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If your girlfriend was in a union, why do you say "we paid"?

>>greend+(OP)
Why are you being such a dick, who cares?

>>greend+(OP)
I'm going to assune good faith here, maybe it's a cultural thing, who knows?

Regardless, here in the US it is typical for couples to form a partnership in which both income and expenses are shared. Possibly the reason for the recent emergence of the term 'Partner' to describe one's Significant Other.

>>greend+(OP)
Union members pay the union, supposedly to support costs like materials and salaries for union representatives.

>>effing+9o
I'm from Europe and it struck me as odd that the subject of the sentence switched from singular to plural for no good reason.

>My girlfriend worked at Macys

>She was paid

>(She) was in a "union"

>Each month we would walk

>we paid "dues"

>we couldn't pay online

>we handed our check

>throw her check

I was just wondering if there was some hidden twist behind the change of subject, so I asked bluntly.