Mixed marriages

Alice Bachini discovers that marrying an American is a social sin in some quarters:

Among certain Old World circles, marrying an American and moving to Texas are about the most outrageous, personally-insulting actions a person can possibly undertake without breaking the law. When you tell people, and mention that they would be welcome to visit anytime during the next half-century they will probably be alive throughout, they act like you invited them to a new colony on Mars, only more so. “Oh no… I don’t think I’ll ever go there.”