I hear ya. My husband is middle eastern. Mind you. No one ever sees him. Too busy with his friends, going for coffee, having a nap, anything but socializing with us or my family. One of the neighbors once asked me if I had gotten a divorce. They knew I was married, had seen my hubby a few times, then basically never. That was funny. About the getting along thing, tho. I seem to get along with all of my husbands friends, BUT the wives seem to be a whole different story. They basically shun me. Even if they see me in the store they will on purpose turn their faces away from me, just so they don't have to make contact. What gets me tho, is I am basically a chatty cathy and will talk to everyone and jump at the chance to make some friends. I haven't figured out why ppl, especially the women, both from the middle eastern persuasion and from the neighbors on the street won't come near me with a 10 foot pole. Like I said. I chat everyone up. My husband is always telling me I talk to much and that it is annoying. Mind you, as far as I'm conderned, he doesn't talk enuf. He much prefers to keep everything to himself and then one day he blows. If I try to talk to him about anything he usually puts me on ignore. He told me once that everything I have to say is basically a waste of his time.

BUT. I digress. Sorry. These blasted neighbors. Issues. Issues. Always some kind of issue. I live next door to seriously weird ppl as well. But,that is a whole other story/saga.