Well this was actually quite a long time ago, and it's really "then-girlfriend" – it's just that "girlfriend" reads better and it doesn't really matter. Didn't

Well this was actually quite a long time ago, and it's really "then-girlfriend" – it's just that "girlfriend" reads better and it doesn't really matter. Didn't have to insert any money (which I specifically recall because it surprised me). But whether you or I consider it "normal" isn't really important, she considered it "normal", and I can only assume that's because when she grew up everyone was doing it and it was "normal".