    Spouse and I just had our 28th anniversary, but we’ve been together since Ash Wednesday of 1994 when we fell in love on a blind date I had just spent about 10 weeks trying desperately to back out of because his on the phone self was so without a hint of personality that all I could imagine was this guy:

    https://youtu.be/Qp3NWzLzaek

  23. 23.

    Avalune

    June 17, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    Dr Biden doted on the corsage she was wearing in honor of their day – when the teachers unions shut up long enough for her to talk. 😜

  24. 24.

    Avalune

    June 17, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    Am I misremembering or is Seung the same reporter that just wouldn’t stop going on about Biden’s root canal? Asking does he need to brush his teeth better and just trying the press secretary’s patience?

  25. 25.

    different-church-lady

    June 17, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    He proposed to her five times before she said “yes”

    He proposed to the country three times before we did.

  26. 26.

    gwangung

    June 17, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @WaterGirl: So don’t spend all your Black Music stuff before then!

    Not possible. Even with a Black Music Year.

  27. 27.

    karen marie

    June 17, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer:   That is really nice!  Thank you very much!

    I’m not usually a fan of horn-based jazz but I’m now making an exception for Kamasi Washington.

  28. 28.

    Mike in NC

    June 17, 2023 at 8:40 pm

    Next year will be the Big Three Oh for my wife and I.

  29. 29.

    different-church-lady

    June 17, 2023 at 8:41 pm

    @lowtechcyclist: ​
      One and one make 10. And baby makes 11.

  30. 30.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    June 17, 2023 at 8:42 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: Kamasi Washington and the musicians he plays with are all amazingly talented.

  31. 31.

    laura

    June 17, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    @Avalune: She’s a piece of work (stares bitchly).

  32. 32.

    Jay

    June 17, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    Asshole Watch,

    f’n assholes are trespassing on the T’kumloops mass graves site and digging at night to “prove” that there are no graves there.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/denialists-tried-to-access-unmarked-gravesite-tkemlups-report-1.6879980

  33. 33.

    schrodingers_cat

    June 17, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    They look so good together. Happy anniversary to the Bidens!

  34. 34.

    Mousebumples

    June 17, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    @Pete Downunder: belated thanks!

  35. 35.

    Sure Lurkalot

    June 17, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    45 years in July. Yikes, I never wanted to get or be married, I was happy cohabiting. But, my grandma Flo was old, loved Mr. Lurkalot and so we sallied forth. She died 3 weeks later so clearly, she was just waiting for us to tie the knot.

  36. 36.

    Jay

    June 17, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    Adidas Sets Date for Reopening Stores in RussiaAdidas, the German sportswear and footwear brand, is set to resume its operations in the Russian market. Adidas is planning to reopen its stores on November 1, 2023.Partnership with Daher Group and Potential RebrandingAdidas has… pic.twitter.com/M5RUarwbw9— Beefeater (@Beefeater_Fella) June 17, 2023

  37. 37.

    schrodingers_cat

    June 17, 2023 at 9:12 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Have you had a chance to finish any pages in your Kerby books.

    I have two WIPs write now.

    Kraken in Mythomorphia and one in the Fragile World

  38. 38.

    WaterGirl

    June 17, 2023 at 9:26 pm

    @laura: Good that you weren’t able to back out!

  39. 39.

    Betty Cracker

    June 17, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    The mister and I hit 26 years last month. It’s flown by! I guess if we were married to people who were unpleasant, it would seem twice as long. There’s a paradox.

  40. 40.

    schrodingers_cat

    June 17, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    @schrodingers_cat: * not write..

    right now.

  41. 41.

    StringOnAStick

    June 17, 2023 at 9:39 pm

    23 years of marriage but together for 31 years.  At some point the tax benefit was worth it and we were both ready to make our commitment official.

  42. 42.

    Jackie

    June 17, 2023 at 9:55 pm

    Just to be contrarian… happily divorced and single for 39 yrs.

    But I’m genuinely happy for all of you who found and KEPT your life soulmate 😊

  43. 43.

    Old School

    June 17, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    Mrs. School and I completed 15 years of marriage this past week.

    It only seems like 46.

  44. 44.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    June 17, 2023 at 10:05 pm

    you never saw Dump and the person he calls “Melanie”[sic] do this

  45. 45.

    Sister Inspired Revolver of Freedom

    June 17, 2023 at 10:09 pm

    Has echoes of President & Ms Carter! 😁 Congratulations to all!

  46. 46.

    prostratedragon

    June 17, 2023 at 10:22 pm

    “The Ruby and the Pearl,” Branford Marsalis Quartet

  47. 47.

    HumboldtBlue

    June 17, 2023 at 10:23 pm

    @bbleh: ​ 

    Just like the previous Democratic President and his, let’s face it, Norman-Rockwell-perfect family.

    It really is, the photos from Sasha’s USC graduation bear that out.

  48. 48.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    June 17, 2023 at 10:54 pm

    @japa21:

    Sounds reasonable (your conclusion) and congrats at 49 this coming winter! Now that’s the last I want to hear about this coming winter… ;)

    Congrats to the Prez and Dr FLOTUS on their anniversary. We will be celebrating our 37th this September. No long courtship for my future wife and I, we knew we were doomed to be together for the rest of one of our lives almost from the day we met. First and last time for both of us, so we nailed it in one!

  49. 49.

    UncleEbeneezer

    June 17, 2023 at 11:25 pm

    @WaterGirl: I actually will miss it because I’ll be at the Hollywood Bowl watching Big Freedia lead a crowd of people twerking!  And seeing Kamasi’s band The West Coast Get Down, close the show.

  50. 50.

    UncleEbeneezer

    June 17, 2023 at 11:28 pm

    @Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: My jazz trio went to a jam one night at The Mint in Culver City hoping to get up and play.  But after watching a couple of jams we were like “there’s no way I’m going after that!”  It was crazy-high level players.  Turns out years later I realized it was some of those guys from the West Coast Get Down.  One of his regular drummers, Tony Martin (who has a fairly distinct afro hairstyle) was there for sure.

  51. 51.

    UncleEbeneezer

    June 17, 2023 at 11:32 pm

    @karen marie: That whole album, The Epic, is really superb. Check out the opening track Change Of The Guard.  Leroy & Laneisha, Re-Run Home, The Rhythm Changes, The Message, are all great tunes.

  52. 52.

    Pennsylvanian

    June 17, 2023 at 11:33 pm

    And probably 40 of those years happy; hopefully more. May we all be so lucky.

  53. 53.

    Gretchen

    June 18, 2023 at 1:14 am

    46 years tomorrow.

  54. 54.

    CaseyL

    June 18, 2023 at 2:58 am

    Congrats to all the married people!

    Solidarity to all the never-marrieds!

    POTUS and FLOTUS are adorable, always. They are so sweet, and real, and I love seeing them interact.

  55. 55.

    OzarkHillbilly

    June 18, 2023 at 6:25 am

    Some guys just won’t take no for an answer.

  56. 56.

    AM in NC

    June 18, 2023 at 9:40 am

    @UncleEbeneezer:  Kamasi Washington is otherworldly good.  Live or recorded, I’ll take his performances where I can get them!

  57. 57.

    opiejeanne

    June 18, 2023 at 11:35 am

    54 years in December. He proposed on our first date. I was 18 and non-plussed, and didn’t give him an answer because I thought he was drunk.

  58. 58.

    Glidwrith

    June 18, 2023 at 12:21 pm

    28 years this August, with another eight years prior, also saying “no” twice. Never thought I would find someone, never thought I would have kids.

  59. 59.

    BellaPea

    June 18, 2023 at 1:45 pm

    36 years for us in September. It has been great, for the most part. I am so proud to have Dr. Jill Biden as our First Lady, especially after the hideous Melania. Good-looking woman but totally without a soul.

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