I am a 72 year old Canadian retiree, been going to Thailand for 25 years and happily married to my Thai wife for 19. Ever since I started going to Thailand I have known that there is a divide between foreigners and Thais. We are tolerated in Thailand as a source of revenue and if you are in a non tourist area we are pretty much ignored. I have never had a problem with this and accept things as they are. I enjoy Thai food, the weather and the time I am allowed to visit Thailand. I find some Thais very nice, some indifferent and some downright obnoxious so I can not say I love all Thai people. I have never wanted to be a part of the Thai team so to speak as I am not like them and do not want to be. The same goes with my wifes family, they are good to me and have never had any issues with them and I am accepted as I have been a good husband but I am really not one of them and again I have no problem with that. Even my wife is not the same as me and we will never be the same but that is fine as well. I think the problem most Foreigners have when living in Thailand is they do not realize the way things are and have unrealistic expectations.