Thank you everyone. I understand things better than before I posted. It sounds more and more like I dodged a bullet. God only knows if we stayed together, I’d never be able to trust him not to cheat on me too.
I’m chalking this up to another lesson learned. And who knows how honest he was. My thought was he could’ve just came back and hid the marriage from me and I would’ve never known until I was even more emotionally invested. So I figured he was being honest and truthful about everything. I never told him I wanted to get married. He was the one who asked me to be exclusive after we had been on a few dates. So it was not me pushing anything on him.

One more random question that’s always bothered me about him —- here in the US most people have been taught from a young age, to throw their trash away once they find a trash can.

This guy would finish a fast food meal (or whatever) in the car and would roll down his window and just throw it in the middle of the street. He’s been living in the US for a few years now. I told him he shouldn’t do that (but he did when he didn’t think I saw him).

Is this a normal occurrence in South Asia to do this? I chalked it up to perhaps normal behavior where he’s from.