It doesn’t just seem like President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have been campaigning for years. The first lady conceded Thursday that they have been seeking reelection that long.

At an event at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock, Colorado, she said, “One of the things that campaigning over this last year and a half or so, two years, has been — we’ve been doing this for a while. But one of the things I love most about campaigning, in addition to coming out and talking to our supporters and citizens all over the country, is I get to talk about the man that I have loved and admired since the first day I met him 23 years ago.”