Darling of the dance floor: Barack Obama takes Michelle, now his wife of 17 years, for a spin at one of the 10 balls they visited on inauguration night
High school sweethearts: First Lady Michelle Obama with David Upchurch before the 1984 Whitney M Young High School prom in Chicago, Illinois
He's still got the moustache: David Upchurch outside his home in Colorado Springs. 'Barack Obama's a lucky man,' he saidHey, that's not Obama!
Prom queen Michelle poses with her first love
She has established herself as the First Lady of fashion and has graced the cover of Vogue. But long before arriving at the White House Michelle Obama was already putting on the style. In a shimmering low-cut silk dress slashed to the thigh, the then 18-year-old Michelle Robinson posed with her first boyfriend at the High School Prom.
More than a quarter of a century since that night, David Upchurch still has fond memories of escorting Michelle to the dance at the Whitney M Young High School in Chicago, which they both attended. While he looked a little uncomfortable in the black tie, Michelle seemed relaxed sitting in a wicker chair as she posed for the keepsake photograph.
Her revealing dress choice, daring for a soon-to-be college student, was perhapsan indication that she would always stand out.Over 25 years since that night Upchurch still has fond memories of escorting Michelle to the dance.They had both attended the Whitney M Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, and had been going out for almost a year and a half when the time came to escort her to the prom.
Back then, he recalls Michelle exhibited the drive that would take her from a rough Chicago neighbourhood to Harvard University and on to a law career where she would later meet her husband, Barack Obama.
David said: 'I grew up with Michelle and her brother Craig. We were neighbours, and our families were close.'When Michelle was in the middle of her junior year, we began dating and continued to date for a year-and-a-half.He says he can't even remember if he received a goodnight kiss after the prom.
The romance ended when Michelle went off to Princeton to study sociology.'Michelle knew what she wanted and after graduation she was off to Princeton University. I couldn't stand in her way.'Perhaps mindful that her husband is the President, David refuses to 'kiss and tell' about their time together.
David, a customer sales rep, has only fond memories of his time with Michelle, who he knew by her maiden name of Michelle Robinson.
'I wished the best for Michelle because she has always been a wonderful person,' he said.'I always knew Michelle was special and would make a difference in the world.'
Michelle would later meet Barack at the Chicago law firm of Sidney and Austin when she assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate.
After a two-year romance they were married in 1992.
David, a divorced father-of-three from Colorado Springs, Colorado, says he finds it hard to believe his prom date ended up in the White House.'I cannot tell you how proud I am of her and her husband.
I have never met Barack, but I have to say, he is a very lucky man,' he said.
NAWAAGA KWA MUDA.
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Huyu David hana jipya anataka umaarufu tu hamna lolote. Na magirl friends wa Obama wakija na hizi story itakuwaje. Hii ndiyo maana some of black in America bado watakuwa chini kwa mitazamo kama hii. Kama wewe ume date na mtu mkaachana what next, haya ndio yalee ya kuacha mtu halafu unatundika picha yake kwenye mitandao ya ngono ni akili finyu kabisa.
ReplyDeleteHuyu David aliweka alama gani kuwa yeye aliwahi kumpitia Michelle?, au ndiyo hiyo picha hapo anataka kujionesha na yeye yupo juu. Mwanamume mwenzako afanye kazi wewe unataka free rider. Katika dunia hii ya leo ukija na stori kama za huyu David unaonekana kituko sana kwani uhusiano ni kama mkataba kwa dunia ya leo ukiisha unamuachia mwenzio na huna haja ya kujisifu baadaye kwa mafanikio ya mwezio.
Hii stori imeniboa sana na kuona kama inazalilisha wanawake vile. Kama yeye alijua Michelle ni bright angemuonesha kuwa yeye yupo tayari kuwa mume mwenye majukumu sio kutuwekea picha na kujisifia kuwa kiwanja hiki ilipojengwa ikulu ndipo ilipokuwa nyuma yetu zamani nonsense
I must say that Mr. Upchurch is also a "class act" himself. Most people associated with a famous person line up to "dish" for cash, or to receive their "15 minutes" of fame. It is so refreshing to see someone that is mindful, and respectful of the position of a famous person that passed through his life. May God bless you Mr. Upchurch. You are a man of character.
ReplyDeleteFikiria huyu jamaa ndio angekuwa Rais wa Marekani......awali ni awali tu, mla mla leo ..mla jana kala nini......
ReplyDeleteJamaa uliye andika story hii unecopy kila kitu kutoka Daily mail news paper ya England saturday 7/03/09. Enyway keep coping hata shule ulikua ivyo ivyo!
ReplyDeleteKati ya kitu ambacho huwa mademu wananiboa ni kutaka kujua wapenzi wangu wa zamani au yeye kuniambia wapenzi wake wa zamani. Sasa huyu David hana jipya, sana sana ni kum-bore Obama tu!
ReplyDeleteCan any media outlet publish the same story about our leader?
ReplyDeleteMhh
I fear the worse....
Mdau wa juu namba mbili hapo maoni yako ni ya msingi sana, huyu jamaa anakuja na sera za udhalilishaji wa wanawake...wewe umeachana naye miaka hiyo michelle ni serengeti girl, na unasema oohh ni intelleigent, na kumbukumbu yake ndio hiyo picha sasa wewe enzi zenu zilikwisha, nini sasa unataka??Kweli sisi wamatumbi hata ukiwa mmarekani ndio hivyo tena.
ReplyDeleteKitu kingine, hii habari imeletwa kinazi, Oohh Aliyeona ndfani kabla ya Obama, kichwa cha habari tafsiri yake ni kwamba aliyeanza kufanya mapenzi na Michelle kabla ya Obama ni huyo jamaa.Kwa culture ya hawa wenzetu sio kila dating ni ngono jamani, watu mnaweza kuwa wapenzi lakini hakuna ngono...yeye mwenyewe amekiri kuwa hata usiku huo hakubahatika kupata kisssss ya michelle, sasa mambo yetu aliyaona wapi??
Kiustarabu jamaa awe mpole, asitafute kuitwa FOX Tv kwa upuuzi huo.Ni sawa watu waanze kujitokeza kusema aliyeona ndfani kabla ya Kikwete kwa mkewe mama Salma ajitangaze na aweke picha zake, na aliyeona ndani kwa mama yako kabla ya baba yako ajitokeze na picha na kujitangaza, inakuaje hapo.Tuacheni hizo...watu wana mambo ya msingi ya kufanya kurekebisha uchumi wa dunia, wewe unakuja na soft issues.Mbona ume-divorce na huyo mke wako uliyekuwa naye?Unataka kwa hiyo Michelle akukumbuke??akupe ajira?Wewe financial crisis imekukumba tulia huko Colorado piga boksi huko mpaka ukome.
MDAU mwenyewe
Watanzania siyo lazima kila kitu mpondee.
ReplyDeleteNa huyu anayeandika Mzee wa Pamba ni nani? Yaani hatuwezi na mambo ya maana kidogo? Ndiyo watu wa Mashaka hawa.
mkereketwa yombo vituka tutakumiss!
ReplyDeleteYaani anon namba mbili hapo juu umeongea point. Hana jipya kabisaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ss anataka apewe uwaziri nini?? Yeye ndo wa kwanza kutembea na first lady duniani. mpuuzi sana tupeni blog yake tumtukane kibongo
ReplyDeleteSafi sana Upchurch kwani ni sehemu ya kujitangaza pia....nafikiri ulishuindwa kuishi naye kwa sababu ni mwanasheria.Kwani wanasheria wengi wakiolewa ni Trouble Shooters.Congrats Kanisa la Juu kwa Juu.
ReplyDeleteSASA HUYU JAMAA ANATAFUTA SIFA NA UMAARUFU. KWANI KUMPITIA MICHELLE NDIO NINI? HUU NI ULIMBUKENI HATA KAMA ALIKUWA NAE SASA KAINGIA MWENZIWE NINI FAIDA YA KUJIONESHA MITANDAONI? MIMI SIELEWI AKILI ZA WATU WENGINE SIJUI NDIO HUO USENENE??
ReplyDeleteNI UTAMADUNI WA KAWAIDA WATU KUWA NA MARAFIKI AU HATA NDO NA BAADAE KUACHANA. SASA KUJIONESHA KUWA WEWE NDIO ULIEANZA KUTAKUSAIDIA NINI?? KISHA ETI ANAMSIFIA KUWA KAPATA MKE MZURI KWANI SIKU ZOTE ULIKUWA WAPI??? OBAMA KAMUOA MICHELLE MIAKA KADHAA ILIYOPITA MBONA HUJASIFIA AU KUJITANGAZA MPAKA OBAMA ALIPOPATA URAIS.
HIZI SIFA NYENGINE HAZINA KICHWA WALA MIGUU. HUYU NGOJEA SECRET SERVICES WAMSHUGHULIKIE APOTEE NDIPO ATAKAPOJUA UZITO WA UMAARUFU ANAOUTAKA!!!!
Mimi wakiamua kuja hao akina Upchurch wangu walah wabilah tawfiq mume anatoa talaka maana niliomtajia kuwa niliwahi kuwa na mahusiano nao ni wawili tu na hapo macho yalimtoka kwelikweli, hajui kama 87 niliwatia kibindoni ubaya wote wana picha na wengine video kabisa!!! Kazi kweli kweli LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteSo what! Hawa ndio wale wale wakitembea na mtu lazima watangaze. Stupid & stupidity!
ReplyDeleteHizi kama sio fujo za Mapapparazzi,basi kwangu mimi huyu David,he is just another "skunk!" trying to force a relationship with Obama himself!But for what?Kuna ajabu gani au tatizo gani kwa Michelle kuwa na relationship wakati bado akiwa Chuoni tena miaka mingi sana kabla ya kuwa na mahusiano na Obama wake wa sasa?This is ridiculous.Whoever has pinned up this photo in this blog or whatever must have had some "malicious intent".But so what?Infact,kama Michelle angesoma miaka mingi hivyo vyuoni na akose hata BoyFriend wa kushikiza basi nafikiri hata Obama mwenyewe asingevutiwa naye!There is nothing strange here,for a woman beautifull as she is,well educated and so intelligent and hardworking as she is to have a pre-marital retionship?What if that relationship,serious as she was,did not work out well according to her expectations? Sipendi nimtukane David kwa Ujinga huu aliofanya wa kuanika hadharani picha kama hiyo wakati huu akitambua wazi kwamba Michelle sasa ni First Lady of the US,AND wife of the US President? AU kachanganyikiwa na kujutia kwamba pengine angemuoa Michelle wakati ule labda yeye David ndiyo angekuwa Rais wa Marekani kwa hivi sasa? No,Sir,it doesn't always work out that way!Watanzania tusiige tabia chafu na za kijinga kama hizi za mwenzetu David wa Marekani!If anything,he may have exposed himself unknowingly into plenty of trouble right now!He should have shaddap!--tonnie--
ReplyDeletehapa ndipo wazungu wanapotutilia mashaka sisi weusi ni kuendekeza utumwa wa nafsi tu na ujinga kama ulianza nae biasha kisha kila mtu akafunguwa duka lake wewe una nini la kutuonyesha basi tu kupitisha umweusi wake jamaa hana hata akilai asivo na haya eti ni mwanamke itelijent sasa kama ulikitambua kuwa kifaa hala ukabweteka tu hukufanaya jitihada za maana kukichukuwa kikamilifu ndipo ninaposema huna akili aliyeona na kujuwa kaweka ndani na kesha lipa gharama zake ana malia na sasha inatosha mbali ya kuwa ana mke msomi anaweza kumsaidia katika majukumu yake hili david upruch ni senge tu halijuwi hata watu wa maana likafirwe mbele tu naona linachohitaji ni kumfastret mr presidant halafu nanyi waadishi acheni ushabiki wa kijinga aliyeona mwanzo iweje
ReplyDeleteJamani inawezekana jamaa akuambulia kisi kwenye prom. Lakini ndio walidate kwa mwaka na kitu. Sasa sijui huo kwaka wote walikua wanaangaliana tu usoni au vipi. Cha maana kikwamba yamepipa na si vyema kuyaleta tena kwenye public, huyu Upchurch akekosea.
ReplyDeleteNyie watu sasa mashaka, JK na Shayo wameingiaje hapa. wewe mkereketwa inabidi uanzishe na De-Comedy yako ya mitandaoni kwa maana rafiki yangu unaacha watu hoi
ReplyDeleteYombo Vituka mkuu wa wilaya ningekuwa na uwezo ningesaidia, lakini Uckindone hao wanene wamekusikia, najua sana wanasoma mitandao na watakusaidia tu.
Kaka usipotee moja kwa moja, tutakumisi sana, kzana urudigi mara moja kwa mwezi mtu wangu
kaaaaaaaaaaaazi kweli-kweli
ReplyDeleteivi kabisa unamsimulia mkeo au mmeo nani alikutoa bikra?tena uyo mtu awe anamfahamu mayb au ndo km ivi apa ni pichaz juu!!
jaman tuache piga mipicha ya aina yoyote na wapenzi wa kupita tu,asa romantic pichaz
walhahi utavunja ndoa
hahahahahaaaaa
watu kama huyu Upchurch ni waharibifu tu wa ndoa za watu na wapenda sifa, je sasa kama michelle hakuwahi kumuhadithia obama kuhusu uhusiano wake na Upchurch huoni hapo ni kasheshe, kama anataka umaarufu apambane nae mke wake wa sasa awe first lady kama anaona ni rahisi
ReplyDeleteDu, watanzania hamna kitu cha maana cha kujadili?
ReplyDeleteNinavyowaelewa Mashaka, Dr. shayo na JK hawawezi kujihusisha na mambo ya kishezi na ya kipumbavu kama haya. Wao wananalenga kumkomboa mtanzani na ni kitu gani kifanyike maisha ya watanzania waliowengi wanufaike.
Huyu mwenye www.tanzaniasports.com ni mjinga fulani amabye amemtelekeza mkewe na hana sera yeyote yuko hapo london.
siku zake ni "arobaini"
Tunajua wadudu yake yote anayofanya hivyo ningependa kumpa taarifa kuwa acha mchezo wa kipumbavu
Wacheni ujinga jamani, Jamaa kasema kweli alitoka naye Enzi za Shule, akasema walikuwa watu tofauti Mke wa Obama anapenda SHule yeye Hapendi Shule, akasema kwamba yeye alikuwa mtu wa wanawake wakuharibu akamsifu Obama kwamba ni mtu mwenye bahati kuwa na Mke kama huyo. Kwahiyo hajasema kwa ubaya. Jamaa sijui na mfuko wake sijui wa Rambo huo hahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteSo what???
ReplyDeleteMLAJI NI MLA LEO MLA JANA KALA NINI??
HUU MSEMO YAWEZEKANA HAUPO HUKO HEBU AKUMBUSHWE TU.
BP.
Hivi watanzania ni lini tutapata kukomaa kifikra? sidhani kama huyu jamaa aliyeweka habari za kijinga kama hizi mtandaoni ubongo wangu upo barabara.
ReplyDeleteMbona tuna mada nyingi sana sinazohusu maendeleo ya taifa letu, mbona hatujadili hizi, matokeo yake tunajadili mambo ya kipuuzi!
Inasikitisha sana, Michuzi kwa kweli umefanya kosa kubwa kuruhusu habari kama hizi zipitie kwenye blog yako.
Ningependa kuona mijadala inayohusu ujenzi wa taifa letu duni na si vinginevyo.
Wala mavumbi acheni ushamba nnyie..
ReplyDeleteMmesoma chini ya mwembe prom queen na king mnaijulia wapi?
Nani kawaambia kwenye Prom Night lazima utoke na umpendaye?
Huyo jamaa alimchagua kama mtu wa kutoka nae usiku huo sio kwamba jamaa alikuwa bwanake..
Unadhani bongo hii kuwa ukitoka na demu usiku mmoja utamliza usiku huo huo?
Acheni mambo yenu ya kiduwanzi...
Na wewe unayecopy, sio kihivyo maana hiyo ni too much..
Nyie ndio mithani ya shule mnakopy mpaka majina ya watu...
SO WHAT??????????????
ReplyDeleteITS POSSIBLE THAT HE WAS JUST "A DATE" for the Prom and nothing more, even if it was whatever u think, it doesnt mean anything.He got his past too.SOOOOOOOOO?
ReplyDeleteBad for you Upchurch.
ReplyDeleteI guess the lady was just a little bit too smart and too lucky for you. Good thing you've got some memories to keep!
Paragraph 2 ni ya watanzania wenzangu.
Hivi ndugu watanzania, ni lazima mponde kila kitu? Kwani nyie mki-date ma future first lady au ma future president, hamtaona ajabu na jambo lililo worth kusimulia? Ndugu zangu watanzania, huu unaitwa UJIMA! Ndo maana tuna maendeleo duni. Mi ningeexpect kumhurumia huyu jamma rather than kumponda. ACHENI VIJICHO!!!!!!!!
QUPIDITAS!!!!!!
Aliyeanzisha hii mada kweli hana akili. Hebu atuonyeshe Msururu wa walioona ndani mkewe kabla yake kama hajaacha mke. Hata huo mtazamo ni wa kijima kuwa ulimkisi demu miaka 30 iliyopita leo unajigamba.. hiyo inaonyesha you need to get a life. Huyo Upchurch sijui anabeba box Colorado kalipwa hela mbuzi kauza nafsi. Mimi niliowahi kuwa nao kesho wakiwa maraisi siuzi picha, huo ni uchumba. Kwa hiyo tujadili mada za maana jamani kuliko huu utumbo.. Mlaji mla leo!!!
ReplyDeleteMdau, Boston, US
Hii mada haikuanzia hapa ka Michuzi, hii imetolewa kama ilivyo kutoka katika gazeti la Mail la uingereza, labda umlaumu aliyeweka kichwa cha habari kisichoendana na habari yenyewe hili ni jambo la kawaida tu, tatizo mnampenda sana Obama!!
ReplyDeleteWote mmechangia mawazo mazuri tu, niwashukuru sana. Lakini nimeamua kuingia hapa late kwasababu nimetuhumiwa kwamba kuna mtu tunafahamiana kimapenzi hivyo jamaa yangu kakosa usingizi. nikamhoji hataki kusema aliyemwabia. sasa mimi nikamwambia kama hao waliokuambia wananitaka na ndio maana wanatumia mbunu hiyo tuachane na mimi walishaniambia mabaya juu yako lakini sikukuambia kwasababu nilijua dhumuni lao tuachane. jamani acheni zilipendwa.
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