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[quote=Anonymous]Tomorrow is my wedding date. Today I found out something I'm struggling to put into perspective. I occasionally attend services and am active in the charitable group at church.  I'm not religious/a believer (nor are most there), but it's an important community.  No expectation that fiance would participate; he's not interested and is also an introvert.

On the occasional offer to attend something social there with me, fiancé declined.  I support/attend his various professional and other interests, including things I otherwise wouldn't care about. On the rare occasion he'd go into the building with me (say, I had to run in and grab something), he seemed odd.  I asked him about it, he gave vague excuses. I completely understand that it's "my" thing and he doesn't have to participate or care, but I did feel like something was "off" on this subject. He's generally very supportive.

This week a woman from church asked me out to lunch. We have a lot in common, both longtime members, but just hadn't really crossed paths too much.  As we talked, some details clicked and I realized that I think this woman is my fiancé's ex-FWB.

We were in our late 30s when we met on a dating website.  As we had the exclusivity talk before sex, he disclosed had been seeing someone casually. He told her he was not interested in a serious relationship with her, that his profile was still up and he was continuing to date. When he and I met it seemed very special and serious early on.  After our first date he told her that he appreciated what they had but he'd met someone and wouldn't be seeing her anymore.  She didn't take it well and kept trying to contact him. This was 4 years ago and I knew all that then.

I asked fiancé and he confirmed this woman from church was indeed the FWB, and that he avoids my church because of it. Completely coincidental that she and I both belong to this large church. He said that one of the few times he and I were in the building, he saw her and she saw him.  Right after she texted him that she thought he was rude for not saying hi.  Otherwise they've had no contact in 4 years.

I'm concerned because he chose to withhold this and even deceive me when I asked about his obvious discomfort about the church. I completely understand the temptation to avoid the subject (awkward) but he made a choice to exclude me from this.  It's hard for me to understand b/c the community will continue to be a part of my life, so I don't know how he thought he'd deal with this. He says he can't explain it either, he just sort of hoped it would go away.

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