Article: I married a foreigner.

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June 1, 1996
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I've always been attracted to men with accents. French, Italian, English. Even a midwestern twang has its charms for me.

So it didn't surprise anyone when I married a foreigner. I really wanted to marry an Italian - a young Marcello Mastroianni in particular - and abandon my American identity for la dolce vita. I had an image of myself, in slanty sunglasses, a shawl tossed over one shoulder, sipping espresso in the Piazza Navona. I ended up with an Argentine. I didn't put much thought into it. The lure of the exotic, the Prospect of visiting in-laws in Buenos Aires rather than Pittsburgh, conquered any reservations.

The obvious appeal of marrying a foreigner ...

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