# Do President Oboma's daughters go on dates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085 "2016-03-25T02:17:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/21 "2016-03-25T17:26:30Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I would guess that they know they will only have to be the President’s kids for a short while longer now, they can hold off on dating. It’s not like they are going to miss anything. If there’s anything teenagers are good at, it’s deferred gratification. Especially when its at the behest of their parents. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/22 "2016-03-25T19:24:26Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > If there’s anything teenagers are good at, it’s deferred gratification. Especially when its at the behest of their parents. That’s so true. And “teenagers” are all the same across every culture, class, and family situation. It is totally out of the question that either of these girls, or any teens, could possibly have their own ideas about how they want to behave during their teen years that is different than what popular culture presents. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/23 "2016-03-25T20:05:36Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > What do you mean \*not missing anything? \*. I believe many high school students really like dating. Malia’s 17. If my recollections of that age are accurate, she’s missing quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/24 "2016-03-25T21:21:17Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > He’ll still have them around. Secret Service protection is for life. Don’t a lot of them turn it down not long after leaving office? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/25 "2016-03-25T21:33:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Don’t a lot of them turn it down not long after leaving office? No. Since post-Presidency Secret Service protection was instituted, only Nixon has decided to give it up, eleven years after his resignation. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/26 "2016-03-26T00:00:21Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Weren’t the Bush twins always sneaking into Washington bars while underage? I believe one of them got caught with a fake ID at a bar in Texas. (Free Republic sent the bar owner all kinds of nasty letters for turning her in, IIRC) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/27 "2016-03-26T00:08:39Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > Malia’s 17. If my recollections of that age are accurate, she’s missing quite a bit. Or she’s getting it from some trusted person who is close to her and guarding her from others. Like a young Secret Service agent, maybe? Like the Roman Emperor who said his wife would never commit adultery, because she was protected full time by the Praetorian Guard. “Then you can be assured that her adulterer will be one of your guardsmen” he was told. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/28 "2016-03-26T00:49:57Z")
“The Secret Service Makes Me Nervous” a funny song about the plight of a President’s daughter: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy7TUtgxKhY) ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/29 "2016-03-28T15:52:56Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > That’s so true. And “teenagers” are all the same across every culture, class, and family situation. I hope it was obvious that my answer was intended to be tongue-in-check. But there is plenty of evidence that teenagers are, almost universally, more impulsive than adults, probably due to differences in brain development. ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/30 "2016-03-28T16:52:39Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Chelsea Clinton was almost 21 when Bill Clinton’s term was up in January 2001. Did she have dates when she lived in the White House? She was at Stanford for the last couple years. Did the USSS follow her around when she wanted to go to the movies with a guy? Not sure about the White House, but she [did date while at Stanford.](http://articles.philly.com/1998-11-26/living/25731787_1_chelsea-clinton-auctioneers-matthew-pierce) There were Secret Service agents who [dressed as students and blended in](http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/17/national/17CHEL.html?ex=1205125200&en=c1272733823406ca&ei=5070) as she moved around campus. Not sure how dates went, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/31 "2016-03-29T04:48:13Z")
> [@TSBG](#): > > I read something about this when doing some research on the Secret Service, but it was a long time ago so no cite. The gist of it was that they’re not nannies, but they do prevent their underage charges from coming to harm. So with the Bush girls, it wasn’t their job to stop them from breaking the law by drinking or using fake IDs, but it was their job to intervene if the girls got falling-down drunk or tried to drive. So if Malia or Sasha slipped away for alone time with a boy, I imagine the detail would wait outside patiently. I think it’s also part of the job that they’re not supposed to tattle to the parents, because they want the kids to trust the officers in the detail. This is pretty spot on. Yes, all suitors would be run through NCIC before they went on a date with one of the Obama girls. And they probably wouldn’t be left alone in the room unless the agents felt that the room was secure both internally & externally (and outside of the WH there’s probably not many places that would qualify for that). The WH is a large place (6 stories), so finding someplace there to have some privacy probably wouldn’t be too difficult. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/32 "2016-03-29T10:00:43Z")
I don’t know about the Obamas specifically, but I did see this documentary about dating the President’s daughter > **[My Date with the President's Daughter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Date_with_the_President%27s_Daughter)** > > My Date with the President's Daughter is a 1998 American made-for-television romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television and premiered as part of ABC's revival of The Wonderful World of Disney. It was shot in various locations around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was directed by Alex Zamm and starred Dabney Coleman, Will Friedle, and Elisabeth Harnois. It debuted on the ABC network on April 19, 1998. The film earned a small cult following among viewers who saw the original broadc Dunca... ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/33 "2016-03-30T21:26:50Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I believe one of them got caught with a fake ID at a bar in Texas. (Free Republic sent the bar owner all kinds of nasty letters for turning her in, IIRC) [Jenna was charged with possession and then with attempting to buy alcohol with a fake ID in a separate incident. Barbara was charged with possession at the same time as Jenna’s second offense.](http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washdc/2001-05-31-bushdaughters.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/34 "2016-03-30T21:41:47Z")
Interesting that children living in the White House in recent decades have all been girls. You have to go back to JFK to find a son. Obama (Daughters) Bush II (daughters) Clinton (daughter) Bush I (none) Reagan (none) Carter (daughter) Ford (none) Nixon (daughters, but adult as I recall) Johnson (none) Kennedy (one of each, living) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/35 "2016-03-30T21:45:01Z")
Steven Ford was 18 when his dad assumed the presidency so he might have lived in the WH briefly. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/36 "2016-03-30T23:03:31Z")
What a babe magnet that would be, being the President’s son. “How’d you like to see the Lincoln bedroom?” ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085/37 "2016-03-31T04:54:56Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Steven Ford was 18 when his dad assumed the presidency so he might have lived in the WH briefly. He did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-president-obomas-daughters-go-on-dates/750085.md?page=1)