In his memoir, "A Game of Character," Craig Robinson recalled the first time Michelle Obama brought Barack Obama home to meet her family. Barack quickly made a positive impression. Besides appreciating his height, good looks, smile, and confident handshake, the Robinsons respected some of Barack's deeper qualities. "He asked questions and answered them with ease as if he was used to jumping into new situations and genuinely liked people," Craig wrote. However, after Michelle and Barack left to go on a date, the family voiced their disappointment. Marian Robinson bet they'd break up after six months, and Fraser Robinson commented, "She'll eat him alive."
When the couple was together for almost a year, the family was still taking bets on when it would end. However, Craig was slightly more confident from that initial meeting than his parents. Looking back in his memoir, Michelle's brother was impressed by Barack's connection to his own family and his family values. Michelle later came to the same conclusion after Barack took her to Hawaii to meet his extended family. "Helping them ... he was the rock of their family," she explained on her podcast "Michelle Obama: The Light."
Another point in Barack's favor was Michelle's close relationship with her father. Speaking at the first Obama Foundation Summit, Michelle noted that Barack "reminded me very much of my own father in his decency and his honesty and his compassion."
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