Former president George W. Bush and Laura Bush have been married since 1977.
While this proximity might make for easier remembering, in 2015, George revealed a relatable omission.
“Happy anniversary, @laurawbush,” he wrote onInstagram.
From household foibles to parenthood, take a look at these other identifiable moments from the Bushes' marriage.
After a public speaking engagement, George asked Laura for her opinion on his performance.
“She sort of stalled,” their daughter Jenna Bush Hager related decades later on"Today.
“She added, “Finally she just said, ‘It wasn’t very good.'”
Although George didn’t win that race, the time he and his wife spent campaigning solidified their bond.
For George W. and Laura Bush, one area of compromise includes home furnishings.
Pre-marriage, George had outfitted his bachelor pad with decor that included a brown leather sofa.
“It’s in my Crawford art studio,” George informedThe Wall Street Journal.
“Much to Laura’s chagrin, it now has paint splattered on it.
But it still works.”
Besides hanging onto stuff forever, Laura has also noted George could be a little neater at home.
However, she’s diffused her frustration by focusing on his strengths.
Fortunately, this trait has served them well during decades of marriage.
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In their post-presidential lives, Laura has also used humor to joke about how the transition impacted their marriage.
As their friends had children of their own, Laura struggled emotionally.
“For an absence .
we are wordless to capture that particular emptiness,” she explained in “Spoken from the Heart.”
The couple decided to pursue adoption, and Laura also got hormone treatments.
Even after she became pregnant with twins, Laura was on high alert for possible issues.
To help prevent a miscarriage, Laura had cervical sutures.
Since their grandfather George H.W.
George and Laura’s experiences with infertility had a lasting impact on them.
While having two babies simultaneously can sometimes add difficulty, it also added to their joy.
There were two of us at the same time, and they were equal parents.”
When Jenna became a parent, she and her husband, Henry Hager, adopted a similar shared approach.
He’d take them for nighttime walks in the snow and play games with them and their friends.
According to Jenna, Laura excelled at keeping her cool even in trying circumstances.
These impromptu names went on to become affectionate monikers.
