There is a difference.
The U.K. Voted to join the European Economic Community.
This morphed all on its own into the European Community, then finally the European Union.
With marriage the Human Doesn’t Physically change into Cthulhu.
Yes, the UK citizens were sucked into a union they never asked for.
It was a perfect example of the frog in a pot of water with the heat turned up.
You don't know my ex-wife.