OPRAH WINFREY: And what do you know for sure about marriage,
being married now 18 years?
[LAUGHTER]
MICHELLE OBAMA: That it, it has to be a true partnership.
And you have to really, really like and respect
the person that you're married to because it is a hard road.
I mean, that's what I tell young couples.
Don't expect it to be easy-- melding two lives
and trying to raise others and doing it forever.
I mean, yeah, that's a recipe made for disaster.
So there are highs and lows, but if in the end,
you can look him in the eye and say, I like you and--
You know, I stopped believing in love in first sight.
I think you go through that, that,
that wonderful love stage, but when it gets hard,
you need a little bit more.