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In a surprisingly intimate admission, Michelle Obama has described how the President 'tucks her in' to bed each night. She says that they don't set out specific time for each other, instead they share a couple of daily rituals. She tells People: 'We have a ritual where he tucks me in, because I'm usually in bed before anybody. He'll come and turn the lights out and give me a kiss and we'll talk. He's like, "Ready to be tucked?" I'm like, "Yes I am."' She adds that walking the dog is another opportunity for some alone time. 'We live above the store, which means 6.30pm is dinner,' she says. 'The first half hour, we're talking to the girls, then we shoo them off to go walk Bo and catch a little check-in without the kids.' Mrs Obama also admits that she hopes she will never be photographed in her swimwear. 'That's been my one goal: I don't want to be caught dead in a bathing suit,' she says.It is just as well, she admits, that swimming is one of the few sports she does not excel at. 'I won't drown,' she says, 'but you won't see me doing laps in the pool.'