“I was in a deep deficit with my wife,” the Democratic leader told Hamilton College President Steven Tepper at an April 3 event  “so I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things.”

The former president also opened up about his home life with Michelle and their daughters, Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, reflecting on moments when he struggled to communicate as clearly as he had hoped.

“First of all, I constantly lose arguments to my wife, my daughters. They mock me and ridicule me at the dinner table.”

Obama offered a candid look into his marriage with Michelle during a conversation with Hamilton College President Steven Tepper, who asked what he’s been up to lately. Barack shared that much of his time is dedicated to the Obama Foundation and working on the second volume of his presidential memoirs — which he jokingly compared to writing “50 term papers.”

Although the Obamas have been married since 1992, they haven’t been seen together in public much this year, even as