The Obamas send sweet response to wedding invite

The Obamas, who have been married for almost 25 years, sent the new couple kind thoughts for the future. Photo / Getty Images

By Clemence Michallon

A woman who invited Barack and Michelle Obama to her wedding received a signed card from the former president and his wife congratulating her on the happy occasion.

Liz Whitlow sent an invitation to her nuptials in Pearland, Texas, to the former first lady and her husband in December, when Barack was still in office. She and her new husband, Eddie Edgar, received a response in March this year, but the bride's daughter, Brooke Allen, just found out earlier this week, wrote the Daily Mail.

Brooke took to Twitter to express her excitement and posted a photo of the Obamas' note along with the message: "MY MOM DEADA** SENT THE OBAMAS A WEDDING INVITATION BACK IN MARCH AND JUST RECEIVED THIS IN THE MAIL. IM HOLLERING."

Liz Whitlow's daughter took to Twitter to rave about the note. Photo / Twitter, Brooke Allen

Her tweet has since been shared more than 45,000 times and has received more than 212,000 likes.

The bride, meanwhile, pointed out during a text exchange with her daughter that she didn't extend the same invitation to Donald Trump, who had just taken office when Liz and Eddie tied the knot.

As Brooke pointed out on Twitter, it is possible for couples to send wedding invitations to the White House in order to receive a signed card in response, and save it as a keepsake if they want to.

These invitations are typically addressed to the president and first lady and sent to the White House's greetings office on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.

This means the invitations can only be sent to the president currently in office, and are presumably handled by staffers.