# Michelle Obama on Empty Nesting and Barack Crying When Their Kids Left for College

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2094235183465595234
- Source account: [@JaimeeUSA](https://x.com/JaimeeUSA)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:09
- Published: 2026-08-31
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for) You know, the, the energy and excitement of the kids being around is so- I don't miss them ... incredible.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=5) I don't. I love them. I'm gonna see them night, tonight for dinner.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=9) I love them. Yeah. But I, you know, Barack cried when they went to college.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=13) Yeah. I was like, "Bye, little." "Goodbye." Now I d- now Friday nights aren't wrecked with- ... terror and fear about, "Where are you?

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=24) Where are you?" Right. You know- No, I get that ... I was, I loved their emancipation and growth and - The thing I miss, though, is the job. Like, don't you miss...

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=33) So your kids- No ... are still in high school- Yeah ... so it's still a job.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=35) It, yes. Like, the, it gave a- ... a meaning and, like, pattern to my life.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=40) I'm good. Yeah. I- Yeah. Look at all this- She's different ... meaning I have.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=44) She's different. She's different. I have a wonderful pattern.

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=46) Oh, man. You know? I love that. I live my kids' schedule. I love it.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=50) Yeah, there's something about the schedule.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=51) I love their schedule. I, I love my schedule. I have a great schedule- It's awesome ... and it's all mine.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=60) But I think fathers can be that way, because- Yeah ... you weren't there from 6:00 to 9:00.

[1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=63) And we missed a lot of it. You missed a lot of it.

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/Atyx5LJgufCH/en/michelle-obama-on-empty-nesting-and-barack-crying-when-their-kids-left-for?t=65) That's right. I mean, I've had so much quality time with my children.